Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien accused of ‘sitting on’ report into protection racket at building sites [Government funneled money into the hands of criminal cartels] | The Independent
by thunderingcunt1
Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien accused of ‘sitting on’ report into protection racket at building sites [Government funneled money into the hands of criminal cartels] | The Independent
by thunderingcunt1
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Oh riiiight
When I saw it was about the government funneling public money into the hands of criminal cartels involved in the building industry I just assumed it was an article about BAM.
This has been going on for years. Apparently some people in DCC were advising construction companies to pay protection money to the crime gangs who had been burning and stealing equipment.
Came to light in a criminal trial where the accused was asked how he got some money.
Long story short: Darragh O’Brien has been given information that DCC were being threatened by organised criminal gangs. DCC then funneled hundreds upon thousands of taxpayers money into these criminal cartels.
I’ve always thought the National Children’s Hospital was a money laundering endeavour. Explains why the costs keep drifting up.
Can a country ever get downgraded from a 1st world country?
An investigation was launched after the CAB uncovered evidence in 2019 that three building firms contracted by DCC and Cooperative Housing Ireland paid €550,000 to criminals to stop local thugs from vandalising construction sites. Two council officials were alleged to have facilitated the payments.
The report was completed in February 2022, however the Department of Housing waited until last week to share the findings and recommendations of the report with the council.
Probably not important, we should be more worried about why the National Children’s Hospital site keeps having so many coincidental mysterious fires!
I’ve worked on city centre projects for decades. This is common knowledge.