Here’s Holly with the headlines.
Scenes from outside Antrim police station his morning where Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams is being questioned about the abduction and murder of Jean McConville in December, 1972. He was arrested last night.
Previously: They Haven’t Gone Away
Gerry Adams Questioned Over Murder From 1972 (New York Times)
Pics: Fergal O’Brien
For the doorstep.
Three questions.
Orlaith Grehan, of the Disability Federation of Ireland, writes:
“We’ve just launched our ‘Ask Three Questions’ campaign to get disability on the agenda for the upcoming elections. Here is why we want everyone to ask three questions:
Almost 600,000 people in Ireland have a disability – that’s 13% of the population.
People with disabilities are twice as likely to live in poverty as the rest of the population – 11% experience high levels of consistent poverty.
Just 20% of people with disabilities are at work, compared to 50% for the overall population.
One third of people with disabilities leave education before intended because of their disability – 43% have not progressed beyond primary education. 75% of people who use disability services are NOT satisfied with the level of control they have over their lives.”
By Lynn MacPherson (aka Salty Philip)
Lynn explains:
“Is a whale floating in the sky not a clear enough metaphor?! I suppose not, well one of my favourite things to do in summer is lie outside and watch the stars, so I decided it would be fun to draw a whale breathing out all the stars into the night sky..then I thought…you know what this whale needs lots and lots of DETAIL! (I do like detail) Then I thought…this would be better if it moved so I turned it into a .GIF. The End.”
Fair enough.
[Former Rehab CEO Angela Kerins]
RTÉ reports:
“The Public Accounts Committee has decided to seek compellability powers for the attendance of former Rehab chief executive Angela Kerins and former board member Frank Flannery in its examination of the spending of public monies. An application to the Dáil Committee on Procedures and Privileges is expected to be made within days.”
PAC seeks to compel attendance by Kerins and Flannery (RTÉ)
Photocall Ireland
“GSOC has investigated approximately 124 complaints against members of the force arising from the policing of the Shell to sea protest. Of these complaints, GSOC deemed 37 to be inadmissible. That left 87 admissible cases of which 85 are closed. The following is a breakdown of 57 complaints directly linked to the Shell to Sea protest. There were 33 allegations of assault; 17 cases of abuse of authority; three of discreditable conduct; two of discourtesy; and two of neglect of duty.The remaining 30 complaints do not appear to relate directly to the protest, for example, a person driving home having participated in a protest at the Corrib gas site who was stopped by a garda and who subsequently made a complaint about the manner in which he or she was dealt with. There were no adverse findings in these cases. Some seven files out of the 124 were forwarded to the DPP for consideration, and the DPP directed no prosecution in all seven. These are all GSOC investigations. Disciplinary proceedings were recommended in 16 cases under section 95 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005.”
Justice Minister Alan Shatter in the Dáil yesterday.
Read the debate in full here.
Photocall Ireland
Tower Records at Easons, O’Connell Street, Dublin.
*blush*
Thanks Dimbo
[Independent TD Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan]
In our edition of 3 June 2013 we published an article entitled “Flanagan has one of the worst Dáil attendance rates” which incorrectly stated that Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan had one of the worst Dáil attendance records in the first quarter of 2013.
Our information derived from the contents of the Member Sitting Days Report on the Oireachtas website.
We have learned that this website only records when TDs clock in with electronic fobs. We accept that there were a number of sitting days when Mr. Flanagan was not officially recorded as attending the Dáil because he did not use the fob, although he was actually there.
For the first quarter of 2013, he attended 34 sitting days out of 35. We take this opportunity to correct the record and to apologise to Mr. Flanagan.
A nifty short set to a quirky 1920’s Jazz audio mix written and illustrated by Bob Seal.
Animated and produced by Brian Hoard.
