ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Protection of sources now has courts' imprimatur - The Irish Times - Mon, Feb 15, 2010

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Protection of sources now has courts' imprimatur - The Irish Times - Mon, Feb 15, 2010: "Mr Justice Walsh rejected the concept of privilege against disclosure: “Journalists and reporters are not any more constitutionally or legally immune than other citizens from disclosing information received in confidence"?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Corruption is ‘rife’ among gardaí, claims young officer : Infowars Ireland

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Corruption is ‘rife’ among gardaí, claims young officer : Infowars Ireland: "A Dublin-based garda has complained about “internal corruption” within the force and the Garda Representative Association (GRA) has backed up the officer’s assertion that gardaí can be promoted through nepotism rather than ability."THE REASONS PROJECT?

Public Inquiry · Irish perjury law: Strictly reserved for the peasants

Public Inquiry · Irish perjury law: Strictly reserved for the peasants: There is, of course, a law against perjury in Ireland but its enforcement is strictly reserved for ordinary citizens?DISADVANTAGED,UNCONNECTED,WORKING-CLASS CITIZENS TO BE PRECISE?

Missing girl was abducted for Vatican sex parties - priest — RT

Missing girl was abducted for Vatican sex parties - priest — RT: A teenage girl was kidnapped for Vatican sex parties by a gang involving Vatican police and foreign diplomats 30 years ago, says the Catholic Church's leading exorcist priest, who damned Harry Potter as the “work of the Devil”.?

Arrested Sabrina Minardi, "super-witness" to the Orlandi case - Courier Rome

Arrested Sabrina Minardi, "super-witness" to the Orlandi case - Courier Rome: Already player Bruno Giordano's wife, Sabrina Minardi had jumped to the headlines for a bond with the boss of the Magliana banda, Renatino De Pedis, who was assassinated on February 2nd of 1990 in an ambush near Campo dei Fiori, but, especially, for the revelations in recent months on the case of Emanuela Orlandi, the girl kidnapped in Rome June 22, 1983 and never found. The Minardi name is linked to seizures and investigations because of its revelations, investigators haveidentified and included in the docket three people .?

Was this girl murdered after being snatched for Vatican sex parties? | Mail Online

Was this girl murdered after being snatched for Vatican sex parties? | Mail Online: Emanuela Orlandi was last seen getting into a green BMW in the centre of the Eternal City?

Was this girl murdered after being snatched for Vatican sex parties? | Mail Online

Was this girl murdered after being snatched for Vatican sex parties? | Mail Online: Think about all those priests who have muddied their vestments by sexually abusing minors.?THE GREY HAIRED MEN?

Review: Politics: Political Corruption in Ireland, 1922-2010: A Crooked Harp by Dr Elaine Byrne - Books, Entertainment - Independent.ie

Review: Politics: Political Corruption in Ireland, 1922-2010: A Crooked Harp by Dr Elaine Byrne - Books, Entertainment - Independent.ie: 'By its very nature corruption is secretive, complex and generally not of the obliging kind that provides an arsenal of smoking guns." Here is just one of the many incisive observations by Elaine Byrne in her outstanding probe of nearly 90 years of the intersection of politics, financial dig-outs, favouritism and extraordinary dissimulation of language in sovereign, self- governed Ireland.?

Review: Politics: Political Corruption in Ireland, 1922-2010: A Crooked Harp by Dr Elaine Byrne - Books, Entertainment - Independent.ie

Review: Politics: Political Corruption in Ireland, 1922-2010: A Crooked Harp by Dr Elaine Byrne - Books, Entertainment - Independent.ie: 'By its very nature corruption is secretive, complex and generally not of the obliging kind that provides an arsenal of smoking guns." Here is just one of the many incisive observations by Elaine Byrne in her outstanding probe of nearly 90 years of the intersection of politics, financial dig-outs, favouritism and extraordinary dissimulation of language in sovereign, self- governed Ireland.?

O'Reilly wants data remit to take in financial bodies - The Irish Times - Thu, May 31, 2012

O'Reilly wants data remit to take in financial bodies - The Irish Times - Thu, May 31, 2012: “If we are all in this economic mess together, the least the citizen can expect is that we are kept well and fully briefed on everything that affects our lives.”?

O'Reilly calls for expanded FOI Act

O'Reilly calls for expanded FOI Act

O'Reilly: Some State agencies against inclusion in FOI Act | Irish Examiner

O'Reilly: Some State agencies against inclusion in FOI Act | Irish Examiner

Right-to-know reform delay slammed - Republic of Ireland, Local & National - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Right-to-know reform delay slammed - Republic of Ireland, Local & National - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Avaaz - Protect Syria’s Children Now!

Avaaz - Protect Syria’s Children Now!: The pictures from Al Houla, Syria, last Friday are almost too brutal to look at. I have a 5 year old daughter and I know it's only "luck of birth that separates" her from this horror. But my shock led me to write this today as I know there is something we can all do together to stop this.?

The Irish Times - Tue, Jun 22, 2010 - New republic not possible without a united island

The Irish Times - Tue, Jun 22, 2010 - New republic not possible without a united island: Both North and South have failed miserably as separate entities. The best way forward is to avoid the wastes and "inequalities" of partition,?

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Image: Vindicating Socio-Economic Rights: International Standards and Comparative Experiences (Routledge Research in Human Rights Law): Paul O'Connell

http://encouragechange.blogspot.com/2012/05/paddywantstoknow-encouragechange-image.html: Courts can play a substantial role in the vindication of socio-economic rights,?AND NOT JUST FOR THE WELL CONNECTED PRIVILEGED FEW?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Why newspapers lack interest in court reporting | The Law Gazette

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Why newspapers lack interest in court reporting | The Law Gazette: ‘Unless the right has been expressly taken away, your right to be in court is no different to and no less than the right of the lawyers, the advocates, even the judge himself or herself."THE REASONS PROJECT?ONCE YOU CAN AFFORD IT?

Ireland's "legal corruption" - Indymedia Ireland

Ireland's "legal corruption" - Indymedia Ireland: A new report based on 2 and a half years of academic study has found that Ireland suffers high levels of “legal corruption”. The Transparency International (TI) report found that: “While no laws may be broken, personal relationships, patronage and political donations are believed to influence political decisions and policy to a considerable degree in Ireland.”?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Friday 22nd July 2011 - Newstalk.ie

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Friday 22nd July 2011 - Newstalk.ie: "This is the story of District Court Judge James O’Connor whom the Star alleges drove to court in a car without a valid NCT of tax disc. When confronted by the paper, the Judge refused to comment. It is not clear if the Judge will be charged with any traffic offences."?ANOTHER CLASSIC TALE OF"DO AS I SAY AND NOT AS I DO"?

Christine Lagarde attack on Greece backfires as she pays no tax - Telegraph

Christine Lagarde attack on Greece backfires as she pays no tax - Telegraph: Christine Lagarde, the International Monetary Fund managing director who provoked an angry reaction from the Greek people after telling them to pay their taxes, does not pay tax on her own salary, it has emerged.?THE OLD ADAGE"DO AS I SAY AND NOT AS I DO"?

The high standards of journalism, that the IN&M claim to uphold, were clearly ignored when this article was published. It is frankly a disgusting piece of journalism that does a disservice to the IN&M Group. This type of gutter press is not what I would have expected from a company in which I have invested a substantial sum of money?

Dermot Desmond’s letter to Gavin O’Reilly – The Story

Dermot Desmond’s letter to Gavin O’Reilly – The Story: After reading of Denis O’Brien’s spokesman James Morrissey’s letter to Karl Brophy, one has to wonder just how often current IN&M shareholders Dermot Desmond and Denis O’Brien (or people acting on their behalf) are sending letters like this to management, or indeed to individual journalists working at Independent Newspapers.?

Comment: Emily O'Reilly: The unfinished business of Anne Lovett and what we never managed to learn - Times Online

Comment: Emily O'Reilly: The unfinished business of Anne Lovett and what we never managed to learn - Times Online?THEN AND NOW?

The Department of Justice and Equality: Minister Shatter announces independent investigation of all prisoner deaths

The Department of Justice and Equality: Minister Shatter announces independent investigation of all prisoner deaths

Alexander Monson's mother: I watched my son die handcuffed by police to a hospital bed | Mail Online

Alexander Monson's mother: I watched my son die handcuffed by police to a hospital bed | Mail Online: It was precisely the kind of human rights’ abuse that Alexander’s late grandfather, John Monson, the 11th Baron Monson, spent his life campaigning against.He used his voice as a hereditary peer in the House of Lords to champion the civil liberties not just of British citizens but of the "Oppressed And Disadvantaged" around the world.?

Alexander Monson's mother: I watched my son die handcuffed by police to a hospital bed | Mail Online

Alexander Monson's mother: I watched my son die handcuffed by police to a hospital bed | Mail Online: Had Nicholas Monson, who used to live in Kenya, not had "INFLUENTIAL ‘contacts’ in Nairobi, what we now know about his son might never have emerged.?HOW MANY PARENTS OF CHILDREN WORLD-WIDE,WHO'S SONS, DAUGHTERS,HUSBANDS,WIVES,DIED IN STATE CUSTODY HAVE NOT BEEN IN A"INFLUENTIAL"POSITION TO  HAVE THE TRUTH EMERGE ABOUT THEIR LOVED ONES DEATH IN CUSTODY?

46 children died in care system since 2010 | Irish Examiner

46 children died in care system since 2010 | Irish Examiner: Forty-six children known to care services have died since the start of 2010 including 13 in the first four months of this year, with the HSE admitting that its frontline services are under pressure.
The figures were revealed as the independent National Review Panel (NRP), charged with investigating the circumstances of deaths in care, published six detailed files relating to five deaths and one serious incident.?

Paolo Gabriele: from papal butler to accused traitor | Reuters

Paolo Gabriele: from papal butler to accused traitor | Reuters: Nuzzi, a respected journalist with a good track record whose book "His Holiness" contains some of the allegations, says those who gave him the documents were devout people "genuinely concerned about the Catholic Church" who wanted to expose corruption.?

Pope Benedict’s Butler Formally Charged With Leaks - NYTimes.com

Pope Benedict’s Butler Formally Charged With Leaks - NYTimes.com: The leaked documents included letters by an archbishop who was transferred to Washington after reporting what he saw as a web of "Corruption and Cronyism", a memo that put a number of cardinals in a bad light and documents suggesting that there were internal conflicts about the Vatican Bank.?

Invasion of privacy | Irish Examiner

Invasion of privacy | Irish Examiner: Invasion of privacy
By Conor Ryan, Investigative Correspondent
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Gardaí, the Defence Forces, and Revenue Commissioners are accessing record levels of private landline, mobile phone, and internet records.
The latest available figures show authorities accessed more than 40 private communications each day in 2010 — compared with 31 per day a year earlier.?

BBC News - Amnesty says actions did not match words in 2011

BBC News - Amnesty says actions did not match words in 2011: The courage shown by Middle-East pro-democracy protesters in 2011 has been matched by a failure of world leadership, says Amnesty International.?

Elmar Huseynov - Journalists Killed - Committee to Protect Journalists

Elmar Huseynov - Journalists Killed - Committee to Protect Journalists: Huseynov was shot several times while walking up the stairwell of his building on his way home from work, according to local reports. The shooting occurred at approximately 9 p.m., and the editor died at the scene, the Baku-based independent news agency Turan reported.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Comment: Emily O'Reilly: The unfinished business of Anne Lovett and what we never managed to learn - Times Online

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Comment: Emily O'Reilly: The unfinished business of Anne Lovett and what we never managed to learn - Times Online: "How could a young girl be so terrified of her pregnancy that she would give birth, on a winter’s day, in the open, with "not a soul to help her"? This was “modern” Ireland after all."?

Azerbaijan: Administration Weighs in on Journalist Blackmail Attempt | EurasiaNet.org

Azerbaijan: Administration Weighs in on Journalist Blackmail Attempt | EurasiaNet.org: In a statement, administration spokesperson Elnur Aslanov condemned the video "as a campaign of provocative forces attempting to break the stability in Azerbaijan, harm the country’s international image and cause tension and confusion in society." He went on to claim that law enforcement agencies "will do their utmost to expose and punish those standing behind this dirty act."?TIME WILL TELL?

Azerbaijan journalist blackmailed with sex video

Azerbaijan journalist blackmailed with sex video: Khadija Ismailova, a correspondent and talk-show host for RFE/RL, said the blackmail campaign is aimed at halting her investigations into corruption and the financial dealings of President Ilham Aliyev and his family and that it will not silence her.?

Trust an issue as Garda fortress shut to 'outsiders' - The Irish Times - Wed, May 23, 2012

Trust an issue as Garda fortress shut to 'outsiders' - The Irish Times - Wed, May 23, 2012: Some initial interactions were tense. Gardaí were sometimes resentful of what they saw as intrusion into what had been "their traditional preserves". There was particular disquiet at the commission having powers to investigate their off-duty conduct. Some GSOC officers, accustomed to working in other jurisdictions, found it difficult to get their bearings culturally and procedurally.?

Corrupt Eire: The treaty is risky and dangerously experimental

Corrupt Eire: The treaty is risky and dangerously experimental: The main origins of the crisis are in recent capitalist policy including an attack on labour, "globalisation", a range of free market policies, including light touch regulation and small government, as well as in a bank-centred economy sometimes referred to as financialisation?

In praise of failure contributed by Diplo on Government in The Lab

In praise of failure contributed by Diplo on Government in The Lab: If we are surprised, we will hopefully learn from the failure and include the reasons for it in the design/execution of the next project. “Engineering design is all about projecting past experience through the lens of present methods into the future.”?GETTING ENORMOUS PERKS FOR FAILURE IS QUITE ANOTHER THING?

Step Aside Greece: How Gustavo Piga Exposed Europe's Enron In 2001 - Focusing On Italy's Libor MINUS 16.77% Swap; Was "Counterpart N" A Threat To Piga's Life? | ZeroHedge

Step Aside Greece: How Gustavo Piga Exposed Europe's Enron In 2001 - Focusing On Italy's Libor MINUS 16.77% Swap; Was "Counterpart N" A Threat To Piga's Life? | ZeroHedge: It is not often that one finds smoking gun reports which refute all claims, such as those by EuroStat and Angela Merkel, in which the offended parties plead ignorance of the fiscal inferno raging around them, kindled by Lies, Deceit, and blatant mutually-endorsed Fraud, and instead, now facing themselves in the spotlight of public fury, put the blame solely on related party participants, such as, in a recent case, Greece and Goldman Sachs.?TURNING A BLIND EYE BY SO-CALLED RESPECTED LEADERS OF EUROPE?AND NOW THEY ON THEIR INFLATED WAGES AND PENSIONS WANT ORDINARY CITIZENS OF EUROPE TO PAY FOR "THEIR"MISTAKES?

Thirty five children known to HSE dead since March 2010: report

Thirty five children known to HSE dead since March 2010: report: Thirty-five children and teenagers known to the Health Service Executive (HSE) have died since March of last year, it was revealed on Tuesday.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Dr.Paul Carson the socially disadvantaged in society speak a different language to that of middle class professionals - Google Search

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Dr.Paul Carson the socially disadvantaged in society speak a different language to that of middle class professionals - Google Search: "As dr.paul carson once said the socially disadvantaged in our society speak a different language to that of the middle class ..."?And they are also treated different?As letter to the irish daily mail(7/6/2011)By F.White Dublin 6 will justify."NO CHANGE SO FAR"At a time when we discover that a judge would not jail a garda for a very serious assault,while people are going to jail in increasing numbers for non-payment of tv and dog licences,we learn that the dpp has yet to interview crucial witnesses in the anglo irish bank scandal.I am afraid it is going to take more than changing a government for"ordinary citizens"to obtain fairness?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: God's Wheat Field

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: God's Wheat Field: "'There will be a great 'time of trouble' for all nations, society, governments, financial institutions, etc. The wheat class will be saved from that 'time of trouble' by the resurrection change. But the tares will not be saved from it; they will be cast into the trouble and have their portion with the hypocrites.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: "I have always wondered why it was that those who worked the hardest all their lives could end up in a paupers grave?"INEQUALITY?BIAS?DISCRIMINATION?OUTCASTS?

Presentation to retired DPP - News - Sligochampion.ie

Presentation to retired DPP - News - Sligochampion.ie: The name of Barnes has long been famous around Ballymote. His father, John, was a teacher in schools in Keash and in Ballymote town. His mother, Brigid, taught in Co. Tyrone and then in Emlaghnaghten and in Rathmullan. They made a huge and lasting contribution to the life of this area.
"In an article in the Corran Herald, Eamon himself wrote 'I am regularly amazed and gratified that long after their departures from this world, so many people speak of them as if they were still part of the fabric of life in the parishes of Ballymote and Keash and indeed of Co Sligo. And of course his aunt Mary Alice Coleman played a large part in school and community life here too. I myself arrived in Ballymote school too late to be taught by his father, but I have fond memories of knowing the two gracious ladies, his mother and his aunt, who lived for so long in the big house in Carrownanty.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Cowen urges former Anglo chief to return to Ireland : Infowars Ireland

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Cowen urges former Anglo chief to return to Ireland : Infowars Ireland: "Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Minister for Health Mary Harney today urged former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm to return to Ireland to address his legal issues with the bank."?COULD THIS BE WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT?

Cowen’s 2009 meeting with Rebekah Brooks – The Story

Cowen’s 2009 meeting with Rebekah Brooks – The Story: I wonder what they chatted about? Mr Cowen’s diary entry for May 1, 2009:

Claire was stabbed 10 times in the throat and died gasping: 'A man, a man.' So why do Italian police say it was suicide? | Mail Online

Claire was stabbed 10 times in the throat and died gasping: 'A man, a man.' So why do Italian police say it was suicide? | Mail Online: Claire was stabbed 10 times in the throat and died gasping: 'A man, a man.' So why do Italian police say it was suicide?

Griffin -v- Sunday Newspapers Limited

Griffin -v- Sunday Newspapers Limited: The question for me to decide is whether these particulars are reasonably required by the plaintiff for the presentation of this case. It seems to me that they are not.?

Forgotten Tragedy: NATO Killing of 72 Innocent Civilians in Libya contributed by AllGov on Government in The Lab

Forgotten Tragedy: NATO Killing of 72 Innocent Civilians in Libya contributed by AllGov on Government in The Lab: Forgotten Tragedy: NATO Killing of 72 Innocent Civilians in Libya?

Obligations to NAMA did not prevent company being wound up.

Obligations to NAMA did not prevent company being wound up.: “Where, as on this petition, NAMA puts evidence before the Court that, by way of transfer from “participating institutions”, it has security over all of the assets of the Company, that factor alone, in my view, should not influence the Court in refusing to make a winding-up order. If a winding-up order is made in this case, neither NAMA nor the statutory receivers appointed by it would be prejudiced …”?

Brian Cowen’s bank guarantee calls and texts – The Story

Brian Cowen’s bank guarantee calls and texts – The Story: Thanks to journalist Vinnie O’Dowd for this one. This is the mobile phone bill breakdown for Brian Cowen for the dates around the bank guarantee in September 2008. The numbers were removed by the Department of the Taoiseach. But the times and durations are interesting. Another piece in the jigsaw.?

CONNECT TO MY ANGELS

CONNECT TO MY ANGELS: Sacerdotal privilege is and was recognised as part of our domestic Constitutional law, ie a “rule of law” as far back as 1945 in a case titled Cook V. Carroll. I am unable, at present, to provide an open source access to it, so you will have to trust me on that particular issue. It’s not controversial anyway. Now, one argument made is that Judgment was given when the special position of the Catholic church was recognised constitutionally and, since it’s removal, the Judgment is no longer of such strength in terms of jurisprudence. However, the Supreme Court has held that that particular, now removed, provision of the Constitution had never any Constitutional effect. Johnston v Church of Scientology [2001] 1 IR 682 at 687, refers.?TO QUOTE SOLICITOR RICHARD KENNEDY"LEGISLATION WHICH IS UNENFORCEABLE IS BAD LEGISLATION,AND APART FROM THE"FACT"THAT IT FAILS TO ACHIEVE ITS PURPOSE,IT DIMINISHES CONFIDENCE AND RESPECT FOR THE LEGAL SYSTEM?

Amid Syria Failure, UN Demands Deletion of its Official's Name, Questions Sources contributed by Inner City Press on Government in The Lab

Amid Syria Failure, UN Demands Deletion of its Official's Name, Questions Sources contributed by Inner City Press on Government in The Lab: I ask that you remove all such references from the inner city press website without delay, for the sake of the safety and security of un peacekeeping personnel.?

Two Steps Forward on Improving Public Access to Legislative Information - Sunlight Foundation

Two Steps Forward on Improving Public Access to Legislative Information - Sunlight Foundation: As I wrote yesterday, each day seems to bring a small step forward on improving public access to legislative information, with two notable developments today.?

EUROPA - Press Releases - TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN STABILITY MECHANISM (ESM)

EUROPA - Press Releases - TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN STABILITY MECHANISM (ESM): Professional secrecy
The Members or former Members of the Board of Governors and of the Board of Directors and any other persons who work or have worked for or in connection with the ESM shall not disclose information that is subject to professional secrecy. They shall be required, even after their duties have ceased, not to disclose information of the kind covered by the obligation of professional secrecy.
ARTICLE 35
Immunities of persons
1. In the interest of the ESM, the Chairperson of the Board of Governors, Governors, alternate Governors, Directors, alternate Directors, as well as the Managing Director and other staff members "shall be immune from legal proceedings with respect to acts performed by them in their official capacity" and shall enjoy inviolability in respect of their official papers and documents.
2. The Board of Governors may waive to such extent and upon such conditions as it determines any of the immunities conferred under this Article in respect of the Chairperson of the Board of Governors, a Governor, an alternate Governor, a Director, an alternate Director or the Managing Director.
3. The Managing Director may waive any such immunity in respect of any member of the staff of the ESM other than himself or herself.
4. Each ESM Member shall promptly take the action necessary for the purposes of giving effect to this Article in the terms of its own law and shall inform the ESM accordingly.?

Corruptly Accepting Payments | Newstalk - Ireland's National Independent Talk Radio Broadcaster

Corruptly Accepting Payments | Newstalk - Ireland's National Independent Talk Radio Broadcaster: A former Fine Gael town councillor has been found guilty of corruptly accepting payments totalling €80,000 from a property developer...?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Irish Born killed in Viet Nam: 'EDWARD MICHAEL HOWELL .GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN.
SFC ARMY
4th Infantry Div.JUN 21, 1937
DUBLIN
Cleveland, OhioAPR 17, 1967
Long An ProvincePANEL 18 EAST
LINE 41'PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA."YES WE CAN?

Mobilizing Military Moms Against NATO

Mobilizing Military Moms Against NATO: Derek's mother, Mary Kirkland, will bring this photograph to the May 20 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) protests in Chicago. She will join Afghanistan and Iraq veterans with the group Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), who will march with thousands of protesters to the NATO summit, where veterans will return their global-war-on-terror medals to NATO's leaders. Mary, who has no medals from Derek's two deployments to Iraq, will return this military photograph of her son.?

Corrupt Eire: Group of economists urge No vote

Corrupt Eire: Group of economists urge No vote: Three economists have accused the Government of "Misleading" people over the need for extra cuts and taxes in the event of a No vote in the fiscal treaty referendum?

Wells Fargo Has Blood on Its Hands: Desperate Man Commits Suicide After Shocking Foreclosure Mistreatment | News & Politics | AlterNet

Wells Fargo Has Blood on Its Hands: Desperate Man Commits Suicide After Shocking Foreclosure Mistreatment | News & Politics | AlterNet: This is the story of what happens when an average couple is up against a giant, wealthy, powerful bank.?

Testimonies :: Tiglin – Teen Challenge Ireland (TCI)

Testimonies :: Tiglin – Teen Challenge Ireland (TCI): Brenda heard about God’s love for her, how He sent His Son to die to pay for her sins and how she could truly have a new life. Brenda knew the answer to her question immediately. She met the ONE worth living for!?

Depressed Investment Fueled Inequality, Soaring Household And Government Debt - Investors.com

Depressed Investment Fueled Inequality, Soaring Household And Government Debt - Investors.com: For the past three decades, the major macro trends of credit growth — to dangerous heights — and widening income disparities have proceeded in tandem. To some on the left, the chief culprit behind both forces is obvious: Wall Street greed.?
But this distorted view ignores another fundamental trend that also began around 1980 and which goes a long way to explaining the growth of both debt and broad income inequality: a secular decline in basic investment as a share of GDP.?

Curtis Roosevelt: Fixing Gross Inequality Is Not Socialism

Curtis Roosevelt: Fixing Gross Inequality Is Not Socialism: They're going to call us socialists or communists no matter what we do,?THATS WHY THEY CRUCIFIED JESUS CHRIST?

Beneficial owners of shares entitled to challenge state investment in financial institution.

Beneficial owners of shares entitled to challenge state investment in financial institution.: Different definition in Companies Act 1963 – statutory interpretation – ambiguous interpretation – s 5, Interpretation Act 2005 – effect of s 9 order on beneficial owners of shares – rights of shareholder pending registration.?

NAMA vs OCEI – The Story

NAMA vs OCEI – The Story: The core of the argument comes down to legislative interpretation. Myself and Fred Logue (who has kindly given his free time to give huge help on the matter) have argued that the “and includes” part of the legislation when referring to public authorities really does mean “and includes”. NAMA have argued that it effectively means “may include”.
The Commissioner for Environmental Information, Emily O’Reilly, agreed last September with our view. She noted:
The National Asset Management Agency has argued that allowing the word “includes” its ordinary meaning would have the consequence, in the present context, of extending the definition of public authority beyond what is envisaged in the EU Directive. What NAMA proposes is that the plain and ordinary meaning of the word, as used in the Regulations, be set aside in favour of a meaning which implies a restriction rather than an expansion or an inclusion. It is not at all clear that, as Commissioner for Environmental Information, I may abandon the plain language of the Regulations in favour of an interpretation which is arguably more in keeping with the provisions of the Directive. This is particularly the case where the language of the Regulations, in this particular instance, is neither obscure nor ambiguous.?

Ex-garda jailed for stealing money - The Irish Times - Thu, May 17, 2012

Ex-garda jailed for stealing money - The Irish Times - Thu, May 17, 2012: She said Foran’s breach of trust was more important than the money he stole. She noted the Garda motto is to protect and serve?WHO?

Private hearings keep key facts secret - The Irish Times - Wed, May 09, 2012

Private hearings keep key facts secret - The Irish Times - Wed, May 09, 2012: Outside the courts, the equivalent of in camera secrecy has fallen around crucial public policy decisions that have cost the State dearly – most scandalously, the still private discussions leading to the decision to guarantee the banks that night in September 2008, the worst commercial decision of our time. Whether an Oireachtas committee can lift those heavy shutters remains to be seen.?

ERIC - Education Resources Information Center

ERIC - Education Resources Information Center: Examines the economic, social/cultural, and educational barriers that low-income, working-class, Irish students experience in accessing higher education. Suggests that the dynamic role of the state, in creating and maintaining inequality, needs to be systematically addressed; resistance can be accomplished by targeting structures from state institutional systems to the individual practices in classrooms.?

The money was just resting in my account… | The University Times

The money was just resting in my account… | The University Times: Why do you think previous anti-corruption legislation has failed so miserably? We’ve had anti-corruption legislation in the past but it hasn’t really stopped anybody such as Senator Callely and the expenses scandal that erupted there.
Well the legislation wasn’t always necessarily there. The ethics act was brought in in 1995 but before that anti-corruption legislation in Ireland dated back to British statues of 1916 and 1906 so we had a very outdated legislative framework. I think there is a focus on the letter of the law rather than the spirit of the law which means the law always has to play catch up because there are always loopholes to be found when people only define their behaviour on what’s legally expected of them and not necessarily what their own moral obligations as servants of the public trust is. I think were coming to the point now where people are beginning to define their behaviour and realise that there’s not only legal expectations of them, but also moral expectations. It’s interesting in resignation speeches of a Ceann Comhairle or a Taoiseach or a former minister you see this phrase that crops up a lot: “I broke no law, I did no wrong.”?

JUSTICEDENIED13501

JUSTICEDENIED13501: "ONLY THROUGH THE ERADICATION OF CORRUPTION AND CRONYISM, IN THE UTICA SCHOOL DISTRICT, CAN WE GET DOWN TO THE BUSINESS OF EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN." Susan M. Arcuri, Candidate for the Utica Board of Education?

ERIC - Education Resources Information Center

ERIC - Education Resources Information Center: Inequality in Higher Education: A Study of Class?

Referendum on all Irish Politicians pay, pensions and expenses | Referendum on Irish politicians pay and expenses. | causes.com

Referendum on all Irish Politicians pay, pensions and expenses | Referendum on Irish politicians pay and expenses. | causes.com: Referendum on all Irish Politicians Pay, Pensions and "Expenses"?

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: April 2009

http://encouragechange.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html: Lawful corruption?Funny there was never a peep from any quarter over decades when all the right palms were been greased.Is it time for another tribunal now that everyone is at each others throat,What skeltons will fall out of the closet now that all the big boys and girls are suffering from deep resentment?

JPMorgan Chase Chairman Jamie Dimon, the Whale Man and Glass-Steagall

JPMorgan Chase Chairman Jamie Dimon, the Whale Man and Glass-Steagall: And the more access to other people's money, the greater the gambling incentive. The largest banks hold deposits (our deposits) hostage in the global game of financial warfare. Related access to capital and bailouts are enabling weaponry in the fight for worldwide insitutional supremacy.?

Anglo Irish Bank Corporation PLC -v- Quinn Investments Sweden AB & Ors, [2011] IEHC 356 (2011) - High Court - Status: Approved - Docket Number: 2011 5843 P - October 03, 2011 - September 13, 2011 - Partes: Anglo Irish Bank Corporation PLC, Quinn Investments Sweden AB & Ors - vLex Ireland

Anglo Irish Bank Corporation PLC -v- Quinn Investments Sweden AB & Ors, [2011] IEHC 356 (2011) - High Court - Status: Approved - Docket Number: 2011 5843 P - October 03, 2011 - September 13, 2011 - Partes: Anglo Irish Bank Corporation PLC, Quinn Investments Sweden AB & Ors - vLex Ireland: STEPHEN KELLY, PETER DARAGH QUINN, NIALL MCPARTLAND AND INDIAN TRUST ABDEFENDANTS
JUDGMENT of Mr. Justice Clarke delivered the 13
th
September, 2011?COMPARE?

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Image: Vindicating Socio-Economic Rights: International Standards and Comparative Experiences (Routledge Research in Human Rights Law): Paul O'Connell

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Image: Vindicating Socio-Economic Rights: International Standards and Comparative Experiences (Routledge Research in Human Rights Law): Paul O'Connell: Courts can play a substantial role in the vindication of socio-economic rights,?

Brian Greene | The Great Anti-Theft Movement

Brian Greene | The Great Anti-Theft Movement: “Minister Noonan looks at the soup kitchens in Greece and somehow
concludes that the lesson is for the Irish people to quietly accept
the medicine of austerity that is killing the patient. There are many
lessons from Greece – but that is not one of them. The Greek people
are the victims of horrific austerity policies. They have experienced
a second ‘bailout’, which the Irish government currently presents to
us as a charity. The result has been the disastrous.?

Machholz's Blog | The Truth is out there !

Machholz's Blog | The Truth is out there !: The key to its success was the fast circulation of scrip within the local economy, 14 times higher than the Schilling. This in turn increased trade, creating extra employment. At the time of the project, unemployment in Wörgl dropped while it rose in the rest of Austria. Six neighboring villages copied the system successfully. The French Prime Minister, Eduoard Dalladier, made a special visit to see the ‘miracle of Wörgl’. In January 1933, the project was replicated in the neighboring city of Kirchbuhl, and in June 1933, Unterguggenburger addressed a meeting with representatives from 170 different towns and villages. Two hundred Austrian townships were interested in adopting the idea. At this point the central bank panicked and decided to assert its monopoly rights by banning complementary currencies?

Sign of the times as queues for soup kitchens grow - National News - Independent.ie

Sign of the times as queues for soup kitchens grow - National News - Independent.ie: BREAKFAST roll man personified the boom, but builders and their families are now joining charity food queues in alarming numbers.
And soup kitchens and food centres providing meals for those in need are struggling to cope with the rising demand for their services as job losses mount and the downturn deepens.?

Mothers forced to sell their children: Mail reveals the distressing human toll of Greece’s Euro meltdown - In2EastAfrica - East African news, Headlines, Business, Tourism, Sports, Health, Entertainment, Education

Mothers forced to sell their children: Mail reveals the distressing human toll of Greece’s Euro meltdown - In2EastAfrica - East African news, Headlines, Business, Tourism, Sports, Health, Entertainment, Education: Church charity workers hand out 2,500 free meals a day in central Athens. Among the throng waiting for Father John’s hand-outs last week was Maria Sissmani, a beautifully dressed 82-year-old wearing designer glasses and with tinted hair.?

Mothers forced to sell their children: Mail reveals the distressing human toll of Greece’s Euro meltdown - In2EastAfrica - East African news, Headlines, Business, Tourism, Sports, Health, Entertainment, Education

Mothers forced to sell their children: Mail reveals the distressing human toll of Greece’s Euro meltdown - In2EastAfrica - East African news, Headlines, Business, Tourism, Sports, Health, Entertainment, Education: He wears a yellow vest with ‘total disobedience’ emblazoned on his back and, with other activists, chants: ‘We won’t pay for their crisis.’?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Hypothermia death: Calls to switch on heat ‘ignored’ | Irish Examiner

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Hypothermia death: Calls to switch on heat ‘ignored’ | Irish Examiner: "It will be interesting to see what kind of change they propose to bring about in relation to the questions put to the political leaders by the irish daily mail on my behalf about Rachael's case.Our new leader Enda Kenny said'I was shocked at what happened and will be raising it with members of the council.It is not acceptable that a young mother can die in that way this year.Eamon Gilmore said the case of Rachel Peavoy was truly shocking ,labour has been campaigning for years for a proper fuel poverty strategy.Gerry Adams said it is an absolute outrage that a woman found dead in ballymun last year died of hypothermia because she had no heating.There are many people and communities who have already been so badly served by the political elite."?I WAS AT A PEACEFUL PROTEST TODAY "JUSTICE FOR RACHEL PEAVOY"OUTSIDE DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL OFFICE IN BALLYMUN,AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT ENDA KENNY HAS DONE SINCE HE TOLD THE IRISH DAILY MAIL HE WOULD BE RAISING THE ISSUE WITH MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL?

Angry dad accuses Taoiseach of forcing his children to emigrate - Fiscal Treaty, National News - Independent.ie

Angry dad accuses Taoiseach of forcing his children to emigrate - Fiscal Treaty, National News - Independent.ie: A father of three yesterday accused Taoiseach Enda Kenny of forcing emigration on his children.
Peadar Doyle confronted Mr Kenny as he arrived at the Golden Island Shopping Centre, Athlone, Co Westmeath, to campaign for a Yes vote in the referendum.
"Back in 1958, I was forced out of this country. You are now forcing my children and my grandchildren out of this country," said Mr Doyle.?

Corrupt Eire: FG TD says its not easy on €140k a year, tells a foreigner to go home and says government will default on debt in 4 years!

Corrupt Eire: FG TD says its not easy on €140k a year, tells a foreigner to go home and says government will default on debt in 4 years!: FG TD (on 50k expenses) gives verdict on her salary - and says economist Gurdgiev should get first plane back to Moscow


A Fine Gael TD has been accused of complaining to protestors about struggling to make ends meet on combined salary and expenses of €140,000 a year. Aine Collins is said to have declared during a private meeting about the crisis "thank god we get paid today"?.

The chattering magpie: A MEETING WITH A LOCAL TD

The chattering magpie: A MEETING WITH A LOCAL TD: The meeting had barely started when the TD outlined to us the difficulty of making ends meet on a salary of €92,672 plus expenses (this individual claimed over €50,000 last year), reeling off in rapid succession the list of outgoings, starting with a €10,000 pension contribution (and oh, wouldn't we all like to be contributing to that pension!), ending with the statement - "Thank God we get paid today."?

Euro Chiefs May Offer Leniency to Greece - Bloomberg

Euro Chiefs May Offer Leniency to Greece - Bloomberg: “If there are dramatic changes in circumstances, we wouldn’t close ourselves off to a debate over extending the deadlines.”?

Pay clawbacks for executives would be in order on JPMorgan loss - The Globe and Mail

Pay clawbacks for executives would be in order on JPMorgan loss - The Globe and Mail: It’s not enough to push out the people at JPMorgan who were responsible for the $2-billion (U.S.) trading loss that the company disclosed last week, which led to a $14-billion disappearance of shareholder value on Friday. The bank and its board ought to demand those involved return much of their pay.?

J.P. Morgan Loss Spurs - WSJ.com

J.P. Morgan Loss Spurs - WSJ.com: James Dimon serves both as J.P. Morgan's chief executive and as a director on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Critics of the Fed say Mr. Dimon should resign from his New York Fed role because of a conflict of interest. Some former Fed officials say they are worried about the appearance of a conflict even if one doesn't actually exist.?

Watchdog’s Wasted Efforts - Shane Ross

Watchdog’s Wasted Efforts - Shane Ross: Serial offenders crop up year after year.?

Those James Morrissey texts – The Story

Those James Morrissey texts – The Story: Mr Morrissey also approached broadcaster Marian Finucane and her husband, on behalf of New City Estates, to see if they would be interesting in purchasing – ultimately one was purchased by the broadcaster (she in 1996 sued Independent Newspapers for defamation in relation to an article about the deal – the case was settled soon after).?

Those James Morrissey texts – The Story

Those James Morrissey texts – The Story: In July 1992 he joined Gilmore and Associates, just prior to the Mespil Homes deal with Irish Life. He was one of many members of Irish society who purchased apartments at the Mespil complex in 1992. Michael “Fingers” Fingleton, then managing director of Irish Nationwide, and for whom James Morrissey was a spokesman, also availed of a purchase (though it emerged that Fingleton had broken rules on borrowing from his own building society). Mr Morrissey (along with his wife) bought the apartments along with his associates, Brendan Gilmore and Michael Holland (of New City Estates).?

Mass Anti-Austerity Protests Sweep Through Spain

Mass Anti-Austerity Protests Sweep Through Spain: “We are here because we continue to be angry over the austerity policies which an "Economic Elite" is imposing on us," 21-year-old student Victor Valdes told AFP in Madrid. Another protester said it was important to let the government know “we are still here.”?

In Rebuke to Merkel, Social Democrats Win German Vote - NYTimes.com

In Rebuke to Merkel, Social Democrats Win German Vote - NYTimes.com: Mr. Röttgen ran against the debt-financed spending supported by Ms. Kraft, and even described the vote as a referendum on Ms. Merkel’s Europe policies. Ms. Merkel has pressed debt-ridden European partners to pursue the path of harsh austerity policies even in the midst of recession.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Public Inquiry · Who’s watching the watchers?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Public Inquiry · Who’s watching the watchers?: "I wish to extend my deepest sympathy to judge dermot kinlens family on the death of a fearless and honest human being.he will be truly missed by the marginlaised and disadvantaged in irish society.it will be a test of brian lenihans honesty and conviction to see if he replaces judge kinlens role as inspector of prisons and places of detention with someone that has the same courage and conviction to expose the truth as to what really goes on in what is called the”system”a system that judge kinlen said thrives on a mindset of obsession with power,control and secrecy.judge kinlen was not afraid to ruffle feathers in cosy high places by exposing the hidden appalling and inhumane conditions as well as the lack or non existent mental health care.over the years there has been many a speech made by public officials well published to the effect for example{attorney general}paul gallagher”it is the hallmark of a modern civilised and democratic society that it strives for wisdom,truth,and justice.they must be the fundamental aims of any legal system we adopt in our society.(tell that to the parents of what the state refers to as boy !d!}dead at 14years of age in the land of the celtic tiger?"NOW THE FISCAL TREATY LAMB?

Setback for Merkel as austerity agenda rejected in Germany's biggest state - Telegraph

Setback for Merkel as austerity agenda rejected in Germany's biggest state - Telegraph: Setback for Merkel as austerity agenda rejected in Germany's biggest state?

Pat Rabbitte 'libel' costs Irish broadcaster RTE ¿100,000 after Garda is 'offended' by radio remark | Mail Online

Pat Rabbitte 'libel' costs Irish broadcaster RTE ¿100,000 after Garda is 'offended' by radio remark | Mail Online: The settlement was agreed days before ex-garda Alan Bailey was about to start a highly public – and potentially highly embarrassing – legal case against the State broadcaster over Mr Rabbitte’s comments.?

Warring, complaining senators are talking themselves into extinction | Irish Examiner

Warring, complaining senators are talking themselves into extinction | Irish Examiner: While Gilroy certainly makes an interesting point regarding TDs’ bumper salaries, which his colleagues in Government will no doubt be thrilled to hear him propounding so publicly, his inflated sense of the Seanad’s importance is perplexing.?

Fine Gael removes whip from Cllr Therese Ridge after Mahon findings, Olivia Mitchell exonerated - RTÉ News

Fine Gael removes whip from Cllr Therese Ridge after Mahon findings, Olivia Mitchell exonerated - RTÉ News: Fine Gael has removed the whip from Cllr Therese Ridge and asked her to resign from all committees in light of the Mahon Report findings.?

Senators on €70k salaryplus extra incomes | Irish Examiner

Senators on €70k salaryplus extra incomes | Irish Examiner: Francis O’Brien, who has been in the job for 21 years, rents four separate homes in Galway, Dublin and Monaghan, as well as ten development properties.?

Who goes to Prison?

Who goes to Prison?: There are serious questions as to whether prison is the proper place for people so young. A large number of children (aged between 16-18) are imprisoned in adult prisons in St. Patricks Institution; this is actually in contravention of Ireland’s obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.?

White and male: diversity and the judiciary | News | guardian.co.uk

White and male: diversity and the judiciary | News | guardian.co.uk: A more diverse judiciary can bring different perspectives to bear on the development of the law and to the concept of justice itself?

White and male: diversity and the judiciary | News | guardian.co.uk

White and male: diversity and the judiciary | News | guardian.co.uk: CLASS background directly affect how people can become judges because of how people can access the system at every leve.. Some statistics as to how to many judges went to Oxbridge, public school or the median income of their parents would also be interesting.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Retreating the Political in Irish Human Rights: Donncha O’Connell’s ‘Inaugural Editorial’ in the Irish Human Rights Law Review - Human Rights in Ireland

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Retreating the Political in Irish Human Rights: Donncha O’Connell’s ‘Inaugural Editorial’ in the Irish Human Rights Law Review - Human Rights in Ireland: "‘Public Morality’"CONSCIENCE,NEPOTISM,HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS,FRIENDSHIPS,"SUICIDE",QUALIFICATIONS,THE MORALITY OF THOSE IN POSITIONS OF POWER?

The Judge in Ireland by Dr Eamonn G. Hall, Solicitor and Notary Public

The Judge in Ireland by Dr Eamonn G. Hall, Solicitor and Notary Public: Studies on the judiciary in Ireland agree that the political affiliations have played a "significant" part in the preferment of persons to the Irish Bench.?

Paul Anthony McDermott on de Valera’s view of our Judiciary

Paul Anthony McDermott on de Valera’s view of our Judiciary: WILLIAM Norton: But, as the President knows, when this Constitution is passed, the position will be that he dare not introduce a Bill to reduce the salaries of the Supreme Court or High Court judges, unless, of course, he can get endorsement for his proposal through the medium of a referendum (Note – according to Paul Anthony this is ‘utterly daft’!). But he can introduce a Bill and say to these Circuit Court judges and district justices that their remuneration can be cut. The fact that the President is seeking to put the Executive of the day in a position to cut the remuneration of certain judges, while not being in a position to cut the remuneration of other judges, is a most serious anomaly and, it seems to me, is calculated to demonstrate that the Legislature and the Executive Council do not regard Circuit Court judges and district justices as being entitled to the same measure of independence from the point of view of exercising their normal functions.?

European Convention on Human Rights and its Five Protocols

European Convention on Human Rights and its Five Protocols: Everyone whose rights and freedoms as set forth in this Convention are violated shall have an effective remedy before a national authority notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity.?

Live@ Riverside - Interview With Finlay Summers Part 4

Live @ Riverside

Live @ Riverside - Interview With Finlay Summers Part 1

ireland.com - The Irish Times - IRELAND

ireland.com - The Irish Times - IRELAND: 1 I.R. 409 held that a child has a constitutional right to be fed and to live, to be reared and educated and to have the opportunity of working and realising his or her "Full Potential" and dignity as a human being and that those rights "MUST" be protected and vindicated by the State.?

ireland.com - The Irish Times - IRELAND

ireland.com - The Irish Times - IRELAND: Not merely that but I am dealing with applicants who quite apart from having disabilities which place them at risk also have a legal disability in that they cannot assert their own constitutional rights, this has to be done on their behalf either by a next friend or a guardian ad litem.?

>Solicitor quits over ‘corruption in judiciary’ « Oconnellpadd13's Blog

>Solicitor quits over ‘corruption in judiciary’ « Oconnellpadd13's Blog: “He then made a declaration that he would not continue to work as a solicitor.He told presiding Judge Hugh O’Donnell that: ‘From this day forwards I am no longer practising as a solicitor.’He claimed that this was ‘because of judicial corruption within the system particularly in Blanchardstown District Court.’After the case Mr Coen, whose Dublin city centre firm have practised law since 2004, confirmed to reporters that he had resigned.”?

A Story With Me In It - Home

A Story With Me In It - Home: Based on the RTE TV series ‘A story with me in it’ that teamed up Irish authors with adults who have struggled with writing throughout their lives, our aim is to promote literacy and "encourage" people to write a story.?

Charlie Haughey's beloved Kinsealy estate on the market for a knockdown €7.5m - Property & Mortgages, Personal Finance - Independent.ie

Charlie Haughey's beloved Kinsealy estate on the market for a knockdown €7.5m - Property & Mortgages, Personal Finance - Independent.ie: FORMER Taoiseach Charlie Haughey's Abbeville mansion has gone on the market for a fraction of the €45m he sold it for a decade ago.
Abbeville, in north Dublin, now has an asking price of just over €7m - after the company that owns it went into receivership.?

Top state adviser is charged with running brothels - Courts, National News - Independent.ie

Top state adviser is charged with running brothels - Courts, National News - Independent.ie: A SENIOR transport consultant who offered advice to the Government on a major infrastructure project was yesterday charged with operating brothels and living off the earnings of prostitutes.
Thomas Lyons (54) was charged with seven counts under the Criminal Law Sexual Offences Act, and one count of making a false statement to gardai.?

Fine Gael Cllr says 'Dogs in the street' knew of zoning plan problems - RTÉ News

Fine Gael Cllr says 'Dogs in the street' knew of zoning plan problems - RTÉ News: She said it wasn't within the remit of a town councillor to be involved with or lobby for proposals to rezone land as it wasn't in their statutory role; that it was the role of county councillors, a very important role as decisions made could make a person a millionaire overnight?NOT FROM WORKING CLASS OR DISADVANTAGED AREA'S?

Court told of councillor's 'dealings' with builder - The Irish Times - Thu, May 10, 2012

Court told of councillor's 'dealings' with builder - The Irish Times - Thu, May 10, 2012: The court heard from council officials that county councillors voted by a majority in 2008 to rezone some of the land in question for industrial use, but this was later overturned by the then minister for the environment John Gormley.?
Current county manager Denis McCarthy told the court he was not aware who contacted the minister on the issue, or that Mr Deasy had “approached the minister”.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: November 2010

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: November 2010: "For instance if an original of a statment was available for the defence to peruse if it so wished ,it would appear to be the position that statments compiled by the state in a book of evidence may have substantical portions deleted ,such deletion may not be revealed and if discovered need not be explained?"JUSTICE OR"LAW"IRISH STYLE?

Dáil Éireann - 02/May/2012 Written Answers - Commissions of Investigation

Dáil Éireann - 02/May/2012 Written Answers - Commissions of Investigation: if he will set up a commission of investigation pursuant top the Commission of Investigation Act 2004 in respect of the suspected murder of Reverend Father Niall Molloy CC late of Castlecoote, County Roscommon on 8 July 1985; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22243/12]
Minister for Justice and Equality (Deputy Alan Shatter): I am informed by the Garda authorities that the incident referred to was the subject of investigation by An Garda Síochána, which resulted in the submission of an investigation file to the law officers, who directed that a person be charged with manslaughter and assault. At the ensuing trial directions to acquit were given by the judge. Following the publication of an article concerning this case in October, 2010, representations were made requesting an investigation of the matters raised in it. I understand that the Commissioner arranged for a Detective Superintendent to meet the author of the article and the persons making the representations to make an assessment of whether there was any evidence which was not available to the original investigation team and if further investigation was required in this case. As a result, a number of lines of inquiry were identified for examination by An Garda Síochána. I have received an update on progress on the matter from the Garda Commissioner but the examination remains ongoing and I expect to receive a final report upon its completion, at which point I will review the situation.?

Public Inquiry · Sam Smyth responds to Lowryland

Public Inquiry · Sam Smyth responds to Lowryland: He had to resign from office in disgrace in November 1996, and in March 2011 the final report of the Moriarty tribunal detailed findings of various clandestine attempts by Denis O’Brien to enrich Michael Lowry by more than £900,000.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: "I read an article once by Prof.John Dillon(TCD) who said "special interest groups" would thwart any national debate on serious crime that might focus on their inadequacies?It would be interesting to hear auxl.archbishop Eamonn Walsh view on that"IT WOULD HAVE BEEN?THE  "REAL"REASONS PROJECT?

Behind the Walls: RTÉ’s documentary series on the history of psychiatric hospitals in Ireland. « International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry (ISEPP) Blog

Behind the Walls: RTÉ’s documentary series on the history of psychiatric hospitals in Ireland. « International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry (ISEPP) Blog: It also tells the remarkable story of Hanna Greally, locked up for almost 20 years, but who emerged to write about her experiences in the 1970s, becoming "One Of The Very Few To Chronicle Her Experiences" behind the walls.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: The Tablet -

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: The Tablet -: "For some the horror and shame appears as fresh as the day it happened and they carry a heavy burden throughout their lives."?To Quote Sister Andrea (8/4/1991)in the centre for the deaf drumcondra,that in her opinion "P"problems are much more than those relating to deafness.She describes a pattern of long term disturbed behaviour,he has been disimproving since last sept.She describes an incident when he was found in the middle of stormy weather in howth -trying to throw the "BADNESS"into the sea.?Yet even then no professional could spot what the real problem was?So where are you Heather Alexander and Helen Coughlan?Geraldine Prunty social worker beaumont hosp,24/4/1991.Dr Declan Fitzpatrick st lawrences rd,24/4/1991.?

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: Former Education Ministers 'not made aware' of abuse

http://encouragechange.blogspot.com/2009/05/former-education-ministers-made-aware.html: .This boy did not recive councelling of any kind after his ordeal and his parents were not informed.During a garda inquiry on a later date management failed to produce these reports.when the worker disclosed this fact that he had the reports countersigned by two staff members,these reports emerged.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: McCabe had told the boy’s parents that the victim had misbehaved at school and the teenager’s father did not believe him when he later told him that McCabe had abused him.?

Christian Brother jailed for sexual assaults in deaf school | BreakingNews.ie

Christian Brother jailed for sexual assaults in deaf school | BreakingNews.ie: McCabe had told the boy’s parents that the victim had misbehaved at school and the teenager’s father did not believe him when he later told him that McCabe had abused him.?

Former councillor accused of taking €80,000 in payments - The Irish Times - Wed, May 09, 2012

Former councillor accused of taking €80,000 in payments - The Irish Times - Wed, May 09, 2012: Former town councillor Fred Forsey jnr (42), with an address at Coolagh Road, Abbeyside, Dungarvan, Co Waterford, has pleaded not guilty to receiving €60,000, €10,000 and €10,000 in three corrupt payments from a property developer in 2006.?

Documents reveal hundreds of ‘high-risk misconduct’ cases at CRA | FAIR

Documents reveal hundreds of ‘high-risk misconduct’ cases at CRA | FAIR: The CRA has dismissed seven officials from its Montreal offices in connection with an RCMP investigation into allegations of fraud and corruption involving senior team leaders and auditors at the tax-collection agency.?

Watchdogs need mandate to name, punish wrongdoers | FAIR

Watchdogs need mandate to name, punish wrongdoers | FAIR: The public has a right to know the identity of its employees - politicians, political staff, appointees or public servants - who break the rules, and so all the good government watchdog agencies must be required by law to identify exactly which person broke which rule in each situation.?

The People's Bishop

The People's Bishop: It has become clear that the institutional church has failed.?

My Fiscal Compact Woes

My Fiscal Compact Woes: We need to examine it carefully and choose a course that will serve the interests of the common good and the plain people of Ireland and not the banks and powerful financial lobbies of Europe.?

Ex-Boston Police Commissioner joins Netwatch board - Ireland’s business and technology news service – Siliconrepublic.com

Ex-Boston Police Commissioner joins Netwatch board - Ireland’s business and technology news service – Siliconrepublic.com: She was also a member of the Independent Commission on Policing in Northern Ireland - the Patten Commission.?

The Irish Times - Fri, Dec 04, 2009 - Garda highly secretive, says law expert

The Irish Times - Fri, Dec 04, 2009 - Garda highly secretive, says law expert: THE GARDA is one of the most secretive police forces in the world, according to a professor in criminal law.
Prof Dermot Walsh, director of the Centre of Criminal Justice at the University of Limerick, was speaking in Limerick yesterday at a conference on Police Governance and Accountability, organised by the college.

Welcome for report identifying failings in sex abuse cases - The Irish Times - Fri, Feb 03, 2012

Welcome for report identifying failings in sex abuse cases - The Irish Times - Fri, Feb 03, 2012: The majority of recommendations in the Garda inspectorate’s seven reports on policing in recent years had been acted on and the latest report was no different. “The chief inspector Kathleen O’Toole has acknowledged in her report that that is so.”?

Shatter denies State tried to hide elements of Bailey case | Irish Examiner

Shatter denies State tried to hide elements of Bailey case | Irish Examiner: Mr Shatter reacted to reports which alleged that the attorney general had agreed to release sensitive information relating to the Bailey case only if aspects of it were not put in the public domain.?

Ian Bailey Frame Up Is Just One Case - Now What About The Kevin Tracey Frame Up - Indymedia Ireland

Ian Bailey Frame Up Is Just One Case - Now What About The Kevin Tracey Frame Up - Indymedia Ireland: Minister Alan Shatter you need to take focus of what is going on in the Justice and Legal System.?

McDowell in new row over Connolly Colombia trip - National News - Independent.ie

McDowell in new row over Connolly Colombia trip - National News - Independent.ie: Rejecting this assertion, Mr McDowell defended his decision to release details about Mr Connolly's trip to Colombia.?

Probe into claims over du Plantier case - RTÉ News

Probe into claims over du Plantier case - RTÉ News: Speaking in Carlow, Justice Minister Michael Mc Dowell said the first he heard of the new allegations was yesterday?

The Irish Times - Mon, Dec 21, 2009 - Voluntary legal work is key for the public - and for practitioners

The Irish Times - Mon, Dec 21, 2009 - Voluntary legal work is key for the public - and for practitioners: THE 2009 European Pro Bono Forum, organised by the Public Interest Law Institute and held in Budapest on November 5th and 6th last, shone out like a beacon of hope in the current climate of crisis and uncertainty.?

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: August 2009

http://encouragechange.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html: "'Poverty, Social Exclusion and the Law'"THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE[PUBLIC ORDER]ACT 1994;CONSTITUTIONAL ANATHEMA.LSM ESSAY,12/january/2001.NOT ONE BUT TWO"MOTHERS AGAINST SOLVENT AND DRUG ABUSE"WHAT "FORCES" PEOPLE INTO THE DARKNESS?MAYBE THE ANSWERS CAN BE FOUND ON "PUBLIC INQUIRY"IRISH CORRUPTION.?

BBC News - Why Vladimir Putin needs a golden cockerel

BBC News - Why Vladimir Putin needs a golden cockerel: "What's more, for social and political stability it's necessary to provide quite high economic growth, so government should provide better conditions for doing business. But this is not sustainable without measures to limit corruption."?

Israeli political heavyweights publicly spar over Iran policy – CNN Security Clearance - CNN.com Blogs

Israeli political heavyweights publicly spar over Iran policy – CNN Security Clearance - CNN.com Blogs: In excerpts of an interview published last week, Barak told the Israeli daily Israel Hayom that Olmert, together with Meir Dagan, former head of the Israeli Mossad, and former head of internal security Yuval Diskin, were working for the benefit of the Iranian government.?

Socialists become Serbia kingmakers | euronews, world news

Socialists become Serbia kingmakers | euronews, world news: However voters had been expected to register their anger over the economic woes fulled by the crisis in the euro zone which is Serbia’s main trading partner.?

Private Prison Corporations Are Modern Day Slave Traders | | AlterNet

Private Prison Corporations Are Modern Day Slave Traders | | AlterNet: To ensure their profitability, the corporation insists that it be guaranteed that the prisons be kept at least 90 percent full. Plus, the corporate jailers demand a 20-year management contract, on top of the profits they expect to extract by spending less money per prisoner.?

Noam Chomsky on America's Economic Suicide | Economy | AlterNet

Noam Chomsky on America's Economic Suicide | Economy | AlterNet: We’re a nation whose leaders are pursuing policies that amount to economic “suicide”?And Citizen Suicide?

Hollande beats Sarkozy to be crowned French President

Hollande beats Sarkozy to be crowned French President: The election results are slated to impact efforts to fight its debt crisis, how long French troops stay in Afghanistan and how France exercises its military and diplomatic muscle around the world.?

Leftist economist behind Argentina's YPF takeover - KFVS12 News & Weather Cape Girardeau, Carbondale, Poplar Bluff

Leftist economist behind Argentina's YPF takeover - KFVS12 News & Weather Cape Girardeau, Carbondale, Poplar Bluff: Galuccio is the professional Fernandez hoped for when she decided to take back the company that had been in the hands of Spain's Repsol SA for 13 years.?

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?: You tell them it's still about change."?

Merkel coalition loses state election: estimates < German news | Expatica Germany

Merkel coalition loses state election: estimates < German news | Expatica Germany: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right coalition "lost power" in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, first estimates showed Sunday, after a vote that could presage national elections next year.?

Italy votes in 1st election since Monti, vote gauges anger at austerity - The Washington Post

Italy votes in 1st election since Monti, vote gauges anger at austerity - The Washington Post: But public anger is growing over the austerity measures and increasing unemployment, with a rash of suicides and other desperate acts blamed on Italians’ financial troubles.?

JURIST - Forum: SB 1070 and the Impending Police State

JURIST - Forum: SB 1070 and the Impending Police State: This is a truly Orwellian or Kafkaesque situation. The law itself requires racial or ethnic profiling but the law also (very cleverly) expressly prohibits civil rights violations.?

JURIST - Paper Chase: Romania constitutional court rejects controversial election law

JURIST - Paper Chase: Romania constitutional court rejects controversial election law: Protests against the government's education, justice, criminal and economic policies.?

Obama again talks up hope and change

Obama again talks up hope and change: You tell them it's still about change."?

Shatter accuses Palestine group of cyberbullying - National News - Independent.ie

Shatter accuses Palestine group of cyberbullying - National News - Independent.ie: Ms Jordan wrote on the band's Facebook page: "In hindsight, it was very naive of me to think our motives would not be misunderstood and misrepresented."?

The Associated Press: Armenia's parliamentary vote a test for Sarkisian

The Associated Press: Armenia's parliamentary vote a test for Sarkisian: International observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said the Armenian government has taken steps in recent years to foster free and fair elections, including changes to electoral laws and the introduction of a new online election monitoring program.?

In Serbia, Voters Disillusioned by the Economic Crisis - NYTimes.com

In Serbia, Voters Disillusioned by the Economic Crisis - NYTimes.com: Just as in those countries, visceral indignation with joblessness and an "arrogant political establishment" is expected to benefit nationalist parties, including former allies of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslav president who plunged the country into war and more than two decades of international isolation.?

The Associated Press: Angry Greeks vote in key parliamentary election

The Associated Press: Angry Greeks vote in key parliamentary election: Public anger has been so high that politicians have been forced to maintain low-profile campaigns for fear of physical attacks on the streets in a country battered by business closures and hundreds of thousands of job losses.?

1,600 Palestinians on hunger strike and the world doesn¿t even bat an eyelid: Compelling eye witness dispatch from the Israeli internment jails threatening a new Arab Spring | Mail Online

1,600 Palestinians on hunger strike and the world doesn¿t even bat an eyelid: Compelling eye witness dispatch from the Israeli internment jails threatening a new Arab Spring | Mail Online: 'My detention has so far been renewed seven times and they still haven't charged me with anything,'?

Commission denies getting its facts wrong - The Irish Times - Sat, May 05, 2012

Commission denies getting its facts wrong - The Irish Times - Sat, May 05, 2012: In a letter to the chairman, Mr Justice Kevin Feeney, the Dublin MEP said the commission incorrectly suggested Ireland could not gain access to ESM funding if it voted against what he calls the “austerity treaty”.?

E-Health Insider :: iSoft plot 'uncovered by whistleblower'

E-Health Insider :: iSoft plot 'uncovered by whistleblower': A plot by former senior executives of iSoft to make millions by misleading the stock market was uncovered when an employee blew the whistle, a court has been told.?

The Irish Economy » Blog Archive » The Fiscal Treaty and the Future of Europe

The Irish Economy » Blog Archive » The Fiscal Treaty and the Future of Europe: A disorderly Irish default would threaten the stability of the "European" banking system.?

Press Release: Statement by the EC, ECB, and IMF on the Review Mission to Ireland

Press Release: Statement by the EC, ECB, and IMF on the Review Mission to Ireland: The objectives of Ireland’s EU-IMF supported program are to address financial sector weaknesses and to put Ireland’s economy on the path of sustainable growth, sound public finances, and job creation, "while protecting the poor and most vulnerable". The program includes loans from the European Union and EU member states amounting to €45.0 billion and a €22.5 billion Extended Fund Facility with the IMF. Ireland’s contribution is €17.5 billion. Approval of the conclusion of this review is scheduled to make available a disbursement of €1.4 billion by the IMF € 2.3 billion by the EU. The mission for the next program review is scheduled for July 2012.?

Susan O'Keeffe Home

Susan O'Keeffe Home: Senator O'Keeffe today (28 March 2012) called on the Taoiseach and the Government to ensure that politicians found to have acted corruptly do not recieve state funded pensions from their time as public representatives.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Staff and their Research Interests — University of Leicester

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Staff and their Research Interests — University of Leicester: SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR THOSE THAT CANT AFFORD IT?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ComparativeConstitutions.org: New Socio-Economic Rights Book

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ComparativeConstitutions.org: New Socio-Economic Rights Book: "It is set to have an impact
on debates about courts and socio-economic rights not only in South Africa, but "everywhere else" where
its topic has attracted interest.'"INCLUDING THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Retreating the Political in Irish Human Rights: Donncha O’Connell’s ‘Inaugural Editorial’ in the Irish Human Rights Law Review - Human Rights in Ireland

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Retreating the Political in Irish Human Rights: Donncha O’Connell’s ‘Inaugural Editorial’ in the Irish Human Rights Law Review - Human Rights in Ireland: "‘Public Morality’"CONSCIENCE,NEPOTISM,HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS,FRIENDSHIPS,"SUICIDE",QUALIFICATIONS,THE MORALITY OF THOSE IN POSITIONS OF POWER?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Paul O’Connell: School of Law: University of Leicester

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Paul O’Connell: School of Law: University of Leicester: "Ireland’s leading Public Interest Law Organisation"THE DESPAIR OF SILENCE AND THE PUBLICS "RIGHT" TO KNOW?

Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama - Excerpt

Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama - Excerpt: He works to turn back the mounting "despair" of the inner city.?

US lawyer abused by Brendan Smyth says Seán Brady should be criminally investigated - RTÉ News

US lawyer abused by Brendan Smyth says Seán Brady should be criminally investigated - RTÉ News: US lawyer Helen McGonigle was abused by the paedophile priest in the late 1960s in Rhode Island.
Speaking to BBC Ulster this morning, Ms McGonigle said she was "outraged" by Cardinal Brady's response to allegations in a BBC documentary broadcast this week.
‘The Shame of the Catholic Church’ claimed that Cardinal Brady did not pass on information about abuse to families of children involved.
Ms McGonigle said he had shown "arrogance and insensitivity".?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Oconnellpadd13's Blog

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Oconnellpadd13's Blog: "“In The Eyes Of The Law”, the long-running column which resulted, was a devastating demystification of the judicial system. It showed the unfairness, the prejudice, the class bias?THEN AND NOW?"

Public Inquiry · Examining corruption in Ireland

Public Inquiry · Examining corruption in Ireland: These cases involve the following:
A car dealership; a vet, financial institutions and solicitors.
An official from your office has informed me that this has to do with Absolute Privilege and the power of the Data Commissioner to decide who is named and who is not.
I hereby formally request the names of the people/organisations that are not named.
If this is not possible I would be grateful if you could provide me with the precise legal/legislative/administrative reason/s for refusing the information.
Yours etc.
Anthony Sheridan

Criminology Association of Ireland invites new members - Human Rights in Ireland

Criminology Association of Ireland invites new members - Human Rights in Ireland: CAI Membership is free, and provides members with direct engagement with a wide body of professionals who are involved in the field of criminology and criminal justice in the Irish case. The CAI is linked with CRIMSOC: the Journal of Social Criminology.?

Cardinal Brady under fire from Gilmore and Fr D’Arcy - National News - Independent.ie

Cardinal Brady under fire from Gilmore and Fr D’Arcy - National News - Independent.ie: In an emotional interview on RTE’s Marian Finucane Show, Fr D’Arcy said that if there is secrecy, and no questioning mind within the Catholic Church, then no child will be protected.?

Prison Planet.com » Amnesty International Propaganda Targets Russia & Syria

Prison Planet.com » Amnesty International Propaganda Targets Russia & Syria: Such hypocrisy reveals Amnesty International as the politically-motivated front it ultimately is.?

Garda seeks to prevent sacking for relationship - The Irish Times - Wed, May 02, 2012

Garda seeks to prevent sacking for relationship - The Irish Times - Wed, May 02, 2012: A FEMALE Garda who had a relationship with a senior male colleague allegedly involved in criminal activity has brought a High Court action aimed at preventing her dismissal from the force.
Andrea Fitzharris (26), attached to Kilkenny Garda station, has sued the Garda Commissioner over a decision to appoint a Garda inspector to investigate whether her services as a garda should be dispensed with.?

CONNECT TO MY ANGELS

CONNECT TO MY ANGELS: It found Cardinal Sean Brady had the names and addresses of those being abused by paedophile priest Brendan Smyth, but did not ensure their safety.?

Irish Cardinal Brady Apologizes for Not Reporting Abuse - NYTimes.com

Irish Cardinal Brady Apologizes for Not Reporting Abuse - NYTimes.com: But Monsignor Scicluna said he did not know whether that had become a widespread practice among local bishops. “I have no statistics to be able to answer that question,” he said Tuesday in an interview. “I know what we say, but whether they do it or not is another question.”?GOD HELP CHILDREN IF THIS IS THE "OFFICIAL"ATTITUDE?

Blogs | Older and Bolder

Blogs | Older and Bolder: “Older people are now living under the threat of cuts to vital benefits like free travel, medical cards and the State Pension after the International Monetary Fund identified such measures,” Patricia Conboy, director of Older & Bolder said today.?

9 November 2010 Who Cares? An Investigation into the Right to Nursing Home Care in Ireland, Office of the Ombudsman

9 November 2010 Who Cares? An Investigation into the Right to Nursing Home Care in Ireland, Office of the Ombudsman: This can include tactical delay, the threat of costs being awarded against the plaintiff, obfuscation, introduction of irrelevant arguments, misrepresentation and much more besides. In fairness, lawyers on both sides may be prone to conducting business in this fashion. But in a case taken by a citizen against his or her own State, and on a matter of genuine public interest, it should not become a matter of winning or losing. "The real issue has to do with serving the public interest". Nevertheless, it does seem on occasion that the response of State bodies to litigation may be based more on protecting the interests of the body itself than on serving the wider public interest?

Michael Noonan accused of scaremongering by opposition over fiscal treaty - Irish, Business - Independent.ie

Michael Noonan accused of scaremongering by opposition over fiscal treaty - Irish, Business - Independent.ie: FINANCE Minister Michael Noonan has been accused of scaremongering people into a yes vote in the fiscal treaty referendum.
The accusations came after he said that Ireland was staring down the barrel of another slash-and-burn budget if the fiscal treaty is rejected by voters.?

Le Pen wounds Sarkozy by refusing to endorse | Reuters

Le Pen wounds Sarkozy by refusing to endorse | Reuters: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen delivered a further blow on Tuesday to President Nicolas Sarkozy's re-election hopes by refusing to endorse him and telling her six million supporters to make their own choice in Sunday's ballot?.

FF whip to meet Ó Cuív over role in referendum No campaign · TheJournal.ie

FF whip to meet Ó Cuív over role in referendum No campaign · TheJournal.ie: Open defiance of the party’s stance could not be accepted.?ECONOMIC WAR?

ireland.com - The Irish Times - SPECIAL

ireland.com - The Irish Times - SPECIAL: In the context of investigation into possible corruption among local representatives, it is of relevance that the minutes of Dublin County Council show that in 1989 (ref 776/89) a section 4 motion dealing with this matter was submitted by Fine Gael Councillors, Olivia Mitchell, Mary Muldoon and Martin Lynch. That motion sought to direct the City and County Manager to write to Ray Burke, T.D., the then Minister for Justice requesting him to hold a sworn public judicial inquiry into allegations of corruption. Consideration of that motion was deferred, but was subsequently (ref 834/90) proposed by Martin Lynch and seconded by Cathal Boland [Appendix II] and passed unanimously.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Suspicions of corruption first printed here in 1974 - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Suspicions of corruption first printed here in 1974 - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie: It has taken 28 years but on Thursday Mr Justice Feargus Flood finally nailed Ray Burke. It's reassuring to know that sometimes, just sometimes, the truth will out.?I LIKE SOME OF TERRY MC GEEHAN'S ARTICLES IN THE DAILY STAR NEWSPAPER,BUT TODAY(19/9/2011)TRANSPARENCY,ACCOUNTABILITY,ACCESSIBILITY ,HE SEEMS TO THINK THAT THE IRISH PUBLIC ARE NOW ONLY AWARE OF A CORRUPT"ELITE"IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE OF RECENT PUBLIC EXPOSURES AND ITS NOW TOO LATE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT WENT BEFORE?WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE 1974,WHEN JOE MAC ANTHONY EXPOSED WHAT WAS"REALLY" GOING ON?WHO WAS MADE A MINISTER FOR JUSTICE?AND TODAY YOU HAVE AS STATED BY JOHN WATERS(irish mail on sunday 18/9/2011)65 YEAR OLD WOMAN IN MOUNTJOY FOR HER PRINCIPLES,YOU HAVE A FATHER AND SON LAURENCE AND LARRY CARLYON RATHFARNHAM EVICTED FROM THEIR HOME BY THE DUBLIN COUNTY SHERIFF AND GARDI.I HAVENT SEEN THIS PARTICULAR CASE MENTIONED ANY-WHERE IN THE IRISH MEDIA OR THE INTERNET? SO IN FACT NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE 1974(37 years ago)ITS NOT THAT ITS TOO LATE AS TERRY SAYS BUT THE WHOLE"SYSTEM"IS SO CORRUPT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TRULY HONEST PEOPLE AROUND TO CHANGE IT.?

Ruairi Quinn expense claims and insufficient transparency – The Story

Ruairi Quinn expense claims and insufficient transparency – The Story: Two observations from all this. Why is it that the systems governing expense claims by politicians are always so vague? The cynic might suggest having no rules is useful because how can you break a rule that does not exist. It is hard not to be cynical.?

Contents of Brian O'Donnell home catalogued on foot of High Court order - RTÉ News

Contents of Brian O'Donnell home catalogued on foot of High Court order - RTÉ News: Reading a prepared statement, off camera, a family member said: "Arthur Cox obtained an ex parte in camera order from Justice Kelly on Friday night after they lost their court case in the London High Court where they tried to get a permanent charging order.?

Dáil Éireann - Volume 359 - 30 May, 1985 - Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Prisoner's Mail.

Dáil Éireann - Volume 359 - 30 May, 1985 - Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Prisoner's Mail.: Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice the reason Deputy Gay Mitchell was advised that a prisoner (details supplied) who was sent money by registered post while in Cork prison had had the money, which went missing, restored to his mother when this has not happened.?

'Money no excuse' for jail crowding - National - Leitrim Observer

'Money no excuse' for jail crowding - National - Leitrim Observer: Prison chiefs have been warned that it is no longer good enough to blame a lack of money for overcrowding and 23-hour lock-up in Mountjoy Prison.?SEAN O NEILL PROSPECT CO,LIMERICK CALLS FOR "OFFICIAL"INVESTIGATION INTO PRISONERS PERSONAL FUNDS GOING MISSING.(IRISH DAILY MAIL LETTERS PAGE 1/5/2012)

State paid barristers €10.2m in fees last year - The Irish Times - Sat, Apr 07, 2012

State paid barristers €10.2m in fees last year - The Irish Times - Sat, Apr 07, 2012: According to the figures, €10.2 million was paid in fees in 2011 to barristers acting in the civil courts on behalf of Government departments and other State authorities?

Dáil Éireann - 24/Apr/2012 Written Answers - Legal Services

Dáil Éireann - 24/Apr/2012 Written Answers - Legal Services: These arrangements are designed to ensure an equitable distribution of State work to counsel and to avoid situations where a small number of counsel earn very large sums from the State. The arrangements are being monitored on a monthly basis by the Attorney General and the Chief State Solicitor.?