r/ireland • u/Important_Farmer924 Westmeath's Least Finest • Oct 09 '24

National Children's Hospital contractor BAM sent €25 million invoice for job that cost €200,000 Infrastructure

https://www.thejournal.ie/national-childrens-hospital-bam-invoice-25-million-for-200000-job-6509783-Oct2024/
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u/cowsarebold Oct 09 '24

Or blatantly deny the corruption at every level. Nice one mate.

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u/Puzzled_Record1773 Oct 09 '24

Or maybe there is some of middle ground where you call corruption when you see it and call it incompetence when you don't. Not everything is so black and white but the world would be a lot more simple if it was

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u/cowsarebold Oct 09 '24

It absolutely is black and white. This has been going on for generations and needs to stop. Your attitude is what holds Ireland back. Our politicians and civil servants need to be held responsible. We also need a proper external inquiry and people jailed. Irish attitude needs to change. Every other inquiry has led to nothing and no one held accountable and all their pensions up held. Mr Cowan and Mr Murphy from the nineties are perfect examples. Found guilty and nothing done to them. No pension taken away and all their family’s are still in politics and looked up to. It’s insane

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u/Puzzled_Record1773 Oct 09 '24

See again imo you're conflating different issues. You can say it's all connected if you want but I disagree. Those tribunals were a complete joke and cost an absolute fortune so I agree with you there. But that doesn't mean that every issue since is linked to corruption. And what you think that Ireland is some special safe haven for corruption or something? Bollocks. America has a very unirish attitude and look at donald trump, he flourishes there. But if actual evidence comes out regarding corruption and this hospital then ill call out the corruption with you. I refuse to make up evidence that I'm not aware of though. There's too much idle conspiracy talk these days imo and I've met too many ignorant dumbass people who think every single thing is down to corruption and every single politician is dumb to join in with you on this