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Re: just one follow up question for you on the liberty project (ireland/poland)

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Email-ID 4641185 Date 2011-11-01 22:51:10 From zeihan@stratfor.com To adriano.bosoni@stratfor.com

Re: just one follow up question for you on the liberty project (ireland/poland)





Cool

Tnx



On Nov 1, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Adriano Bosoni <adriano.bosoni@stratfor.com>

wrote:



Link: themeData



In the decades that followed the Civil War, Irish politics were

dominated by two big parties, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael. Both parties

have established close connections with businessmen, and there have been

several allegations of corruption.



Wealthy families







In Ireland there is traditional oligarchy and newly-established

oligarchy.







One of the most famous traditional Irish families are the Oa**Briens.

Denis O'Brien is a powerful public figure within the business, sporting

and philanthropy communities in Ireland. Forbes has listed him as

Ireland's second-richest billionaire in 2011. Oa**Brien, owner of mobile

phone company Digicel Group, that operates in 32 countries. He is also

the largest shareholder in Independent News and Media (INM), a stable

which includes this newspaper as well as the Irish Independent, the

Evening Herald and the Irish Daily Star.







Other prominent family are the Westons. The Weston dynasty was founded

in 1882. They made most of their money in the retailing sector, and they

have business in England and Canada. Also very famous is the Guinness

family, owners of the world-known brewery.







In a similar fashion, the Sisk Family have been running Irelanda**s

biggest building contractor for almost a century. On the other hand,

Dermont Desmond has made his fortune owning casinos and soccer teams in

Europe, as well as technology firms.







The Naughton family owns Dublin firm Dimplex, an electrical heating

group, while the Ryan family are the owners of the low cost Ryanair

airline. O'Flaherty Holdings, owned by the Oa**Flaherty family is one of

Ireland's wealthiest private companies. At one point it owned the Irish

Audi , Mazda, Mercedes, Skoda and Volkswagen franchises.







Regarding the newly-established oligarchy, it is noteworthy to mention

that Irelanda**s wealthiest man is Pallonji Mistri, owner of 18% of

Tata, Indiaa**s largest private conglomerate. Originally from India,

Mistry became an Irish citizen in 2003.







Believe or not, Irish rock band U2 often appear in Forbesa** list of the

richest people in Ireland.











Politics and businessmen







Two big public inquiries have revealed the link between politics and

corruption in Ireland:







A. The Mahon Tribunal: It was established in 1997 to investigate

allegations of corrupt payments to politicians, mostly regarding

planning permissions and land rezoning issues in the 1990s in the Dublin

County Council area. The allegations even reached Prime Minister Bertie

Ahern, from Fianna FA!il, who resigned in 2008 due to continuing

controversy over the payments.







A. The Moriarty Tribunal: In the 1990s, Denis Oa**Brien became one

of Fine Gaela**s main donors. In an 18-month period between March 1995

and June 1996, O'Brien donated over IRA-L-20,000 to the party which was

then in government. In return, the government rewarded Oa**Brien with

licences to operate in the mobile phone markets. In March 2011, the

Moriarty Tribunal's final report found that Michael Lowry, the then

energy and communications minister in Ireland, assisted Denis O'Brien in

his bid to secure a mobile phone contract for Esat Digifone, a key

foundation of O'Brien's personal wealth.



On 11/1/11 1:00 PM, Peter Zeihan wrote:



what about oligarchs? are there any corporate/family groupings that

are very powerful?



in ireland anything related to the two political parties that date

back to the civil war?



in poland any slavic connections back to the Soviet period?



i think i've got everything else i need



--

Adriano Bosoni - ADP









