Crooks in St Lukes.?

national | politics / elections | other press Friday May 19, 2006 17:04 by John McDermott - www.fiannafailparty.info jmcd444 at yahoo dot co dot uk gran Canaria Spain

Alzheimers rampant among soldiers of destiny.

This is a piece of an article in this months Phoenix Magazine

Bertie's best mate is under interrogation

Bertie Ahern may be circling the wagons in Drumcondra and preparing for serious trouble,according to the current issue of The Phoenix Magazine"
The Mahon/Flood tribunal is now gunning for his immediate associates, life long friends, namely one Tim Collins- part of the so called "Drumcondra Mafia",party fundraiser,and trustee of Fianna Fail's command centre "St Lukes" in Drumcondra.
Collins and Ahern are extremely close and Tim was present on many occasions in the past when Bertie met important investors intent on doing business in the field of "property development"
One such individual Tom Gilmartin remembered his presence-but not his name- when he met Bertie in 1988. Tom,an outsider and blow in from John Bull's country, was truly "shafted"(to use Bertie's recent terminology) by the Fianna Fail property Mafia shortly afterwards and it will be remembered that he vented his spleen in the Tribunal after "Pee" Flynn (of trousered cheques fame) made disparaging remarks about the poor man on R.T.E.
The circumstances in which Tim made a killing of 700,000 euros when he in partnership with the McCann (Fyffes) family were the beneficial owners of a company called "Deepriver Ltd" which purchased land on the site of the "Battle of the Boyne" for 3.4 million euros and sold it on a few weeks later to the state for 9.4 million euros.
The reason this er, stroke of fortune happened was that at the same time as they were buying the land by an incredible coincidence,Bertie was minded to create a memorial park to King William of Orange in honour of his glorious protestant victory over the papist forces here, some centuries past.
When Judge Alan Mahon questioned Tim Collins initially, poor Tim had forgotten completely about the deal, (so much Alzheimers among the old soldiers of destiny nowadays) a lapse of memory which the judge described as "extraordinary" and "astonishing" and said that poor Tim's recollection was vague and poor "to a greater extent even than we might be used to".This is some distinction to bestow on a witness before a tribunal that has jailed Liam Lawlor for his obfuscation.!
In the last three months Collins has figured in three different deals being investigated by the Mahon Tribunal and his evidence has been shot through with inconcistencies.
Te tribunal is now scrutinizing Collins bank accounts to try and shed more light on his wheelings and dealings with other august tribunal guests such as Frank Dunlop,Liam Lawlor,G.V. Wright and others..
Bertie Ahern had no direct dealings with any of the land transactions under enquiry,but don't turn over any stones if you walk through the rose garden in St Lukes.You don't know what-or whom- you may find underneath..