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Ireland to jail bankers who caused the collapse

caronoel
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The senior bankers at Anglo Irish bank are due to be sentenced:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0731/718364-anglo/

Shame we dont have the bottle to do the same thing here!

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  • Mistermeaner
    Mistermeaner Posts: 2,985 Forumite
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    Did you read the article?

    They are not being prosecuted for 'causing the collapse' whatever that means
    Left is never right but I always am.
  • chris_m
    chris_m Posts: 8,250 Forumite
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    Mistermeaner wrote: »
    They are not being prosecuted for 'causing the collapse' whatever that means

    Perhaps they are to be jailed for causing the collapse of their defence against the charges brought against them - however, that might be letting the truth get in the way of an emotive headline :D
  • chewmylegoff
    chewmylegoff Posts: 11,466 Forumite
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    caronoel wrote: »
    The senior bankers at Anglo Irish bank are due to be sentenced:
    http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0731/718364-anglo/

    Shame we dont have the bottle to do the same thing here!

    I'm not sure assisting a client to commit tax evasion in Ireland is quite quite the same thing as causing the global financial crisis but I assume you will be explaining the link shortly.
  • antrobus
    antrobus Posts: 17,386 Forumite
    caronoel wrote: »
    The senior bankers at Anglo Irish bank are due to be sentenced:
    http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0731/718364-anglo/

    Shame we dont have the bottle to do the same thing here!

    Congratulations! You are the winner of this week's award for the Most Misleading Conclusion Reached From A Newspaper Headline.
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