How To Blow A Fortune: Ireland (BBC Panorama) Part 1 of 3

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[rhumbles]

"i wish theyd go kill themselves [the critics]" i remember the very moment like yesterday looking out at the rain thru the window and the gloomy sky in kerry with that twat bertie saying that exact extract on the radio, I remember clearly how the political critic on a phone in how he was warning listeners of the chickens that will eventually come home to roost. and damning ahern. Yet it al seems so long ago and very far away. I now live in Brazil

[graham640]

it was all fueled by greedy government and builders as well as estate agents solicitors also got a cut it was just madness

[rhumbles]

@MrMarcusirish I live in Rio

[MrMarcusirish]

Flynn and Kelly just wanted to milk other Irish people- stop with this altruistic bullshit that he wanted to make a few bob for an early retirement, yeah..right, I was once offered a mortgage for a flat above a kebhouse on the Drumcondra road for 360.000 euro in 2004, seriously....the banker was waxing lyrical about it, it'll be worth blah blah in 2010, if it is too good to be true then it usually is, I said 'do you think this is worth 360.000'? his reply was 'Don't be negative' sane more like!

[MrMarcusirish]

@rhumbles I am with you brother, I live in Brasilia, where are you?

[Burncourtable]

Fianna Fail knew what what happening but they rode it out as long as they could. The financial regulator was asleep at the wheel, property developers were rotten to the core and successive government were inept.

[JoeDuveen]

Dirty greedy Irish pig politicians - especially the sicko Lenihan - a right psychopath.

[ronfan69]

Bunch of greedy pigs. Even now this fits the description of the Irish perfectly. Greed ruined what once was a great and proud nation. I'm glad it all crashed. Will hopefully bring back a bit of dignity to the people. Remember rich people are often really miserable animals deep down.

[mdm15]

@graham640 so true mate

[tysonthepooper]

i will say this, i come from a pretty low-income background but hard-working all the same, and during the boom years even I had quite a fair bit of money, now, in the bust years, im applying for jobs every single day, id be lucky to get a reply from even one. ppl and their greed, if the banks lent responsibley and ppl invested PROPERY will wouldnt be in this mess.

[wotsgonon1]

i actually dont know what to type,,,,,im lost for words!!