Public Inquiry · Journalist Gavin Sheridan wins significant victory over Nama secrecy

Public Inquiry · Journalist Gavin Sheridan wins significant victory over Nama secrecy

Public Inquiry · Tallaght Hospital scandal: No need for accountability

Public Inquiry · Tallaght Hospital scandal: No need for accountability: "When suspicions of corruption are raised in functional jurisdictions there usually follows an investigation by an independent authority.

If the suspicions are confirmed consequences follow such as sackings, heavy fines or perhaps a trial followed by appropriate punishment."?

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Do Penance or Perish: Magdalen Asylums in Ireland: Frances Finnegan: 9780195174601: Amazon.com: Books

Do Penance or Perish: Magdalen Asylums in Ireland: Frances Finnegan: 9780195174601: Amazon.com: Books: "Unbelievably, the last of these asylums was closed only in 1996."?SOCIAL CLASS AND ECONOMICS PLAYED A LARGE PART IN WHO WAS SENT TO THESE INSTITUTIONS,THEN AND NOW?

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Defame game « NAMA Wine Lake

Defame game « NAMA Wine Lake: "The most superior people in the country are at it. Minister for the Environment, Phil Hogan is suing the Mail over a couple of photographs taken in Dubai during Budget week,"?

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"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: Tipstaff top league of expenses claims in Courts Service - National News - Independent.ie

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: Tipstaff top league of expenses claims in Courts Service - National News - Independent.ie: "There are currently 75 tipstaffs in the Courts Service and Justice Minister Alan Shatter said that none of the positions had ever been advertised.?THE"PLATINUM"CIRCLE?"

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Taoiseach’s nephew, 18, jailed for crime spree | Irish Examiner

Taoiseach’s nephew, 18, jailed for crime spree | Irish Examiner: "Offered a scholarship with Trinity College in Dublin."?

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ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: """“Perhaps new forms of research-based investigation might better address such issues as the Magdalene Laundries or the quality of care in some mother-and-baby homes "and other institutions,”"?"ALL INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE STATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND?

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Harvard's Bruce Western advocates new prison, rehabilitation policies | Harvard Magazine Mar-Apr 2013
Harvard's Bruce Western advocates new prison, rehabilitation policies | Harvard Magazine Mar-Apr 2013: " Western is studying what happens to prisoners after their release and has come to interview Jerry about his experience."?"

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Public Inquiry · Ireland: A land of political plunder

Public Inquiry · Ireland: A land of political plunder: "“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.”"?

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Public Inquiry · O’Brien’s victory likely to result in a media cowering before the shadows

Public Inquiry · O’Brien’s victory likely to result in a media cowering before the shadows: "In what appears to be a contradictory decision the jury accepted that the article was based on the honest opinion of the writer but that it was not an opinion based on fact and was not in the public interest."?

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Public Inquiry · Catholic Church and burning bodies

Public Inquiry · Catholic Church and burning bodies: "The identity of these women is still not known and no attempt has been made by the State or by the religious institution who interred these women, stripping them not only of their names but of their identity and of their existence, to find out who they were."?

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O'Brien: Newspaper article reached 'crescendo of nastiness' | Irish Examiner

O'Brien: Newspaper article reached 'crescendo of nastiness' | Irish Examiner: "He has called it "spiteful", "kind of grubby" and later, under cross-examination, he called it "malicious".

He said the article reached a "crescendo of nastiness" by wrongly implying that he had been following RTÉ's Charlie Bird around Port-au-Prince like a lapdog for PR reasons.

The jury has heard journalist Paul Drury maintains this was not a news story but an opinion piece containing his honestly held views."?

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Dáil debating emergency legislation to liquidate IBRC - The Irish Times - Thu, Feb 07, 2013

Dáil debating emergency legislation to liquidate IBRC - The Irish Times - Thu, Feb 07, 2013: "I vested the powers of the Board temporarily in an employee of KPMG and a KPMG team is now in control of the Bank on my behalf," he said.

"Once the legislation is passed joint Special Liquidators will be appointed to IBRC with immediate effect to wind up its business and operations."

"It is intended that the net debt owed by IBRC to the Central Bank and its associated floating charge security will be purchased by NAMA, using NAMA bonds, in a way that ensures that there is no capital loss for the Central Bank. The Ministerial Guarantee underpinning the net debt owed to the Central Bank will also be transferred to NAMA. Eligible depositors, bondholders and counterparties will be repaid under the Deposit Guarantee Scheme and Eligible Liabilities Guarantee Scheme," he added."?

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Information Commissioner welcomes Freedom of Information reform

Information Commissioner welcomes Freedom of Information reform: "Speaking on RTE’s Morning Ireland O’Reilly said the devil would be in the detail and “until we see the legislation we won’t know just how deep the penetration goes into accountability and transparency”.
The government has proposed to extend the act to include the Gardaí, NAMA and several other public bodies that were not previously covered."?

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Banks could be subject to Freedom of Information requests under new regime

Banks could be subject to Freedom of Information requests under new regime: "Details of the proposed expansions came as the government said bodies like the National Asset Management Agency and the Central Bank would also be made subject to FOI requests from early next year."?

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Freedom of information legislation to be extended - The Irish Times - Sat, Jul 07, 2012

Freedom of information legislation to be extended - The Irish Times - Sat, Jul 07, 2012: "Minister for Reform Brendan Howlin said significant work had been undertaken to create a “legal mechanism which will achieve once and for all the application of freedom of information to all public bodies”. He said the Government “is determined that our legislation in this area should rank alongside the best of such legislation” internationally."?

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Public Inquiry · The ignorance of corruption that makes us a banana republic

Public Inquiry · The ignorance of corruption that makes us a banana republic: "Since the early 1980s I have been writing, some would say ranting, about corruption in Ireland.

One of the things that has always struck me is just how deeply ingrained the corrupt system of government is within our culture."?

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Alan Shatter, 17th December 2009

Public Inquiry · Diplomatic passports: The privileged elite looking after their own

Public Inquiry · Diplomatic passports: The privileged elite looking after their own: "The privileged elite looking after their own"?

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ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ""Stressing that he was not making observations behind the DPP’s back, Mr Justice Moriarty said there was no doubt from the evidence the pair and their family were demoralised and bewildered when it was indicated no prosecution was to be brought and, according to practice, no reason was given. "?THE"REAL"REASONS PROJECT?
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Businessman awarded part of legal costs in promissory notes case | Irish Examiner

Businessman awarded part of legal costs in promissory notes case | Irish Examiner: "In his ruling on Thursday High Court President Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns found the businessman lacked the legal standing to bring such a challenge which would be better if it were taken by a member of the Dáil. "?

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