My Trip to the High Court

AUD-20240311-WA0000.m4a I was given this thing a couple of weeks ago.  I'm told that it's a WhatsApp voice note which was uploaded into a group chat. It comes from an unidentified son of John Hayden, who is one of the two directors of Athlone Town AFC CLG.  The word is that the whole town is (or was) talking about this, which is its most obvious point. As long as people are talking about ''the boys'' - which very much includes 'oooooh, aren't they terrible?' - ''the boys'' are controlling the narrative. Donald Trump understands this dynamic better than most.  It is such obvious bullshit (and could be seen as an attempt to put the O'Connor camp back in its place as beneficiaries of same rather than generators) that it is hard to work up the will to reply to it. But these are highly connected people whose bullshit is routinely believed, so I have little choice.  The message was presumably put together in haste as a response to my mo...

    Just one hour ago, a Mr. Pat Keegan (I think) delivered court documents/summons/whatever to me on behalf of Mr. Richard Stapleton, the solicitor of Garda David Dully and, depending on who you talk to, a relative or not of Mr. Michael O'Connor (the man in the video). I have no intention of opening the envelope, but I will continue to fight for justice by whatever means are available to me ... including here. I'm no longer scared of them or their courts.    I don't know how much it cost to travel to the World Cup from Ireland, but the American company Sports Travel Fan was doing an eight night stay and three matches for $11,685 (or E10,636).    Based on the tax returns of Athlone Town AFC CLG and making the surely reasonable assumption that its two directors split their 'remuneration' 50-50, Michael O'Connor paid himself E37,500 in 2019, E37,500 in 2020 and E37,500 in 2021. There is no reason to think he didn't pay himself a further couple of E37,500...