Shatter criticises media 'campaign' - The Irish Times - Thu, Apr 12, 2012

Shatter criticises media 'campaign' - The Irish Times - Thu, Apr 12, 2012: The Garda Commissioner is consulting with the Director of Public Prosecutions as to whether aspects of the Moriarty Report "may" be pursued from a criminal point of view and as Minister for Justice I am determined to ensure that I neither do nor say anything that could prejudice matters.?

Andrew Madden: St Andrew’s Church, Bagnelstown, Co. Carlow.

Andrew Madden: St Andrew’s Church, Bagnelstown, Co. Carlow.: The Taoiseach of the day, Mr Ahern, did not share my concerns, an inquiry of the type you suggest can only be held into matters of urgent public concern was his response. Just as shocking was the fact that his reply, moved into the public domain by me, was met with total silence the length and breadth of Ireland. The sexual abuse of children by known child molesters and rapists, not a matter of urgent public concern?

Patrick Gallagher and Merchant Banking | SME Financial

Patrick Gallagher and Merchant Banking | SME Financial: “When hundreds of depositors are out looking for your blood it is very foolish to show evidence of wealth at all”.?

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?: Several high- profile cases of white-collar crime have been in the news recently. Scandals on Wall Street, in the Irish banking system and amongst organizations, like FÁS, have dominated the front pages of newspapers and the schedules of radio programmes and TV chat shows. So what is it about white-collar crime that makes it so newsworthy in comparison to ordinary crime? Sometimes it is partly the sheer scale of operation, but more often than not it is to do with who is involved. People are completely shocked to hear that an affluent business man was involved in crime. This is also the reason that the populace becomes so irate. Why would one feel happy about paying taxes to drive a politician in a limo between two buildings in an airport? Why should the repoman come and reclaim your house when the bank manager has being embezzling funds for the good of his bulging pocket? These offending individuals have been entrusted with huge assets so if it transpires that they have abused their authority to further their own cause, the little guy who loses out won’t be too pleased.?

Survivors Tell of Bloody Aftermath of Continued Fighting in Syria

Survivors Tell of Bloody Aftermath of Continued Fighting in Syria: "There's nothing left," says Muhammad Razzan, who says he lost nearly 50 members of his extended family that day. "Only bodies. Bodies on the streets, bodies in the homes. We don't even know where everyone is."?

“When a long abuse of power is corrected, it is generally replaced by an opposite violence.”

“When a long abuse of power is corrected, it is generally replaced by an opposite violence.”: The predictable emergence of factions and individuals with agendas which were not always for the benefit of the children?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Fr Egan added: "We’re celebrating Good Friday today and at the heart of the Easter message is that the Passion is about how those in power and privilege abuse and brutalise the marginalised and the vulnerable.?