Wallace cuts through the waffle, for all the good it will do - Oireachtas News Updates | The Irish Times - Thu, Feb 27, 2014

Wallace cuts through the waffle, for all the good it will do - Oireachtas News Updates | The Irish Times - Thu, Feb 27, 2014: Struggling to maintain his composure, he quoted an email he received from the nephew of murdered priest, Fr Niall Molloy. “For almost 30 years people have hidden behind a wall of silence, deceit, corruption and cover-up; time for the light of justice to shine on them and reveal them to the people for what they are. Many, many people have gone to their graves overshadowed by this heartache.”?

An Garda Siochana, transparency and access to information – The Story

An Garda Siochana, transparency and access to information – The Story: This blog has long held the view that the force should be subject to the Freedom of Information Act. The current FOI bill before the Oireachtas contains provisions that will include the force under the Act for the first time, but only in relation to “administrative” records.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: January 2011

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: January 2011: The Oath of Office -- KEVIN CRAIG - "Liberty Under God" Beginning in Missouri's 7th Congressional District: "An oath is supposed to be a solemn promise made in the presence of God. By proposing laws, many legislators today are admitting that they can't be trusted to keep their solemn oath to 'support the Constitution' if someone gives them money to violate it"?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: January 2011

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: January 2011: Abuse report - a catalogue of horror: "Fine Gael spokespersons on Children and Education, Alan Shatter and Brian Hayes, said it was scandalous that even at this stage in the context of the information disclosed, that some religious congregations, such as the Christian Brothers and the Brothers of Charity, while acknowledging that some abuse took place in institutions
for which they were responsible, deny congregational responsibility for such abuse"?THE 11th OF MARCH 2011?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: January 2011

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: January 2011: Abuse report - a catalogue of horror: "According to One in Four, the most vulnerable children were condemned to live under a regime where sexual, physical and emotional abuse and neglect were commonplace. Even set against the harsh child-rearing practices of the time, their treatment is shocking, it said."?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: January 2011

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: January 2011: Abuse report - a catalogue of horror: "The approach of the religious orders to the inquiry was described by the Commission in 2003 as ‘adversarial and legalistic’. The report says that the Christian Brothers Order was defensive in the way it responded to complaints, and claims the order fails to accept any congregational responsibility for such abuse.
The order today said it apologised openly and unreservedly 'to all those who have been hurt either directly or indirectly as a result of the deplorable actions of some Brothers, or by the inaction or inappropriate action of the Congregation as a whole'"?THE STATE SOLICITORS OFFICE?THE"REAL"REASONS PROJECT?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: January 2011

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: January 2011: LETTER TO THE GARDA COMMISSIONER - VICTIMS OF THE STATE: "We have seen and continue to see the follwing the Ryan report, The Murphy Report, abuse case files and concerted cover-ups by An Garda Siochana,"?