Mick Wallace / Frank Hynes

silver2020

Love this quote by Frank Hynes about Mick Wallace back in 2012

Frank Hynes of Hynes Jewellers said he knew Wallace and respected the work he had done for youth soccer. “But you just can’t mess with the VAT. You can’t mess with Revenue because you will end up in trouble. As a business person I know that you have to pay your tax.”

and Frank Hynes' own troubles in the high court and liquidation of various companies, non payment of taxes, and disqualification and having a Wallace family member act as a director.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/disqualified-accountant-effectively-controlled-three-companies-court-told-1.4280401


Phoenix magazine has been doing some digging - wonder what they'll find

Rodney Bathgate

Mick ‘Scarecrow’ Wallace also misappropriated his employees pension fund contributions. Great lad.

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.rte.ie/amp/309498/

Mr Wallace pleaded guilty to five charges of deducting pension contributions and failing to pay them in the Construction Workers Pension Scheme between January and May 2008.

Poor_old_gill

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

Mick ‘Scarecrow’ Wallace also misappropriated his employees pension fund contributions. Great lad.

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.rte.ie/amp/309498/

He's anti establishment though?
He's anti banks and developers and all those bad guys who are screwing you over, no?

I cant fathom how he has sold himself as some kind of crusader for the little guy- genuinely baffling stuff.

Next we'll have Michael O Leary running for the Dail as a champion of employees rights

silver2020

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

Mick ‘Scarecrow’ Wallace also misappropriated his employees pension fund contributions. Great lad.

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.rte.ie/amp/309498/

yep, but that's old news.

Its the connection between the Wallaces and Frank Hynes that the Phoenix is digging into.

And the connection is current, not something from years ago.

Another €2m loss for the taxpayer

Edgware

The intelligent people of Wexford and Leinster have elected him to public office.
As Mick sips his Merlot and quaffs his Belgian chocolates each evening he will offer a silent thank you to the muppets of Wexford and Leinster.

JohnnyFlash

The only one Mick Wallace cares about is Mick Wallace. The caring crusty socialist act seems to have fooled people though.

Rodney Bathgate

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

He's anti establishment though?
He's anti banks and developers and all those bad guys who are screwing you over, no?

I cant fathom how he has sold himself as some kind of crusader for the little guy- genuinely baffling stuff.

Next we'll have Michael O Leary running for the Dail as a champion of employees rights

Anti washing too, I believe.

And anti repaying debts.

sabat

Stay classy boards, kicking a great entrepreneur who fell on hard times through no fault of his own. During the last recession there were many ordinary Irish families who were down to their last vineyard too.

Rodney Bathgate

I find that Mick is a useful ‘barometer’ to determine my stance on something. If he supports something then it is generally something to be opposed. If he opposes it then it is generally something to be supported.

If he has no opinion then time to dig deeper as he is probably hiding something.

Rodney Bathgate

sabat wrote: »

Stay classy boards, kicking a great entrepreneur who fell on hard times through no fault of his own. During the last recession there were many ordinary Irish families who were down to their last vineyard too.

Not his vineyard - he transferred it to the brother if I recall, to keep it away from his creditors.

sabat

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

Not his vineyard - he transferred it to the brother if I recall, to keep it away from his creditors.

No no no you have it all wrong, his brother was a creditor too-he owed him exactly one vineyard.

Poor_old_gill

sabat wrote: »

Stay classy boards, kicking a great entrepreneur who fell on hard times through no fault of his own. During the last recession there were many ordinary Irish families who were down to their last vineyard too.

Man. Of. The. People.