Croppie lie down.

The guerrilla tactics of Michael Collins,the Fine Gael icon ,are reputed to have been imitated by countless generations of freedom fighters world wide since the 1920's.He figured out the tactics necessary to put a world dominant empire on the defensive and how to break its resolve.
It seems to me that his modern day political descendants have learned  well these  lessons insofar as they relate to breaking an adversary who incurs their wrath.
The bank which refuses to say its name is headed by Alan Dukes a former leader of Fine Gael.The Australian CEO was appointed with the consent of a Fine Gael Government ,headed by Enda Kenny and the head of the office of Public Works,Brian Hayes is using all the authority of his office in the international arena to pursue an agenda against a good Irish family .I cannot remember any other instance when a Bank ,the Courts and a Government Minister and a Government were so united in their determination to do any family down.
Particularly a family that created so many jobs in such neglected backwaters of the hidden Ireland without any Government support.The treatment being meted out to this family is in direct contrast to that accorded Larry Goodman in years gone by,when the Examiner legislation was rushed through the Dail to maintain employment and afford an organisation under pressure a chance to regain financial control of its affairs.
What I find particularly objectionable is the use of the natural love and affection that any decent father bears for his children and their incarceration as a weapon to force him to do the bidding of any other party and I am disgusted that any Court in this country would accede to such a request.
On the one hand we have report after report decrying situations where parents and indeed the State in their absence have neglected children to the extent of causing premature death and on the other hand the State and the Courts misusing the natural love expected from a parent to attempt to blackmail that parent to do the State's will.
In my view not only is the practice medieval but also barbaric.It is the sort of punishment one would expect from a colonial power to keep down a rebellious colony but not one I would expect a modern Republic to use against one of its own citizens and its practicality affords no moral justification for its use.To carry the thing to its logical conclusion why not incarcerate his wife and his infant grandchildren and all his other children and in laws also. And his parents as well,if they are alive..
These tactics are worthy of the mafia and are not hugely dissimilar from the tiger kidnappings where children and wives are held hostage until the ransom is paid.
These archaic powers ought to be fully ventilated in the forthcoming constitutional forum and the populace given a chance to debate them and decide whether they wish them to be part of the State's and Courts armoury.
The problem that Official Ireland ,North and South has with Sean Quinn and his family is that he sprang from nowhere and is not of the professional classes who ruled the roost here for generations and really fucked this country up.
They will not rest until they have stamped him back to the dust he came from ,whatever it takes .
Yes another croppy to be put in his place.
These guys don't get it.Sean is one of ours.