Bertie's Money

**Strabane_Harp** · 03/10/2006, 7:21 PM

If anyone believes Bertie Ahern did not have a bank account when this was taking place then they deserve to be locked up as insane.

Bertie has been found out and no doubt more info will leak out week after week. If he didnt have a bank account how exactly was he receiving his minister of finance wages??? id imagine they dont write out many checks.

Christ the man should resign and stop embarassing himself

**Macy** · 04/10/2006, 7:22 AM

Vincent Brown made an interesting observation last night. The time Bertie saved this �50,000, which he paid into the bank account (once he opened his own account) in various smaller amounts, is exactly the time that the tribunal is investigating alledged payments to him by developers. Obviously just a coincidence.

**Macy** · 04/10/2006, 7:31 AM

On Berties's performance yesterday, still many many questions remain unanswered, but it's really disgusting that he chose to hide the Manchester payment behind Miriam and the girls as well. The way he keeps bringing them into the public domain now in an attempt to cover up his actions shows the respect he really has for them, or that he has something really significant to hide.

**BohsPartisan** · 04/10/2006, 7:51 AM

Originally Posted by Student Mullet

I'll turn against Bertie if he's broken a law, .

So if a politician had molested a 10 year old during the loophole when it wasn't technically against the law, that would have been fine as they weren't breaking any law.
Even if he broke no law he broke his code of standards as a politician.
Yeah he came clean but how many years later? He more or less admitted that he came clean because he knew it was going to come out soon in the tribunals, then he went on to praise himself from a great height for his honesty.

**pete** · 04/10/2006, 12:01 PM

I think Berties star has not shone for some time now & while it looks like he will survive it will surely make him weaker for next years election. Hard to know how many votes it will cost FF but surely it will lose them some votes? Then again this is Ireland & we really do get what we deserve.

I am amazed by the number of FF politicians that have said Bertie did nothing wrong but also said they wouldn't accept the money. Surely a contradiction?

**Lim till i die** · 04/10/2006, 1:18 PM

Whooosh......... There's the sound of the whole thing blowing over

Shameful performance by the opposition (And those corruption busters the PDs) during the whole scandal.

The unwillingness to press the issue would almost make a cynic wonder how much the rest have to hide......

**pete** · 04/10/2006, 1:28 PM

Originally Posted by Lim till i die

The unwillingness to press the issue would almost make a cynic wonder how much the rest have to hide......

I think the opposition don't want to press as they will then be seen to be taking advantage of a family situation. On the other hand as others have said Bertie plays that card at every opportunity.

I was giving him the benefit of the doubt but now i think he actually does have a lot more to hide but cunning enough to cover his tracks & exploit his popularily by the public. I would guess he has received more money otherwise we are assuming he the only clean politicians of his generation despite being in some powerful positions through the 80s and 90s.

**Student Mullet** · 04/10/2006, 6:17 PM

Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

Originally Posted by Student Mullet
I'll turn against Bertie if he's broken a law,

So if a politician had molested a 10 year old during the loophole when it wasn't technically against the law, that would have been fine as they weren't breaking any law.

No because molesting a 10 year old is immoral, independant of the law.

Getting help from his friends is only wrong if he broke some other rule along the way. There's nothing wrong with the help itself.

**BohsPartisan** · 04/10/2006, 8:43 PM

Originally Posted by Student Mullet

No because molesting a 10 year old is immoral, independant of the law.

Getting help from his friends is only wrong if he broke some other rule along the way. There's nothing wrong with the help itself.

For crying out loud. The minister for finance who earns a wage many times the average wage takes financial "help" from businessmen and then gives some of them nice jobs. Very moral.

**Clifford** · 05/10/2006, 8:06 AM

What's the deal now, he bought his house off one of the boyos at the Manchester Massacre or so they say on the radio. Slippery slope now for bumbling Bert. The media have him in their sights.

**iceman** · 05/10/2006, 8:42 AM

Bertie says that he did'nt break any law , now while Im no Legal Eagle , im pretty sure that under Family Law , he would be obliged to declare everything while seeking a seperation and he failed to do that.

**Macy** · 05/10/2006, 8:51 AM

Originally Posted by Lim till i die

The unwillingness to press the issue would almost make a cynic wonder how much the rest have to hide......

More to do with Bertie playing the family break up card, and the opposition having to walk a fine line with the wider public (despite it only being FF bringing it up). Hence why the concentrated on the Manchester money which started off being a seperate issue, but Bertie on Tuesday successfully tied it back in with the seperation. That was before the latest can of worms being opened.

The cynic in me would suggest that the opposition want to drag it out as long as possible to keep the story alive to damage the reputation of FF's strongest hand with a drip drip effect. It wasn't really working, but it seems Bertie is doing their job for them though by not fully disclosing and continually having to explain new revelations as they get leaked.

**Kingdom** · 05/10/2006, 8:52 AM

It's hard to predict how this will shape the next election. I have to be honest I vote on the person who I feel will do the most for my area or for me personally. Sometimes this is an independent, or sometimes its a party candidate. I'd say a lot of people are like that. So in effect, what Ahern has done, won't change a lot of peoples vote.

I know someone has criticised Kenny for not going for the jugular, but I think he will gain respect from the public for repsecting Ahern's family and respecting the situation while not agreieing with it. I think this will gain votes for Fine Gael.

**BohsPartisan** · 05/10/2006, 9:02 AM

Originally Posted by Kingdom

It's hard to predict how this will shape the next election. I have to be honest I vote on the person who I feel will do the most for my area or for me personally. .

And this is precicely why we end up with the governments we do. People go and vote them in because sure they have a constituency office in the town or something like that, then they go and complain about the government.

**DmanDmythDledge** · 05/10/2006, 12:09 PM

Can someone explain to me how some TD a while ago had to resign because someone painted his house for free and the Taoiseach gets away with accepting a large enough some of money?

**Lionel Ritchie** · 05/10/2006, 1:57 PM

I'm going to stop pulling this thing away from Berties corruption now.

Too many issues to deal with here. needs a thread of it's own.

Back to Bertie ...the shadey fcuk!

**pete** · 06/10/2006, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge

Can someone explain to me how some TD a while ago had to resign because someone painted his house for free and the Taoiseach gets away with accepting a large enough some of money?

Not only that but Bertie "buys" house from guy who giving him "loans" or "gifts".

Seems the builder guy bought house for 138k (not sure when) & Bertie either bought off him for 139k (thats what he told journalists when interviewed years ago) or 180k (this is what he claims now). I think this was 1998 when house prices increasing at considerable rate.

I think Bertie starting to smella badly now. It could be argued that he trying to cover up 1 indiscretion with another lie & as the lies flow harder to cover each one up?

Had to laugh at the way he p!ssed off the PDs yesterday. He;d got them to stay in government & 1 unscripted comment & boom! The PDs sell themselves as the FF watchdogs & Bertie tries to wipe that out in one sentence.

**casso36** · 06/10/2006, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by pete

Not only that but Bertie "buys" house from guy who giving him "loans" or "gifts".

Seems the builder guy bought house for 138k (not sure when) & Bertie either bought off him for 139k (thats what he told journalists when interviewed years ago) or 180k (this is what he claims now). I think this was 1998 when house prices increasing at considerable rate.

I think Bertie starting to smella badly now. It could be argued that he trying to cover up 1 indiscretion with another lie & as the lies flow harder to cover each one up?

Had to laugh at the way he p!ssed off the PDs yesterday. He;d got them to stay in government & 1 unscripted comment & boom! The PDs sell themselves as the FF watchdogs & Bertie tries to wipe that out in one sentence.

PD'S have'nt a leg to stand on, Bertie and the rest of his strokers, don't need them to form a government, and PDs can't bring the government down, so wait and see PDs will crawl under the nearest rock with tails between legs!!!!

**pete** · 06/10/2006, 1:27 PM

Originally Posted by casso36

PD'S have'nt a leg to stand on, Bertie and the rest of his strokers, don't need them to form a government...

True to some extent but very difficult to run a government relying on independents as they very quick to change their mind of blackmail the government. Really says a lot about irish politicians & voters that have independents queueing up to sell their vote for small local issues - if every politician did that the country would be unmanagable.

**Macy** · 11/10/2006, 10:38 AM

Did Bertie, who has everything in the public domain according to himself, win his case yesterday with regard to his seperation financial details? For those not informed, he was trying to block tribunal access to those details, and thus block cross referencing the stuff from the last few weeks with what he actually put before the family court. Could have significant implications if they're treated differently and if they're not on the family court stuff then he's in contempt.