"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: August 2009

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: August 2009

"ENCOURAGECHANGE"paddoconnell8@gmail.com: August 2009: ""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?""TAKE NOTE JOE DUFFY?

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Can the left become a unified political force?

Can the left become a unified political force?To put it politely, if there is an Irish Tsipras then he or she is keeping themselves well hidden.?

A number of Gardai have committed suicide as a result of senior Garda bullying and it is not getting any better for Garda whistle blowers !! 

Clare Daly has said she has received new information from Garda whistleblowers about alleged corruption in the force.

Daly has said she has been in touch with two serving Gardaí who are facing internal pressure because of their allegations.

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 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.i?

Whistleblower McCabe ‘lost six years of life’

Whistleblower McCabe ‘lost six years of life’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.?