Bertie Green Tea-Bagged

rotflmao :D

Classic skit with Eamon DeValera, Celia Larkin, Bertie Ahern, Willie O’Dea, Michael Martin, PFlynn, Fianna Fail, Charlie Haughey.

Even Judge Alan Mahon features with his crayfish sandwiches :D lolol

You’ve gotta hear this :)

http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2012/pc/pod-v-24031222m14sgreentea-pid0-1334424.mp3

Ahern Branded Corrupt

The scarlet pimpernel of Irish politics, Bertie Ahern, was finally nailed today, with the release of the long awaited Tribunal Report.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny said an early reading of the Mahon tribunal revealed “corrupt practices” among a number of politicians and “sets out in very direct fashion the conduct of the former taoiseach” Bertie Ahern.

Mr Kenny said the Government had referred the report to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the Garda Commissioner, the Revenue Commissioners and the Standards in Public Office Commission.

Report Stinks of Corruption

Well, the day has finally arrived.

The Irish media is having a bonanza.

The Mahon tribunal has rejected much of the sworn evidence given to it by former taoiseach Bertie Ahern and said that he failed to “truthfully account” for the source of lodgements made to his bank account.

In its final report, published this morning, the planning tribunal found that Mr Ahern failed to account for over IR£165,000 which passed through bank accounts connected to him in the early and mid-1990s.

Ahern’s Tribunal recordings stay under wraps

VIDEO FOOTAGE of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s appearances at the Mahon Tribunal will remain beyond the public gaze, according to the Tribunal’s <SITE>.

The Tribunal has recently received a number of media queries relating to the use of electronic video/audio recording of evidence given by witnesses in the course of its public hearings. The purpose of this statement is to deal with such queries.

1.       Evidence at public hearings has been electronically video/audio recorded since 2002 for internal use only. Such electronic recording has proved useful on a number of occasions in correcting errors in the stenographically recorded transcripts of evidence. A number of such errors were corrected at the request of witnesses.

2.       References were occasionally made to such electronic recording in the course of the public hearings. Furthermore the camera recording the witnesses giving evidence was clearly visible at all times.

3.       These electronic recordings have never been shown or released to any third party, and will not be in the future.

Wait One More Week

Well the time has finally come :)

The Mahon Report on government corruption will be released in early March, let that be the final word on it (please Sky-Fairy please).

So how do we know? Well the judges who drafted the Report have let it be known that they will be available to hear cases in early March – in other words, they will not be working the Tribunal any more, according to Paul Cullen of the Irish Times.

Judges Mary Faherty and Gerald Keys have informed court colleagues they will not be available to sit on the Circuit Court benches next week but should be available the following week, according to legal sources.

Report on Corruption Coming Soon

A Report by the Mahon Tribunal into corrupt payments to politicians is expected to be published in the near future.

The Minister for the Environment, Phil Hogan recently called for the publication of the Report which is being finalized by Judge Alan Mahon.

The Report is expected to be critical of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, prompting the current Fianna Fail leader Michael Martin to make a statement regarding the Party’s culpability.

FIANNA FÁIL leader Micheál Martin and party officials are working on a strategy to respond to the Mahon tribunal report, especially potentially adverse findings against former taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

The party has taken the view at the highest level that the final report of the planning tribunal, chaired by Judge Alan Mahon, will be a watershed moment for the party, and particularly for Mr Martin.

CORRUPTION INQUIRY CEASES PUBLIC HEARINGS

The Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning and Payments has finally closed its doors after an 11 year investigation.