Listen up: we need to protect whistle-blowers - The Irish Times - Sat, Jan 23, 2010

Listen up: we need to protect whistle-blowers - The Irish Times - Sat, Jan 23, 2010: "Given the immense social, economic and personal damage caused by scandals within Irish institutions, the reluctance to provide legal protection to whistle-blowers is extraordinary, writes FINTAN O'TOOLE"IS IT "RELUCTANCE"OR PART OF THE "GREYHAIRED MENS"GAME?THE REASONS PROJECT?

Public Inquiry · In the republic Mrs. Robinson’s activities would have gone completely unnoticed

Public Inquiry · In the republic Mrs. Robinson’s activities would have gone completely unnoticed: "If an Irish policeman suggested that perhaps the police should investigate such connections he would quickly find himself under the same acute psychiatric care as that of Mrs. Robinson."GOD HELP THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS.

Business & Financial News, Breaking US & International News | Reuters.com

Business & Financial News, Breaking US & International News Reuters.com: "Former MI5 officer and Whistleblower"THE REASONS PROJECT?

Thoughts on TI meeting, Ireland and corruption – The Story

Thoughts on TI meeting, Ireland and corruption – The Story: "Maybe whistle-blowers’ legislation will go some way to altering that attitude – at the very least it would officially recognise, in a single document, whistle-blowing as a patriotic act – but I fear what we consider (and don’t consider) corruption is too ingrained in our mindset to vanish on foot of a law. Especially a law that will live or die on how it is (or is not) enforced"THE REASONS PROJECT?

Travel Balloon on Facebook

Travel Balloon on Facebook: "Mr. Traveller full name Eddie Howell, husband of B"GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN.

Irish on the Wall: Irish Born killed in Viet nam

Irish on the Wall: 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.

History, Heritage, Folklore, and News from County Sligo, Ireland

History, Heritage, Folklore, and News from County Sligo, Ireland: "In another development private detective Billy Flynn, who helped uncover the garda corruption scandal in Donegal, is to sue the Garda Commissioner, Noel Conroy. The lawsuit is in relation to defamatory comments made by Noel Conroy about Billy Flynn when Flynn brought evidence of garda corruption to his notice."THE REASONS PROJECT?

History, Heritage, Folklore, and News from County Sligo, Ireland

History, Heritage, Folklore, and News from County Sligo, Ireland: "Garda Tina Fowley is also taking a civil action against the state alleging that she was persecuted following allegations of corruption she made against a senior officer."THE REASONS PROJECT?

Public Inquiry · Knocking down the brick wall of Irish corruption

Public Inquiry · Knocking down the brick wall of Irish corruption: "The disease of corruption in Ireland has become so bad, has become so ingrained in the administration of the country that campaigns like this are, as I said to Gavin in discussion, like trying to knock down a six foot thick brick wall with a soft rubber ball."THE TRUE CAUSES FOR IRELANDS CRIME?

Oconnellpadd13's Blog

Oconnellpadd13's Blog: "“Pat Rabitte On The Week In Politics 31th of May Asked The Following Question In Relation To All The Vile ABUSE Exposed IN The Ryan Report[which is one of many these past 60 years]WHERE THE HELL WERE THE GARDI OVER THE LAST FIFTY SIXTY DECADES?WHOS GOING TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION FOR THE PUBLIC?WELL "I PERSONALLY" WOULD REQUEST FROM ALL POLITICAL PARTIES AND CANDIDATES TO THE PRESENT ELECTIONS,INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND, WHERE WERE THE GARDI ALL THOSE YEARS,AND WHAT WERE THEY DOING THAT THEY WERE TOO BUSY DOING THAT ALL THIS ABUSE WASENT NOTICED UNTIL NOW?I SUPPOSE THE ANSWER CAN BE REALLY FOUND ON’PUBLIC INQUIRY’[irish corruption]IF ANYONE CARES TO RESEARCH IT.ALL SUGGESTED ANSWERS TO PUBLIC INQUIRY PLEASE.THANKS”"

CYNTHIA OWEN AND MANNIX FLYNN

CYNTHIA OWEN AND MANNIX FLYNN: "By the time he was eight, Mannix Flynn was in court for stealing a box of chocolates. Ultimately he ended up in Letterfrack Industrial school where he was raped, beaten and abused. THE TALENTED ACTOR AND WRITER TELLS BRIGHID MCLAUGHLIN A TALE OF HOLOCAUST-STYLE BRUTALITY AND DEATH IN RELATIVELY MODERN IRELAND ."THE REASONS PROJECT?

Martin Cullen emotional response to affair allegations: “It felt like I was being raped, as a man” | Tallyman

Martin Cullen emotional response to affair allegations: “It felt like I was being raped, as a man” Tallyman: "He went on to say that he used this word ‘very carefully’ but that he went to bed at night sometimes in the knowledge that he will be ‘raped again’ the next day. Of course the Minister was referring to the coverage by the media about the non-existent affair."THE REASONS PROJECT?

RTÉ News: Group calls for bishops to resign

RTÉ News: Group calls for bishops to resign: "All bishops who enabled cover-ups of clerical child sexual abuse in Ireland should have resigned last month, according to a lay organisation."ITS NOT JUST THE BISHOPS WHO SHOULD BE OUSTED,THERE ARE A LOT MORE PEOPLE WHO HAD AND PROBABLY STILL HAVE POWER AND AUTHORITY WHO ALSO ENABLED THE COVER UP OF ABUSE.THE REASONS PROJECT?

Carlow Nationalist - 2007/01/10: Too much power for unelected and unaccountable judges

Carlow Nationalist - 2007/01/10: Too much power for unelected and unaccountable judges: "What is at stake here is justice for all. But ponder this: how many judges come from a working-class background, or from within the ranks of the undeserving poor? Answer: none."WHO SAID THAT?THE REASONS PROJECT?

Britain’s dirty secret: class still matters | Jenni Russell - Times Online

Britain’s dirty secret: class still matters Jenni Russell - Times Online: " A society, in which different classes are brought up to follow different rules about how to think, talk and behave"WHO SAID THAT?

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: Facebook | Ben Coppage

http://encouragechange.blogspot.com/2009/07/facebook-ben-coppage.html: "Facebook Ben Coppage: 'How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think. Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise. I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against'.LIKEWISE."WHO SAID THAT?

Honor Martin Luther King by continuing the struggle for peace and equality | citizen-times.com | Asheville Citizen-Times

Honor Martin Luther King by continuing the struggle for peace and equality citizen-times.com Asheville Citizen-Times: "And, as inequality is a partner to violence, he would find the symbol lacking in substance as inequality remains rampant."WHO SAID THAT?

Labour says class divide is the new racism | Top News | Reuters

Labour says class divide is the new racism Top News Reuters: "He said tackling discrimination and inequality must now focus on deep social class differences."WHO SAID THAT?YES WE CAN?

Political Sleaze in the Republic of Ireland -- COLLINS and RAGHALLAIGH 48 (4): 697 -- Parliamentary Affairs

Political Sleaze in the Republic of Ireland -- COLLINS and RAGHALLAIGH 48 (4): 697 -- Parliamentary Affairs

ANATP

ANATP: "QUESTION What happened during the Shanahan's stamp auction scandal?
WITH the current scandal at Anglo Irish Bank and the banking crisis generally, anyone who has invested in bank shares has seen their money whittled away to almost nothing.
In 1950s Ireland, just as big a scandal engulfed the public the Shanahan's crisis.
The story started in 1954 with Hungarian Paul Singer, who thought he would try his luck in business in Ireland after his efforts in Britain had failed."WHO SAID THAT?

Business And Leadership: Pressure on McCreevy grows over €1.6m K Club loan - Leadership

Business And Leadership: Pressure on McCreevy grows over €1.6m K Club loan - Leadership: "A RTE Prime Time Investigates programme broadcast in December revealed that McCreevy was among a number of Fianna Fáil politicians who had access to loans from Irish Nationwide Building Society on easy terms."WHO SAID THAT?

AIB 'Impropriety' In Carroll Loans : Irish National News

AIB 'Impropriety' In Carroll Loans : Irish National News: "During the hearing yesterday, High Court Judge Mr Justice Peter Kelly reacted to revelations that the bank had handed over the money with only a letter and the deposit of title deeds as security as 'astonishing' and 'extraordinary'."WHO SAID THAT?

Bank Inquiry "A Scam" : Irish National News

Bank Inquiry "A Scam" : Irish National News: "Minister for finance Brian Lenihan's outline plans for an inquiry into the banking crisis has been named a 'scam' by the opposition."WHO SAID THAT?

Lenihan Admitted To Hospital : Irish National News

Lenihan Admitted To Hospital : Irish National News: "Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has admitted himself to hospital complaining of losing sleep and experiencing discomfort with a suspected hernia."WHO SAID THAT?

common cents 2009 - ammado blog - ammado

common cents 2009 - ammado blog - ammado: "New to ammado, Clann Credo is the leading provider of Social Finance to community based projects in Ireland."

Sunday World Cover Story - Front Page News

Sunday World Cover Story - Front Page News: "He was also shouting, 'I'm the main man, I'm the wolf'."THE REASONS PROJECT?

Reintegration of Offenders | Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT)

Reintegration of Offenders Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT): "Imprisonment also carries with it profound negative social impacts on the prisoner’s family and on his or her community, and often the consequences of even a short period of imprisonment are permanent for both the prisoner and those close to him,her.THE REASONS PROJECT?

Three year ban and €2.5k fine for drunk ex of tragic Katy - Around Town, Entertainment - Herald.ie

Three year ban and €2.5k fine for drunk ex of tragic Katy - Around Town, Entertainment - Herald.ie: "The millionaire ex-boyfriend of model Katy French was caught drink driving in his father's €500k Rolls Royce."THE REASONS PROJECT?

Freddie's woman pal 'too ill' to face court over driving charge - Courts, National News - Herald.ie

Freddie's woman pal 'too ill' to face court over driving charge - Courts, National News - Herald.ie: "Judge Murrough Connellan adjourned the case to February 16. Dempsey previously insisted to the court that she had valid insurance to cover her when stopped by gardai."

I'm in danger after Gardai collude with media, says Dunne - Courts, National News - Herald.ie

I'm in danger after Gardai collude with media, says Dunne - Courts, National News - Herald.ie: "Judge Patrick Brady said Dunne could sue for defamation, if that's what has occurred.
The judge said Dunne could also sue for malicious prosecution and make a complaint to the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission."

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: Navasky, Naming Names: Social Costs of McCarthyism

http://encouragechange.blogspot.com/2009/07/navasky-naming-names-social-costs-of.html: "ALL THIS ABOUT NEW LAWS HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT AND DEBATED IN THE DAIL YEARS AGO,THAT THE PEOPLE MOST LIKELY TO BE TARGETED WILL BE UNEDUCATED,IMPOVERISHED,LIVING CHAOTIC LIFESTYLES AND FROM THE NEGLECTED ESTATES AND INNER CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN FILLING THE PRISONS SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE STATE."THE REASONS PROJECT?

Dublin.ie Forums - View Profile: liberties13

Dublin.ie Forums - View Profile: liberties13: "This page has had 2,281 visits"THE REASONS PROJECT?TO QUOTE THOMAS JEFFERSON"GOVERNMENT IS OUR SERVANT,NOT OUR MASTER.WHEN PEOPLE FEAR GOVERNMENTS ,THERE IS TYRANNY.WHEN GOVERNMENTS FEAR THE PEOPLE THERE IS LIBERTY?I WONDER DOES THAT ALSO APPLY TO THE UNREGULATED GREED OF THE RULEING-CLASS AND THEIR CRONIES?

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: Newshound: Daily Northern Ireland news catalog - Irish News

http://encouragechange.blogspot.com/2009/04/newshound-daily-northern-ireland-news.html: "Newshound: Daily Northern Ireland news catalog - Irish News
I wonder what PJ McEvoy former head of the irish prison officers association would have to say about the present day running of irish prisons?"THE REASONS PROJECT?

Unfairly fired club boss gets €80,000 damages - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie

Unfairly fired club boss gets €80,000 damages - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie: "Unfairly fired club boss gets €80,000 damages"BARCODE?

Rate-Your-Solicitor.com Forum / The Judge, The Lawyer and The DPP

Rate-Your-Solicitor.com Forum / The Judge, The Lawyer and The DPP: "The late Veronica Guerin published a series of articles some years later in which she disclosed the fact that Roe personally knew the parties involved and the Judge had written letters to the DPP concerning the case. The first hand-written letter was written by Roe to Eamon Barnes, Director of Public Prosecutions before any charges had been brought. In the letter Roe stated that he knew both Fr. Molloy and the Flynns."THE REASONS PROJECT?

Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice - - Youth Victimisation

Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice - - Youth Victimisation: "Youth Victimisation"THE REASONS PROJECT?

The Irish Times - Sat, Aug 02, 1997 - Letter shows State saw Bridget McCole not as the victim but as the enemy

The Irish Times - Sat, Aug 02, 1997 - Letter shows State saw Bridget McCole not as the victim but as the enemy: "Letter shows State saw Bridget McCole not as the victim but as the enemy"ATTITUDES TO WORKING-CLASS VICTIMS?

CONNECT TO MY ANGELS: Put Your Faith Into Action for Social Justice | Poverty in America | Change.org

CONNECT TO MY ANGELS: Put Your Faith Into Action for Social Justice Poverty in America Change.org: "'I would ask people to put their faith into action by changing three concrete ways in which they interact with their family, their neighbors and their government: trade in screen time for face time, trade in isolation for simple acts of kindness and trade in cynicism about political leaders for joining a movement that forces them to improve their leadership.'ISOLATION?"

Interim Report

Interim Report: "In giving leave to the family of the late Mr. Michael McDonnell (the applicants) for that judicial review on 3 October 2001 Mr. Justice Kelly made an Order putting an immediate stay on our public proceedings. This caused a suspension of our Inquiry pending appeal. A copy of the Order is to be found at Appendix Two of this Report"CAN THE SAME HAPPEN TO THE"BANKS"INQUIRY?THE DPP JAMES HAMILTON SAID THE ATTITUDES OF IRISH SOCIETY IS A HUGE PROBLEM.IT IS IF YOUR WORKING-CLASS.

Criminal is fourth murder victim in just ten days as gangland gunmen defy armed gardai to strike again - City News, National News - Herald.ie

Criminal is fourth murder victim in just ten days as gangland gunmen defy armed gardai to strike again - City News, National News - Herald.ie: "The courts regularly heard of Deans' psychiatric problems and he was described as being a manic character with a long history of self-destructive behaviour."THE REASONS PROJECT?

Call for official inquiry into death of homeless teenager - The Irish Times - Mon, Aug 17, 2009

Call for official inquiry into death of homeless teenager - The Irish Times - Mon, Aug 17, 2009: "Chief executive of Barnardos Fergus Finlay described the case as a “scandal” and said lessons needed to be learned over why the boy did not receive the care and support he needed."SO WHAT IS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT?NOTHING I PERSONALLY WOULD IMAGINE.

Cowen was centrally responsible for crises in economy - The Irish Times - Wed, Jan 13, 2010

Cowen was centrally responsible for crises in economy - The Irish Times - Wed, Jan 13, 2010: "Nowadays we see nothing wrong or even bizarre that societies’ resources are distributed in a way that is massively unequal, not just on a global scale but within individual societies.
Such inequalities, it is contended, are inevitable, part of the natural order, and indeed an essential motivator to ensure the prosperity of society or at least of the upper tier of society."THEIR DELUSIONAL SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT AND THE TRUE CAUSES OF CRIME?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ".'DOES THAT MEAN GARDA POWERS CAN BE ABUSED IN WORKING-CLASS AREAS AS COMPARED TO MIDDLE-CLASS AREAS?FOR INSTANCE YOU SEE A CHECK-POINT IN THE DISTANCE BUT YOUR GOING THAT WAY BECAUSE YOUR BRINGING YOUR SON HOME WHO HAPPENS TO HAVE A DISABILITY THE ARMED GARDI ARE THERE AS WELL AS UNIFORMED,YOU STOP THE YOUNG UNIFORMED GARDA SAYS GOOD EVENING,YOU SAY GOOD EVENING HE ASKS FOR YOUR LICENCE YOU HAND IT TO HIM HE GOES IN FRONT OF YOUR CAR AND STARTS WRITING IN HIS INCIDENT BOOK .
HE COMES BACK AND THEN ASKS FOR YOUR INSURANCE YOU HAND THAT TO HIM ,HE GOES IN FRONT OF YOUR CAR AGAIN AND WRITES INTO HIS BOOK,HE COMES BACK AGAIN AND ASKS IF YOU WERE DRINKING YOU SAY NO ,HE THEN GOES AROUND TO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR AND OPENS THE DOOR AND ASKS MY SON HIS NAME,MY SON CANT SPEAK OR HEAR SO I ANSWERED FOR HIM.HE THEN CAME BACK TO ME SAID STEP OUT OF THE CAR AND RECITED SOMETHING ABOUT THE DRUGS ACT,HE GOT ME AND MY SON TO EMPTY ALL OUR POCKETS AT THIS STAGE I ASKED TO SEE HIS ID HE SAID HE HADENT GOT ANY HIS UNIFORM WAS HIS ID?HE SEARCHED THE CAR INSIDE OUT AND SAID OK YOU CAN NOW GO.DOES THIS GO ON IN MIDDLE CLASS AREAS?"

Irish Intelligence Agencies and the Stasi , a comparison. - Indymedia Ireland

Irish Intelligence Agencies and the Stasi , a comparison. - Indymedia Ireland: "Bad in Ireland probably means claiming that a person is a member of a paramilitary organisation
when they are not, like classically in the case of Pat Finucane or maybe whispering that a person is connected to the drug trade. This kind of thing could be useful in the event of a person being killed as well since some statement like that the victim was 'known to the police' can scare away too much public interest and disquiet"THE REASONS PROJECT?BEEN STOPPED AT A CHECKPOINT TO CHECK YOUR TAX AND INSURANCE,EVEN DRINK OR DRUG DRIVEING IS ONE THING,BEEN PARADED BEFORE THE PUBLIC ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR A DRUG SEARCH IS QUITE SOMETHING ELSE?TO UNDERSTAND THIS READ "ALL"OF MY POSTS.

Gardai 'were wrong to act on tip-off of horse cruelty' - Courts, National News - Herald.ie

Gardai 'were wrong to act on tip-off of horse cruelty' - Courts, National News - Herald.ie: "Under the 1996 Act, a garda, is required to have reasonable cause to suspect an offence is being committed. The Act precluded entry, except with the consent of the occupier, unless a search warrant was obtained from the District Court, she noted."THE REASONS PROJECT?

I'm in danger after Gardai collude with media, says Dunne - Courts, National News - Herald.ie

I'm in danger after Gardai collude with media, says Dunne - Courts, National News - Herald.ie: "I'm in danger after Gardai collude with media, says Dunne"FRONT PAGE EVENING HERALD 16/1/2010.SIX GARDI ON "DONS"PAYROLL?

Irish Examiner - 2007/04/23: Garda Fallon murder - Public must insist on a full inquiry

Irish Examiner - 2007/04/23: Garda Fallon murder - Public must insist on a full inquiry: "Garda Fallon murder - Public must insist on a full inquiry"

Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice - Working Class Cultures: Can They Adapt?

Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice - Working Class Cultures: Can They Adapt?: "The concentration by the media on negative aspects of working class culture should not distract us from the positive aspects of the culture"THE REASONS PROJECT?

Livingstone wants Garda murder probe examined by ombudsman - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie

Livingstone wants Garda murder probe examined by ombudsman - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie: "Retired tax inspector James Livingstone has asked the Garda Ombudsman to investigate the handling of the police investigation into the murder of his wife, Grace, more than 15 years ago."THE REASONS PROJECT?

Oconnellpadd13's Blog

Oconnellpadd13's Blog: "Prosecutorial Accountability The Justice Project: “Prosecutors are arguably the most powerful figures in the American criminal justice system. Prosecutors decide which charges to bring, what plea bargain to offer, and what sentence to request. Their decisions have far-reaching consequences on defendants, victims, their respective families, and the general public. Given the special duties of prosecutors, and the broad power they exercise in the criminal justice system, it is critical that prosecutors discharge their duties responsibly and ethically.”THE IRISH”REASONS”PROJECT?"