Politicians are back today after a 20-day Easter break.
Well, most of them are. Miriam O’Callaghan’s brother, the FF justice spokesperson Jim will be down at the High Court defending what remains of embattled solicitor Gerald Kean’s reputation. The Irish Times reports Gerald is suing the Daily Star for a story about a “raid” by Gardai on his former offices (the ones from which he was evicted earlier this year for not paying his rent). The “raid” was connected to work done by Gerald on behalf of someone linked to the Kinahan drug trafficking organisation. Gerald says the article was defamatory, the Star says its wasn’t.
“Mr Kean also believes gardaí were the source of the information in the article, counsel added.” reports the Irish Times. Our dear friend from the Disclosures Tribunal, the Star’s Mick O’Toole is involved in the case. Remember this is the same Gerald Kean who trashed Maurice McCabe’s reputation on the Marian Finucane show based on a briefing from the Garda Commissioner the previous day.
Poor Gerald, the Irish Times reported earlier this year about his being kicked out of his old offices “according to records obtained from the Dublin city sheriff’s office, Mr Kean has a civil order secured against him for €179,317.37, alongside more than €100,000 owed to the Revenue Commissioners.”
Otis Blue
That’s Dr Kean to you.
Did I imagine it or did Kean and his partner host a Versailles themed party where he dressed up as Louis XIV aka the Sun King?
I’m sure Barry Egan breathlessly reported on this in the Sindo back in the day.
GiggidyGoo
Fine ‘Yersinia Pestis’ Gael. Gutting this State for the benefit of their rich friends.
Will Naughten sue Varadkar now?
eoin
That National Broadband Plan can’t come quickly enough for Denis O’Brien. Bonds in his Digicel business are trading at 33c in the dollar.
Meanwhile, the Independent reports about the *proposed* sale of INM to Mediahuis ” a separate stock market filing shows a fund controlled by billionaire and philanthropist George Soros owns 3.17pc of INM shares, after buying stock two days after the takeover offer was announced.”
Now, why would George Soros buy into INM at 10.3c when Mediahuis is only offering 10.5c a share>
Anyone want to take a bet that Mediahuis will have upped its offer for INM from 10.5c a share to 20c by the end of June?
eoin
We’re reminded today about the ongoing investigation of the affairs of INM by the corporate watchdog. Several people, including journalists are trying to get their hands on the interim report by the ODCE, Judge Kelly is still considering those requests and is expected to make a ruling very shortly, maybe even today. The ODCE is investigating a range of issues including hacking, secret “success fees” for Denis O’Brien and Denis O’Brien trying to sell his loss-making Newstalk radio station to publicly-quoted INM for three times what INM thought it was worth.
Separately, and reported in the Irish Times, former INM CEO Gavin O’Reilly is trying to get the permission of the courts, in a legal action against INM, to use documents he has become aware of during the watchdog’s investigation,. He’s concerned that his personal records, including medical records were hacked by companies paid by Denis O’Brien. Former INM “senior journalist” Karl Brophy is trying to get similar permission because he thinks his journalistic sources may have been compromised.
Denis O’Brien is a big part of the ongoing €30m (to date, it may cost €100m) Siteserv Commission which is investigating the questionable sale of Siteserv by Anglo (whose sole shareholder was FG finance minister Michael Noonan). Denis O’Brien was held to have paid €1m to a FG government minister during the process to win a phone licence in 1996. Denis O’Brien is a big part of the consortium that’s about to be given the €3 billion National Broadband Plan, having been added to the consortium at the last minute last August just as the original planned deadline for awarding the contract approached.
What a banana republic.
jusayinlike
+1, Leo has a puff piece in the Irish Times today. It’s some laugh.
GiggidyGoo
Fine Gael brings home the bacon once again for their real leader.
eoin
The Phoenix (daily edition?) comments on the ruling last week at the criminal courts banning the reporting of the Lucan child murder trial by ONE media outlet (and although there is an order that the media outlet can’t be named, anyone watching the front pages at this stage has probably guessed which one).
It is a slightly ridiculous situation where any casual observer can state that such a paper has no coverage of the trial but there remains a prohibition on saying that the High Court has ordered paper X not to carry coverage of the trial.
delighted for bertie b.
in fairness
Stop.
I’m already an emotional wreck, any further kindness might tip me over the edge. :)
What an extraordinary team and manager, what a result especially considering they had to do it without Salah and Firmino.
Whatever happens on Sunday this has been a wonderful journey.
What a time to be alive :)
and hopeful thoughts with bodger for this evening
we might yet get a bodger v bertie showdown
…were you playing Bertie…if I’d known I would have watched…
ever the sassy biatch
I think he’s flirting ;)
well that changes things…
howarya, bisted!?
*hitches up pants to better show moose knuckle*
Moose knuckle… that is so horribly evocative.
you’re still thinking about it, arent you, millz?
I hate you
yet love my scrotal undulations
mouse knuckles on a rainy day
make me drift make me drift drift away…
eh, moose….not mouse
I’ve nothing to be shy about
Oh bisted, what a little ray of sunshine you are on a wet Wednesday such as this.
…howya Barabas…and Millie…and Bertie…and Janet…so nice to be part of the bantz :)
U ok hon?
Please pull up a beanbag and provide your own slippers.
…wow, this is great…not sure I could do it three times a week though…
is that what you told the missus.. new level bants;)
Bodger being an Ajax fan?
i believe bodger is a spurs fan
It was a cbc in the 80s thing
Sean Cox will be as thrilled as Bertie!
ah, liverpool were a shower of flukes. not like united v psg..
Football? Bloody hell…
A thankful respite from Game Of Thrones though.
Amazing eh!? One of the great soccer occasions.
Why? Is it ‘coming home’?
Big story by NYT.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/07/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html
Politicians are back today after a 20-day Easter break.
Well, most of them are. Miriam O’Callaghan’s brother, the FF justice spokesperson Jim will be down at the High Court defending what remains of embattled solicitor Gerald Kean’s reputation. The Irish Times reports Gerald is suing the Daily Star for a story about a “raid” by Gardai on his former offices (the ones from which he was evicted earlier this year for not paying his rent). The “raid” was connected to work done by Gerald on behalf of someone linked to the Kinahan drug trafficking organisation. Gerald says the article was defamatory, the Star says its wasn’t.
“Mr Kean also believes gardaí were the source of the information in the article, counsel added.” reports the Irish Times. Our dear friend from the Disclosures Tribunal, the Star’s Mick O’Toole is involved in the case. Remember this is the same Gerald Kean who trashed Maurice McCabe’s reputation on the Marian Finucane show based on a briefing from the Garda Commissioner the previous day.
Poor Gerald, the Irish Times reported earlier this year about his being kicked out of his old offices “according to records obtained from the Dublin city sheriff’s office, Mr Kean has a civil order secured against him for €179,317.37, alongside more than €100,000 owed to the Revenue Commissioners.”
That’s Dr Kean to you.
Did I imagine it or did Kean and his partner host a Versailles themed party where he dressed up as Louis XIV aka the Sun King?
I’m sure Barry Egan breathlessly reported on this in the Sindo back in the day.
Fine ‘Yersinia Pestis’ Gael. Gutting this State for the benefit of their rich friends.
Will Naughten sue Varadkar now?
That National Broadband Plan can’t come quickly enough for Denis O’Brien. Bonds in his Digicel business are trading at 33c in the dollar.
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20190508/jmmb-tells-clients-sell-digicel-bonds
Thanks Fine Gael, you’re the best!
Meanwhile, the Independent reports about the *proposed* sale of INM to Mediahuis ” a separate stock market filing shows a fund controlled by billionaire and philanthropist George Soros owns 3.17pc of INM shares, after buying stock two days after the takeover offer was announced.”
Now, why would George Soros buy into INM at 10.3c when Mediahuis is only offering 10.5c a share>
Anyone want to take a bet that Mediahuis will have upped its offer for INM from 10.5c a share to 20c by the end of June?
We’re reminded today about the ongoing investigation of the affairs of INM by the corporate watchdog. Several people, including journalists are trying to get their hands on the interim report by the ODCE, Judge Kelly is still considering those requests and is expected to make a ruling very shortly, maybe even today. The ODCE is investigating a range of issues including hacking, secret “success fees” for Denis O’Brien and Denis O’Brien trying to sell his loss-making Newstalk radio station to publicly-quoted INM for three times what INM thought it was worth.
Separately, and reported in the Irish Times, former INM CEO Gavin O’Reilly is trying to get the permission of the courts, in a legal action against INM, to use documents he has become aware of during the watchdog’s investigation,. He’s concerned that his personal records, including medical records were hacked by companies paid by Denis O’Brien. Former INM “senior journalist” Karl Brophy is trying to get similar permission because he thinks his journalistic sources may have been compromised.
Denis O’Brien is a big part of the ongoing €30m (to date, it may cost €100m) Siteserv Commission which is investigating the questionable sale of Siteserv by Anglo (whose sole shareholder was FG finance minister Michael Noonan). Denis O’Brien was held to have paid €1m to a FG government minister during the process to win a phone licence in 1996. Denis O’Brien is a big part of the consortium that’s about to be given the €3 billion National Broadband Plan, having been added to the consortium at the last minute last August just as the original planned deadline for awarding the contract approached.
What a banana republic.
+1, Leo has a puff piece in the Irish Times today. It’s some laugh.
Fine Gael brings home the bacon once again for their real leader.
The Phoenix (daily edition?) comments on the ruling last week at the criminal courts banning the reporting of the Lucan child murder trial by ONE media outlet (and although there is an order that the media outlet can’t be named, anyone watching the front pages at this stage has probably guessed which one).
https://www.thephoenix.ie/category/media/
It is a slightly ridiculous situation where any casual observer can state that such a paper has no coverage of the trial but there remains a prohibition on saying that the High Court has ordered paper X not to carry coverage of the trial.
– https://theconversation.com/how-camp-was-the-met-gala-not-very-116742
There is nothing discernibly camp about Jared Leto carrying around a replica of his own head.
… a designed, rehearsed happening.
Like the Irish Twitter world.
Looks like Terry McMahon has gone cold on Gemma. Coy lil’ tweet:
‘Met a woman. Vulnerable. Warm. She’d been through Hell. Wanted help. Some words. To stir passion. To bring hope. To be President.
‘Wrote for her. For the right reason. Not knowing that words like vulnerable and warm would become hard and cold. And heartbreaking.
‘One word: Sorry.’
Good grief.