ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Every one of us is getting older, which is a natural process. Time is constantly moving on, second by second. Nothing can stop it, but what we can do is use our time properly; that is in our hands. Whether we believe in a spiritual tradition or not, we need to use our time meaningfully. If over days, weeks, months and years, we have used our time in a meaningful way – when our last day comes, we'll be happy, we'll have no regrets.

Sullivan: Ombudsman investigation 'about protecting Gardaí' | Irish Examiner

Sullivan: Ombudsman investigation 'about protecting Gardaí' | Irish Examiner: "We need a culture in Ireland where people - including whistleblowers within the Gardaí - can bring matters to public attention without fear.?

Sunday World Cover Story - Front Page News

Sunday World Cover Story - Front Page News: Shamed politician Michael Lowry tried to slap me as he refused to answer questions about a secret land deal. We reveal that the TD owes taxpayers more than €300,000 for the deal he failed to declare to the Dail. Mr Lowry (59) was given a €600,000 loan by Irish Nationwide Building Society in 2006 to purchase the land?

Anti-Euro Le Pen’s Record Vote to Weigh on French Election - Businessweek

Anti-Euro Le Pen’s Record Vote to Weigh on French Election - Businessweek: “The horrible stability pact condemns us to pay endlessly for the countries that are victim of the euro.”?

Union calls for no vote in treaty referendum | Irish Examiner

Union calls for no vote in treaty referendum | Irish Examiner: General secretary John Douglas said that a yes vote would "copper-fasten" austerity and could tip the country over into depression.?

AFP: Dutch PM to 'tender cabinet's resignation'

AFP: Dutch PM to 'tender cabinet's resignation': Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is to tender his cabinet's resignation to Queen Beatrix after the collapse of talks on austerity measures,?

CONNECT TO MY ANGELS

CONNECT TO MY ANGELS: "These revelations are the strongest case to date as to why an inquiry into what went on is so desperately needed."?QUOTE MARY ELLEN SYNON(irish daily mail p12.23/4/2012)YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF HOW"COURAGEOUS"DOES A CIVIL SERVANT HAVE TO BE ,INDEED IS SHE "ISOLATED"AT ALL,TO REPEAT WHAT INDEPENDENT ECONOMISTS AND JOURNALISTS WERE SAYING AT THE TIME?

The “Great Vermont Uprising” Wins « CitizenVox

The “Great Vermont Uprising” Wins « CitizenVox: Vermont’s legislature has now become the third in the nation to approve a resolution demanding a constitutional amendment that ensures the rights of We the People.?

Dáil Éireann - 30/Mar/2011 Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed)

Dáil Éireann - 30/Mar/2011 Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed): The tribunal’s terms of reference, as passed by resolutions of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann on 11 September 1997 and 18 September 1997, respectively, provided that the tribunal was required to inquire urgently into and report to the Clerk of the Dáil and to make such findings and recommendations as it saw fit concerning the specific factual matters of urgent public importance relating to alleged payments to Charles J. Haughey and Michael Lowry. Although the terms of reference made no mention of the second GSM licence, after certain private investigations, the sole member determined to have public sittings concerning Deputy Lowry and the GSM competition.?

ireland.com - The Irish Times - SPECIAL

ireland.com - The Irish Times - SPECIAL: Inquiry into payments made
to Fine Gael Representatives?

MEPs vote on social security - The Irish Times - Wed, Apr 18, 2012

MEPs vote on social security - The Irish Times - Wed, Apr 18, 2012: MEPs have voted to close a legal loophole that allows low-cost airlines such as Ryanair to avoid paying social security contributions in some of the countries in which they operate?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Bipartisan Political Elite Implicated in For-Profit Education Fraud?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Justine McCarthy - "Sharon Grace walked into a Wexford hospital in 2006. She asked for help. None was forthcoming. It was out-of-hours for the HSE"

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Justine McCarthy - "Sharon Grace walked into a Wexford hospital in 2006. She asked for help. None was forthcoming. It was out-of-hours for the HSE": "Throughout last October, November and most of December, children's minister Barry Andrews sat on two disturbing reports commissioned by the state which showed that our youngest citizens were in danger. And he sat, and he sat, and he sat."?WILL HE BE SITTING AFTER 25th, FEBRUARY?

Announcement on prison death investigations must be matched with adequate resources and legal powers | Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT)

Announcement on prison death investigations must be matched with adequate resources and legal powers | Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT): Announcement on prison death investigations must be matched with adequate resources and legal powers?

How the Goldman Vampire Squid Just Captured Europe

How the Goldman Vampire Squid Just Captured Europe: By December 2011, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, former vice president of Goldman Sachs Europe, was able to approve a 500 billion euro bailout for European banks without asking anyone's permission. And in January 2012, a permanent rescue funding program called the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) "was passed in the dead of night" with barely even a mention in the press. The ESM imposes an open-ended debt on EU member governments, putting taxpayers on the hook for whatever the ESM's eurocrat overseers demand.?

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?

PADDYWANTSTOKNOW?: For Wall Street Occupiers or other decriers of the “social injustice” of college tuition, here’s a curveball bound to scramble your worldview: a totally free college education regardless of your academic performance or background.?

Tipstaff top league of expenses claims in Courts Service - National News - Independent.ie

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?

A legitimate cause for concern for both Enda Kenny and Fine Gael | Irish Examiner

A legitimate cause for concern for both Enda Kenny and Fine Gael | Irish Examiner: It could have immediately repealed FOI restrictions but it didn’t. It could have ended the gravy train of expenses, but it didn’t.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Curtin v Clerk of Dáil Éireann [SCIre]

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Curtin v Clerk of Dáil Éireann [SCIre]: "In this appeal, the Court is asked to interpret the provisions of Article 35.4.1 of the Constitution regarding the parliamentary procedure for the removal of judges from office. It is one of the few occasions in the annals of legal history that such a proposal has been considered by a court and the first time since the foundation of the State."YES INDEED WHO THINKS UP SUCH LAWS TO PROTECT THE WELL PROTECTED?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: TO QUOTE EAMONN GILMORE"SOON TD'S WOULD HAVE TO GO AROUND COVERED WITH A CLOAK TO AVOID MEETING"CERTAIN"PEOPLE.UNQUOTE.SO READING TODAYS SUNDAY WORLD 15/5/2012,page 4,IN RELATION TO MS.BUCKLEY IT WOULD APPEAR BECAUSE OF THE WORK SHE DOES THE"CLOAK"MIGHT NOT BE A BAD IDEA,EVEN THOUGH MS.BUCKELY HAS NEVER BEEN MENTIONED IN ANY OF THE TRIBUNALS IMPOSED ON THE CITIZENS OF IRELAND BY THE SO-CALLED RULING ELITE.?CRIME AND ITS "TRUE"CAUSES?

ECONOMIC RECESSION: SHOULD WHITE COLLAR CRIMINALS BE IMPRISONED? – Ben Jacob

ECONOMIC RECESSION: SHOULD WHITE COLLAR CRIMINALS BE IMPRISONED? – Ben Jacob: Several high- profile cases of white-collar crime have been in the news recently. Scandals on Wall Street, in the Irish banking system and amongst organizations, like FÁS, have dominated the front pages of newspapers and the schedules of radio programmes and TV chat shows. So what is it about white-collar crime that makes it so newsworthy in comparison to ordinary crime? Sometimes it is partly the sheer scale of operation, but more often than not it is to do with who is involved. People are completely shocked to hear that an affluent business man was involved in crime. This is also the reason that the populace becomes so irate. Why would one feel happy about paying taxes to drive a politician in a limo between two buildings in an airport? Why should the repoman come and reclaim your house when the bank manager has being embezzling funds for the good of his bulging pocket? These offending individuals have been entrusted with huge assets so if it transpires that they have abused their authority to further their own cause, the little guy who loses out won’t be too pleased.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Fr Egan added: "We’re celebrating Good Friday today and at the heart of the Easter message is that the Passion is about how those in power and privilege abuse and brutalise the marginalised and the vulnerable.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: He has been subjected to an unprecedented campaign of vilification and abuse.?

Former federal Judge Frank McGarr dies - Chicago Tribune

Former federal Judge Frank McGarr dies - Chicago Tribune: "He handled many high-profile cases, ones with the potential to become three-ring circuses," said his son William McGarr.?A BIT LIKE SOME CELEBRITY MARRIAGES,ENGAGEMENT- RING,WEDDING -RING,SUFFE-RING?

Big Brother Watch | Defending civil liberties, protecting privacy

Big Brother Watch | Defending civil liberties, protecting privacy: So, the amount of data available to the authorities was not the issue – it was how they used it.?

Parallel Social Reality Construction of War Among Muslim and Christian Survivors in the Philippines by Lea Laput, Julieta Tendero, Frede Moreno :: SSRN

Parallel Social Reality Construction of War Among Muslim and Christian Survivors in the Philippines by Lea Laput, Julieta Tendero, Frede Moreno :: SSRN: The war in Mindanao. Majority also negated the belief that “Christians and Muslims can never co-exist peacefully, and that the 1974 war was a form of “jihad” or a religious war among Muslims. Here, communication clarified vital issues of the Mindanao conflict. It performed an emancipatory role that provided rhetorical and psychological relief to war survivors as they deconstructed their realities in a war-torn community like Sulu, Philippines?

The Beef Tribunal Report – 1994 – The Story

The Beef Tribunal Report – 1994 – The Story: Finally got my hands on a copy of this report, which has never appeared online. This will be the first portion, which I will be adding to over the coming days and week – the total report runs to over 1,000 pages. I am cleaning each and every page and subjecting it to a rigorous OCR process, meaning it will be convertible into a brand new digital version.
Suffice to say this report has taken considerable time to both obtain and scan, but I believe this is one of the more significant reports in the history of the State?

Federal public sector integrity commissioner finally finds wrongdoing | FAIR

Federal public sector integrity commissioner finally finds wrongdoing | FAIR: After five years and more than 400 complaints, the federal Public Sector Integrity Commission has finally found wrongdoing.?