Gangland Shootings part 4 - Read OP before posting - updated 30/12/23

There was a story in one of the red top rags about her employer hiring security to escort her to work when everything kicked off after the Regency. Sounds like nonsense though. You see they cant get rid of her for who she is related to but vetting wasnt up to much obviously.

It’s a way of washing cash for git as well as multiple other businesses in the cabra area.

just look at some of the so called instructors there (twins for example) are enforcers for git and have being for years.

Not their fault who their dad is.

She appeared in the media a little before 2016 with the husband. Might have been to support husband who has a modest public profile. Since 2016 for obvious reasons keeps private. The husband was in media in 2020 when they sold their previous house. Article just said his (unnamed) fiancé who unlike him wasn’t named or pictured didn’t want any publicity.

Don’t think there is any suggestion that the children have lived other than honest lives. Presumably they didn’t go mad visiting most of their Hutch cousins growing up. Believe their mother is some sort of relative to a Kinahan associate murdered in 2018 and likewise they were you’d guess kept away from part of that side of the family.

Im sure back in the day, background checks on different people were lax to non existent. But my point is that in recent times the checks on people (including family members and associates) for particular roles are fcucking crazy. There has been pushback from lobby groups regarding the right to privacy and application of Data Protection but doesn’t seem to have slowed it down.

Without going into any details I was asked to do a quick check on a potential fund invested. The criminal conviction check came out clean and they expected a rubberstamp by me.

A quick search of his name brought me on a journey straight out of a John Grisham novel. The guy was legitimately a bad guy from a bond movie. Think Christopher Walken from a View to a Kill. Altruistic contributor to charities and causes around the world but make no mistake the connection between legitimate business and groups who caused war. I presented my findings orally and they were accepted, but my contract wasn’t renewed shortly after.

But as a way to get round this, I reckon that non connected people in positions in financial services/legal firms/accountancy firms etc are preyed on until they fcuck up like a drug debt and forced into doing things. Bit like the dentist in Love/Hate but not as explicit.

One of the most surprising things I’ve read is Ms Justice Byrne telling counsel that the Special Criminal Court has a full calendar and if any delay could see any trial put back for a significant time.

The requirement to have a non jury trial should have the highest bar possible. If being used incorrectly for cases could see a challenge to its existence outright.

Although initially intended for paramilitary type cases, it had also considered subversive or organised crime type cases. The fact that challenges for dismissal have already been disregarded because the case didn’t originate from the District Court is a challenge waiting to happen. This is new territory for all involved and technicalities are going to play a huge part imo.

One thing that has always confused me is the fact that the abolition of the Special Criminal Court was one of the main policies of the party, the fact that they have abstained on the vote to renew its jurisdiction for the last two years and removing it from its manifesto doesn’t make sense.or does it?

Until someone in their camp turns informer most of these bigwigs will go unpunished.

All allegedly of course.

Crazy to think with all the people sentenced that none have thought to do a deal..... That we know of.

There is a good episode about it on Drug Lords on Netflix where Jemeker Thompson was interviewed. When asked why so popular, she smirked and says it’s 50 times stronger, cheaper and the most addictive thing in the world. She got 15 years I think. Could be all dramatised but she went to see her son instead of leaving and got snared.

Papers reporting that Spud will face more charges for passing information. Any ideas what kind of sentence that would incur?

It'll be the stripping of his pension entitlements that will hurt the hungry bollicks.

Only one thing worse than a crook and its a bent copper.

His Garda pension is what I'm referring to. He wouldn't qualify for the SCC Pension anyway.

Your right. The minister of Finance has the power to remove or suspend? Now I wonder if a person was married or had dependents would that be taken into consideration.

i literally have no clue about pensions