Liam Neeson slams Irish govt, says Irish people “Taken” for a ride - IrishCentral.com

Liam Neeson slams Irish govt, says Irish people “Taken” for a ride - IrishCentral.com,Liam Neeson has stated he will not move back to Ireland because of the government water charges controversy.

VIDEO: Alex White on how austerity affects him and whether Joan Burton hurt his feelings

VIDEO: Alex White on how austerity affects him and whether Joan Burton hurt his feelings

The Wrong Side Of The Thin Blue Line | Broadsheet.ie

The Wrong Side Of The Thin Blue Line | Broadsheet.ie,During the debate, Mr Wallace spoke about the events over the last year regarding the gardaí and how former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan and the former Justice Minister Alan Shatter lost their positions. He also spoke about the role of the media in the Garda story.?

Áras Attracta a symptom of malaise in Irish society, says dean

Áras Attracta a symptom of malaise in Irish society, says deanÁras Attracta a symptom of malaise in Irish society, says dean Áras Attracta a symptom of malaise in Irish society, says dean,But, there was “no ‘them’ and ‘us’. There is only ‘us’, ” he said. There was “the universal human capacity for corruption, inhumanity and cruelty. All it takes is a particular set of circumstances. All it takes is a context of unaccountable power,” he said. “Whether it is the politician faking mobile phone bills, the clergy abusing children or the cruelty of the staff in Áras Attracta; we, as a society, need to rethink our relationship with power: how we do it and how we allow others to do it in our midst.” ?ITS THE WATCHERS WHO ALLOW IT? - See more at: http://paddoconnell.blogspot.ie?

Mick Wallace claims gardaí involved in drugs trade#.VIn5cKBsZ9g.facebook#.VIn5cKBsZ9g.facebook#.VIn5cKBsZ9g.facebook#.VIn5cKBsZ9g.facebook

Mick Wallace claims gardaí involved in drugs trade,Mr Wallace said he raised the claims in the Dáil nine months ago and that Gsoc launched an investigation. He said the whistleblower contacted him two weeks ago to claim he was being intimidated in work, that “his life was being made hell” and that he had heard nothing back about the investigation.?

Maurice McCabe Interviewed: 'This took six years out of all our lives' | Irish Examiner

Maurice McCabe Interviewed: 'This took six years out of all our lives' | Irish Examiner

Shatter: Whistleblower probe was stymied | Irish Examiner

Shatter: Whistleblower probe was stymied | Irish Examiner,Alan Shatter told Taoiseach Enda Kenny in a confidential letter after he resigned as justice minister that he was "stymied" by Department of Justice officials at looking into whistleblower allegations against gardaí.?

Maurice McCabe Interviewed: 'This took six years out of all our lives' | Irish Examiner

Maurice McCabe Interviewed: 'This took six years out of all our lives' | Irish Examiner,He was at that time an anonymous whistleblower, enduring the usual treatment meted out to those who break rank to point out wrongdoing. Vicious rumours about his motives and character were spread like manure, through the force, across the media. Every effort was made to discredit his allegations. ?

Padd o connell - Google+

Padd o connell - Google+Where Does The Pre-Legislative Scrutiny Fit Into The Whistle Blowers Legislation?

Whistleblower's statement about Richard Bruton has been sent to Gardai

Whistleblower's statement about Richard Bruton has been sent to Gardai

Public Inquiry · Who’s watching the watchers?

Public Inquiry · Who’s watching the watchers?Here's an ANSBACHER ACCOUNT for all the looneys of this world.”006248″99;0210;10343699″12.WHOS THE BIGGER CROOK?slan.

Revenue cannot name 20 account holders who availed of amnesty - Independent.ie

Revenue cannot name 20 account holders who availed of amnesty - Independent.ie,Within hours, the five former ministers named who are still alive - Desmond O'Malley, Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, Gerry Collins, Ray MacSharry and Richie Ryan - all denied ever holding Ansbacher accounts.?

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Donaldson: No deal unless Dublin opens up on Troubles - Belfast Newsletter

Donaldson: No deal unless Dublin opens up on Troubles - Belfast Newsletter,Robert Grant

THERE HAS BEEN a shift in Ireland’s political climate in recent months. While it was brought to the surface by the water charges, there is a sense of a deeper, structural dissatisfaction among diverse groups of people. The amount of protests, and newly-formed action-groups, coupled with the flood of commentaries attempting to understand and shape the narrative reveals the seriousness of the shift. Something has changed in Ireland’s political consciousness?AS THE SAYING GOES PEOPLE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF POLITICIANS LIES?WE FEEL YOUR PAIN CRAP?

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GOTCHA! – NewsScoops.Org - Irish Newspaper Investigations

GOTCHA! – NewsScoops.Org - Irish Newspaper Investigations

GOTCHA! – NewsScoops.Org - Irish Newspaper Investigations

GOTCHA! – NewsScoops.Org - Irish Newspaper InvestigationsYet from the very beginning, the Leinster House authorities – headed by Kieran Coughlan, the Clerk of the Dáil – insisted time and again that the expenses claims in question were wholly legitimate. They also launched repeated attacks on the MoS for our reporting of the issue.?TIP OF THE DAIL-BERG?

Homeless man who died by Dáil 'would have been known to many TDs' | Irish Examiner

Homeless man who died by Dáil 'would have been known to many TDs' | Irish Examiner

“The men who sleep rough around there would be known to a number of the TDs,” he said.



“There have been a number of questions to Enda Kenny in the Dáil about homelessness, and he refers to his conversations with the men who sleep in that area.”



There have been warnings in recent weeks about people dying on the streets as the winter sets in.?

Ex-minister O'Keeffe guilty of phone expenses fraud | Irish Examiner

Ex-minister O'Keeffe guilty of phone expenses fraud | Irish Examiner,Mr O’Keeffe’s solicitor, Frank Buttimer, said his client had “never been in trouble in his life” but he acknowledged that the “paperwork does not stack up”. He said Mr O’Keeffe was “under a lot of stress and strain” and that “his distinguished record is now blemished”. ?

A shameful postscript to a long dedicated Dail career - Independent.ie

A shameful postscript to a long dedicated Dail career - Independent.ie

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" His farming background" look up his entry in the dail Register of interests and Mr O Keeffe is a well to do farmer and would already have benefited from the very large subsidies and transfers give to the agricultural industry and dairy industry in particular. Add on the TD salary and pensions as a TD and Minister of state and Mr O Keefee is clearly  a wealthy man. So perhaps one of the appropriate questions for politicians like Mr O Keeffee is why they seek to defraud when they are already wealthy ? 

And lets be clear, Mr O Keeffee was defrauding the very people of Mitchelstown who had voted him into office again and again. Mitchelstown has seen a lot of its jobs lost with the closure of its meat processing factories. They deserved better than this.?

A shameful postscript to a long dedicated Dail career - Independent.ie

A shameful postscript to a long dedicated Dail career - Independent.ie,The amount involved was relatively small and he met the charge squarely. But the breach of trust was utterly shameful for a lawmaker and public representative and a timely guilty plea saved him from jail.?