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YFG/ Coca-Cola links exposed

national | consumer issues | news report

Monday May 24, 2004 10:42

by ex-YFG - Hack

The real reason Matt Bruton opposed the Ban

Scandal breaks as Coca-Cola fees to Bruton family revealed

Matt Bruton, leader of the anti-ban Coke campaign in Maynooth, is the son of former Taoiseach John Bruton. Yesterday, the Sunday Independent revealed that John Bruton was in receipt of between E15000 and E20000 speaking fees from Coca-Cola with full five-star travel arrangements and accomodation.

Could it be that when Matt Bruton decided to oppose the ban on Coke in Maynooth he was looking after Daddy's pocket money, and his own?

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#	Title	Author	Date
1	yes that is it	maynooth student	Mon May 24, 2004 13:17
2	Could you provide more details of the Story please?	David	Mon May 24, 2004 13:48
3	I would also like to say..	David	Mon May 24, 2004 14:01
4	details	Maynooth Student	Mon May 24, 2004 14:03
5	Ahem....	Peter Kavanagh	Mon May 24, 2004 14:15
6	Extract:	David	Mon May 24, 2004 14:21
7	Isolated?	Pax	Mon May 24, 2004 15:17
8	...	Ger	Mon May 24, 2004 15:40
9	Pass the Chablis	Joe	Mon May 24, 2004 15:57
10	.	Ger	Mon May 24, 2004 16:17
11	If the Pro Boycott team were paid by pepsi..	David	Mon May 24, 2004 18:13
12	What a load of...	Damo	Mon May 24, 2004 19:44
13	Time to move onto the next issues	I hate drugs but like coke	Mon May 24, 2004 19:51
14	Who is 'Ger'?	random input	Mon May 24, 2004 20:09
15	ger is....	maynooth student	Mon May 24, 2004 20:39
16	it shows the loss you have suffered is hurting	obsever form maynooth	Mon May 24, 2004 20:42
17	Ger is not Matt...	trekkypj	Mon May 24, 2004 23:00
18	other news	indymedia cynic	Mon May 24, 2004 23:09
19	To Random Imput	Ger	Tue May 25, 2004 14:16
20	What irks me...	jeff	Tue May 25, 2004 15:10
21	Ger	David	Tue May 25, 2004 16:19
22	Union Council For One	Ger	Tue May 25, 2004 17:04
23	response to jeff ( the enlightened one)	yfg head	Tue May 25, 2004 18:45
24	And you elected 'ger'... must be a talented liar.	Yeneef	Tue May 25, 2004 19:42
25	And once again, ignorance strikes....	trekkypj	Tue May 25, 2004 19:51
26	To Yeneef	Ger	Tue May 25, 2004 20:28
27	trekkypj - why bother??	amused	Tue May 25, 2004 20:31
28	Anti-coke people think they've developed a social conscience?!?	Peter Gaughran	Tue May 25, 2004 20:36
29	Ger..	David	Tue May 25, 2004 21:47
30	I am waiting the day "with eyes shut" / "with eyes open"	iosaf	Tue May 25, 2004 21:47
31	Second rate... not us?	Yeneef	Wed May 26, 2004 15:04
32	And the response is...	Ger	Wed May 26, 2004 18:06
33	Further for David	Ger	Wed May 26, 2004 18:18
34	Ger	David	Wed May 26, 2004 22:57
35	Yeenef, you obviously haven't been in Maynooth recently...	trekkypj	Wed May 26, 2004 23:03
36	To David	Ger	Wed May 26, 2004 23:28
37	Yeneef - Feeney, whatever, that was poor, even by your standards...	Peter Gaughran	Wed May 26, 2004 23:36
38	To David	Peter Gaughran	Wed May 26, 2004 23:45
39	Peter..	David	Thu May 27, 2004 13:04
40	Bah Humbug	Yeneef	Thu May 27, 2004 15:00
41	Funny time to be posting comments.	student who voted for ger	Thu May 27, 2004 18:34
42	Not all that funny a time	Chekov	Thu May 27, 2004 19:00
43	reply to chekov.	student who voted for ger	Thu May 27, 2004 19:22
44	I don't think this is a serious concern.	David	Thu May 27, 2004 19:29
45	reply to david	student who voted for ger	Thu May 27, 2004 19:44
46	Time Management Issue	Ger	Thu May 27, 2004 20:11
47	reply to ger	student who voted for ger	Thu May 27, 2004 20:24
48	no problem	Ger	Fri May 28, 2004 14:06

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