Liveline thread 09/04/2013 to 19/7/2013

Dan Jaman

Tisserand wrote: »

Charlie Haughey

Haughey, while an auld rogue, at least had a certain style; unlike the shower of tic-tac men that succeeded him.

Tisserand

We can bet that if we could hear the conversations of BOI and AIB heads at that time, the conversations would have been no different

europa11

I'd say there was some camraderie there in the past alright Margaret.

We're still paying for that partying.

lucylu

Dan Jaman wrote: »

Haughey, while an auld rogue, at least had a certain style; unlike the shower of tic-tac men that succeeded him.

a thief in a Charvet Shirt as opposed to a thief in a Armani suit?

snubbleste

Tear ducts have opened!

sudzs

I hope Joe isn't suggesting paint throwing, not after all the fuss he made about Mary Harney getting paint balled by by the Eirigi woman!

Floppybits

Joe get the clamps on, Tears on the way.

europa11

Tears

BINGO!

----bonus pt. for former Anglo employee

SEPT 23 1989

I would say she was shouting from the rooftops that her husband was working for anglo during the boom

JM Skipton

Tisserand wrote: »

We can bet that if we could hear the conversations of BOI and AIB heads at that time, the conversations would have been no different

There are tapes for BOI and AIB as calls have to be monitored for legal reasons ie: to prove if someone agreed to sell in dollars or euro etc....
Anglo however is the prime target for obvious reasons

Boombastic

JM Skipton wrote: »

There are tapes for BOI and AIB as calls have to be monitored for legal reasons ie: to prove if someone agreed to sell in dollars or euro etc....
Anglo however is the prime target for obvious reasons

I hope they still exist. .

Tisserand

snubbleste wrote: »

An Anglo share was worth €17.31 in 2007
So if she had 10,000 for example that'd be...

But if they took dividends over the boom years in cash instead of in more shares, at least they would have got something out of them

lufties

JonathanAnon wrote: »

He shouldnt have a fkn job Ann... You are delusional... A lot of the staff in Anglo simply looked the other way, when their pockets were being stuffed with cash...

Of course, none of them were in charge NOW, but I'm sure they were all "running the fkn place" pre 2007

She sounds holier than thou

clappyhappy

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I would say she was shouting from the rooftops that her husband was working for anglo during the boom

Agree totally. I'd say she has been to a few cocktail parties, rubbing shoulders with the big boys!!!

europa11

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I would say she was shouting from the rooftops that her husband was working for anglo during the boom

And probably from the top of the one in the background here.

JonathanAnon

I'm sorry we've let you down, Des, and that you are now embarrassed in front of Gunther and Fritz..

artful_codger

I worked in AIB capital markets for a year in 2007 and all the conversation around the water cooler was about the share price, plus they were all getting 'staff rate' mortgages.

europa11

What instrument did he say he played again?

Lenin Skynard

Another one of these who's overly concerned with what our neighbours might think of us. We're becoming the Hyacinth Bucket of Europe.

snubbleste

Tisserand wrote: »

But if they took dividends over the boom years in cash instead of in more shares, at least they would have got something out of them

But why would you take the cash if the share price was going up and up and up?

donegal11

gazzer wrote: »

It would be changed (downwards) a huge amount if they were both at the top of their pay scales in 1997. Between pay cuts, pension levy and recruitment and promotion embargo there would be no scope to increase their wages.

So let's say they had modest jobs at top of their salaries at say 35k each. yet they still haven't paid off any capital in 6 years, somethings wrong there

Yakuza

Tisserand wrote: »

And many of the 'ordinary staff on the ground' bankers who were selling 100% and 100% + mortgages. "We were only following orders" brigade

I thought Anglo didn't do ordinary punter mortages, only multi-million and billion euro deals for developers (those values having been pulled out of the ars3s of said developers, most of the time).

While I do feel a modicum of sympathy for ordinary staff in the traditional banks, those in Anglo must have known they were on some kind of merry-go-round that was was going to have to come to a stop at some point...

Tisserand

And this was a country that was hoodwinked by Hitler?

pc7

I couldn't care less what my European neighbours make of the Irish people, don't believe a word of this spoofer. Just because Berlosconi is having bunga bunga parties with coke and hookers I don't believe all Italians are.

withless

The 'average man in the street' has always been the problem in this country.

JM Skipton

Joe FFS the Germans don't think anything of the sort stop this sensationalist crap

pc7

Oh and another thing, the Germans didn't mind putting their money in the 'Wild West' which is what Ireland was called then, they all saw Euro signs.

europa11

"Shocked...surprised.....embarrassed"

And rightly so.

You're making a complete ape of yourself on national radio.

snubbleste

"It's disgusting, dis-gust-ing Joe"

baldbear

Its disgusting and shocking but absolutly nothing will be done. Because our politicians are spineless overpaid thicks.