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Seanie Fitzpatrick living it up in Poznan
Seamus McSpud
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11-Jun-2012 12:36
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DISGRACED former Anglo Irish boss Sean FitzPatrick last night checked into a €550-anight Poznan hotel, as he arrived to cheer on Ireland in their opening game of Euro 2012.
But he had to look on as the Republic were beaten 3 - 1 by Croatia. Mr FitzPatrick is staying in the same hotel – the five-star Sheraton – as the Ireland team and President Michael D Higgins.
Mr FitzPatrick arrived yesterday and after quickly changing in his room, emerged from the hotel wearing a green Ireland jersey and a green beret. He asked to be left alone and attempted to cover his face with a rainjacket. He was relaxing in the company of a number of others, including PJ Mara, the former government press secretary and adviser to ex-Taoiseach Charles Haughey.
The Irish Independent was quoted a price of €550 for a guest to book in at the Sheraton last night. It is the plushest hotel in the city. Mr FitzPatrick's accommodation is in stark contrast to hundreds of Ireland fans who were left high and dry after a campsite they had booked into unexpectedly closed for not having a proper licence.
The Poznan Football Fans Camp closed early on Saturday morning, leaving the fans scrambling to find other accommodation. And they don't yet know if they will be refunded the hundreds of euro they paid for the campsite.
Garrett Mullan, from the Irish fans' embassy, said they had been contacted by a number of people affected by the closure. It is understood as many as 400 people were staying in the campsite, but it is not known exactly how many of them are Irish.
Tomas Burke (27) from Kilcock, Co Kildare, said he got a text at 3.30am on Saturday telling him the site had closed.
He and three other friends booked in to the campsite through online agency booking.com for 10 nights at a cost of around €2,000, and they are now unsure if they will get the €500 they each paid back.
"I got a text at 3.30 in the morning, that the place didn't exist, we're sorry about it," Mr Burke said.
"We lost 8,000 zloty between us, which is approximately €500 each. Booking.com said they were trying to refund us.
"There's four of us who were supposed to be staying there. So we raced around Poznan trying to get new accommodation, and we eventually got ourselves sorted.
"There was 400 people there, these guys arrived down and there was armed police there stopping you getting in."
Also left looking for somewhere else to stay were brothers Colin (36) and Alan (42) Foley, and their father Will (66) from Cork. They managed to stay on the site for a few hours before it was shut down by the authorities.
"The so-called campsite was really an industrial zone and the taxi driver dropped us off and asked if we were sure this was it," Colin said yesterday.
"We said 'yeah' but when we went in. It was scandalous. This was Friday night. There were these security guys. There was tents pitched on half the site and the other side was to be bulldozed with sand to allow tents but it didn't materialise. We got the head down, got about an hour's sleep and an outdoor shower.
"We met a couple from Dublin and we were drinking in the square later that evening with them and next thing they said they were closing the campsite.
"So we got in a taxi and flew down and there was a bulldozer coming in. They shut it down, I think they has no licence or something."
Someone working in the campsite then offered them a place in his apartment for 1,200 Polish zloty, or around €300, for two nights.
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But they then discovered the apartment was 20km outside of Poznan and, when they looked in, it was covered in clothes. They have now found new accommodation in the city.
"We've to get on to booking.com to see if we can get our money back," said Colin.
The initial campsite was advertised as having an adjoining hotel, complete with spa, disco and bar -- but none of this had been built.
Alan Foley added. "There was no hotel -- one fella had to guard the outdoor shower while his wife washed." Another six fans from Co Donegal had to sleep on a concrete floor in an industrial estate.
In a statement the company, Hotelioni, blamed the closure of the site on a media campaign against it and what it described as "hostile treatment from the authorities".
Hotelioni has advised people who booked with booking.com to contact them with any queries.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/seanie-joins-fans-from-plush-550anight-hotel-3134076.html
N16
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11-Jun-2012 12:44
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Unfortunately you'll always hear of these stories when tyou have competitions like this in developing countries.
As for Seanie Fitz and his 550 a night hotel - I thought he was bankrupt? Clearly not.
jbrown
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11-Jun-2012 12:49
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They try and contrast him to the poor people sleeping in tents then tell us people are paying €200 EURO PER NIGHT for ten nights in a bloody tent.
What kind of a recession is this at all?
jaykeane
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11-Jun-2012 12:52
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F**king pr*ck if i was out there & I saw his albino head swaning around the place & I tanked up with wiskey .... God only knows what kind of damage id inflict on the w*nker......
JohnneyCool
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11-Jun-2012 13:27
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Originally posted by jaykeane:
F**king pr*ck if i was out there & I saw his albino head swaning around the place & I tanked up with wiskey .... God only knows what kind of damage id inflict on the w*nker......
Like a tinkers cat, full of wind and písh.
Rebel CNC
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Originally posted by jaykeane:
F**king pr*ck if i was out there & I saw his albino head swaning around the place & I tanked up with wiskey .... God only knows what kind of damage id inflict on the w*nker......
Indeed!!!
Hopefully Seanie comes across someone more threatening than a keyboard warrior!!
jaykeane
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11-Jun-2012 14:29
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Originally posted by Rebel CNC:
Indeed!!!Hopefully Seanie comes across someone more threatening than a keyboard warrior!!
God you’re hilarious, I’m an invalid here sitting in a Stephen Hawkins wheelchair writing this with a pencil strapped to my forehead you big “rebel” without a cause..
jaykeane
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Originally posted by JohnneyCool:
Like a tinkers cat, full of wind and písh.
And you can gather that by the way I type?? God bless you , you have the gift!
JohnneyCool
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Originally posted by jaykeane:
And you can gather that by the way I type?? God bless you , you have the gift!
Not so much by the way you type, but more so the content of what you type.
Taebags
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Originally posted by jaykeane:
F**king pr*ck if i was out there & I saw his albino head swaning around the place & I tanked up with wiskey .... God only knows what kind of damage id inflict on the w*nker......
I'd say Seanie would kick your hole. All talk you are.
jaykeane
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11-Jun-2012 15:22
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Originally posted by JohnneyCool:
Not so much by the way you type, but more so the content of what you type.
Truly fascinating, take a bow…
jaykeane
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Originally posted by Taebags:
I'd say Seanie would kick your hole. All talk you are.
Oh yeah? Id say you would lick seanies hole... accompanied with a reach around.
Fintan Franks
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A bloke in work was telling me he played golf last year with Seanie Fitzpatrick lads.
A good golfer, a top top golfer but the two ends and the middle of a bollokcs lads is what he said.
Anyone else any good stories about Seanie Fitzpatrick lads?
Is he a bollocxk lads?
How could he afford the trip lads?
scelp
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11-Jun-2012 18:10
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''The two ends and the middle of a bollocsk'' You've surpassed yourself, Finty!
Larkin
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It really is a scandal that this man is allowed to function at all. He probably flew there for free with his free Aer Lingus pass while the rest of us languish at home. We are a nation of utter fools to have accepted this in the meek way that we did. I bet when the referendum for full integration in Europe comes about this fcuked up nation of ours will be first to pass it with a massive majority so that we can protect the elites like Seanie and Fingers along with political fcukwits in charge.
ProjX
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Originally posted by jaykeane:
Oh yeah? Id say you would lick seanies hole... accompanied with a reach around.
Sean is actually a very nice man. You should make your own mind up about people rather than depending on the perceptions of other people or pub talk.
Remember, those same people making a skapegoat of him now are the same people who were praising him as the golden boy of the Celtic tiger a few years earlier.
Sean is very convenient for the financial regular, ODCE and department of finance. He removes the focus from them.
jaykeane
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11-Jun-2012 19:28
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by ProjX:
Sean is actually a very nice man. You should make your own mind up about people rather than depending on the perceptions of other people or pub talk.Remember, those same people making a skapegoat of him now are the same people who were praising him as the golden boy of the Celtic tiger a few years earlier.Sean is very convenient for the financial regular, ODCE and department of finance. He removes the focus from them.[/QUOTE
Im sure his mother thinks the sun shine out of his hole , so when your outside his house with your " i love you seanie" banner , his mother might invite you in for a cup of tea and if your lucky she might show you his baby photos.
murraymarmalade
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Originally posted by jbrown:
They try and contrast him to the poor people sleeping in tents then tell us people are paying €200 EURO PER NIGHT for ten nights in a bloody tent.What kind of a recession is this at all?
Its 50 euro a night each
ian o b
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One of these days we'll have a reasoned and intelligent discussion on this forum about Seánie etc, etc. Untill then we'll have this instead......
jaykeane
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by ProjX:
Sean is actually a very nice man. You should make your own mind up about people rather than depending on the perceptions of other people or pub talk.Remember, those same people making a skapegoat of him now are the same people who were praising him as the golden boy of the Celtic tiger a few years earlier.Sean is very convenient for the financial regular, ODCE and department of finance. He removes the focus from them.[/QUOTE
Im sure his mother thinks the sun shine out of his hole , so when your outside his house with your " i love you seanie" banner , his mother might invite you in for a cup of tea and if your lucky she might show you his baby photos.
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Seanie shouldn't be allowed out anywhere to enjoy anything wherever in the world any upstanding, proud Irish citizen is in his odious presence.
If he is about to have his lunch near you, go over to him and tip the plate onto his lap. If he's settling down to a G and T in your presence, pour it over his head. Let the air out of his tyres if he parks near you. Kick the sand in his face if he is lying near you on the beach.
Let this odious cretin be reminded each and every time he goes out in public how hated and despised he is.....
Yojimbo
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So much for the 'stigma' of being declared a 'bankrupt' in Ireland
This country's legislative, and judicial, 'system' is a disgrace to allow this man to flaunt himself so shamelessly
let it long
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Originally posted by Fintan Franks:
A bloke in work was telling me he played golf last year with Seanie Fitzpatrick lads.A good golfer, a top top golfer but the two ends and the middle of a bollokcs lads is what he said.Anyone else any good stories about Seanie Fitzpatrick lads?Is he a bollocxk lads?How could he afford the trip lads?
Didn't realise you work with Brian Cowen, Fintan.
The Serb
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A Red Brigades type organisation would sort out that lowlife. We have to be the most pathetic nation in the world.
Larkin
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Originally posted by The Serb:
A Red Brigades type organisation would sort out that lowlife. We have to be the most pathetic nation in the world.
If it existed the likes of Seanie would be afraid to go out. Portumna Bridge has the right idea though, treat these people as the pariahs they are.
shambolic
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Originally posted by Yojimbo:
So much for the 'stigma' of being declared a 'bankrupt' in Ireland
This country's legislative, and judicial, 'system' is a disgrace to allow this man to flaunt himself so shamelessly
Sure didn't a judge let some s****g go to Poland before he serves his sentence. Just let Seanie enjoy his last years of freedom
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