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Mike Aynsley before {left) and after (right) working with IBRC

Via The Sunday Business Post:

In early 2012, Mike Aynsley, the chief executive of IBRC, threw down a gauntlet to the telecoms tycoon Denis O’Brien. The latter was on his way to a ‘weight loss camp’ in Crete, and Aynsley bet him that he could lose more weight while working for IBRC.

The winner agreed to pay €50 to charity for each kilogram that one man lost more than the other. It was a friendly competition that was mentioned to the bank’s chairman Alan Dukes, the former Fine Gael finance minister, who had no problem with it. The Australian career banker managed to lose twice as much weight as O’Brien, who had to hand over €350 to charity.

Right so.

Meanwhile, further to Senator Michael McDowell’s speech in the seanad concerning the relationship between Denis O’Brien and officials at IBRC…

Mr Aynsley saidL

“The anonymous blog [that’s us!]  that Mr McDowell referred to is just plain wrong on just about everything it raises, except for the fact that there was a dinner.

“My understanding is that Mr [Tom] Hunersen acted as an introducer to Mr O’Brien (and many others), who is known to invest in such projects [like Spritz].

Further, this was long after Mr Hunersen had left the bank and was no longer under any obligation to it – more than a year after he left in fact. From memory, I believe Mr Hunersen was bound in certain areas with respect to dealing with former clients for a period of only six months following his departure.

“Mr Woodhouse has no personal relationship or friendship that I know of with Mr O’Brien. . . but he has a very well-developed professional relationship with him that is expected of a senior relationship manager dealing with a large, performing bank client. Positive relationships between people feed cooperative and productive outcomes.”

Meanwhile…

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From top: Paddy McKillen; Mark Hollingsworth

A spokesperson for Paddy McKillen said McKillen was “absolutely not” involved in hiring Hollingsworth to come to Ireland. The Belfast property developer knew him all right, but in relation to an entirely separate matter more than a year earlier.

“During his British litigation in 2012-2014, Mark Hollingsworth was introduced to Paddy as a respected journalist who was carrying out research for a book he wanted to publish on British tax avoidance and some major British tax avoidance cases. Some of his research was relevant to Paddy’s British case [against the Barclay brothers],” his spokesperson said.

“Mark Hollingsworth asked for a £20,000 advance for his book. Paddy agreed and paid him this advance. The book has not been published and Paddy has had no other dealings with Mark Hollingsworth or use for the information he was going to use in his book.

“All these matters are now behind us and subject to a confidential settlement agreement,” she added

Property developer Paddy McKillen’s office  yesterday denied bringing Journalist/spook Mark Hollingsworth, currently embroiled in the Denis O’Brien Red Flag memory stick hoo ha, to Ireland.

Seems legit.

A Bizarre Affair (Tom Lyons, Sunday Business Post)

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12 thoughts on “To Diet For

  1. Tish Mahorey

    Mike Aynsley looks bloated in both those photographs.

    And lads, you don’t need a weight loss camp. You need to cut out sugar and do a bit of exercise. It’s not difficult.

    1. RiderOnTheStorm

      Fat b^stards just need to eat less – smaller portions and cut out snacking between meals.

  2. John Jo

    Trying your best not to be a gluttonous ladygarden in all aspects of your life would probably help too.

  3. realPolithicks

    “Mark Hollingsworth asked for a £20,000 advance for his book. Paddy agreed and paid him this advance. The book has not been published and Paddy has had no other dealings with Mark Hollingsworth or use for the information he was going to use in his book.”

    So he just gave him 20 grand for nothing, what a bunch of Bull$hit…

    1. Mourinho

      It appears Hollongsworth was digging up dirt on the Barclays.
      McKillen settled his case. Dirt no longer needed.

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