Bertie on his “commit suicide” comment: “I had two v good friends who died from suicide, I should never have said that”. #bankinginquiry
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Bertie on thd Galway Tent: “no big deal” #bankinginquiry
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Bertie replies “Yes I do” when asked if he still believes the economy was sound when he left office. #bankinginquiry
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Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern at the Banking Inquiry this afternoon.
More as we get it.
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Why are the asking about ‘that’ comment and the ‘tent’ …ffs?
Asking him about the Galway Tent which was only ever a euphemism for big donations shows the pathetic level of questioning in this farce banking inquiry.
Precisely what I was thinking.
Me also
Let me guess Joe Higgins or some FG numpty?
Hoop Clamps 2016
exactly. it’s like the inquiry is being led by niamh horan.
Was wondering what to call His Cute Hoorness……can only be Don’s ‘Trouser-sniffing custard muppet’.
Dón these days… with a fáda :) …great line !
As an ímmígrant, Í’m just tryíng to fít ín. Too much?
Go for it Dón ! …raised a smile when I spotted it :)
*waves tiny Irish flag*
Whát I’d liké to knów is why the othér vowels weré ignoréd
Wait til Ultach sees it :)
I am but one Dόn with limited fáda-insertion* abilities
*sounds bit incesty but you know what I mean
Not enough.
Spág.
the level of questioning is risible. ‘are you a bad man?’ ‘nope’. ‘on your way so’
Did they ask him about drinking tea while hiding in the cupboard?
Bertie is in a state of self induced delusion. I’ve spoken with the man, he does firmly believe that everything was grand until Cowen got in. It really is fascinating how his mind has constructed a sort of reality firewall that allows him to view himself as a great public servant. Fuelled of course by a not insignificant following of sycophants who tell him so.
He really is that thick. It’s not an act. He’s a very lucky moron. He’s not “the most devious” he’s just spiteful and downright ruthless.
Yeah, he’s fairly deluded all right.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/bertie-bags-40000-for-tips-on-celtic-tiger-success-26755678.html
“But it is his speech on the economy which promises to reveal how Irish citizens accepted “short-term sacrifices to achieve long-term gain”, which has raised most eyebrows…
“The outline of the speech reads: “Leading the turnaround of an entire country is akin to the constant evolution companies and organisations must undergo to remain competitive.”
He really should stay locked in a cupboard somewhere and never come out. Ever.
Who in their right mind would pay to listen to that fupping eegit? Seriously? 40 fupping K he gets for his pearls of wisdom. That’s 40,000 40 fupping K. Christ on a fupping bike.. but there’s some thick fupping fuppos out there that’ll listen to any ole sh*te.
“The former Fianna Fail leader has been employed for a number of years as one of the highest-paid speakers with the bureau — whose motto is ‘Connecting you with the world’s greatest minds’
The world’s greatest minds… he probably tells himself that.
Have you seen his LinkedIn profile? So thick he doesn’t know how to use the shift key.
What were we doing with Bertie & Cowen?
It all feels like a bad dream.
Wonder which of them is more stupid. I’d say Ahearn but only by a nose.
I refer this poster to my previous comments on the sub par relationship between educational attainment and actual intelligence level that is palpable both in this country and in this poster’s commentary generally.
Yea, stupidity isn’t the real issue.
Its the lack of wisdom, knowledge, dignity or integrity.
“I won it on a horse”.
How could we forget
Well, he said today that if hindsight was a currency, he’d be a millionaire, but isn’t he already a millionaire? So he must’ve meant mulit-millionaire, or a billionare – not including what he won on the horses, of course – although it would be a good name for a horse, In Hindsight.
… Hindsight’s also good for spelling errors as well.
Ahern was the ultimate credit junkie. Live now, pay later.
A generation spent most of thier 20’s setting up automated minimum payments between credit cards and those in thier 30’s took out obscene loans to buy a basic home which will fall down in thier lifetime.
Yes Bertie you done a great job. Keep telling yourself that?
As long as we remember that as a nation “we” collectively voted him in three elections in a row. We the people were the creator junkies and only too happy to “believe”. Bertie is just a manifestation of the worst or the Irish Psyche. Believing we can blame the collective fupp-up on 20 people will only increase the chances of repeating it.
Credit junkies. Damn autocorrect.
post of the week.
He is still a knave and a charlatan of the highest order.
where do the 1,226,640 people who didn’t vote for fianna fail in 2007 (i.e. 58.4 per cent of those who voted on the day) fit into your hypothesis?
We ignore his use of the royal “we”.
I didn’t have a bank account.
Bertie only went into the cupboard to prove he wasn’t in the closet.
He misunderstood the memo from the Spin Dept.
Leave Bertie alone!
The man won elections three times. Most people seemed to be fine with him at the time, yet no one admits to voting for FF now.
He gave the people exactly what they wanted.
Of course personal responsibility played a part but people didn’t really know how badly managed the country actually was. Cheap German money was everywhere and it was his job to prevent overheating. Instead, he was the cheerleader for the deluded group think that wouldn’t even allow alternative opnions be aired.
nearly three-fifths of the voters didn’t vote for FF in bertie’s final election.
count in those who didn’t vote at all and FF got in with the votes of something like a quarter of the electorate.
Based on that rationale, you’re saying every government since the foundation of the state was illegitimate.
We have a PR system. What about those who gave FF 2nd and 3rd preferences?
Don’t pretend like no one wanted him in power. I loathe the man, but the country was happily believing the shiiiite he was spewing.
Not to mention his ‘life partner’ who turned out to be not for life. Maybe he meant it in the Mountjoy sense.
Does he actually have the gall to continue to retain a state driver? It’s a great little country for sure