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Sunday, March 30, 2014

Bailey solicitor concerned over missing file in du Plantier case - The Irish Times - Mon, Dec 09, 2013

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.?

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Judge received garda leaks on private citizens - Independent.ie

Judge received garda leaks on private citizens - Independent.ie: He used this information in a court case which took place before he was appointed to the bench.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has been informed of the admission, which has emerged hot on the heels of allegations that the same judge put pressure on garda penalty points whistleblower John Wilson to withdraw allegations against a senior member of the force.?

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: CONNECT TO MY ANGELS

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: CONNECT TO MY ANGELS: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: CONNECT TO MY ANGELS: "'The brutal truth is slowly beginning to dawn on Irish voters – They are misruled and misrepresented by an incompetent, greedy and largely corrupt body politic.'DONT FORGET THEIR YES MEN AND WOMEN.'THOSE WITH THE MOST VESTED INTERESTS?(the golden thread that runs through every facet of irish society)IS COMEING HOME TO ROOST?"

IN PRO PER IN L.A.: 13-09-03 More on Rabins assassination conspiracy narratives

IN PRO PER IN L.A.: 13-09-03 More on Rabins assassination conspiracy narratives: "If I were to tell the whole truth, the entire system would collapse. I know enough to destroy this country."?

Dáil Éireann - 14/Jun/2005 Leaders’ Questions.

Dáil Éireann - 14/Jun/2005 Leaders’ Questions.: Today, the chairman of the Garda Síochána Complaints Board complained that a wall of silence met investigations into complaints.?

Public Inquiry · Unanswered questions

Public Inquiry · Unanswered questions: A YOUNG PROFOUNDLY DEAF MAN WAS BEATEN TO A PULP WHILE IN GARDA CUSTODY,TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY HE WAS GIVEN HIS RIGHT TO A PHONE CALL}now i dont know how many members of the public who ever heard a profoundly deaf person on a phone”BUT A PERSON DEAF FROM BIRTH FROM RUBELLA”who is in a high state of distress is not a very nice thing to listen too on the other end of the phone or anywhere else for that matter?

Public Inquiry · Unanswered questions

Public Inquiry · Unanswered questions: Or contact mr.fitzpatrick 13,1,2003 seprate issue?

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?

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Irish police chief's resignation vindicates sacked investigative journalist | Media | theguardian.com

Irish police chief's resignation vindicates sacked investigative journalist | Media | theguardian.com: Today's resignation of Ireland's police chief, Martin Callinan, is a vindication of the reporting of Gemma O'Doherty, a journalist fired by the Irish Independent for her pursuit of the story that has led to his departure.

As I reported in September last year, O'Doherty was made compulsorily redundant by the paper after door-stepping Callinan, the Garda commissioner.?

BBC News - Martin Callinan may not be only casualty of Irish police controversy

BBC News - Martin Callinan may not be only casualty of Irish police controversy: The whistleblowers who exposed the fact that some officers were wiping driving offences from the records of some apparently "well-connected public figures" were disciplined.?

Inquiry into taped phone calls at garda stations - RTÉ News

Inquiry into taped phone calls at garda stations - RTÉ News: The Government is to set up a statutory Commission of Investigation after learning that "a system was in place in a large number of garda stations whereby incoming and outgoing telephone calls were taped and recorded".?

On My Honour: One mans lifelong struggle to clear his name, brendon colvert, mercier press, irish history

On My Honour: One mans lifelong struggle to clear his name, brendon colvert, mercier press, irish history: He campaigned for 70 years to establish his innocence but the Irish government officials evaded responsibility by prevarication, conspiracy and deceit. This David and Goliath struggle shows how one man of courage and conviction can triumph, because in 1999, the Minister for Justice John O'Donoghue gave Geary a full State pension and restored his good name.?

Monday, March 24, 2014

Friday, March 21, 2014

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Image: Vindicating Socio-Economic Rights: International Standards and Comparative Experiences (Routledge Research in Human Rights Law): Paul O'Connell

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Image: Vindicating Socio-Economic Rights: International Standards and Comparative Experiences (Routledge Research in Human Rights Law): Paul O'Connell: Courts can play a substantial role in the vindication of socio-economic rights, while still respecting the relative institutional prerogatives of the elected branches of government.?

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: September 2012

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: September 2012: ""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 their 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."?"

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: : Every one of us is getting older, which is a natural process. Time is constantly moving on, second by second. Nothing can stop it, but what we can do is use our time properly; that is in our hands. Whether we believe in a spiritual tradition or not, we need to use our time meaningfully. If over days, weeks, months and years, we have used our time in a meaningful way – when our last day comes, we'll be happy, we'll have no regrets.?

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: May 2012

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: May 2012: The public has a right to know the identity of its employees - politicians, political staff, appointees or public servants - who break the rules, and so all the good government watchdog agencies must be required by law to identify exactly which person broke which rule in each situation.?TAKE NOTE ENDA KENNY?

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: May 2012

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: May 2012: TURNING A BLIND EYE BY SO-CALLED RESPECTED LEADERS OF EUROPE?AND NOW THEY ON THEIR INFLATED WAGES AND PENSIONS WANT ORDINARY CITIZENS OF EUROPE TO PAY FOR "THEIR"MISTAKES?

Monday, March 17, 2014

Overseeing the overseers is not only good sense — it’s essential | Irish Examiner

Overseeing the overseers is not only good sense — it’s essential | Irish Examiner: Its findings on how these issues were dealt with by Garda management were shocking. More recently, Judge Peter Smithwick made clear that as far as he was concerned there remained a habit within the gardaí where “loyalty is prized over honesty”.?

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Councillor evicted by own council claims he is being victimised / Sunday World

Councillor evicted by own council claims he is being victimised / Sunday World: “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.”?

Thursday, March 13, 2014

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.?

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

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).?

Monday, March 10, 2014

Doubt about child protection watchdog ‘damaging’: Martin - Religious News & Affairs | The Irish Times - Mon, Mar 10, 2014

Doubt about child protection watchdog ‘damaging’: Martin - Religious News & Affairs | The Irish Times - Mon, Mar 10, 2014: The archbishop was commenting following the disclosure on Saturday that Ian Elliott, who retired as chief executive of the NBSC last June, had challenged findings of a child protection audit in Down and Connor diocese and was considering a legal action against its bishop.

Mr Elliott said its findings “do not reflect the findings from the fieldwork” he had conducted last May and he was “deeply concerned at attempts by the diocese to attribute that review [audit]” to him.?

Flannery quits Rehab and Fine Gael roles - RTÉ News

Flannery quits Rehab and Fine Gael roles - RTÉ News: PAC members called for him to discuss his pension as former Rehab chief executive and payments he received from the disabilities group for lobbying the Government?

The Monk who Stole the Cow

The Monk who Stole the Cow: As the Legionaries of Christ, known as 'the Legion', was setting up in Ireland in the late 1950s, the founder of this new religious order, Fr Marcial Maciel was under investigation by the Vatican for acts of sodomy with boys, fraud and drug addiction. Despite what the Vatican knew about Maciel, he was allowed to establish a congregation in Ireland and recruit young, enthusiastic Irish men to build the Legion empire from a minority Spanish-speaking Congregation into a powerful international movement within the Catholic Church.?

RTÉ Television - Would You Believe? - Video

RTÉ Television - Would You Believe? - Video: March 9, 2014
The story of Fr Marcial Maciel Degollado, founder of the Legionaries of Christ, who, with the help of a small army of Irish recruits, built a global empire and cult of personality within the Catholic Church under five successive Popes, despite the Vatican having credible evidence that he was a paedophile, a drug addict and a manipulative fraudster.?

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Survivor fury that abuse labelled 'mistake' - Independent.ie

Survivor fury that abuse labelled 'mistake' - Independent.ie: On its website, Fr Tony Flannery stated that they had "questioned the justice" of excluding many older priests from ministry "because of a mistake or mistakes they made in their earlier life" where there was "no pattern of re-offending".

Abuse survivor Marie Collins hit back. "Any adult who has sexual contact with a minor is not in a 'relationship', it is abuse, legally and morally," she said.?

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.?

Open Letter to Enda Kenny: “This broken Health System” | Caring for Pádraig

Open Letter to Enda Kenny: “This broken Health System” | Caring for Pádraig: Four months later, when we discovered that the waiting time to access adequate care and treatment in one of the three beds for patients in his condition in the country’s only rehabilitation hospital, the NRH, would be close to a year, and then only for a maximum period of three months, we decided to bring him to Germany where he could access adequate care immediately. Our decision to bring Pádraig to Germany was forced upon us, we did not do this by choice.?

Widow of man who took own life gets €500 insurance settlement - Consumer News & Advice | Pricewatch, Money Advice | The Irish Time - Fri, Mar 07, 2014

Widow of man who took own life gets €500 insurance settlement - Consumer News & Advice | Pricewatch, Money Advice | The Irish Time - Fri, Mar 07, 2014: Widow of man who took own life gets €500 insurance settlement

Firm refused to pay mortgage protection policy worth €220,000 because it lapsed four days before man’s suicide?

William Rivers Pitt | Worse Than the Mob: The Insurance Industry Is Organized Crime

William Rivers Pitt | Worse Than the Mob: The Insurance Industry Is Organized Crime: None of this holds a candle to the awesome misery and financial pain inflicted upon the populace by the holy and sainted world of private business, known in this instance as the insurance industry.?

Friday, March 7, 2014

Whistleblower Maurice McCabe wants Dail record on remarks corrected - Independent.ie

Whistleblower Maurice McCabe wants Dail record on remarks corrected - Independent.ie: "Every allegation isn't true and just because somebody made an allegation that was true once, doesn't mean that every allegation they make is true," he told Marian Finucane on RTE radio.

Mr Varadkar said that Sgt McCabe had accepted that not all of his allegations were true. He referred to cases of "mistaken identity"?.

Second British inquiry ordered into Stephen Lawrence police after 'profoundly shocking' revelations | South China Morning Post

Second British inquiry ordered into Stephen Lawrence police after 'profoundly shocking' revelations | South China Morning Post: But Ellison said he was unable to confirm or deny claims made by one undercover policeman that he had been tasked to find intelligence to "smear" the Lawrence family after the murder.?

Police 'spied on family of murdered teen' Stephen Lawrence - Independent.ie

Police 'spied on family of murdered teen' Stephen Lawrence - Independent.ie: The report also found that one of the detectives at the heart of the investigation into Stephen's murder was corrupt and had links with the gangster father of one of his killers.?

Thursday, March 6, 2014

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?: Public Inquiry · Naming Gardai involved in penalty points scandal: To Whom It May Concern:

It is public knowledge that a number of Gardai have been punished as a result of the penalty points controversy.

I request the name, rank, location and punishment meted out to the Gardai in question.

If this is not possible I request the regulation/legislation under which it is not possible.

Yours sincerely

Anthony Sheridan?

Monday, March 3, 2014

Public Inquiry · Who’s watching the watchers?

Public Inquiry · Who’s watching the watchers?: I recall a statment made by a protector of the state that you could go into a maternity hospital and pick out the future trouble makers(criminals)the new ombudsman for gardi should pick up a copy of taken down in evidence by leo regan,it would give them some idea how to form future policy,?

An Garda Síochána profiling Traveller family babies on Pulse system | Soundmigration

An Garda Síochána profiling Traveller family babies on Pulse system | Soundmigration: This morning on RTE radio one, John Mc Guiness made reference to the profiling of children and babies within the Traveller community by the police force. He spoke of one case of a 16 day old baby being entered into the Pulse system, the national police intelligence and crime database. This is one case in at least 40 families being targeted in this way. One wonders what kind of training cops get if they enter the details of a baby on a crime database?

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Dublin City Council: Information for Landlords

Dublin City Council: Information for Landlords: However, where damage is caused to property, which is above routine wear and tear, "we may guarantee" the equivalent of up to one month’s rent towards the cost of repair/replacement?

Dublin City Council: Information for Landlords

Dublin City Council: Information for Landlords: In the interest of good estate management, detailed and comprehensive background checks are carried out by the Council on all potential RAS tenants.?