A bloody nose for EBS chairman Mark Moran and his crew of cronies. The EBS AGM sees challenger Ethna Tinney wipe the floor with his nominees, romping home several thousand votes ahead of them. Mark fails to fall on his sword, despite his known opposition to Ethna. ‘Resignation’ is an unknown word in the lexicon …
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‘X’ marks spot to save EBS
HIGH noon beckons in the EBS board of directors’ shootout. How should we vote? Let me break the habit of a lifetime. And be a bit balanced. Now for my first effort at balance: Fergus Murphy, the new kid on the block at the EBS could be a breath of fresh air. There are signs …
D4 Hostess Eyes Ethna’s Seat
Nominations closed yesterday week for the shoot-out at the EBS board of directors. The victim of last year’s board shafting, Ethna Tinney, handed in her nomination (read about last year’s battle with the board here). She alone is carrying the flag for the members. Ethna is no certainty. Peculiar characters are throwing shapes. Not only …
She Hasn’t Gone Away You Know!
EBS chairman Mark Moran and his house-trained hit squad thought they had quelled the rebellion of EBS members. The well-heeled EBS board, who all profess to love mutuality, have been quietly plotting a peaceful AGM in April. buy cialis buy levitra buy propecia buy soma buy viagra cheap cialis cheap viagra generic cialis generic levitra …
Is There Anybody In At The EBS?
All is calm at the good ship EBS. As the financial sector worldwide weathers a week of turmoil, Ireland‘s last mutual hardly notices. All is so calm that the EBS has still not found a new boss. Poor Ted McGovern announced his departure four months ago but the search for a successor has drawn a …
Trinity Seanad Election 2007: With Friends Like These?
“Time to get yourself re-elected to the Seanad,” says she. “Target a section of the TCD constituency and go for it.” “Where shall I start?” I ask. “All the lefties and bearded trade unionists cross the street to avoid me. I seem to have offended them.” “You should have thought of that before you went …
Saddam Hussein Would Be Envious of Democracy CRH-Style
About four hundred well-heeled shareholders showed up for the CRH AGM bang in the centre of Ballsbridge recently. They were ducking no one. The board was on parade. The contrast with the attendance at the recent EBS annual meeting could not have been starker. EBS members look less prosperous, more downtrodden mainly because they are. …
EBS Says Ethna “Resigned”!
EBS chairman Mark Moran admits there are “lessons to learn” from his board’s inelegant execution of Ethna Tinney. The first is that the boss, Ted McGovern, should keep his missus away from AGMs . Her intervention at the AGM caused a stir – not least because few, except Ted, knew that she was the boss’s …
Let the Missus do the Talking for the EBS
It was midway through the roasting of Ted McGovern, the €760,000-a-year EBS boss, at last Monday’s AGM when a well-groomed woman rose to speak. Ted beamed. Only a few minutes earlier the masses had been shaping to storm the platform. She was no friend of Ethna Tinney, the EBS board’s victim. She supported the board …
Tinney Shafted; EBS Stumbles On
When Ethna Tinney lost her bid to be re-elected to the board of the EBS, Chairman Mark Moran said afterwards that the vote was a “clear mandate for the board and a clear outcome.” To remind you, Mark is refering to a margin of victory of just 835 votes from a total of almost 20,000 …