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Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Rat Catcher on January 31, 2021, 10:49:28 pm
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Ireland's Donald Trump... Daniel For President!
https://www.sundayworld.com/crime/irish-crime/in-full-public-statement-issued-by-daniel-kinahan-40031003.html (https://www.sundayworld.com/crime/irish-crime/in-full-public-statement-issued-by-daniel-kinahan-40031003.html)
MOBSTER SPIN In full: public statement issued by Daniel Kinahan
The public statement on behalf of Daniel Kinahan to INM crime correspondent Ken Foy.
Ken Foy
January 31 2021 08:04 AM
Public statement on behalf of Daniel Kinahan to INM crime correspondent Ken Foy.
A spokesperson for Mr Kinahan said:
"Daniel is a 43 year-old family man; a father to five beautiful children; and privileged to be the stepfather to three wonderful daughters.
"He is a proud Irishman. He has never been convicted of a crime, not just in Ireland, but in any jurisdiction world-wide.
"This statement is made in response to the false and damaging allegations repeated by various commentators and media outlets that he is the leader of an Irish-based international organised crime gang.
"These claims are wholly untrue and unsupported by any evidence.
"The allegations in the media typically refer to various criminal proceedings wholly unconnected to Daniel and are often based on the testimony or comments of convicted criminals.
"Daniel wishes to make it absolutely clear that he has no involvement whatsoever in any criminal organisations or undertakings.
"Daniel is the victim of an orchestrated campaign that is targeting him with the deliberate intention to mislead the public and to damage the successful and legitimate career he has built up over 15 years in international boxing.
"His reputation as a legitimate and respected businessman is being smeared and destroyed by people with a dishonest agenda and a complicit media pursuing a false narrative that serves that agenda.
"The relentless publication of such serious falsehoods not only places Daniel’s life in danger, but the lives of his family also.
"It is irresponsible and reckless journalism of the worst kind.
"Daniel is being subjected to a trial by the media in which there is no due process or objective examination of the facts.
"The opinion of Garda, expressed during court proceedings unconnected to Daniel, is routinely presented as fact, absent of scrutiny or context.
"The prejudicial reporting against him places little to no weight on the fact that he has no convictions, that there are no extant criminal proceedings against him, and that the single previous investigations against him was abandoned due to the absence of evidence.
"This trial by media deliberately runs contrary to the legal principle of innocent until proven guilty. It therefore appears that Daniel is incapable of receiving a fair trial, not just in Ireland but elsewhere in the world due to the barrage of media accusations and coverage.
"He is a legitimate businessman who has the trust and respect of leading international figures in his industry.
"Daniel has worked tirelessly over the last decade and a half protecting the interests of the fighters whose trust and respect he treasures.
"That trust and respect is built on his unfaltering focus to secure for them the best opportunities and to ensure they are not exploited by anyone.
"He advises countless fighters that work with various managers and promoters around the globe.
"His integrity and success have gained him the trust and respect of legendary personalities within the global industry, both athletes and businessmen.
"He has been publicly endorsed by many of these leading figures who, unlike those accusing him, know him, work with him and respect and trust him.
"Despite the manufactured and opportunistic negative public response Daniel remains resolute and determined to defend his character and reputation and to hold accountable those who continue to lie and spread baseless false accounts about him and his work.
"As he states: 'A lie repeated one hundred times is still a lie.
My wish, as is my God-given right, is to continue my professional and family life in peace and without continued harassment and I will vigorously defend my right to do so'.”
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Innocent until proven guilty. Let him come back.
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No sign of him sueing anyone though.
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BBC's Panorama are broadcasting a programme about Daniel and his links to boxing and alleged links to crime tonight. If memory serves, he featured on Panorama a good few years back on a programme about horse race fixing. He was collected at a London Airport and driven to Kieran Fallon's gaff (in Newmarket I think) where it was believed the intention was to assassinate Kieran for winning races he was supposed to lose but the British Gardai lost their bottle and scared them (Daniel & Co) off before the hit could take place.
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BBC's Panorama are broadcasting a programme about Daniel and his links to boxing and alleged links to crime tonight. If memory serves, he featured on Panorama a good few years back on a programme about horse race fixing. He was collected at a London Airport and driven to Kieran Fallon's gaff (in Newmarket I think) where it was believed the intention was to assassinate Kieran for winning races he was supposed to lose but the British Gardai lost their bottle and scared them (Daniel & Co) off before the hit could take place.
Saw that. Boxing and the Mafia on tonight.
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top marks to Barry McGuigan in the documentary.
he let the thug have it.
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I don't think there was much in it for Irish viewers as there was not much if anything we didn't already know,the target audience was anybody in the UK or wherever it will be shown.
An eyeopener for those people I would think.
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If hes so innocent why not come home and take legal actions
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Big Dommos aunty said he cant be a Gangster because he dosent look like one ,he has a lovely smile .
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Big Dommos aunty said he cant be a Gangster because he dosent look like one ,he has a lovely smile .
Sounds like a good salesman...buy it....or else!!
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Nothing new in the programme, and nothing about his deal with Emirati deal on boxing promotion.
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https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0202/1194608-drugs/ (https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0202/1194608-drugs/)
Apparently this crack cocaine shite is all over the place ..... .....
Drives them phyco apparently
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https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0202/1194608-drugs/ (https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0202/1194608-drugs/)
Apparently this crack cocaine shite is all over the place ..... .....
Drives them phyco apparently
The worst part is that it's cheap.
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He seems like a man who could be open to doing a deal. I guess smuggling isn't easy with all the COVID '19 restrictions. He's invested in some rehab type projects on the mainland. Maybe with very significant investment in similar here and assistance in stopping the importation and distribution of drugs, Govt could consider discussing immunity. If the fake news media is to believed he's already wiped out the street distribution arm allegedly controlled by the Hutches so, with the right carrot, I don't see why he wouldn't dispense with the (largely Eastern European) replacements and other players.
I remember tackling a prominent SF councillor in the inner city back in the 80s. My argument was simple, if they were as opposed to heroin as they claimed the streets wouldn't be lined with junkies. His, somewhat surprising, response was that you need to get close to it and get into power to wipe it out. I took "get close" to mean control - as I guess they did through their association with Gerry Hutch, who they insisted had nothing to do with drugs! - but I guess it's open to less incriminating interpretation. In any event it did strike me, applying my interpretation, that he had a good point. Infiltration is inevitably an extremely effective weapon in any war.
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He seems like a man who could be open to doing a deal. I guess smuggling isn't easy with all the COVID '19 restrictions. He's invested in some rehab type projects on the mainland. Maybe with very significant investment in similar here and assistance in stopping the importation and distribution of drugs, Govt could consider discussing immunity. If the fake news media is to believed he's already wiped out the street distribution arm allegedly controlled by the Hutches so, with the right carrot, I don't see why he wouldn't dispense with the (largely Eastern European) replacements and other players.
I remember tackling a prominent SF councillor in the inner city back in the 80s. My argument was simple, if they were as opposed to heroin as they claimed the streets wouldn't be lined with junkies. His, somewhat surprising, response was that you need to get close to it and get into power to wipe it out. I took "get close" to mean control - as I guess they did through their association with Gerry Hutch, who they insisted had nothing to do with drugs! - but I guess it's open to less incriminating interpretation. In any event it did strike me, applying my interpretation, that he had a good point. Infiltration is inevitably an extremely effective weapon in any war.
Weren't they happy enough to just tax the dealers, bank robbers, etc all for the "The Cause"?
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Hard to be 100% sure on that but I think they were selective enough to refuse political donations from dealers competing with contributing outfits. I got the impression that Hutch was the man who decided who could do what and where and when they could do it. I'd hazard a guess that he wielded a lot more power within SF than any of the tailor's dummies they put forward for election at that time.