ENCOURAGECHANGE.: "ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: Victims of the Legal Profession Society

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: "ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: Victims of the Legal Profession Society: AS THE LATE PROFESSOR JOHN KELLY SAID:THE ULTIMATE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN A DEMOCRACY LIES WITH THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES
IF THEY ALLOW VILLIANS INTO GOVERNMENT ,A PIECE OF PAPER WILL NOT PROTECT THEM FROM THE CONSEQUENCES?

Change in procedure for appointing Judges | SouthernStar | News

Change in procedure for appointing Judges | SouthernStar | News: LAST May the eminent European Network of Councils for the Judiciary, which met in Dublin, called for a fair, open and transparent method of appointing judges in this country. Clearly concerned at government meddling, the lawyers recommended that judicial appointments should be made by independent bodies and not by politicians?

WHAT IF?

WHAT IF?: PAC probe urged as Creighton accuses Hogan of abuse of taxpayers’ money | Irish Examiner: “The deliberate and orchestrated use and abuse of taxpayers’ money to undermine the constitutional role of elected deputies is completely unacceptable.?

Waters now muddied between the Government and the PAC - Oireachtas News Updates | The Irish Times - Wed, Jan 29, 2014

Waters now muddied between the Government and the PAC - Oireachtas News Updates | The Irish Times - Wed, Jan 29, 2014: At the hearings, the accounting officer of the department or agency is questioned about its performance in ensuring taxpayers’ money has not been wasted.?

Garda whistleblower begins giving evidence to PAC - Crime & Law News from Ireland & Abroad | The Irish Times - Thu, Jan 30, 2014

Garda whistleblower begins giving evidence to PAC - Crime & Law News from Ireland & Abroad | The Irish Times - Thu, Jan 30, 2014: A source close to Sgt McCabe confirmed this morning that he would be attending the committee after he received assurances from Garda management late yesterday that doing so would not jeopardise his job or open him to the possibility of disciplinary action.?

Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe claims bosses told him he would be sacked if he gives evidence on penalty points scandal to Dail's Public Accounts Committee - Irish Mirror Online

Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe claims bosses told him he would be sacked if he gives evidence on penalty points scandal to Dail's Public Accounts Committee - Irish Mirror Online: A source said: “Sgt McCabe said he faced internal pressure not to appear before the committee and was told there is no guarantee his job will be there by the time he gets out of the meeting.?

PAC probe urged as Creighton accuses Hogan of abuse of taxpayers’ money | Irish Examiner

PAC probe urged as Creighton accuses Hogan of abuse of taxpayers’ money | Irish Examiner: “The deliberate and orchestrated use and abuse of taxpayers’ money to undermine the constitutional role of elected deputies is completely unacceptable.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: paddoconnell been in a straight jacket - Google Search

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: paddoconnell been in a straight jacket - Google Search: " So what would been in a padded cell in a straight jacket,been on bread and water...?JUVENILES IN PORTLAOISE PRISON IN THE 1960s?

Ruling of European Court of Human Rights an indictment of our institutions - Crime & Law News from Ireland & Abroad | The Irish Times - Wed, Jan 29, 2014

Ruling of European Court of Human Rights an indictment of our institutions - Crime & Law News from Ireland & Abroad | The Irish Times - Wed, Jan 29, 2014: The Republic has again been shamed in the international court of decent opinion and two of our primary institutions, the Government and Supreme Court, have been chastened.

This is not just a reflection on Ireland of 40 or 50 years ago, it is a commentary on Ireland as of now. It is this Government and this Supreme Court that has exacerbated the shame.?

Ruling of European Court of Human Rights an indictment of our institutions - Crime & Law News from Ireland & Abroad | The Irish Times - Wed, Jan 29, 2014

Ruling of European Court of Human Rights an indictment of our institutions - Crime & Law News from Ireland & Abroad | The Irish Times - Wed, Jan 29, 2014: Ireland has been a member of the Council of Europe since 1949 and in 1969 it made recommendations on “The Protection of Minors against ill-treatment” including that the State take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of abused children. In 1959 Ireland joined with other UN member states in adopting the “Declaration of the Rights of the Child” requiring special safeguards of care. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights contains two articles requiring states to provide for special safeguards for children.?

Column: Shatter’s focus is on whistleblowers themselves, rather than their allegations

Column: Shatter’s focus is on whistleblowers themselves, rather than their allegations: However a closer inspection of how the Minister proposes this matter be investigated reveals his true focus to be the whistleblowers themselves, rather than the issues raised by their allegations of widespread Fixed Charge Notice (FCN) cancellations by senior Gardaí.?

Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan has been accused of using the threat of punishment to “silence criticism” from officers angry about cuts to their pay - Irish Mirror Online

Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan has been accused of using the threat of punishment to “silence criticism” from officers angry about cuts to their pay - Irish Mirror Online: The Garda Commissioner has been accused of using the threat of punishment to “silence criticism” from officers angry about cuts to their pay.

Martin Callinan’s decision to take disciplinary action against four sergeants who walked out while he was addressing the force has been branded “disgraceful”.?

GRA not inviting justice minister to AGM - RTÉ News

GRA not inviting justice minister to AGM - RTÉ News: Earlier, Minister Shatter sanctioned disciplinary action be taken against four garda sergeants, who twice walked out of their association's annual conference this week.

On RTÉ's Drivetime, the minister said he would not comment on the disciplinary proceedings, but said he did not think the passing of no confidence motions was appropriate for members of a disciplined force.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: "“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves, in the course of time, a legal system that authorises it and a moral code that glorifies it.”"?To Quote Ben Duggan Portlaw Co.Wexford"Laws Are For The Guidance Of The Rich And The Obedience Of The Poor"Unquote.Irish Daily Mail P43.28/1/2014.

‘Serious flaws’ in legislation for Garda whistleblowers | Irish Examiner

‘Serious flaws’ in legislation for Garda whistleblowers | Irish Examiner: There are “serious flaws” in legislation relating to gardaí, including how the concerns of whistleblowers in the force are addressed, the former Garda ombudsman commission member Conor Brady has warned.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Literacy is key to keeping children from life of disadvantage and crime - Political News | Irish & International Politics | The Irish Times - Mon, Jan 27, 2014: Literacy is key to keeping children from life of disadvantage and crime?

Gardaí did not cooperate with watchdog investigation…again

Gardaí did not cooperate with watchdog investigation…again: “An effect on the investigation was that some documentation sought by GSOC from the Garda Síochána was procured at a very late stage in the investigation, some not received at all,” the report said?

Shatter to ask Garda Ombudsman to investigate penalty points - Political News | Irish & International Politics | The Irish Times - Mon, Jan 27, 2014

Shatter to ask Garda Ombudsman to investigate penalty points - Political News | Irish & International Politics | The Irish Times - Mon, Jan 27, 2014: The Minister also wants to change the law to empower the Ombudsman Commission to investigate complaints made to it by individual gardaí.?

Ireland's media ignore Irish Independent editor's annulled penalty points | Media | theguardian.com

Ireland's media ignore Irish Independent editor's annulled penalty points | Media | theguardian.com: It would be an interesting story at any time. But it has a special relevance because of Rae's firing of a reporter following her approach to the head of the Irish police force about his also having had penalty points erased from his driving record.

As I reported last month, the Indo's investigative reporter, Gemma O'Doherty, was made compulsorily redundant after her door-stepping of the Garda commissioner Martin Callinan?

Garda group-think: the force has form - Independent.ie

Garda group-think: the force has form - Independent.ie: The police put an innocent man, Frank Shortt, in jail for three years.?

i.am.angel Foundation: About the i.am.angel foundation

i.am.angel Foundation: About the i.am.angel foundation: "I know my purpose is to continue to inspire young people because it’s just going to keep inspiring me back. I want to do my part. I want to invest in America’s future and I want to send you to college. i.am here to let you know that you can be anything you want to be. You are the future of the world." — will.i.am?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: October 2012

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: October 2012: "Secrecy is the real cancer in any society if it is used for abusive reasons in order to save someone or some institutions image.look at what happened to Janette Byrne when she wrote of her personal experiences in her book{if it were just cancer}she hadent committed any crime ,but because of the way her mother was treated ,she said”it is frightening to think that you have to keep quiet or face the possibility of being punished in some way for telling people about your lifes true experiences”?"

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: October 2012

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: October 2012: "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.With The Grace Of God And Diarmuid Martin?Slan"?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: October 2012

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: October 2012: "Mr Justice Dermot Kinlen", The Times | Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT)



"Mr Justice Dermot Kinlen", The Times | Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT): "He described the attitude of the minister for justice as "frightening and fascist" and referred to a power and control mentality in his department"?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: October 2012

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: October 2012: These two major complaints by the outgoing Garda Complaints Board against the Garda Síochána itself - at headquarters and at ordinary member level - show a still ongoing and apparently ingrained attitude of resistance by Gardaí towards any system of oversight and accountability."?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: October 2012

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: October 2012: "It’s a gravy train that’s unbelievable for a bankrupt country. All politicians should be absolutely ashamed of themselves to allow this carry-on to continue. What are the ordinary citizens expected to live on — fresh air?"

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: October 2012

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: October 2012: Mahon: transparency vital in future « politicalreform.ie



Mahon: transparency vital in future « politicalreform.ie: "The Mahon report echoes the Moriarty report in emphasising that disclosure must be the bedrock of all attempts to control corruption risks associated with money in politics."?

Brendan O'Connor: Convenient how charity bosses are new bankers - Independent.ie

Brendan O'Connor: Convenient how charity bosses are new bankers - Independent.ie: The Dail, from being an institution that comes under fire for being a talking shop, there to rubberstamp whatever is the latest ready-up between Europe and the four members of the Economic Management Council, suddenly finds a role for itself as the Eliot Ness of modern Ireland, there to root out abuse of taxpayers' money by evil charities.?

Social Justice | Left Foot Forward

Social Justice | Left Foot Forward: Western countries are effectively giving corrupt people and companies the tools to steal from their citizens.?

Disabled Rehab workers faced with redundancy | Irish Examiner

Disabled Rehab workers faced with redundancy | Irish Examiner: The redundancies at the plant are deemed necessary in response to what Rehab is calling “poor market conditions”.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: June 2011

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: June 2011: Incarceration and the Incarcerated: Power and Resistance | Harvard-Yenching Institute



Incarceration and the Incarcerated: Power and Resistance Harvard-Yenching Institute: "Scholars have studied the institution of punishment in historical, socioeconomic, and psychodynamic contexts. Foucault, especially, reveals that prison is a place where the exercise of power and the body is seen in its clearest light and that the gist of such exercise resonates in institutions outside the prisons in subtler forms yet still with the same basic concept of surveillance and discipline which is concealed to the general public."?

How they got rid of Commissioner Ed Garvey

How they got rid of Commissioner Ed Garvey: SECRET GARDA surveillance was placed on the Director of Public Proosecutions, Eamonn Barnes, in one of the most bizarre operations carried out by members of the force during the regime of the dismissed Commissioner, Edmund Garvey. This surveillance is the most extraordinary example yet uncovered of the atmosphere of disstrust and suspicion created by the Coalition Government's security policy.?

Ross: Very important that we can challenge powerful people like Martin Callinan | BreakingNews.ie

Ross: Very important that we can challenge powerful people like Martin Callinan | BreakingNews.ie: A member of the Public Accounts Committee has said the Gardaí cannot be seen to be "an island that makes its own rules".?

Ireland’s lonely whistleblowers - FT.com

Ireland’s lonely whistleblowers - FT.com: When John Wilson discovered that senior police officers were routinely cancelling penalty points and fines for driving offences by judges, politicians and other prominent Irish people, he suspected corruption.

“It was like a golden circle of people to whom the law of the land didn’t apply,” he says.









Putting a price on your contacts

A policeman with 30 years experience, Mr Wilson and another colleague complained through a confidential police force whistleblower service in March 2012.?

Transparency Group Set Up Whistleblower Helpline

Transparency Group Set Up Whistleblower Helpline: Transparency International Ireland unveils free helpline for reporting white collar crime.?

Garda Commissioner attempts to prevent release of Toscan Du Plantier files - News - MSN Ireland

Garda Commissioner attempts to prevent release of Toscan Du Plantier files - News - MSN Ireland: “Privilege is not applied if one can show there is improper conduct and public interest is "superseded" by the affairs of the state.”?

PAC chair McGuinness: Whistleblower's life destroyed; should that be the case? | Irish Examiner

PAC chair McGuinness: Whistleblower's life destroyed; should that be the case? | Irish Examiner: Martin Callinan is considering legal action to stop whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe from attending another hearing next week.?

Revenue loss from cancelled fines hit €720k in 10 months - Independent.ie

Revenue loss from cancelled fines hit €720k in 10 months - Independent.ie: The commissioner has also been given a letter written to the committee by the whistleblower, garda sergeant Maurice McCabe, which alleges over 200 senior officers terminated fixed charge notices inappropriately and in most cases corruptly.?

BBC News - Garda chief Martin Callinan in PAC legal advice

BBC News - Garda chief Martin Callinan in PAC legal advice: PAC member Derek Nolan asked if it was corruption if a garda cancelled penalty points for a family member.?

Ross criticises Callinan's attitude at PAC - RTÉ News

Ross criticises Callinan's attitude at PAC - RTÉ News: Independent TD Shane Ross said he thought it was "extraordinary" that Martin Callinan said the committee was not the platform through which whistleblowers should give information.?

Garda whistleblower 'destroyed' - Independent.ie

Garda whistleblower 'destroyed' - Independent.ie: "It destroyed me, my career and my family."?

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ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Terence Cosgrave: Sick health system needs radical surgery, not a financial band-aid - Independent.ie



Terence Cosgrave: Sick health system needs radical surgery, not a financial band-aid - Independent.ie: There isn't a judge, TD, government minister, banker, lawyer, or doctor's mother who is going to be asked to wait for treatment.?

Another gangland killing, broad sheets not a word is this merely a working class thingy?

Another gangland killing, broad sheets not a word is this merely a working class thingy?: Do they not care young people from working class backgrounds are murdering each other plus poisoning themselves with drugs? apparently not.
Should the whole of society, not try to recognise the serious problem of gangland murders and drugs which is destroying working class communities? as it is mainly the middle class who buy a bit of Columbian marching powder every Friday and Saturday night so are they not contributing hugely to this whole society problem?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Irish government 'must come clean' - Independent.ie



Irish government 'must come clean' - Independent.ie: Irish Justice Minister Alan Shatter has apologised "without reservation" to the families of the RUC officers for any failings on the part of the state that were identified in the Smithwick report.?THE STATE AND ITS AGENCIES?

The lone voice of the whistleblower | Irish Examiner

The lone voice of the whistleblower | Irish Examiner: Sheena was uttering dirty truths, and she had to be rendered ineffectual through character-assassination.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Mr Justice Dermot Kinlen | Times Online Obituary

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Mr Justice Dermot Kinlen | Times Online Obituary: "Kinlen castigated the prison service as administratively over-heavy and criticised its officers "for travelling first-class" to view prisons overseas."?JUST LIKE THEIR MASTERS?

State security ‘took priority’ over tackling drugs in 1960s - The Irish Times - Fri, Jan 17, 2014

State security ‘took priority’ over tackling drugs in 1960s - The Irish Times - Fri, Jan 17, 2014: By the time resources were put into dealing with illegal drugs in the 1980s, it was a “classic case of too little, too late”.?

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

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: Former Education Ministers 'not made aware' of abuse: The brother/manager then dismissed the worker for what he described as a "BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY"?THE GOLDEN CIRCLE PLOY?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: "ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: Former Education Min

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: "ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: Former Education Min: ''Former Education Ministers 'not made aware' of abuse'?WHERE ARE THEY NOW?Heather Alexander formely wellmount health centre circa 2002?Melanie Sanson social worker,Helen Coughlan social worker,Mave Drummy,Carmel Murphy, ditto,Coleman Duggan,Ms Suzanne Phelan ditto.Psychologosts national Rehabilation Board Criona Garvey,Erland O'Neill,br.Bernard McGetterick.Dr. P Rowland.Margaret Woulfe Connie Dolan interpreter's.Teachers Mrs Boyle,Mrs Corry.Dr.Anthony Clarke 41 manor St,Dr.Ting Malahide rd.Dr.antonio Lehane.Psychologist Tara Deehan,Sharon Mulryan,Dr O Boyle and Mary Swords. Dr.Larkin Feeney Lawrences Rd.former Principle Seamus Clandillan, ABUSE CASE No.763978.14/1/2003.Heather Alexander 20/12/2002.Helen Coughlan Social Worker 31/5/2002?'"

Caranua

Caranua: Caranua is an independent Irish state body for survivors of institutional abuse.

We will use funds from Irish religious congregations to address the health, housing and education needs of survivors living in Ireland and other parts of the world.

We will also promote understanding of the effects of institutional abuse and build the capacity of public services to recognise and respond to the needs of survivors.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Former Politicians tackle drugs and organised crime issues

More than 100 former TDs and Senators will return to their old stomping ground on Friday (10.30 a.m., January 17) for a day-long seminar in Leinster House on the mounting twin problems of drugs and criminality.?ONLY IN THE IRISH REPUBLIC?READ MY BLOGS AND WEEP?

Veronica Guerin’s mother Bernie dies in hospital - Independent.ie

Veronica Guerin’s mother Bernie dies in hospital - Independent.ie: "If they got it because Veronica was murdered it was Veronica who got it -- therefore I feel that in her memory, 16 years after her death, it should be used to do something she would have wanted, something to help the less fortunate in our society. I really do believe that," she added.?

As the EU broadens its base of power, opposition grows

As the EU broadens its base of power, opposition grows

The Real Bread and Roses Strike Story Missing From Textbooks | The Zinn Education Project

The Real Bread and Roses Strike Story Missing From Textbooks | The Zinn Education Project: The 1912 Bread and Roses Strike in Lawrence, Mass., was one of the most significant struggles in U.S. labor history due to its level of organization and collaboration across ethnic and gender lines. Thousands of largely female workers engaged in a lengthy, well-organized, and successful walkout, standing firm against an entrenched group of mill owners and their hundreds of militia and police.?

Religious orders on 'politically exposed' Anglo list

Religious orders on 'politically exposed' Anglo list

Mother and daughter evicted from house in row over inheritance

Mother and daughter evicted from house in row over inheritance