Access to Information Updates
Readers might recall that back in November, I published an FOI released to Deputy Joan Burton. She appealed a decision by the Department of Finance to refuse the release of certain documents to the Information Commissioner, and the Commissioner appears to have settled the matter with the Department – resulting in the release of more … Continue reading “Anglo’s meetings with Finance”
Since we now own them – I will be buying and publishing the accounts for all Anglo Irish Bank subsidiaries. Many of them have or had Minister Brian Lenihan as a director. First up is Anglo Irish Asset Finance, 2008 and 2009 accounts. The 2009 accounts contain the now infamous yen loss, Colm McCarthy referred … Continue reading “Anglo companies”
Take a look at the last paragraph from the front page story of the Irish Independent today: One of the biggest problems is that Anglo’s staff are mainly skilled in property lending, but the EU does not want the bank to build up a major exposure to that sector again. Well clearly the staff were … Continue reading “Anglo losses”
I received a bunch of emails today from the Department of Finance in relation to communications with Anglo Irish Bank between September 2008 and February 2009. I will scan them all shortly and upload. One in particular though caught my eye. It’s an email exchange between Marie Mulvihill at the DoF and John Paul Coleman … Continue reading “Anglo emails”
So BP has pledged $20bn to cleaning up the environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico… WASHINGTON — US lawmakers on Wednesday welcomed BP’s agreement to create a $20billion fund to pay claims from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill but vowed to keep holding the energy giant’s feet to the fire. President Barack Obama’s … Continue reading “Anglo spill-over”
Last week I blogged about Anglo Irish JCF 1 LLP, a company with an illustrious list of board members. However, following some searches I found something else that looked strange. According to the Register of Members’ Interests 2006, Senator Feargal Quinn invested in a similarly named company. It was Anglo Irish JCF LLP (without the … Continue reading “Anglo Irish JCF LLP”
There’s something awfully odd about this. Just what is Anglo Irish JCF 1 LLP? It was incorporated in the UK in October 2008, and members were appointed as follows: LLP MEMBER APPOINTED SEAN FITZPATRICK 16/09/2009 LLP288a LLP MEMBER APPOINTED PAUL COULSON 16/09/2009 LLP288a LLP MEMBER APPOINTED EUGENE POWER 16/09/2009 LLP288a LLP MEMBER APPOINTED CAROL WRIGHT … Continue reading “Anglo strangeness”
This has always been one of the great mysteries of Irish banking since the bailout. Who are the bondholders? The lack of information is a gift to conspiracy theorists, but also poses questions around who exactly the Irish public guaranteed in September 2008. It occurred to me that it might be worth looking through the … Continue reading “Anglo bondholders”
Readers will be aware that Anglo Irish Bank was nationalised in January 2009. This came after the bank guarantee scheme of September/October 2009. Anglo became a prescribed body under the Ethics in Public Office Act last summer, which was expanded through a statutory instrument in February 2010 to cover many subsidiaries of the bank. However, … Continue reading “Anglo Irish Bank – A request for information”
Interesting lending terms. Mad what you find on the internet. Puma owes the Irish taxpayer nearly €400m. PH Completion of Refinancing FINAL Here’s another teaser: Phonenote Limited. Get Googling.