This morning.
Grattan writes:
A little known communist uprising through the medium of democratic local elections taking place in the city of Cork.
Yearly Archives: 2014
Are you neither tarnished nor afraid?
There’s never been a better time to blow.
Via Shell to Sea :
The Shell to Sea campaign is making a fresh call for whistleblowers to come forward to expose malpractice and corruption in the facilitation of the Shell Corrib gas project. The call comes in the wake of the publication of the Guerin report and against the backdrop of the ongoing criminalisation of protest against the imposition of the Corrib gas project in Co Mayo.
Shell to Sea spokesperson Terence Conway said: “We are calling for more whistleblowers from within the ranks of An Garda Síochána, Shell, Shell subcontractors and any State agency involved in facilitating the Corrib gas project to come forward and assist us expose the corrupt practices used to date in attempting to force through this dangerous project.”
He was speaking after yesterday’s sitting of Belmullet District Court where three Shell to Sea campaigners were appearing on charges arising from a mass protest at the main Shell work site for the construction of the onshore Corrib gas pipeline.
So far, one former Shell subcontractor – OSSL – has already come forward exposing the corrupt delivery of €35,000 of alcohol to Gardaí drafted into Mayo in 2006 to police protests.
Corrib whistleblowers may contact the Shell to Sea campaign at mayoshelltosea@gmail.com or by using the feedback button at Shell to Sea.
Previously: ‘Shell Gave €35,000 Of Alcohol To Belmullet Gardaí’
Meanwhile…
I will take the opportunity in the next half hour when speaking on the Guerin Report Dáil debate to name the latest whistle-blower
— Pearse Doherty (@PearseDoherty) May 15, 2014
Mainly dry today with sunny spells, but cloudy in places. It will become warm in many parts with highs of 16 to 20 deg in light SW breezes.
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) May 15, 2014
Dreamcatcher
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By dreamy, muddy-faced Co Monaghan-born designer Brendan McCarey.
Brendan sez:
“Like all kids I look to the sky and see elephants and dinosaurs playing in the clouds. Having never stood under Poolbeg Chimneys I’ve always wondered what they were looking at.”
Fair enough.
Wiseness
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The inevitable Sad Keanufication of the recently released Affleck-Batman teaser shot.
Fine Gael Local Election 2014 candidate John Ward.
We’d get that seen to.
Thanks The Redundant Proofreaders Society
The Irish Mail on Sunday frontage on Sunday April 13
Bus Éireann says it has found no evidence of wrongdoing by its employees in awarding school transport contracts.
— Today FM News (@TodayFMNews) May 15, 2014
Oh.
Previously: Eireann Go Brach
You may recall a post from yesterday which included excerpts from a blog by Joan O’Connell in relation to local election candidates being prohibited from canvassing at Ireland’s direct provisions centres, which are home to approximately 4,360 asylum seekers. This is despite adult asylum seekers being allowed to vote in the local elections.
The post included a picture of a July 2008 letter from Noel Dowling, of the Reception and Integration Agency, which is responsible for the care of asylum seekers. It claimed the RIA had been made aware that certain party literature was being sent to managers of certain direct provision centres with requests that the material be given to residents. Mr Dowling’s circular basically stated that political party leaflets and posters were prohibited from being on display or being circulated in direct provision centres.
Well.
UCD law lecturer Dr Liam Thornton has written an update on the matter this morning on the Human Rights In Ireland blog.
He writes:
On April 23, Noel Dowling of the Reception and Integration Agency issued Circular 1/14 to all direct provision centre managers [see here: RIA Circular 1-14 of 23 April 2014] noting that there can be no display or distribution of party political leaflets, posters or circulars to residents. This did not prevent addressed literature from being delivered to residents.
On May 14 2014, Noel Dowling of the Reception and Integration Agency issued Circular 2/14 to all direct provision centre managers. This circular varies Circular 1/14 of April 2014 in one important respect:
Candidates who call into centres may be allowed to drop off election leaflets to be picked up and read by residents if they wish. This material may be left in a suitable designated area of the centre such as the reception desk. Candidates may, if they wish, place on their leaflets their contact details or details of political meetings outside the centre to which residents can be invited.
That’s good of them.
Previously: Alternatively