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Liam Neeson slams Irish govt, says Irish people “Taken” for a ride - IrishCentral.com

Liam Neeson slams Irish govt, says Irish people “Taken” for a ride - IrishCentral.com,Liam Neeson has stated he will not move back to Ireland because of the government water charges controversy.

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The Wrong Side Of The Thin Blue Line | Broadsheet.ie

The Wrong Side Of The Thin Blue Line | Broadsheet.ie,During the debate, Mr Wallace spoke about the events over the last year regarding the gardaí and how former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan and the former Justice Minister Alan Shatter lost their positions. He also spoke about the role of the media in the Garda story.?

Áras Attracta a symptom of malaise in Irish society, says dean

Áras Attracta a symptom of malaise in Irish society, says dean,But, there was “no ‘them’ and ‘us’. There is only ‘us’, ” he said. There was “the universal human capacity for corruption, inhumanity and cruelty. All it takes is a particular set of circumstances. All it takes is a context of unaccountable power,” he said.

“Whether it is the politician faking mobile phone bills, the clergy abusing children or the cruelty of the staff in Áras Attracta; we, as a society, need to rethink our relationship with power: how we do it and how we allow others to do it in our midst.” ?ITS THE WATCHERS WHO ALLOW IT?

Mick Wallace claims gardaí involved in drugs trade#.VIn5cKBsZ9g.facebook#.VIn5cKBsZ9g.facebook#.VIn5cKBsZ9g.facebook#.VIn5cKBsZ9g.facebook

Mick Wallace claims gardaí involved in drugs trade,Mr Wallace said he raised the claims in the Dáil nine months ago and that Gsoc launched an investigation. He said the whistleblower contacted him two weeks ago to claim he was being intimidated in work, that “his life was being made hell” and that he had heard nothing back about the investigation.?

Maurice McCabe Interviewed: 'This took six years out of all our lives' | Irish Examiner

Maurice McCabe Interviewed: 'This took six years out of all our lives' | Irish Examiner,He was at that time an anonymous whistleblower, enduring the usual treatment meted out to those who break rank to point out wrongdoing. Vicious rumours about his motives and character were spread like manure, through the force, across the media. Every effort was made to discredit his allegations. ?

Padd o connell - Google+

Padd o connell - Google+Where Does The Pre-Legislative Scrutiny Fit Into The Whistle Blowers Legislation?

Donaldson: No deal unless Dublin opens up on Troubles - Belfast Newsletter

Donaldson: No deal unless Dublin opens up on Troubles - Belfast Newsletter,Robert Grant

THERE HAS BEEN a shift in Ireland’s political climate in recent months. While it was brought to the surface by the water charges, there is a sense of a deeper, structural dissatisfaction among diverse groups of people. The amount of protests, and newly-formed action-groups, coupled with the flood of commentaries attempting to understand and shape the narrative reveals the seriousness of the shift. Something has changed in Ireland’s political consciousness?AS THE SAYING GOES PEOPLE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF POLITICIANS LIES?WE FEEL YOUR PAIN CRAP?

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GOTCHA! – NewsScoops.Org - Irish Newspaper Investigations

GOTCHA! – NewsScoops.Org - Irish Newspaper InvestigationsYet from the very beginning, the Leinster House authorities – headed by Kieran Coughlan, the Clerk of the Dáil – insisted time and again that the expenses claims in question were wholly legitimate. They also launched repeated attacks on the MoS for our reporting of the issue.?TIP OF THE DAIL-BERG?

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GOTCHA! – NewsScoops.Org - Irish Newspaper Investigations

GOTCHA! – NewsScoops.Org - Irish Newspaper Investigations,Nevertheless, attention will now focus on the Clerk of the Dáil and his staff – including Oireachtas Press Officer Mark Mulqueen and parliamentary legal adviser Melissa English – who have repeatedly insisted that there was no question of any possible wrongdoing by Mr O’Keeffe, or of the expense claims in question having been irregular in any way.?

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WHAT IF?ENCOURAGECHANGE.PADDYWANTSTOKNOW? ABUSE CASE No.763978.?ENDA KENNY AND CO,TAKE NOTE. - See more at: http://liberties13.blogspot.ie/search?. - See more at: http://liberties13.blogspot.ie?

Mary Lou claims “entirely untrue” and “entirely incorrect” — Department of Justice

Mary Lou claims “entirely untrue” and “entirely incorrect” — Department of Justice

The statement expressed “serious concern” that victims had been refused access to a report from an internal Garda review into how the complaints and allegations were handled.

And it said the report had been “on the desk of the Minister for Justice since July”

McDonald also questioned why the Department and the Gardaí had yet to forward information to Child and Family Agency Tusla “to allow that agency to pursue its investigations into these allegations”.?

Podemos hopes to cement rise of citizen politics in Spain after election success | Politics | theguardian.com

Podemos hopes to cement rise of citizen politics in Spain after election success | Politics | theguardian.com,The idea behind the party is simple, Iglesias told the Guardian on Tuesday. "It's citizens doing politics. If the citizens don't get involved in politics, others will. And that opens the door to them robbing you of democracy, your rights and your wallet."?

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WHAT IF?BBC News - Ferguson a stark reminder of US human rights issues - media   Class Or Colour“Channel Your Frustration In Ways That Will Make A Positive Change.”? - See more at: http://liberties13.blogspot.ie?

European Court of Human Rights / Council of Europe Application Number 25077/05 (W. Finnerty)

European Court of Human Rights / Council of Europe Application Number 25077/05 (W. Finnerty)

"The Unfinished Work"
	"--- that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth ---"
	( President Abraham Lincoln 1809 - 1865) 2014?

An Garda Síochána should never believe they are above the law - Independent.ie

An Garda Síochána should never believe they are above the law - Independent.ie,And simply watching the interview with Mr Olson I began to wonder what at all is going on at An Garda Siochána. It often strikes me there are close parallels between the police and priests in Ireland. In the past there was an air of untouchability about both organisations. In many ways they gave the impression they were above the law. ?

Group of gardai lose €2m in Byrne property fraud - Independent.ie

Group of gardai lose €2m in Byrne property fraud - Independent.ie,A GROUP of gardai who individually borrowed large sums of money to invest in property are understood to have lost €2m as part of the massive fraud carried out by solicitor Thomas Byrne.?

Cops Charge Irish Government With Treason | Fools Crow's Blog

Cops Charge Irish Government With Treason | Fools Crow's Blog,Mr. O’Boyce, speaking on behalf of the country’s 11,000 gardaí, charged government ministers with sacrificing the country to protect ‘wealthy cronies’ who had bankrolled the leading government party, Fianna Fáil. Such criticism of a serving government by its police force is unprecedented in Irish history and extremely rare in any western democracy.?

Michael Lynn and Thomas Byrne, solicitors - McGarr Solicitors - Dublin Solicitors Ireland

Michael Lynn and Thomas Byrne, solicitors - McGarr Solicitors - Dublin Solicitors Ireland, He also had received deposits from property investors who expected to buy developed properties from him in due course.?WHO WERE THESE INVESTORS?

Gardai need to change the habits of a lifetime - Independent.ie

Gardai need to change the habits of a lifetime - Independent.ieA lot of it is simply down to bad habits, a lack of day-to-day supervision, because the ones who should be supervising are busy with administrative work.?

Context for, and focus on, the Garda | Village

Context for, and focus on, the Garda | VillageThe right to dissent peacefully is a cornerstone of democracy. Nevertheless, since the foundation of the Irish state, police violence has been routinely used to suppress protest movements – most notably protests by the most marginalised in society?

We need to talk about the Gardaí | Village

We need to talk about the Gardaí | Village

The history of An Garda Síochána is a long litany of violence against citizens, of indiscipline, insubordination and ineptitude, corruption and illegality, of ill-treating detainees, botched investigations and much more – wrongdoing revealed by tribunals of inquiry culminating in the extraordinary findings of the Morris Tribunal whose recommendations still blow in the wind, in court trials and in debacles like the latest one that brought down the Minister for Justice.

The right to dissent peacefully is a cornerstone of democracy. Nevertheless, since the foundation of the Irish state, police violence has been routinely used to suppress protest movements – most notably protests by the most marginalised in society.?

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Papers Delivered at MacGill 2013 | MacGill Summer School

Papers Delivered at MacGill 2013 | MacGill Summer School,As the 100^th anniversary of the 1916 Rising approaches, what better time is there to look at the republic which came about as a result of that event?  Is this the republic that was dreamt of by Pearse, Connolly and the other brave men and women who marched up to the GPO on that fateful Easter morning?  Do we even recognise and cherish the republic we live in?  Do we act and behave according to republican principles?  The greed and avarice and the irresponsible behaviour which we have witnessed in the last decade would indicate that the answer is definitely, no and that respect throughout the population, young and old, for the republic and its institutions is not what it should be.?The Greed And Avrice Was Created By And For The Elite's,It Is Now Time For The Ordinary Working-Class To Get A Look In?

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Journalists over-rely on official sources, conference hears

Journalists over-rely on official sources, conference hears,“When the allegations were first aired we saw many of the political and security correspondents saying there was no story here, that the whistleblowers had an axe to grind. Well, we saw then how that reliance on the official version from official sources proved to be wrong when the whistleblowers were proved to be right.”?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Sprit2008’s Weblog

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Sprit2008’s Weblog

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE,AN OUTLET TO TRY AND ENCOURAGE WORKING-CLASS KIDS TO REACH THEIR TRUE AND FULL POTENTIAL. - See more at: http://paddoconnell.blogspot.ie?

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW? ABUSE CASE No.763978.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?: December 2011

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?: December 2011,PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?: December 2011: ""A report by the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body also concluded there was a danger of political influence being exerted on the gardai and the Director of Public Prosecution in politically sensitive corruption issues"?"
- See more at: http://paddoconnell.blogspot.ie/2013/02/paddywantstoknow?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Revolting in the extreme... - Peoples Republic Of Cork Discussion Forums

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Revolting in the extreme... - Peoples Republic Of Cork Discussion ForumsRevolting in the extreme... - Peoples Republic Of Cork Discussion Forums: "Devoid Of All Reality"TO QUOTE EMILY O REILLY OMBUDSMAN"I THINK THERE ARE HUGE ISSUES SURROUNDING EXCESSIVE "SECRECY"AND"LEGALISM"OF THE HSE .WHAT STRIKES ME IS THAT IT IS THE WORKINGS OF A BODY WHICH LOOKS NOT TO THE"PUBLIC INTEREST"WHICH IS THE ONLY REASON IT IS THERE-AND SEEKS INSTEAD AT TIMES TO "PROTECT ITS OWN INTERESTS"AND THATS VERY WRONG UNQUOTE.THINK "GEORGE REDMOND" HERE AND THE REST OF THE PROFESSIONAL"SCUM"WHO LINED THEIR AND THEIR FRIENDS POCKETS AT THE EXPENCE OF THE DOWN TRODDEN WORKING-CLASS,THIS MS O REILLY GOES BACK TO THE TIME OF THE FOUNDATION OF THIS STATE AND CONSTITUTION,AND CAN BE SEEN TODAY IN THE 1901 AND 1911 CENSUS.TREAT ALL THE CHILDREN EQUALLY? - See more at: http://paddoconnell.blogspot.ie/2010/07/revolting-in-extreme-peoples-republic?

Stop the TTIP-Dr Paul O'Connell on Vimeo

Stop the TTIP-Dr Paul O'Connell on Vimeo,

Stop the TTIP-Dr Paul O'Connell on Vimeo

Stop the TTIP-Dr Paul O'Connell on Vimeo1/10/2014 in UNITE the union headquarters Dr Paul O'Connell gives the lowdown on the trade agreement between the US and the EU.

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European Ombudsman launches public consultation in relation to the transparency of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations»European Ombudsman

European Ombudsman launches public consultation in relation to the transparency of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations»European Ombudsman

Review of prison system fails to tackle endemic problems

Review of prison system fails to tackle endemic problems,In relation to this recent report, Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald said: “In the past, we have had plenty of reports but not enough implementation. I will not let this be the case with the Penal Policy Review”. Referring to the ignored Whitaker report of 30 years ago, she said there now exists “the deep-rooted determination and political will to make change happen in penal policy”. Unfortunately, the Strategic Review of Penal Policy fails to address many of the deep-seated problems in Ireland’s prisons, and in many instances fails to even acknowledge them.?

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Stop the TTIP-Dr Paul O'Connell on Vimeo

Stop the TTIP-Dr Paul O'Connell on Vimeo1/10/2014 in UNITE the union headquarters Dr Paul O'Connell gives the lowdown on the trade agreement between the US and the EU.

- See more at: http://liberties13.blogspot.ie?

Fitzgerald added that the gardaí will be included in the Freedom of Information Bill, which is expected to be enacted quickly. “I am determined to do whatever is necessary to provide our communities with the policing service they deserve and I am confident that the Government’s reform programme will achieve that,” she said. ?

Hardiman’s concerns about Strasbourg court unconvincing

Hardiman’s concerns about Strasbourg court unconvincing,Regard must be had to the particular circumstances of each case and the Court of Human Rights must take account of the general legal and political context in which remedies operate and the personal circumstances of individual complainants such as Louise O’Keeffe.?

Family of teen who died while in HSE care seeks independent inquiry, inquest hears - Independent.ie

Family of teen who died while in HSE care seeks independent inquiry, inquest hears - Independent.ie“We have written to the Child and Family Agency seeking that they appoint a member of the judiciary, either serving or retired, to conduct an independent inquiry into the State and how it dealt with Danny Talbot throughout his entire life,” he said.?

Prison officers say they’re told to “cover their arses”

Prison officers say they’re told to “cover their arses”

In his annual report, Judge Michael Reilly described finding “incomplete, inaccurate, and at times misleading” statements from prison staff.

He described one investigation where a prison officer said he and his colleagues had been told to deliberately “keep [their reports] short and cover your arse”.?

Cronyism is at the heart of Irish society

Cronyism is at the heart of Irish society,At the same time, a 2014 European Commission survey on corruption suggests that four out of five Irish people also believe that corruption is endemic and only a quarter believe efforts to eradicate it are working?

Prayer for reformed judicial appointment process has fallen on deaf political ears - Independent.ie

Prayer for reformed judicial appointment process has fallen on deaf political ears - Independent.ie,To counteract claims of cronyism, we were also promised reform of the judicial appointments process - See more at: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/prayer-for-reformed-judicial-appointment-process-has-fallen-on-deaf-political-ears?

CRONYISM | Oconnellpadd13's Blog

CRONYISM | Oconnellpadd13's Blog,ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Lijit paddoconnell: “‘Basically i find it obnoxious that in this life cronyism comes before qualifications,Plus the fact that your class background defines what position you may be granted in life by the so-called elites.’?THE GREY-HAIRED MEN?”

“”It appears that the standard strategy for dealing with complaints – especially when they concern important or ‘connected persons’ is to target the complainant regardless of the complainant’s personal integrity – or of the legitimacy of their complaint. In the course of I-I members’ collective experiences with particular agencies and institutions, certain tactical patterns have emerged that are clearly designed to wear down, exhaust and intimidate the citizen, and thereby suppress the truth and frustrate justice.”?” – See more at: http://paddoconnell.blogspot.com

Irish Left Review | No Easy Victories

Irish Left Review | No Easy Victories,The campaign for the Right2Water in Ireland is rapidly growing in strength and confidence. Working class communities have been staging determined and inspiring protests to prevent the installation of water meters in their areas, the best of the trade union movement has mobilised to help support and coordinate these efforts at the national level and the Irish political left has rallied to the cause. In response to the growth of the movement, the Irish State has let loose its dogs of war. As a result of which recent days have witnessed heavy handed and provocative policing from An Garda Síochána, concentrated mainly in Edenmore, Donaghmede and Coolock. - See more at: http://www.irishleftreview.org/2014/10/06/easy-victories?

Fr Molloy and Freedom of Information Act. A request by the family for information from the Department of Justice has come back after two months with information only relevant to the years 2010 -2014.We had naturally requested information going back to the time of Niall’s murder in 1985. No explanation has been given for excluding the previous 25 years. We are now in the position where we have to lodge an appeal to obtain information which is our legal right to have under the Freedom of Information Act. We have made similar requests to other relevant Government Departments and they have all responded with information dating back to 1985 and even earlier.Why is the Department of Justice holding back ?

‘You could not get into Fortress Garda,’ says former GSOC commissioner

‘You could not get into Fortress Garda,’ says former GSOC commissioner,It’s only when it comes to their own door that it all changes. Some of the most difficult cases we’ve had to deal with were where a law-abiding, perfectly respectable family suddenly finds that a son or a daughter has been mistreated by a guard . . .?

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WHAT IF?Authorities in the new Irish Free State harassed and murdered Honor Bright before maligning her as a prostitute and acquitting her assassin. The newly founded Garda Siochana spread deceitful rumours and coerced witnesses to conceal Honor's true identity and the real reason for he death.
False evidence, perjury and the silencing of potential witnesses led to hug he public demonstrations, but newspapers were coerced into printing only authorised stories or else face the consequences from the Garda or Ministry of Justice. ?

Dáil Éireann - 15/May/2014 Guerin Report: Statements (Continued)

Dáil Éireann - 15/May/2014 Guerin Report: Statements (Continued)Chapter 19.33 reads: “It has sent out a message to the force that if you ignore your duty, are grossly negligent, hide and cover up, you will be deemed suitable for promotions.” That is a very important statement in the report. I talk to members of the Garda regularly. Family members serve in the force. They talk about the need for a meritocracy within the Garda Síochána. Once one gets above the rank of sergeant, promotion seems to be based on political decisions.?

Extradition case sparked controversial GSOC report - Independent.ie

Extradition case sparked controversial GSOC report - Independent.ie,GSOC was later approached by a retired garda who said he was the source of the information relating to Gerry Burke - See more at: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/extradition-case-sparked-controversial-gsoc-report?

Garda watchdog may have blown our trust for good - Herald.ie

Garda watchdog may have blown our trust for good - Herald.ie,There is now good reason to suspect that this information is liable to leak - which should concern any citizen who wants to make a complaint about garda conduct.??

The Dail’s spending watchdog has criticised the practice of gardai conducting internal reports into contentious issues in the aftermath of the penalty points debacle. Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) John McGuinness said: “The day of internal reports or secret reports is over.”He made the comments at a meeting of the PAC this morning after another committee member, Shane Ross, described an internal report on the penalty points issue by Assistant Commissioner John O’Mahony as being “soft on the gardai”.Mr Ross said gardai should “never again” be able to do an internal report, suggesting serious issues should be the subject of outside scrutiny.Mr O’Mahony’s report found no evidence of corruption or deception, but recommended three senior members of the force face disciplinary proceedings. - See more at: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/pac-member-internal-garda-penalty-points-report-was-soft-on-the-force?

How corruption costs us more than just money - Independent.ie

How corruption costs us more than just money - Independent.ieOnly a handful of errant politicians and public officials have ever been jailed. The cost to the people of Ireland is more than money. The apparent immunity of people engaged in corruption has undermined public confidence in the rule of law and the effectiveness of government and administration. - See more at: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/john-downing/how-corruption-costs-us-more-than-just-money?

Corrupt TDs to be banned from office for a decade - Independent.ie

Corrupt TDs to be banned from office for a decade - Independent.ie,A long series of tribunals and court cases has heard evidence of corruption in public life down the decades, but there have been hardly any convictions. - See more at: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/corrupt-tds-to-be-banned-from-office-for-a-decade-???????

Are some guards still above the law?

Are some guards still above the law? Part of the new culture I hope to usher in will be to ensure that among members the truth will always trump loyalty to the force. That will be in your hands. If you want an example, you could do worse than look at Sergeant Maurice McCabe, the man who brought these allegations to my attention. He has proven to be right in the past, and he may well be right now. If so, we will acknowledge that some in the force are finding change very difficult and if such individuals can’t be a part of the future, your future, then they will be consigned to the past.” ?

Are some guards still above the law?

Are some guards still above the law?

CHANGE is a serious dose. Change is difficult and painful, and it can be excruciating. So it goes for an individual. For an organisation in which resides great power, change can be the harbinger of tremendous upheaval.

Change, we are told, is blowing through the culture in An Garda Síochána. This is as a direct result of the recent oversight controversies and attitudes towards a member of the force who highlighted wrongdoing until it was finally addressed.?

ECAN bulletin issue 23, June 2014 3 Brinsford: A prison of filth and failure Following a damning report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons (23 April), Chief Inspector Nick Hardwick named Brinsford prison as the worst prison he has come across during his tenure. Responding to the report, Chief Executive of the Howard League Frances Crook said “This report should also be a wake-up call for magistrates who need to "Stop Sending Teenagers To Dangerous And Failing Institutions"…? and should instead make use of robust and effective community sentences run by probation services and available in their local areas” . The report finds higher rates of self-harm than other prisons, unsafe arrival procedures, and 15 out of an earlier 18 recommendations still to be met?

Crime and Punishment - Retribution or Rehabilitation By Ivana Bacik - Bar Council of Ireland: "O'Mahony writes that in 1992, Ireland imprisoned a greater proportion of its citizens than any other country in the Council of Europe."?

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Dept. of Justice: Still closed and secretive September 11, 2014 in Uncategorized by Anthony | 3 comments The former Secretary General at the Department of Justice, Brian Purcell, resigned from his office on 28 July last. Purcell resigned following a damning report that found a ‘closed, secretive, silo-driven culture’ at the department with ‘significant leadership and management problems.’ I rang the Dept. of Justice today for an update on Mr. Purcell’s position and experienced that closed, secretive culture at first hand. I eventually got on to a civil servant who has not yet being infected with the secrecy virus.?

Mr Pringle told the minister that not only had the judge used confidential information obtained from gardai to sway a court, but that the information used was incorrect. - See more at: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/judge-received-garda-leaks-on-private-citizens?

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WHAT IF?For Deaf Children |  | Oconnellpadd13's Blog,“For deaf children, there can often be "No Cry For Help”. Until today, this story has remained a secret. Some fear it is just the tip of something much uglier and that the abuse of deaf children across the country is far more widespread.?AND WHEN THERE IS A CRY FOR HELP DO THEY GET IT???????CHECK”ALL”REPUBLIC  OF  IRELAND’S ABUSE HELP LINES? - See more at: http://liberties13.blogspot.ie?

Stag party garda cleared of affray after kicking man to protect brother - Independent.ie

Stag party garda cleared of affray after kicking man to protect brother - Independent.ie,Stag party garda cleared of affray after kicking man to protect brother - Independent.ieA GARDA has been cleared of affray after a judge found "he was entitled to kick a man who attacked his brother" during a drunken brawl. - See more at: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/stag-party-garda-cleared-of-affray-after-kicking-man-to-protect-brother? - See more at: http://liberties13.blogspot.ie?

The segregation of prisoners in jail is important. It is a great mistake from every point of view to permit young prisoners who have lapsed for the first time to get into the company of those who are regular customers of our prisons.?

Trouble ahead for gardai and justice minister as inquiries' findings due - Independent.ie

Trouble ahead for gardai and justice minister as inquiries' findings due - Independent.ie,GIVEN the scalp rate to date, you'd think the worst was over for the various arms of the State's security apparatuses. The scandals that swamped the Department of Justice and the gardai earlier this year have taken out a Garda Commissioner, a justice minister and came close to toppling the garda watchdog, while a senior civil servant is walking wounded and the Department he presided over got a kicking for being secretive with the public and obsequious with gardai. And it's not over yet. - See more at: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/trouble-ahead-for-gardai-and-justice-minister-as-inquiries-findings-due?15/11/1963,26/9/2000.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Children with no mental issues on psychiatric wards - The Irish Times - Tue, Jun 22, 2010

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Children with no mental issues on psychiatric wards - The Irish Times - Tue, Jun 22, 2010Children with no mental issues on psychiatric wards - The Irish Times - Tue, Jun 22, 2010: "CHILDREN WITHOUT mental health problems are being admitted to beds in psychiatric services because there is “nowhere else for them to go”." - See more at: http://paddoconnell.blogspot.ie/2010/06/children-with-no-mental-issues-on.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Drug overdose woman failed by health system, says mother | Irish Examiner

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Drug overdose woman failed by health system, says mother | Irish ExaminerENCOURAGECHANGE.: Drug overdose woman failed by health system, says mother | Irish Examiner: " "Her mother, Yvonne Byrne told the coroner she felt every system that should have been there failed her daughter, who was mentally ill for eight months."?OUR UNHEALTHY MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM - See more at: http://paddoconnell.blogspot.ie/2012/12/encouragechange-drug-overdose-woman.?

Speech at Please talk.org 3rd annual please talk forum

Speech at Please talk.org 3rd annual please talk forum“If mental health becomes more of an everyday issue that matters to us all then the stigma attached to getting help can be reduced. While Irish society will continue to experience considerable change and face new challenges ahead, a mentally healthier Irish society will be much better able to cope.” (Mental Health in Ireland:Awareness and Attitudes, 2007)Today In The Irish Sunday World 31/8/2014.In An Article Written By Alan Sherry "I Begged To Have Peter Put In Care ,But Nobody Listened...He Was Fished Out Of The River Boyne?His Mother Myra Carr Lashed Out At The Mental Health Services In The Republic Of Ireland After Spending Years Trying To Get The Help Her Son Peter Required.Everybody Has Let Peter Down In My Eyes-Society,The Mental Health System,The Whole Lot.ALL The Years I Was Looking For"HELP"For Peter I Was Getting The Deaf Ear.She Now Feels That People Will Look At Peter As Just "Another Statistic"And Nothing Will Be Learned From His Death.?  

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Access to Garda records

Access to Garda records,You have a number of other rights under the Data Protection Acts, in addition to the right of access described above These additional rights include the right to have any inaccurate personal information about you corrected or erased and the right to complain to the Data Protection Commissioner?

- See more at: http://liberties13.blogspot.ie?

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Chairman John busy sparking fear amongst friends and foes - Independent.ie

Chairman John busy sparking fear amongst friends and foes - Independent.ie,In particular amongst the Coalition there has been much self-satisfied clucking about the evils of a committee chairman over-reaching his powers and going beyond appropriate boundaries.You might think it odd, but politicians believe it is inappropriate for a Dail Committee to ask too many questions.However, this is a State that has almost made public-sector incompetence a constitutional right. - See more at: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/john-drennan/chairman-john-busy-sparking-fear-amongst-friends-and-foes-?

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WHAT IF?Chairman John busy sparking fear amongst friends and foes - Independent.ie,In particular amongst the Coalition there has been much self-satisfied clucking about the evils of a committee chairman over-reaching his powers and going beyond appropriate boundaries.You might think it odd, but politicians believe it is inappropriate for a Dail Committee to ask too many questions.However, this is a State that has almost made public-sector incompetence a constitutional right - See more at: http://liberties13.blogspot.ie?

Public Inquiry · Be very afraid

Public Inquiry · Be very afraid, 12th May 2007 Over All These Years I Have Never Once Bumped Into Any Of These "Researchers" Who Are Experts On Crime And Its Causes?

Police corruption and reform high on conference agenda | Irish Examiner

Police corruption and reform high on conference agenda | Irish Examiner,Prof Walsh said: “It is still the case, for example, that standing orders covering all aspects of Garda management and practices are not publicly accessible. The same applies to the existence and contents of Garda policies. For as long as such basic information is kept secret, transparent governance and accountability will remain elusive and the Garda will continue to be one of the most secretive police forces in the Western world.” ?

An Garda Siochana, transparency and access to information – The Story

An Garda Siochana, transparency and access to information – The Story

Following another month passing by, and time limits being breached, I then received a follow up email:

The formulation of a policy for An Garda Síochána in relation to its obligations under the Access to Information on the Environment (AIE) Regulations 2007/2011 has commenced.

As previously advised, Assistant Commissioner Jack Nolan is willing to meet with you to discuss whatever issues you wish to raise.

Any future correspondence in the matter should be forwarded directly to Assistant Commissioner Nolan commissioner_ST@garda.ie ?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGEThe Department of Justice and Equality: Government Consultation on Justice Reform - Proposal to establish an independent Policing AuthorityThe Government agreed that it is important that there be a "full public debate on the issue of policing and justice reform". The intention is to have new structures, including the establishment of a new independent Policing Authority, in place before the end of the year? - See more at: http://paddoconnell.blogspot.ie?

The Department of Justice and Equality: Government Consultation on Justice Reform - Proposal to establish an independent Policing Authority

The Department of Justice and Equality: Government Consultation on Justice Reform - Proposal to establish an independent Policing AuthorityThe Government agreed that it is important that there be a "full public debate on the issue of policing and justice reform". The intention is to have new structures, including the establishment of a new independent Policing Authority, in place before the end of the year?

More red tape or a better thin blue line? | Irish Examiner

More red tape or a better thin blue line? | Irish ExaminerA Cabinet committee chaired by Taoiseach Enda Kenny is to research and consider the structure of a new Garda Authority. Not only does this mark a major change in policing, it also seems to herald the end of the old regime in terms of the control wielded by the Department of Justice and its minister?

Mother-and-baby homes: Ireland wants nothing but the truth,As anybody campaigning for justice on any issue here will tell you, the terms of reference for any investigation are everything. After all the platitudes about truth and transparency fade from newspapers and airwaves, what you are left examining is the small print of what will and what will not be open for inquiry and investigation.?1964/2014? - See more at: http://liberties13.blogspot.ie?

Integrity Ireland homepage

Integrity Ireland homepage

Challenging corruption, cronyism, and criminal cover-ups..

 ..and encouraging openness, transparency and justice in Irish institutions

Dáil Éireann - Volume 250 - 16 December, 1970 - Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - County Dublin Reformatory School.

Dáil Éireann - Volume 250 - 16 December, 1970 - Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - County Dublin Reformatory School.

Dr. O'Connell: The Parliamentary Secretary said that he has read from the 1970 report but has he read the statement in the report that this school is not fulfilling the purpose for which it was founded?

Portlaoise Prison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Portlaoise Prison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaTom Hoare strongly criticized conditions within the prison stating that staff were forced by senior management in the prison to use excessive force against prisoners. He also criticized the then Governor of Portlaoise Prison, William Reilly, and the Minister of Justice Michael Noonan stating "I accuse the minister of negligence in this area. I accuse the management of Portlaoise Prison of being indifferent to complaints. I would hate to be a prisoner making a complaint".^[6] At the Prison Officers Association 1984 conference a delegate from Portlaoise Prison, Larry O'Neill, told the conference: "If Hitler wanted generals today he would find plenty of them in Portlaoise. After the war the Nazis said many of them were doing their duty and that is what the management in Portlaoise are saying today".^[7]?

Dáil Éireann - 29/Jun/1960 Criminal Justice Bill, 1960—Second Stage (Resumed).

Dáil Éireann - 29/Jun/1960 Criminal Justice Bill, 1960—Second Stage (Resumed)The segregation of prisoners in jail is important. It is a great mistake from every point of view to permit young prisoners who have lapsed for the first time to get into the company of those who are regular customers of our prisons.?.

A Department of Justice review into numerous claims of Garda misconduct has been described as meaningless by one of the families whose complaint it is examining. Lucia O’Farrell, whose son Shane, 23, was killed in a hit and run in 2011, said there is a conflict of interest because the review of how gardaí handled his case will be overseen by the barrister who represented her son’s killer in the subsequent trial.?

WHAT IF?

WHAT IF?Text Only | Irish Examiner.Fianna Fáil’s justice spokesperson, Niall Collins, said people will lose confidence in the review process and its integrity if the concerns of families are not taken into account.

“The minister needs to recognise this inadequacy, remember her earlier promise to take these complaints seriously and put it right.

“Simply carrying out a paper exercise will not suffice.

“These cases represent people’s real life experiences and many feel that the justice system has failed them, they deserve at a minimum to be heard by this legal panel at least once,” Mr Collins said. - See more at: http://liberties13.blogspot.ie

Forgotten families I have always wondered why it was that those who worked the hardest all their lives could end up in a paupers grave? - See more at: http://paddywantstoknow.blogspot.ie

"""Unbelievably, the last of these asylums was closed only in 1996."?SOCIAL CLASS AND ECONOMICS PLAYED A LARGE PART IN WHO WAS SENT TO THESE INSTITUTIONS,THEN AND NOW?""

PERSONAL EFFECTS: a history of possession – Alan Counihan Visual Artist

PERSONAL EFFECTS: a history of possession – Alan Counihan Visual Artist?A great cultural richness is to be found within this material that might tell us much about ourselves and about our society?THEN AND NOW?

"How Stands the Republic?" - The Office of the Ombudsman

"How Stands the Republic?" - The Office of the Ombudsman.As recently as last week, the State and the Catholic Church were still squabbling over who should pick up the tab for the distinct" non-cherishing" of the nation's children that endured for much of the lifetime of this republic.? AMEN?

WHAT IF?

WHAT IF?Man freed on bail in error before murderMr Justice Reilly said in his report his investigation was non-statutory and as such did not have the power to make findings in relation to matters upon which a decision had already been taken in the Garda disciplinary proceedings.?HOW VERY CONVENIENT? - See more at: http://liberties13.blogspot.spot.

BBC News - Martin Conmey conviction over Una Lynskey 'miscarriage of justice'

BBC News - Martin Conmey conviction over Una Lynskey 'miscarriage of justice'A court in the Republic of Ireland has declared that a man's conviction for
killing his teenage neighbour over 40 years ago was a miscarriage of justice.?40 Years And Not A Tribunal In Sight?

Fr Molloy latest from Dept of Justice | Fr Niall Molloy

Fr Molloy latest from Dept of Justice | Fr Niall MolloyFr Molloy latest from Dept of Justice

Various TD’s and Government Ministers have been stating that the Molloy family are kept up to date. This is the latest letter I have received from the Department of Justice. Which as you can see does not say very much as usual. Is this what we are to expect from the new Minister for Justice.????? Things don’t seem to have changed much in the Department.?Well There Is Only One Way To Find Out?PJ Fitzpatrick Ceo Courts Services Letter 13/2/2003,18/2/2003.Mr Justice Gannon 13/4/1973,Bob Eagar 2/12/1994,Gay Mitchell 20/8/1993,Complaint One Of Many 890587 Garda Complaints Board 18/12/89,Augest 1989 Wrote To Attorney General,Dpp's Office,Department Of Justice.President Of High Court Judge Costello 13/4/1995.Eithne Fitzgerald And Merv Taylor.Maura Butler Sol,Niall Browne,Brian Lynch,19/10/1990.Michael Staines 11/11/1991.Mary Ellen Ring 25/3/1993.President Of Ireland 13/2/1992.Mr Morris Sol Evening Herald 9/4/1992.Pat Mc Cartan,State Side Files 265 ss/1979 277 ss/1979 278 ss/1979 280 ss/1979 289 ss/1979.January 1980 P.Quinn Registrar.Sol Penrose(ringrose?) 1960s Kevin St Garda Station???26/9/2000 Mount Joy No.2390.10/4/1964,11/2/1966,14/7/1966,31/5/1967.

Fr Molloy latest from Dept of Justice | Fr Niall Molloy

Fr Molloy latest from Dept of Justice | Fr Niall Molloy

13 May, 2014

Dear Mr Maher,

I write to acknowledge receipt of your email and confirm the issue is being
investigated and a response will issue as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely,
Chris Quattrociocchi
_______________________
Chris Quattrociocchi
Private Secretary to the
Minister for Justice and Equality?Michael Finucane Letter Of 20/4/1999,Solicitors,Barristers And The Working -Class?

Dáil Éireann - Volume 368 - 24 June, 1986 - Death of Member. - Malicious Injuries (Amendment) Bill, 1986: Second Stage (Resumed).

Dáil Éireann - Volume 368 - 24 June, 1986 - Death of Member. - Malicious Injuries (Amendment) Bill, 1986: Second Stage (Resumed). A man lies dead with a pall hanging over his name and the Church, the establishment, the DPP and this House have covered it up.?

Are the Gardaí a changing police force or another convenient political football? - Independent.ie

Are the Gardaí a changing police force or another convenient political football? - Independent.ie.                                                                       This is what Frances Fitzgerald on 21st July at the Magill Summer School. The speech was made ten days after she received the Review Report of the Department of Justice chaired by Kevin Tolan, seven days before the Report was published on the 28th July. The review group had been asked to examine concerns expressed by Seán Guerin SC in respect of the Department of Justice's governance practices and its oversight of external organisations.The report itself is highly critical of the relationship between the Department of Justice and An Garda Síochána. It cited a "deferential relationship" which the Department has developed towards an organisation that it purports to preside over. Given the level of criticism reserved for the force within the speech, Frances Fitzgerald's words were clearly designed to counteract any suggestion of continuing deference under her stewardship - See more at: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/mandy-johnston/are-the-garda-a-changing-police-force-or-another-convenient-political-football?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: May 2012

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: May 2012. "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"? - See more at: http://paddoconnell.blogspot.ie/2012/05/?SOCIAL-CLASS?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Oconnellpadd13's Blog

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: 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?" - See more at: http://paddoconnell.blogspot.com/2012/05/?CLASS- BIAS,PREJUDICE,UNFAIRNESS?

Public Inquiry · What’s new?

Public Inquiry · What’s new?There Might Be A Tribunal Set Up To Find Out Why It Is That The Prisons Since The Foundation Of The State Is Only Bursting At The Seems With Those From A Working- Class Background?

Gemma O’Doherty | Broadsheet.ie

Gemma O’Doherty | Broadsheet.ie.He said the eyewitness told him that when he was interviewed by gardaí in 1985, he said they were more nervous than he was in case he would ‘say the wrong thing, which would be the truth’?

Public Inquiry · Be very afraid

Public Inquiry · Be very afraid”OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS NOT FACILITATING JUSTICE NOR IS IT FACILITATING TRUTH”SUPT DECLAN COBURN WOULD KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT”?

WHAT IF?

WHAT IF?"We Didn't Get Any Help When We Needed It"; we ended up paying €100 each at the hospital even though it wasn't our fault that we were attacked". - See more at: http://liberties13.blogspot.com?

I sensed my cold case unit was set up to fail: Sir Hugh Orde - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

I sensed my cold case unit was set up to fail: Sir Hugh Orde - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk.I sensed my cold case unit was set up to fail: Sir Hugh Orde?

Has gangland crime affected you or your community? · TheJournal.ie

Has gangland crime affected you or your community? · TheJournal.ieAnyone submitting material to the committee should be aware that the information they provide could be published as part of McGrath’s report or separately by the committee. They should also note that the committee may invite contributors to public hearings, if they consider it necessary.?

Has gangland crime affected you or your community? · TheJournal.ie

Has gangland crime affected you or your community? · TheJournal.ieAnyone submitting material to the committee should be aware that the information they provide could be published as part of McGrath’s report or separately by the committee. They should also note that the committee may invite contributors to public hearings, if they consider it necessary.?

“”It appears that the standard strategy for dealing with complaints – especially when they concern important or ‘connected persons’ is to target the complainant regardless of the complainant’s personal integrity – or of the legitimacy of their complaint. In the course of I-I members’ collective experiences with particular agencies and institutions, certain tactical patterns have emerged that are clearly designed to wear down, exhaust and intimidate the citizen, and thereby suppress the truth and frustrate justice.”?”

Ivor Callelly and the expenses regime

Ivor Callelly and the expenses regimeIvor Callelly was a victim of a culture which promoted expense claims – “Of the politicians, for the politicians, by the politicians” – which it was open to politicians of all hues to exploit.?WHAT KEPT YOU SO LONG MR.O'HANRAHAN?

Ed FitzGerald decries 'personal attack' against famly

Ed FitzGerald decries 'personal attack' against famly."The question is whether the optics of it will trump reality."?PRIME EXAMPLE?

Public Inquiry · No simply answers in a corrupt system

Public Inquiry · No simply answers in a corrupt system,Life Experiences Should Be Shared If They Can Do Any "Good" In The Long Run.Anyone Agree?Slan

Abuse victims 'bullied by State' to drop legal action - Independent.ie

Abuse victims 'bullied by State' to drop legal action - Independent.ieA WOMAN who won a landmark European Court victory over abuse she suffered as a young girl at the hands of a teacher has said that nothing has changed in Ireland in terms of child protection. - See more at: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/abuse-victims-bullied-by-state-to-drop-legal-action?

School child abuse victims should be more proactive - Louise O’Keeffe

School child abuse victims should be more proactive - Louise O’Keeffe

The terrifying day I defected NAdia Comaneci tells her full harrowing story | Mail Online

The terrifying day I defected NAdia Comaneci tells her full harrowing story | Mail OnlineWhen the penalty for an indiscretion is suffering goodness knows what at the hands of the secret police, you learn not to wear your heart on your sleeve.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2711049/The-terrifying-day-I-defected-NAdia-Comaneci-tells-harrowing-story.html#ixzz39E1b8BOr
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ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Anxious Scrutiny in the Irish Courts: Too Little, Too Late? (Paul O'Connell) - Academia.edu

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Anxious Scrutiny in the Irish Courts: Too Little, Too Late? (Paul O'Connell) - Academia.edu

Here’s why Alan Shatter’s legal challenge could cause the government more problems

Here’s why Alan Shatter’s legal challenge could cause the government more problems?

This decision demonstrated Guerin’s failure to “comply with basic fair procedures, constitutional justice and natural justice”, according to Shatter in a second Dáil speech he made earlier this month.

While the political bubble was convulsed by the Cabinet reshuffle Shatter called for his treatment by the Guerin Report to be examined by the Human Rights and Equality Commission?Fair Proceures?Natural Justice?Constitutional Justice?The Human Rights And Equality Commission?JOKE?

Cherishing all the children of the nation equally |

Cherishing all the children of the nation equally |Almost 100 years ago, the 1916 proclamation called on the Republic to cherish all her children equally. In that time, the children of Ireland have been physically, mentally and sexually abused at home, in school, in state care; they have suffered poverty, illiteracy, ill health, inequality; they have been neglected, abandoned; they have died in state care.

Damning report on Justice unearths a rot that Fitzgerald will find hard to treat - Independent.ie

Damning report on Justice unearths a rot that Fitzgerald will find hard to treat - Independent.ieToland's eloquent description of the department's "deferential relationship" with the gardai paints a picture of a police force that is practically unanswerable to its seemingly impotent political masters. - See more at: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/damning-report-on-justice-unearths-a-rot-that-fitzgerald-will-find-hard-to-treat?

WHAT IF?

WHAT IF?Minister for Justice and Equality: About MeFrances trained as a social worker and family therapist. She worked in the Mater Hospital, St James’ Hospital and Ballymun Child and Family Centre for ten years. She also worked in inner city communities in London and Dublin. - See more at: http://liberties13.blogspot.ie/#sthash.nPJzVeoR.dpuf

Former bank robber dreams of academies to help prisoners go straight | Education | The Guardian

Former bank robber dreams of academies to help prisoners go straight | Education | The Guardian

Henry A. Giroux | Killing Machines and the Madness of Militarism: From Gaza to Afghanistan

Henry A. Giroux | Killing Machines and the Madness of Militarism: From Gaza to Afghanistan

SERIOUS COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT

SERIOUS COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT?

Public trust has been eroded, Tanaiste Burton admits - Independent.ie

Public trust has been eroded, Tanaiste Burton admits - Independent.ie?A LONG LONG TIME NOW.

Seanad Éireann - 05/May/1993 Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill, 1992: Second Stage.

Seanad Éireann - 05/May/1993 Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill, 1992: Second Stage.?Value For Money Public Administration And The Citizens Right To Know?Ministers Have A "DUTY"To Inform ActionsTo The Oireachtas(Compellability,Privileges And Immunities Of Witinesses)?

Formerly Incarcerated People Lead Movement to Confront Oppressive ''Justice'' System

Formerly Incarcerated People Lead Movement to Confront Oppressive ''Justice'' System

Public Inquiry · Let’s give the Minister for Justice the benefit of the doubt – for now

Public Inquiry · Let’s give the Minister for Justice the benefit of the doubt – for now?

Storm in a Teacup: My little Sanctuary...

Storm in a Teacup: My little Sanctuary...

Action against Garda Síochána, State over reputation damage can proceed

Action against Garda Síochána, State over reputation damage can proceed?

Who makes complaints about gardaí and why? · TheJournal.ie

Who makes complaints about gardaí and why? · TheJournal.ie?

PhD studies in human rights: The Torture Files: New Evidence of Use of the 'Five Techniques'

PhD studies in human rights: The Torture Files: New Evidence of Use of the 'Five Techniques'?

High price for breaking fearful wall of silence - Independent.ie

High price for breaking fearful wall of silence - Independent.ie?

TheJournal.ie: Alan Shatter slams Guerin report

Daingean: Minister describes steps to uncover abuse in 1960s

Daingean: Minister describes steps to uncover abuse in 1960s: It is important that the response of the State and the public to abuse should be both "adequate and courageous", Labour's education spokesman, Mr Michael D Higgins, said.?

Public Inquiry · Be very afraid

Public Inquiry · Be very afraid: .There is a special club in ireland and the only people allowed join are those who are cuturally incapable of admitting mistakes.(I WOULD LOVE TO GET A LOOK AT THEIR MEMBERSHIP BOOK)it probably comes under the official secrets act?

Public Inquiry · Be very afraid

Public Inquiry · Be very afraid: It seems to me that even going back further in time you will find as you do today that working class children were and are used as prison and institutional fodder.criminal courts vs tribunals?how many former ministers of justice that have gone before the tribunals have been shown to be corrupt?if this society that has turned a blind eye to wrong doing over many many years wants a better society?

Merely human waste to be disposed of - Independent.ie

Merely human waste to be disposed of - Independent.ie: It could do whatever it wanted. When you have a docile citizenry; an obedient political regime; academics who know which backsides to kiss; and a politically appointed judiciary, you can shape a society in your own image.?

Priest: 'We were fairly sure nuns weren't obeying laws' - Independent.ie

Priest: 'We were fairly sure nuns weren't obeying laws' - Independent.ie: "When a person died in St Finbarr's, it was the county home then, they were put into a sack and dumped in a hole up in Carr's hill on the way to Crosshaven. It was happening up to my lifetime."?

History Ireland

History Ireland: Coercive confinement in Ireland puts the spotlight on the wide range of institutions used by independent Ireland to confine ordinary criminals and those who flouted the moral codes of the period, along with children and other vulnerable citizens whose ‘crime’ was poverty or mental instability. O’Sullivan and O’Donnell have set out to take a critical look at the control of deviance in the first half-century after independence, a time when rates of recorded crime were low and Ireland had a small prison population?

Government to make last-minute changes to contentious legal reform Bill - Crime & Law News from Ireland & Abroad | The Irish Times - Mon, Jun 02, 2014

Government to make last-minute changes to contentious legal reform Bill - Crime & Law News from Ireland & Abroad | The Irish Times - Mon, Jun 02, 2014: “It’s always difficult to accept change, to adjust to change, to adjust to different structures,” he told the 200-strong gathering.?

Collusion of community, religion and State spawned true horrors - Independent.ie

Collusion of community, religion and State spawned true horrors - Independent.ie: This is what happens in a country where politicians are duped into ignoring mass graves of dead babies while they support referendums to protect the life of the 'unborn'.?

The Left’s Europe Problem

The Left’s Europe Problem: I am thinking here of universal free or nearly free primary, secondary, and tertiary education, universal health care, the elimination of extreme poverty and hunger, government funded pensions, improvement in labour conditions and the guarantee of leisure time. The list goes unapologetically on.?

Garda chief denies McCabe claims - Independent.ie

Garda chief denies McCabe claims - Independent.ie: Nuala O'Loan, Northern Ireland's first Police Ombudsman, told the hearing a ban on probing complaints against the Garda Commissioner would not happen anywhere else.?

It hasn’t gone away you know – The Story

It hasn’t gone away you know – The Story: I acknowledge that there are genuine concerns that the provision might be used by some on the administrative side of the house to implement a charging system that is not intended. To that end, with the permission of the committee, I propose to withdraw the amendment and, in co-operation with my officials, devise a form of wording to take it beyond confusion, doubt or misinterpretation that what I have set out is what I intend to be achieved?

WHAT IF?

WHAT IF?: Denial and complacency were no longer possible.?After The Sergeant Mc Cabe Controversy,I Find That Very Hard To Believe?

Making the next ‘States of Fear’ - Religious News & Affairs | The Irish Times - Sat, May 17, 2014

Making the next ‘States of Fear’ - Religious News & Affairs | The Irish Times - Sat, May 17, 2014: The programmes she made were always aimed at confronting truths about power: who has it and how it is used.?

A True Life Story of Life in an Irish Industrial School

A True Life Story of Life in an Irish Industrial School: Because of the grammar??? Are you serious???? This man tells the story as he knows it and YOU are more concerned with the grammar than the words… Shocked really! These boys were taught how to break rocks, how to hold their breath under water long enough to not drown under the “brothers” hands, how to survive on morsels, how to not tell of the sexual violence they endured, how to wake up every morning feeling un-loved and forgotten by their families. These boys were NOT taught grammar in their “school”. My father was in Letterfrack from 12-16 years of age, sadly he has suffered to this day having never dealt with his childhood… Nobody should ever correct a suffering, dying inside man! Shame on you!!!?

Garda corruption rife claims lobby body Justice4all - Irish Mirror Online

Garda corruption rife claims lobby body Justice4all - Irish Mirror Online: The body was was set up by TDs Clare Daly, Luke “Ming” Flanagan, Joan Collins and Mick Wallace to highlight injustices within the legal system, the judiciary and the gardai.?

WHAT IF?

WHAT IF?: “This is about getting it right for the people of our country, for the citizens, for the next generation, for everybody to have integrity, belief and faith in the Garda Siochána, in the accountability and transparency of the way it is run,” he added.?ARE THE PUBLIC BEEN ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST INVESTIGATIONS?

Petition | To resolve and remedy the Bland Case | Change.org

Petition | To resolve and remedy the Bland Case | Change.org: To:
Frances Fitzgerald, Minister for Justice
Enda Kenny, Taoiseach



Dear Enda,
You have been aware of concerns regarding the unresolved Bland Case and in particular the involvement of Alan Shatter since 2009 in emails exchanged between us. It is now time for you to resolve and remedy the Bland Case.

I look forward to hearing from you immediately.


Sincerely,

Sarah Bland

Public Inquiry · Gardai

Public Inquiry · Gardai: But in true banana republic fashion, the State has promoted all the senior police officers connected with the case.?

WHAT IF?

WHAT IF?: I would like to say to all those i contacted over the last 44 years and who turned a blind eye to injustices,it is that blind eye that has created todays society?

Garda whistleblower John Wilson: The contents of the Guerin report are truly disgusting - Independent.ie

Garda whistleblower John Wilson: The contents of the Guerin report are truly disgusting - Independent.ie: Garda whistleblower John Wilson has said he is in no doubt that Sylvia Roche Galvin would be alive today but for certain members of the Garda Siochana.?

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?: : Public Inquiry · What’s new?: Dysfunctional values Dysfunctional structures Dysfunctional morals?To quote the late judge Dermot Kinlen who said”One has to be addicted to HOPE no matter how DEPRESSING reality may be?So i would like to dedicate this post to professor William Binchy who recived a measure of gratitude in judge kinlens previous report on prisons. This is to ask the human rights commission what is happening to the judges final report where he stated and accused named officials of criminal wrongdoing,he also said senior government and prison officials should face proceedings for criminal wrongdoing.?

WHAT IF?

WHAT IF?: “This is about getting it right for the people of our country, for the citizens, for the next generation, for everybody to have integrity, belief and faith in the Garda Siochána, in the accountability and transparency of the way it is run,” he added.?ARE THE PUBLIC BEEN ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST INVESTIGATIONS?

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?: Let Them Eat Cake: Socio-Economic Rights in an Age of Austerity - ResearchGate



Let Them Eat Cake: Socio-Economic Rights in an Age of Austerity - ResearchGate: Let Them Eat Cake: Socio-Economic Rights in an Age of Austerity



Paul O'Connell

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?: Cancer in the body politic:Killing them softly



Cancer in the body politic:Killing them softly: Poor people die far younger of all the major diseases because of deprivation
By Vincent Browne

Brian Maguire, Irish Expressionist Painter: Biography, Paintings

Brian Maguire, Irish Expressionist Painter: Biography, Paintings: Brian Maguire's expressionistic drawings and paintings (as well as his video, photography, and poster artworks) deal with themes of physical and political alienation. His focus on marginalized or disenfranchised groups has led him to work at a number of prisons, hospitals and other institutions in Ireland, Poland, and the USA, including: Mountjoy Jail, Dublin, Portaloise Jail, Spike Island, Co. Cork, Fort Mitchell Prison and Bayview Correction Center, New York. His recent paintings have also been inspired by American and world political events.?

RTÉ Television - Programmes - Factual - Outsider

RTÉ Television - Programmes - Factual - Outsider: The documentary explores in depth what made them turn their backs on crime and discover a new world in which art became their saviour. It explore their memories of a dramatic childhood to the events that drove them to the dark side of society. Lucas became an active republican and Eddie became a significant part of one of the most violent gangs in Dublin in the 1980's. After years in crime they were both eventually incarcerated. That is where they met Brian Maguire, who helped trigger total change within them, and unleashed their dormant artistic talent. From that moment, they never stopped painting.

Sex abuse survivor slams canonisation of Pope John Paul II - Irish Daily Star | Irish Daily Star

Sex abuse survivor slams canonisation of Pope John Paul II - Irish Daily Star | Irish Daily Star: Brave campaigner Michael O’Brien (81) suffered years of rape and physical abuse at a Co Tipperary industrial school.

And he said the victims of clerical child sex abuse should be made saints, not the late pontiff.?

'My dad and uncle were gunned down...and my mum and cousin took their own lives' - Irish Daily Star | Irish Daily Star

'My dad and uncle were gunned down...and my mum and cousin took their own lives' - Irish Daily Star | Irish Daily Star: Conor (17) said: “Before I sit my Leaving Cert in June I’ll already have lost my mother Frances to suicide, my father and uncle were both shot dead, and my cousin and good friend Glen to suicide.?

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: EncourageChange's Bookmarks on Delicious

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: EncourageChange's Bookmarks on Delicious: "How can kids from a disadvantaged background who spend years studying cope in irish society against a culture of 'legal corruption'that involves favours,vested interests,patronage,and personal relationships"AND DONT FORGET "NOBLE CAUSE CORRUPTION"ANOTHER PART OF OUR CRIMINAL LEGAL[NOT JUSTICE]SYSTEM THAT THE PUBLIC AT LARGE ARE NOT EVEN AWARE EXISTS.?

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: EncourageChange's Bookmarks on Delicious

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: EncourageChange's Bookmarks on Delicious: "How can kids from a disadvantaged background who spend years studying cope in irish society against a culture of 'legal corruption'that involves favours,vested interests,patronage,and personal relationships"AND DONT FORGET "NOBLE CAUSE CORRUPTION"ANOTHER PART OF OUR CRIMINAL LEGAL[NOT JUSTICE]SYSTEM THAT THE PUBLIC AT LARGE ARE NOT EVEN AWARE EXISTS.?

NoleenBetrayed40Years

NoleenBetrayed40Years: NoleenBetrayed40Years.

WHAT IF?

WHAT IF?: Context for, and focus on, the Garda | Village Magazine: After a number of trials and having served their sentences, Joseph Grogan and Joseph Meleady, were granted certificates of miscarriage of justice although they are still, all these years later, awaiting the compensation due to them for their wrongful imprisonment?

WHAT IF?

WHAT IF?: Cover-up of priest's murder 'aided by State' – TD - Independent.ie: Michael Creed TD named those forces as "the senior political establishment, the judiciary, the church, senior medical personnel and the gardai".

He said it was "imperative" that Justice Minister Alan Shatter now establish an independent judicial inquiry.?

CONNECT TO MY ANGELS

CONNECT TO MY ANGELS: "'In a world marked by profound class divisions and social inequality, to talk about “democracy”— without talking about the class nature of that democracy and which class it serves—is meaningless, and worse. So long as society is divided into classes, there can be no “democracy for all”: one class or another will rule, and it will uphold and promote that kind of democracy which serves its interests and goals?

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: The Story: This blog has long held the view that the force should be subject to the Freedom of Information Act. The current FOI bill before the Oireachtas contains provisions that will include the force under the Act for the first time, but only in relation to “administrative” records.?

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"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: Struggling to maintain his composure, he quoted an email he received from the nephew of murdered priest, Fr Niall Molloy. “For almost 30 years people have hidden behind a wall of silence, deceit, corruption and cover-up; time for the light of justice to shine on them and reveal them to the people for what they are. Many, many people have gone to their graves overshadowed by this heartache.”?

CONNECT TO MY ANGELS

CONNECT TO MY ANGELS: The minister is currently seeking legal advice on what to do about the claim that Mr Wilson was pressurised. But the latest disclosure raises further questions about the judge's relationship with the gardai.

The Irish Independent has learnt that the judge, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was involved in a dispute which ended up in court several years ago.?

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WHAT IF?: ‘Controversies and revelations of a serious and negative nature in relation to the conduct of some police officers, both past and present, have hurt public confidence in the police, and the morale of the very great majority of honest, hardworking, committed and brave police officers has suffered as a consequence.’?

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WHAT IF?: All accounts from the Police Federation should be published – including so-called ‘No2’ secret accounts within branch boards?

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WHAT IF?: The Irish Examiner editorial describes the latest revelations in the Ian Bailey case as mind boggling.

That Gardai may have considered paying someone in order to frame a man for murder is described as not only corrupt but almost unbelievable.

The Irish Times speaks of an appalling vista and grave national concern that Gardai may have acted illegally in securing convictions in the courts.?

Public Inquiry · Garda/political corruption – Nothing will change

Public Inquiry · Garda/political corruption – Nothing will change: The then Justice Minister McDowell and his civil servants who drafted and introduced the ‘this must never be allowed to happen again’ legislation must have been complete morons or they deliberately drafted the law to ensure the minister and Gardai remained unaccountable.?

Anne Driscoll | Staff | About the Institute | Schuster Institute | Brandeis University

Anne Driscoll | Staff | About the Institute | Schuster Institute | Brandeis University: In 2013, Driscoll was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to work with the Irish Innocence Project. She will be in Ireland for the academic year 2013-2014 teaching investigative journalism tools to law students from Griffith College, Trinity College and Dublin City University as they pursue 20 cases of presumed innocence for the Irish Innocence Project.?

Peaches’ final column: ‘I had the perfect life’ | Irish Examiner

Peaches’ final column: ‘I had the perfect life’ | Irish Examiner: “However, this new earth-mother me came with an unexpected consequence — I found myself friendless. My five closest friends were understanding… but many others revealed themselves to be of the fair-weather variety.?MAY SHE REST IN PEACE.

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WHAT IF?: No justice for bankers | Irish Examiner: Yet, we are continually reminded how great a job our Government is doing, in spite of the fact all they have done is ease the short-term borrowing costs by inflicting the equivalent of a sub-prime national debt mortgage on future generations. Justice in Ireland is seen to be undone.

Edward Horgan
Newtown
Castletroy
Limerick?

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WHAT IF?: Frank Flannery cancels PAC appearance, after Kerins does same | Irish Examiner: Mr Flanney said: "My basic rights seem to have been disregarded in the pursuit of a partisan political agenda designed to damage the Party I have been associated with for many years (Fine Gael) rather than to elicit further information on the matters under consideration and I would urge the committee to reconsider their entire approach."?BOLLIX?WHAT ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AFTER THE DISABLED AND PROFOUNDLY DEAF?

Banking corruption and injustice – the focus of Tom Darcy’s European campaign

Banking corruption and injustice – the focus of Tom Darcy’s European campaign: Darcy said he found the legal system in this country to be “very archaic” with “draconian structures” designed to stop people from defending themselves and their families.?IN MOST CASES POOR PEOPLE?

Locked room filled with secrets, lies and hidden tapes - Independent.ie

Locked room filled with secrets, lies and hidden tapes - Independent.ie: Locked room filled with secrets, lies and hidden tapes?

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ENCOURAGECHANGE.: WHAT IF?: However, the job of Ombudsman continues to be to identify illegalities, inequities and unfairness. The job of public services is to listen when an Ombudsman points to an injustice and to act quickly to find effective ways of resolving the problem, not to bury their heads in the sand and hope the problem will go away.”?THATS RIGHT EMILY "INJUSTICE'S"UNLESS THEY ARE PROPERLY INVESTIGATED HAVE A HABIT OF NOT GOING AWAY?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: WHAT IF?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: WHAT IF?: The Guineapigs - Chapter 5: Salmon had recommended that all future inquiries be conducted in public in order that the public could have confidence and justice 'could be seen to be done'.? Compton sat in secret?

WHAT IF?

WHAT IF?: Latest news from the Omagh Support and Self Help Group: Michael Gallagher, whose son Aidan was killed in the bombing, outlined the contents of the report with Mr Bridger at a briefing for TDs and Senators in Leinster House yesterday. Mr Gallagher repeated a call for a full cross-Border independent judicial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the attack.


Public inquiry
"To date we have not heard from either government on the report and the call for a public inquiry. We say the information contained within the report is sufficient material for a public inquiry,"?

WHAT IF?

WHAT IF?: Omagh - Do We Need To Know Who Did It? - Relatives Seeking Inquiry - Page 5: "We asked minister to withhold Omagh report from Callinan - but he didn't"

Campaigners for an inquiry into the Omagh bomb have asked why Alan Shatter handed a report about Garda failings before the atrocity to then-Garda-Commissioner Martin Callinan - although they had specifically asked the Minister for Justice not to"?

The Facts | The unPrison Project

The Facts | The unPrison Project: Freedom on the Inside: To empower, inspire, and cultivate critical thinking, life skills, self-reflection, and peer mentoring for women and girls in prison.?

Student bounces back from bullying to scoop press award - Independent.ie

Student bounces back from bullying to scoop press award - Independent.ie: "Writing is my way of getting my feelings out," she told the Irish Independent,adding that she was bullied as a child.

"My social skills were really stunted afterwards; I had no idea how to talk to people.?

Tom Gilmartin - Frank Connolly - 9780717160471 - O'Mahony's Booksellers

Tom Gilmartin - Frank Connolly - 9780717160471 - O'Mahony's Booksellers: Tom Gilmartin
[9780717160471]
by Frank Connolly


Paperback
Published: 14/04/14

This is a compelling narrative of official wrong-doing and abuse of office. The book exposes the roots of the political and financial disaster that has wreaked such havoc in the lives of so many Irish people.?

WHAT IF?

WHAT IF?: Bailey solicitor concerned over missing file in du Plantier case - The Irish Times - Mon, Dec 09, 2013: Mr Buttimer confirmed he had also been informed some 24 original witness statements from the murder file had gone missing, though typed copies are available for disclosure to Mr Bailey’s legal team.?

Judge received garda leaks on private citizens - Independent.ie

Judge received garda leaks on private citizens - Independent.ie: THE judge at the centre of the garda whistleblower row admitted during legal proceedings that gardai leaked confidential information to him about a number of private individuals.?

Public Inquiry · Ex-Garda confirms parts of White’s allegations

Public Inquiry · Ex-Garda confirms parts of White’s allegations: Martin Leonard said he was told afterwards that Sgt Joseph Costello had been brought down from Garda HQ in Dublin to bug rooms in the station.

“It was discussed afterwards. Tina Fowley was the one I heard on about it, that she had prepared that particular room?

Roisin O'Shea: The alarm bells have been ringing for more than two decades on family court problems - Independent.ie

Roisin O'Shea: The alarm bells have been ringing for more than two decades on family court problems - Independent.ie: In this, the first substantial empirical family law research carried out in the Circuit Court, I have seen so much anger, frustration, fear and misery, for both men and women.?

Judge Peter Kelly and the Judiciary

Judge Peter Kelly and the Judiciary: The people’s judge.



In a wide-ranging interview with ‘The Parchment’, the magazine of the Dublin Solicitor’s Bar Association (DSBA), Mr Justice [Peter] Kelly — head of the Commercial Court — said there should be an independent body to appoint judges.



The tough-talking judge, who has ruled out ever going to the Supreme Court, also claimed some people who would make excellent judges were “passed over” in favour of others who were not so well qualified.?

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WHAT IF?: “So its ok to rob, terrorize vandalize, bully your neighbours , use your back garden as a dump and when its full of shit dump it into the garden next, door sell drugs but God forbid you do any thing to improve your house . The lunatics have taken over the asylum.”?

Public Inquiry · Garda/State corruption: The facts

Public Inquiry · Garda/State corruption: The facts: Denial – secrecy – blame the whistleblowers – secrecy – attack those calling for an investigation – secrecy – refuse to apologise when the truth outs – secrecy – pretend to act as a result of the investigation – secrecy – allow the corrupt system to remain in place in order to protect the interests of those who benefit.?

Public Inquiry · Garda/State corruption: The facts

Public Inquiry · Garda/State corruption: The facts: The Garda Inspectorate report has been published and already we’re witnessing the usual bullshit response particularly from politicians with a vested interest in defending our corrupt political/administrative system.?

Public Inquiry · It doesn’t matter who’s in power when the entire body politic is corrupt

Public Inquiry · It doesn’t matter who’s in power when the entire body politic is corrupt: Everybody knows and obeys the golden rule – You may waffle all day about corruption but you must never, ever actually act on the matter as that would be damaging to the interests of all who prosper within the corrupt system.?

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I want an equal society, not a repeat of Bertie’s politics of the tax break | Irish Examiner

I want an equal society, not a repeat of Bertie’s politics of the tax break | Irish Examiner: Everywhere I go, I meet inequality, sometimes to the point of cruelty, sometimes so patently absurd, sometimes so staggeringly obvious that it’s impossible to see how it escapes the attention of the political system (never mind a media that seems just as obsessed with tax cuts as the only barometer of a healthy society).?

Archbishop Martin says it would be 'disaster' if church watchdog loses trust - Independent.ie

Archbishop Martin says it would be 'disaster' if church watchdog loses trust - Independent.ie: The Catholic Church's most outspoken bishop on clerical abuse said: "If there is wrong on any side, it should be admitted."

He told the Irish Independent that it would be "disastrous" if trust was lost in the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church (NBSCCCI).?

Flannery quits Rehab and Fine Gael roles - RTÉ News

Flannery quits Rehab and Fine Gael roles - RTÉ News: John McGuinness said nothing had changed following Mr Flannery's resignation from the board of Rehab and from his role in Fine Gael.

Mr McGuinness said questions must still be answered and the committee could compel Mr Flannery to appear if he refuses to do so voluntarily.?

TESTIMONIALS: Driving Straight on Crooked Lines | The Monk who Stole the Cow

TESTIMONIALS: Driving Straight on Crooked Lines | The Monk who Stole the Cow: Positive change can come from adversity.?

ANO NA ANG?

ANO NA ANG?: Nakaligtas pagngangalit ng bagyo na pang-aabuso na may label na 'pagkakamali' - Independent.ie



Nakaligtas pagngangalit ng bagyo na pang-aabuso na may label na 'pagkakamali' - Independent.ie : Sa website nito, ipinahayag Fr Tony Flannery na sila ay "questioned ang hustisya" ng hindi kasama ang maraming mga mas lumang mga pari mula sa ministri "dahil sa isang pagkakamali o mga mali nila na ginawa sa kanilang mga naunang mga buhay" kung saan nagkaroon ng "hindi pattern ng muling pag-nakakasakit na." Pang-aabuso nakaligtas Marie Collins gumanti. "Ang anumang pang-adulto kung sino ang may sexual contact na may isang menor de edad ay wala sa 'relasyon', ito ay pang-aabuso, legal at sa kagandahang-asal," sinabi niya.?

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?: Rehab bayad Frank Flannery sa lobby ng Gobyerno - Balita Pampulitika | Irish & International Pulitika | Ang Irish Times - Sab, 8 Marso 2014



Rehab bayad Frank Flannery sa lobby ng Gobyerno - Balita Pampulitika | Irish & International Pulitika | Ang Irish Times - Sab, 8 Marso 2014 : mr Flannery, sino ay aktibo sa pinakamataas na antas sa Fine Gael pa rin at ay isang malapit na iugnay ng Taoiseach , ay upang hilingin sa iyo na lumitaw bago ang Committee sa Pampublikong Accounts upang sagutin ang mga tanong tungkol sa Rehab.?