A Turbulent Life

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Seán Fitzpatrick in 2002

This afternoon.

Former chief executive and chairman of Anglo Irish Bank Seán FitzPatrick died yesterday following a ‘short illness’, a spokesman for his family said. He was 73.

Former Anglo Irish Bank CEO Seán FitzPatrick dies (RTÉ)

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41 thoughts on “A Turbulent Life”

  2. Jdawgs

    I bumped into him coming out of Guilbaud’s with Denis O’ Brien about 2 years ago. His embrace and short talk to Denis getting into his S600 in front of Government Buildings summed up a lot of what this country is to me in an instance.

    If we name streets, build statues and monuments in the names of people who do good for society what would be fitting for us to do for such a oily weasel as this man?

  4. CapernosityandFunction

    Sean Fitzpatrick deserves nothing in death because he, ultimately, in life, produced only misery for many, many people. He epitomised the worst of the back-slapping cadre of business people that emerged from the 1960s onwards. A self-perpetuating hierarchy that was supported by successive governments to pillage what wealth this country produced, for their own ends.

    He acted with impunity because people in his position got away with it. He didn’t die in poverty, he didn’t die in prison. But, oh, his reputation and standing were irreparably destroyed, no they weren’t to the people in his circle. He had to serve a period in purdah, for the sake of appearances, but he ended up getting away with it.

    1. johnny

      …he was a bit of a odd chap,an outsider,in fairness at least not a northsider in irish banking circles… but still agree…..Greystones in winter is Elba.

      at worst some supporting shares,which is/was not a crime under irish law-what should he have been charged with ?

      the failure of the FF/FG govt to rein in the ‘tiger’ and its regulators,all he did was lend money…as someone very partial bit leverage,what’s the ‘crime’ if the state stays out the way,banks fail all the time without state intervention.

  6. jungleman

    It’s as much about having some dignity and self respect as anything else. Also, this man has a family. If you read over your comments here you will see they are very much horrible. You should try to be a bit nicer in life.

    2. scottser

      i’m perfectly fine in life, but there were many who wished a short and unhappy one on sean fitz.
      as for his family, i’m sure their ill-gotten millions might be some small comfort at this difficult time.

  7. johnny

    He did built a great bank and lending book,from a real estate prespective,we made a ‘run’ at the US Anglo book,it was sold close to par,in a RE recession,can’t say same for any other irish loan book.

    I did not like Sean,but admired and respect what he built which before the scumbags in city of London,short squeezed it and a greedy man bet the house and lost.In many ways it was a regulatory and state failure to not act(COD’s),not one person.

    Rest In Peace Sean,my grandfater used say(shout) at me when i was acting the boll.. be nice to people on way up,you never know you may meet then on your way down Johnny Boy,or…

    “As you slide down the banisters of life, may the splinters never point the wrong way.”

    (they never really did for Seanie,he made a LOT important irish people a lot money,aint that right DOB)

    1. Hetty

      What a lot of cod’s whallop
      The whole system was madness
      It was the repeat of the same mentality that led to bearings bank collapse
      The collapse of ICI
      After those two the whole system was supposed to be reformed but no
      Fed with cheap money the system the regulators never copped it
      No banks were audited properly and the whole banking circle escaped jail or any sanction
      We are the ones facing the bill for this vile man and others

      1. johnny

        “what is /was bearings bank collapse”

        are you suggesting ‘criminalizing’ banking-obv you not Irish based,how many high street banks,are now left open?

        never mind actually lending you money to F build something In Dublin,good luck if its a bit ‘out there’,or ahead its time,at least Sean and anglo had a great vision for modern thriving Ireland,what the yanks one – more evictions?

  8. Free Lunch

    It’s sooo easy to write a fawning “aren’t people cruel on social media” article for the Sunday Independent this Sunday, isn’t it EIlish?

  10. Nullzero

    Poor auld Seany Fitz, the poster boy of the Irish social elite who all feign disgust at his actions but really quite admire his cajones and would have done the same in his place.

    A statue should be erected to him on the south side of Stephan’s Green as a reminder to the Irish people we really do just let the likes of him walk all over us without any recourse.

  13. K. Cavan

    I’ve never seen so many people dying “after a short illness” but that aside, it’s interesting that the Financial Collapse of ’07 has led to us to this Clownworld we currently reside in.
    Everything has consequences, Clinton deregulated the banks, they thrashed the entire system & we are currently having our leaders’ solution to that problem imposed on us.
    If we just live in pods, eat bugs & spend all our leisure time online, the upper echelons of the capitalist system can continue to operate the gigantic gambling operation that the finance system has become, indefinitely.
    We must depopulate or Wall St may never forgive us.
    Sounds like a plan to me.

    1. Chris

      All according to plan. Shocking the market & then finance picking up the spoils at a discount. If you were to set a marker on when the soft coup started it would be the last crash. NAMA, a captured and complicit media that wouldn’t report on the shenanigans, at least five high court judges bought out. Lest we forget the guarantee for both secured & unsecured bondholders. Politicians handed finance the keys to the country.

        1. johnny

          you of all people know,how long it takes me to string together,a somewhat coherent sentence,never mind a eulogy,angling for the invite to the p*ss up at Landsdowne,memebers lounge,to see that work gone…

          2. johnny

            he never asked nor requested state help or a bailout,the other dead man did that,he was just as a stupid as his old man,who Charlie robbed the poor box off-FF huh

  17. ce

    Moving tribute from Dermot Desmond, describing the deceased as ‘decent and honourable Irishman’ …

    https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/se%C3%A1n-fitzpatrick-was-convenient-scapegoat-after-crash-top-financiers-say-1.4723945?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fbusiness%2Ffinancial-services%2Fse%25C3%25A1n-fitzpatrick-was-convenient-scapegoat-after-crash-top-financiers-say-1.4723945

    … sorta sums up everything that’s wrong with the state, really succinctly…

      2. benblack

        Yet, the Irish Times doesn’t have a single journalist willing to put their head above the parapet and confront the Irish political establishment regarding the illogical Covid narrative.

  18. Paulus

    Oh Seanie you remained insulated
    From the havoc you and others created:
    Anglo got a state crutch,
    And you never were touched,
    But forever you’ll be implicated.

    tbh, I rattled off something more spontaneous earlier; but BS would never have allowed it!

    1. Steph Pinker

      I alluded to his massive wing wang in a comment earlier but there were no takers,
      so, don’t be ashamed,
      just accept we were gamed,
      but who’s now in the undertakers?

      I don’t rhyme wery vell :(

        1. Steph Pinker

          Hahahaha!

          Ah Here!

          Thanks Ben, I probably wouldn’t have noticed otherwise – seriously* :(

          *as if…

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