Fianna Fáil + Fine Gael (FFG) voters are the dumb cash cows we cronies slaughter for fat profits

Let me explain: The target market of the Irish elite, the owners of private hospitals, are mostly FFG voters

Why? These are the voters with money to be taken to the cleaners FFG is a profit delivery vehicle for the elite. They deliver fat profits to a tiny crony class, mostly prised from the hands of people with money

Big insurers make big margins by fleecing SMB owners, professionals etc. Same for health insurance, most property development etc

I need to address several rumours circulating

First, it is true that I supported @LeoVaradkar's leadership bid, as my tweets from the time suggest. I met with his chief "choir boy" in my house at the time, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. He asked for additional resources. I declined Second, I was explicit that my support for Leo over Coveney was predicated on Leo's support for anti-corruption & whistleblowing. My interest was in passing the Criminal Justice (Anti-corruption) Bill

Leo to his credit achieved this within a short period of taking office

There are 2 conditions in which @LeoVaradkar should use iMessage to conduct "official government strategy" (so official it was secret to everyone but him)

1 Extended loss of ICT systems
2 National emergency

BUT "resulting correspondence must be forwarded" to his official email In such rare circumstances a politician/public servant is required to take particular care not to communicate confidential or sensitive information
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This requirement surely applies just as much to civil servants as it does a Minister carrying out supposedly "official" business

Irish big 4 accountants and lawyers might be increasingly portrayed as parasitical villains publicly and privately in Ireland.

But IMHO they will be the heroes of Ireland’s next chapter and solve many of our challenges ahead. Let me explain how & why...

jrnl.ie/4815711 Irish accountants and lawyers, tax advisors in particular, are going to face near extinction as their fee income from “global tax planning” will almost certainly vanish with global tax changes. They will then become major lobbyists for the overhaul of the domestic Irish economy.

Last night I talked to one of Goldman Sachs finest ever telecoms bankers. He felt Ireland’s broadband tendering process was “made to order”. In other words it was shaped from the start by a single bidder for that single bidder to win. He’d seen this type of made-to order-process a few times in developing world. But not recently. Normally, even in rigged situations, the bidder would pay the state something for a license to operate rural broadband, then borrow against future earnings to build the infrastructure.

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It’s clear to me now that the correct decision for @WebSummit is to rescind Marine Le Pen’s invitation. Based on advice we have received and the large reaction online overnight, her presence is disrespectful in particular to our host country. It is also disrespectful to some of the many tens of thousands of attendees who join us from around the world.