The Sunday Independent has established that the source of the intelligence was not a registered informant or covert human intelligence source, but rather a retired garda. - See more at: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/extradition-case-sparked-controversial-gsoc-report?

THE CAUSES OF CRIME AND SECRECY?

25/09/2014 at 12:32 pm 

The Dail’s spending watchdog has criticised the practice of gardai conducting internal reports into contentious issues in the aftermath of the penalty points debacle.  Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) John McGuinness said: “The day of internal reports or secret reports is over.”He made the comments at a meeting of the PAC this morning after another committee member, Shane Ross, described an internal report on the penalty points issue by Assistant Commissioner John O’Mahony as being “soft on the gardai”.Mr Ross said gardai should “never again” be able to do an internal report, suggesting serious issues should be the subject of outside scrutiny.Mr O’Mahony’s report found no evidence of corruption or deception, but recommended three senior members of the force face disciplinary proceedings. – See more at: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/pac-member-internal-garda-penalty-points-report-was-soft-on-the-force?

How corruption costs us more than just money - Independent.ie

How corruption costs us more than just money - Independent.ie

How corruption costs us more than just money - Independent.ieOnly a handful of errant politicians and public officials have ever been jailed. The cost to the people of Ireland is more than money. The apparent immunity of people engaged in corruption has undermined public confidence in the rule of law and the effectiveness of government and administration. - See more at: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/john-downing/how-corruption-costs-us-more-than-just-money?

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Committee urged to fight Kerins' legal action - Independent.ie

Committee urged to fight Kerins' legal action - Independent.ie,Separately, the committee is also to re-invite former Dublin Docklands Development Authority Chairman Prof Niamh Brennan before it in relation to its investigation of the failed €412m Irish Glass Bottle site purchase - See more at: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/committee-urged-to-fight-kerins-legal-action?

The former Secretary General at the Department of Justice, Brian Purcell, resigned from his office on 28 July last.

Purcell resigned following a damning report that found a ‘closed, secretive, silo-driven culture’ at the department with ‘significant leadership and management problems.’

I rang the Dept. of Justice today for an update on Mr. Purcell’s position and experienced that closed, secretive culture at first hand.

I eventually got on to a civil servant who has not yet being infected with the secrecy virus.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGEMr Pringle told the minister that not only had the judge used confidential information obtained from gardai to sway a court, but that the information used was incorrect. - See more at: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/judge-received-garda-leaks-on-private-citizens? - See more at: http://paddoconnell.blogspot.ie?.

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: Warning of problems | Gavin's Blog

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: Warning of problems | Gavin's BlogThe Department of Justice representative on the committee signed the final Kennedy report only on condition that the Daingean punishments ceased. The published report contained no reference to the practice. Peter Berry, secretary of the Department of Justice, deemed that such disclosure would have caused "A Grave Public Scandal"?.

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: Unanswered questions at Public Inquiry

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: Unanswered questions at Public InquiryThe Department of Justice representative on the committee signed the final Kennedy report only on condition that the Daingean punishments ceased. The published report contained no reference to the practice. Peter Berry, secretary of the Department of Justice, deemed that such disclosure would have caused "A Grave Public Scandal".?

For Deaf Children |  | Oconnellpadd13's Blog,“For deaf children, there can often be "No Cry For Help”. Until today, this story has remained a secret. Some fear it is just the tip of something much uglier and that the abuse of deaf children across the country is far more widespread.?AND WHEN THERE IS A CRY FOR HELP DO THEY GET IT???????CHECK”ALL”REPUBLIC  OF  IRELAND’S ABUSE HELP LINES? - See more at: http://liberties13.blogspot.ie?

THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD,etc.how can you go off topic if it relates to life?and life starts from when your born and what experiences you have on your journey to the next life,hence as you say i have in your opinion gone off topic,but the topic is and has always been about life and how a persons life experience is crucial to how they and their family unit turn out in whats known as “society”and the society i see not just in working class communities but from the top down is rotten.so if bishop martin wants to do something about the causes of crime he should start at the top.its one thing been oppressed most of your life its another when your oppressors try and write your history.as one former garda commissioner once said “THE PERCEPTION IS MORE SERIOUS THAN THE ACTUALITY”is it?slan" - See more at: http://encouragechange.blogspot.ie?

http://encouragechange.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-08-16T13%3A54%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=7: "'How can kids from a disadvantaged background who spend years studying cope in irish society against a culture of 'legal corruption'that involves favours,vested interests,patronage,and personal relationships?'"

"This is a comprehensive piece of legislation that has evolved and developed after much consideration and consultation. Human rights considerations were very much to the fore throughout this process. I was acutely aware of the need to strike an appropriate balance between the use of the DNA database in the investigation of crime in the public interest and of the individual’s constitutional right to fair process, privacy and their good name. I am confident that this Bill, with its many safeguards, particularly in relation to children and protected persons, achieves that balance."?

The segregation of prisoners in jail is important. It is a great mistake from every point of view to permit young prisoners who have lapsed for the first time to get into the company of those who are regular customers of our prisons. - See more at: http://paddoconnell.blogspot.ie?1964/2000.? - See more at: http://liberties13.blogspot.ie?

GIVEN the scalp rate to date, you'd think the worst was over for the various arms of the State's security apparatuses. The scandals that swamped the Department of Justice and the gardai earlier this year have taken out a Garda Commissioner, a justice minister and came close to toppling the garda watchdog, while a senior civil servant is walking wounded and the Department he presided over got a kicking for being secretive with the public and obsequious with gardai. And it's not over yet. - See more at: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/trouble-ahead-for-gardai-and-justice-minister-as-inquiries-findings-due?