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Friday, August 30, 2013

Public Inquiry · Senator Landy to be investigated

Public Inquiry · Senator Landy to be investigated: As usual I was treated with barely concealed contempt particularly when I asked some questions about procedures within the office of the Clerk of the Seanad?Know The Feeling Well From Other Institutions?

Priory Hall resident writes to Taoiseach after partner takes his own life - News - MSN Ireland

Priory Hall resident writes to Taoiseach after partner takes his own life - News - MSN Ireland: Dear Enda, I have emailed you on many occasions, regarding my situation in Priory hall. You have replied once?

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

padd o. - "enpower the workingclass through education" - My Care2

padd o. - "enpower the workingclass through education" - My Care2: Be what you are and not what i would have you be,for the you that i want would not be you but a stranger to me and all i hold true,for there are none better than you are now or could ever hope to be,fortune shines on those who are themselves and not the projected "image"of the desires of others.?

Monday, August 26, 2013

Country’s new top prosecutor rejected plea for fresh inquest for Hillsborough victim Kevin Williams in 1996 - Liverpool Echo

Country’s new top prosecutor rejected plea for fresh inquest for Hillsborough victim Kevin Williams in 1996 - Liverpool Echo: As the woman in charge of the Crown Prosecution Service, Ms Saunders will ultimately decide who should face criminal charges as part of the fresh police investigation into the Hillsborough disaster announced by Home Secretary Theresa May in December.?

'This woman is part of a cover-up': Hillsborough mum's family furious at lawyer's new role | Real Life | Life & Style | Daily Star. Simply The Best 7 Days A Week

'This woman is part of a cover-up': Hillsborough mum's family furious at lawyer's new role | Real Life | Life & Style | Daily Star. Simply The Best 7 Days A Week: THE family of the late Hillsborough campaigner Anne Williams has called for the incoming Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to be barred from any new investigation into the disaster.

In their first interview since Alison Saunders was unveiled as the new DPP, relatives say Anne would have been “absolutely ­disgusted” by the appointment.?

Sunday, August 25, 2013

The Politics of Hope » Office of the Chief Rabbi

The Politics of Hope » Office of the Chief Rabbi: In The Politics of Hope Jonathan Sacks proposes a new politics of responsibility in which families, neighbourhoods, communities, voluntary organisations and religious groups have all part to play, a politics not of interest, but of involvement.?

Saturday, August 24, 2013

How I exposed the Sweepstakes scandals - Independent.ie

How I exposed the Sweepstakes scandals - Independent.ie: It is also true that, while the leading family involved in the Sweep, the McGraths, are increasing their wealth at a rate of £8,000 per day, most of those who have retired after giving 25 years service to Hospitals Trust Ltd. are receiving a pension of less than £4 a week.?When The Rot Started,And The Watchers Turned A Blind Eye?

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?: I had never seen a sheet this clean in investigative research. Either these people - who were running the largest sustained smuggling racket in human history, mind - were snow pure. Or the rest of us were Simple Simons?

3player | Print And Be Damned - Thursday, 22 August 2013

3player | Print And Be Damned - Thursday, 22 August 2013

Thursday, August 22, 2013

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Taoiseach's nephew jailed for burglary, drugs and car theft - Independent.ie: "He has now enrolled to complete his leaving certificate and had been offered scholarships in Trinity and in Galway."?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: The next generation of working class children wont be as illiterate as the previous maybe then "The Class Structure" of our prison population will change?

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Never let a crisis go to waste: Trayvon Martin edition | TheBlaze.com

Never let a crisis go to waste: Trayvon Martin edition | TheBlaze.com: Martin’s parents have suffered a pain that no parent should have to endure?

Insight #1: A true leader will never waste a good crisis

Insight #1: A true leader will never waste a good crisis: Leadership is the process of creating meaningful change and nothing sets the stage for change like a good crisis. Organizations are designed for stability and steadiness - and will always cower in a crisis (it is their nature). Leaders at all levels know this and often find that their deepest strength - and their most significant opportunities - are found in times of great vulnerability.?

Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life by Adam Phillips – review | Books | The Guardian

Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life by Adam Phillips – review | Books | The Guardian: Here, he writes about and around the theme of what it is to not get a point, to not live the life you wanted, to be frustrated, or to want to escape from the life you have or situation you are in.?

theocracy | The Irish Republic

theocracy | The Irish Republic: The consequences of that policy are now coming to light in proven cases of physical, psychological and sexual abuse on a horrifying scale.?THE FACILITATION OF CORRUPT PRACTICES IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND BY THE PROFESSIONAL CLASS?

Former French mayor slammed with jail sentence for embezzlement - France - RFI

Former French mayor slammed with jail sentence for embezzlement - France - RFI: The former French socialist mayor Gerard Dalongeville of Henin-Beaumont in northern France has been sentenced to four years in prison on charges of embezzlement and accepting bribes.?

Not Too Big to Jail: Why Eliot Spitzer Is Wall Street's Worst Nightmare

Not Too Big to Jail: Why Eliot Spitzer Is Wall Street's Worst Nightmare

Monday, August 19, 2013

Iraq Body Count

Iraq Body Count: Iraq Body Count is an ongoing human security project which maintains and updates the world’s largest public database of violent civilian deaths during and since the 2003 invasion.?

Islamists Killed While in Custody, Egypt Confirms - NYTimes.com

Islamists Killed While in Custody, Egypt Confirms - NYTimes.com: The Egyptian government acknowledged that its security forces had killed 36 Islamists in its custody on Sunday, as the country’s military leaders and Islamists vowed to keep up their fight over Egypt’s future.?

Islamists Killed While in Custody, Egypt Confirms - NYTimes.com

Islamists Killed While in Custody, Egypt Confirms - NYTimes.com: The Egyptian government acknowledged that its security forces had killed 36 Islamists in its custody on Sunday, as the country’s military leaders and Islamists vowed to keep up their fight over Egypt’s future.?

Edward Jay Epstein, Annals of Unsolved Crime Series: The Case of the Radioactive Corpse: The Ultimate Online Q&A | Shindig.com

Edward Jay Epstein, Annals of Unsolved Crime Series: The Case of the Radioactive Corpse: The Ultimate Online Q&A | Shindig.com: When Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned by a rare radioactive isotope in London in 2006, his death puzzled police investigators. Epstein travelled to Moscow to track down a key suspect and gained access to sensitive files related to the case. Epstein will discuss ongoing questions about the case…. And why it may never be solved.?

How can anyone with a sense of humour censor Tom and Jerry as racist? By Mail TV critic CHRISTOPHER STEVENS | Mail Online

How can anyone with a sense of humour censor Tom and Jerry as racist? By Mail TV critic CHRISTOPHER STEVENS | Mail Online: Blacking up, sometimes called blackface, is forbidden in the 21st century. It’s so unbearably racist that we are never allowed to see it. Not only our children but all of us, the whole of society, must be protected from the mind-polluting horror of witnessing a cartoon mouse blacked up with soot.?

Taboo | National Geographic Channel

Taboo | National Geographic Channel: We've taken you around the world exploring behaviors and lifestyles that are acceptable in some cultures but forbidden, illegal or reviled in others.?

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Money and the Corporate Media Are Gagging Democracy

Money and the Corporate Media Are Gagging Democracy: Money and the Corporate Media Are Gagging Democracy?

Referendum for Court of Appeal to be held in October - Crime & Law News from Ireland & Abroad | The Irish Times - Tue, Jul 09, 2013

Referendum for Court of Appeal to be held in October - Crime & Law News from Ireland & Abroad | The Irish Times - Tue, Jul 09, 2013: The Government’s plan envisages that the new Court of Appeal will deal with most cases that are currently dealt with by the Supreme Court, thus reducing the higher court’s workload and allowing it to focus on the development of the law.?CAN THEY BE TRUSTED TO MESS WITH THE CONSTITUTION?

Oath of office - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oath of office - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Under the laws of a state it may be considered treason or a high crime to betray a sworn oath of office.?

Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2013 (Ireland) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2013 (Ireland) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2013 (Ireland)?

Public Inquiry · Cormac Lucey: Still not in the big picture

Public Inquiry · Cormac Lucey: Still not in the big picture: At any time in the last thirty or so years politicians could have prevented the banks from routinely robbing their customers, could have allowed so called regulatory agencies to actually regulate rather than protecting the thieves, could have thrown their corrupt fellow politicians in jail.

They chose not to do any of this. As we can see from the (non) response to the Mahon Tribunal Report, they are still choosing not to do this.?

Sunday, August 11, 2013

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: It isn't as gritty or nakedly political as The Wire, but it has no fear about revealing that the good guys aren't always good, the bad guys aren't always bad, and the system is setting all of them up to fail.?

Friday, August 9, 2013

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: THE PRESIDENT WHO HAS BEEN SPEAKING RECENTLY IN DUBLIN CASTLE AND ELSE WHERE ABOUT ABUSES OF POWER AND AUTHORITY.DOES IT FOLLOW SINCE THE PRESIDENT IS THE PERSON THAT SIGNS THE LEGISLATION INTO LAW AND IF THAT LAW IS USED TO ABUSE HUMAN RIGHTS OR CIVIL LIBERTIES THEN HAS A RESPONSEABILITY TO THAT LAW?

Public Inquiry · Victory for corruption

Public Inquiry · Victory for corruption

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Archive papers reveal Derry interrogation centre - RTÉ News

Archive papers reveal Derry interrogation centre - RTÉ News: It is claimed London misled two official inquiries and the European Court of Human Rights about the existence of the centre and its operations.?

Thursday, August 1, 2013

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

Dáil Eireann - 29/Jun/1960 Criminal Justice Bill, 1960—Second Stage (Resumed).: Borstal, the reformatories and some of the industrial schools. One has always to bear in mind that, for anybody entering a penal institution of any kind for the first time, there is always the possibility that he(she) may experience a certain feeling of shock. But, having recovered from that, it is, I think, the duty of all legislators to attempt at least to take an objective and a charitable view of the circumstances of people upon whom the misfortune of imprisonment has fallen.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: How wasting public money has become terrible norm : Elaine Byrne; lecturer, journalist, consultant and political analyst

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: How wasting public money has become terrible norm : Elaine Byrne; lecturer, journalist, consultant and political analyst: Although the beef, McCracken, Mahon and Moriarty tribunals revealed the extraordinary extent of political favouritism, conflict of interest and corruption that took place during the 1970s and 1980s, Dáil discussion on such issues was less than previous or subsequent decades.?

Ashfield Press - Lone Crusader

Ashfield Press - Lone Crusader: Edward Thornley’s book is much more than a study of his brother’s career; it is an attempt to rescue him from "unjust oblivion" and explain how he was effectively the inventor of the so-called peace process – at a time when any move in that direction was not merely frowned upon, but was surpressed by all the forces of the two states in this island.?

Pennsylvania Judge Sentenced For 28 Years For Selling Kids to the Prison System - | Intellihub.com

Pennsylvania Judge Sentenced For 28 Years For Selling Kids to the Prison System - | Intellihub.com: According to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, over 5,000 young men and women were unjustly sentenced to prison and denied their constitutional rights. Many of them have now been released and cleared of their charges.?

Laois Nationalist — St Patrick’s institution should be consigned to history - Laois Nationalist

Laois Nationalist — St Patrick’s institution should be consigned to history - Laois Nationalist: The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice has welcomed the announcement minister Shatter that, following the most recent annual report of the Inspector of Prisons, St Patrick’s Institution will be closed as a detention centre for young people under the age of 21.

Eoin Carroll, advocacy officer with the centre, said: “The closure of St Patrick’s is long overdue; over many years, reports by many different organisations have called for this action to be taken.”?

Seán Aylward resigns from European anti-torture body - The Irish Times - Thu, Aug 01, 2013

Seán Aylward resigns from European anti-torture body - The Irish Times - Thu, Aug 01, 2013: Mr Aylward has stepped down from the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture, which is responsible for monitoring conditions in prisons, police stations and other institutions in the council’s member states.?

Gombeen Nation: Corrupt "elite" in Ireland don't go to jail

Gombeen Nation: Corrupt "elite" in Ireland don't go to jail: If you are a corrupt planner, senior civil servant or politician – I'd better be careful here, as they might sue me – you can abuse your public position for personal gain, safe in the knowledge that your establishment fellow-travellers in the judiciary will let you off.?ON THE BAD TICKER DEFENCE TRICK?

Ten things you can do in Ireland that almost certainly won’t land you in jail - Crime & Law News from Ireland & Abroad | The Irish Times - Tue, Jul 30, 2013

Ten things you can do in Ireland that almost certainly won’t land you in jail - Crime & Law News from Ireland & Abroad | The Irish Times - Tue, Jul 30, 2013: A country that can’t protect its citizens from the effects of wrongdoing is not a Republic?IT IS A"BANANA-REPUBLIC"?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Public Inquiry · State corruption subverting the Constitution?



Public Inquiry · State corruption subverting the Constitution?: This indeed will be the republic of 2016 – for politicians, bankers, the legal profession, senior civil servants, property developers and all the other individuals and groups who enjoy state protection as they plunder the State’s resources, legally and illegally.

For ordinary citizens 2016 and beyond will mean continuing to pay the cost of such state corruption?

The Guineapigs - Chapter 5

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