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    Talking Ok, Own Up, Who Has It?

    Quote Originally Posted by BreakingNews.ie

    €2.35bn EU cash is missing

    A total of €2.35bn in European taxpayers’ money is missing, presumed lost, the EU’s financial watchdog revealed today.

    The sum is part of almost nearly €3.1bn which was distributed wrongly - or fraudulently – in farm subsidies between 1971 and 2002.
    Full story here.
    "Presumed lost", I love it!
    Watch out for a bunch of farmers buying a Premiership Football club.
    Wait a minute, aren't John Magnier and JP McManus farmers?
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    thats lovely isnt it?

    and they say bureaucracy works

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    I wouldn't be surprised if a large portion of that money is in the hands of corrupt Irish politicians.
    "Love many, trust few, always paddle your own canoe." Dillo

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    I'd say u got your paws on some Peadar given your knowledge of the EU buildings in Brussels.


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    mmmm and where did we come back from a couple of weeks ago ... thats where the money is now
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    Quote Originally Posted by pete
    I'd say u got your paws on some Peadar given your knowledge of the EU buildings in Brussels.

    I've no idea what you're talking about! *cough*
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