Most of my posts are informed by this vision of Ireland's best future and by the view that we need to get more productive, get our people working usefully, use the assets we have of good land, good food and great entrepreneurs. THAT future of Ireland, the lean global trader depends on better corporate governance, accountability in public life, social pluralism and a state with moral as well as civil authority.
gavinsbolg 21/12/09 is worth a look. He catalogues a trail of investigative journalism into bad banking practice and irresponsible regulatory inaction tracing back to 2005.
I have set up a facebook page Call to investigate the Banking Crisis by Oireachtas Committee. I am sick of the party that I once felt an ideological affinity with, responding inadequately or equivocally to the moral ambiguities that have typified much of Ireland's social structures. Colloquially I have recently commented that the country needs to be now taken apart and rebuilt. In a manner of speaking I do believe that reforms of government, civil service, church, banking, corporate governance are now needed on a scale that will change the shape of an already rapidly changing society. These are reforms that need to be led by the moral, tolerant, Right-centred, decent and enterprising people of Irish society. have a look at my facebook page and join this debate.
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:13:09 +0000
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From: gavinsblog@gmail.com
To: groomevet@hotmail.com
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| The Regulator Posted: 21 Dec 2009 02:41 PM PST I don't want this post to seem like an "I told you so" post. But it might appear that way. I started irishcorruption.com/publicinquiry.eu back in 2005. One of the biggest issues myself and my uncle Anthony covered, and still cover on that blog, is the lack of regulation of the banks. And when the country was in a credit boom, and nobody, or at least very few, were asking questions about regulation of the banks, myself, and to a much deeper degree Anthony where highlighting this issue ad nauseum. Almost all of these posts were also copied to the office of the Financial Regulator. August 22, 2005 Toothless IFSRA August 25, 2005 Allied Irish Banks investigates itself September 28, 2005 Banana Republic October 10, 2005 Irish/Italian accountability November 15, 2005 The sheriff is not for the good guys December 13, 2005 Irish (Banks) Mafia December 23, 2005 Legal actions, dodgy dealings and resignations January 9, 2006 The (Irish financial) Wild West Show March 24, 2006 Still waiting for law enforcement March 26, 2006 Former AIB executives settle with Revenue for €323,313 June 7, 2006 Ireland – The Wild West of European finance August 1, 2006 Irish Financial Regulator – Bizarre and toothless August 2, 2006 Rampant corruption – rampant profits September 28, 2006 A corrupt state October 13, 2006 Bank robbers and bank robbers December 12, 2006 Failing to make connections December 14, 2006 Maintaining the illusion January 23, 2007 State contempt for consumers March 20, 2007 Irish Financial Regulator – Betraying the consumer April 4, 2007 The Financial Regulator, banks and credit unions April 25, 2007 Insider watchdog May 3, 2007 It's all in the mind June 17, 2007 AIB: Still ripping off customers with impunity June 13, 2007 Man of steel turns to straw August 23, 2007 A corrupt and secretive financial market August 21, 2007 Dublin – A conduit for dodgy deals? August 27, 2007 Dublin operation – A sloppily-run pig sty And that's just the first two years of blog posts. Never let anyone tell you that no one could have seen what was coming. |
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