LAW IN DISORDER.......


The state trumpets every drugs seizure as a major victory over the barons. But the war against drugs is really a murky world characterised by botched operations , questionable use of informers and ego-driven squabbles between the Garda Siochana and customs officials.
Mairead Carey gets the inside story.
From 'MAGILL' magazine , August 2002.

It is not known exactly how much of the 2,000 kilos of cannabis that garda informant Edward Keating claimed to have imported into Ireland in controlled deliveries was ever seized : in 1996 , gardai seized a total of 1,993 kilos of cannabis resin in the State , involving 3,233 cases , and the following year they seized 1,247 kilos.

But Cork criminal Tommy O' Callaghan and his gang was only one of many bringing drugs into the State at that time : "There was at least a hard core of a dozen gangs , operating on an international level , bringing drugs into Ireland in the mid-90's...." , says 'Sunday World' crime correspondent , Paul Williams - ".....the 'Penguin' , George Mitchell , was the biggest operator. His people were caught trying to set up an E-factory in a farm shed in Dublin capable of turning out ecstasy with a street value of a couple of million a week.

Mitchell later developed major links with the Russian mafia and Colombian cartels . Now , he is regarded as one of the biggest drug barons in Europe. There was John Noonan , from Fairview , in Dublin, who was the target of the Urlingford operation , and there was obviously John Gilligan's gang and Tommy Savage , ex-INLA , and Mickey Weldon , both of whom went on to become major international players......."
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THE PETER BERRY PAPERS....... The Top Secret Memoirs of Ireland's Most Powerful Civil Servant : Dirty Tricks, Election '69/ Spying on a Unionist Politician/ Keeping the (State) Taoiseach informed/ The Garda Fallon Murder/ Advice to Jack Lynch- 'Fire the pair of them...'/ Vivion De Valera's advice to O'Malley/ Rumours of a Coup D'Etat/ The Internment Plot, November 1970/ Secret Meeting with William Craig.
From 'MAGILL' magazine , June 1980.

" We were told that a telephone call had been received from the Department of Transport and Power that a plane was chartered to bring a cargo of 6.8 tons of arms and ammunition from Hamburg to Dublin Airport for the use of the Garda and the Army and that a Captain Kelly's name was associated with the charter. The Department asked if it was in order to facilitate the flight. I was told that the receiving officer had communicated the message to Garda HQ for observations.

We returned to the Minister and I told him of the enquiry , adding that this was the Military Intelligence Officer of whom he had adverse police reports in September/October 1969 . Mr Ward , too, mentioned reports which had come to his notice in my absence on sick leave : the Minister was in a quandry as to what to do and I suggested that we should tell Transport and Power that it was in order for the cargo to come and that we would seize it on arrival at Dublin Airport.

The Minister asked why should we not stop it at Hamburg and I said that by seizing the arms we would be depriving the IRA of trying again later , that we would be putting a drain on their financial resources. The Minister approved , and mentioned that it had been his intention to leave that evening - it was now about 5.30pm - for his constituency but that he would stay over until I would report to him as early as I could on Saturday......."
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EXCLUSIVE !!
WE NAME THE LOSERS IN THE 27TH OCTOBER 2011 FREE STATE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION......


Seven candidates , each representative of the same or slightly different
'economic class' in this corrupt State (ie the wealthy or the very wealthy) would like you to vote for them on the 27th of this month to ensure that they become ever wealthier ; the 'winner' will receive a weekly salary of €5187 for , basically, entertaining 'fellow dignitaries' in a posh State-funded mansion in the Phoenix Park in Dublin ; up until recently , that position paid €6781 a week , but sure we're all feeling the pinch.....

One candidate looks like rigamortis has already set-in , physically as well as mentally ,and he lives his live through the poems he has read and memorised - a handy way to impress the aforementioned 'dignitaries' , I suppose - and is being supported by the State Labour Party who, between them, wouldn't recognise a days labour even if it was pointed out to them by James Connolly , whilst another candidate , a self-declared gay man, is said by the media to be almost blind and fond of the drink, and has been 'doing-the-double' for the last 16 years ie claiming disability benefit (of €2500 a month!) whilst 'working' as a State Senator.

A third contestant is a millionaire businessman who was a member of the Fianna Fail 'National Executive' whilst that party was operating its 'Galway Tent' policies (see 'Have-A-Flutter...' , here) , one of the two female candidates is a singer who is closely associated with right-wing 'catholicism' whilst the other is a 'charity worker' and 'Board-Member-For-Hire' who, between both 'professions', recently banked €390,000. One of the remaining male candidates is a leading-light in the right-wing 'Fine Gael' political party whilst the other is a leading-light in a so-called 'Irish Republican' political party and helps to administer British rule in the Stormont puppet 'parliament' in the Occupied Six Counties.

However : as per our headline , we will now 'name the losers' - YOU , the voters! Or , at least, those of you who claim your ballot and fill it in in the manner that is expected of you. But there is a way by which you can claim your ballot , fill it in - and exclude yourself from the 'Losers Circle' : by purposely spoiling it ! Write a wee 'message' on it , such as 'NOTA' , or something stronger!
But please remember : the candidates asking you to vote for them are representative of those that told you to 'Vote Yes For Jobs' in the Lisbon referendum - how's that workin' for ya ? - or are representative of those that make a very good living from your 'Yes' vote : as George Bush Junior tried to say - "Fool me once , shame on you , fool me twice , shame on me".
Don't get fooled (again) - vote 'NOTA' in the State Presidential election on 27th October 2011 : you don't owe anything to those candidates , so give them just that : nothing!
Thanks,
Sharon.

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LAW IN DISORDER.......


The state trumpets every drugs seizure as a major victory over the barons. But the war against drugs is really a murky world characterised by botched operations , questionable use of informers and ego-driven squabbles between the Garda Siochana and customs officials.
Mairead Carey gets the inside story.
From 'MAGILL' magazine , August 2002.

Garda Supt. John Farrelly told the 'Irish Times' newspaper that where Garda officers attempted to get close to the nucleus of a gang "over a period of years" , they would "obviously not have prevented the drugs getting to where they were going." This, he said , was in order to trace the individuals involved and it was not the same as Garda officers "importing" drugs into the State as alleged in the TV programme.

There has been no investigation since into the allegations. When 'Magill' magazine asked the Garda Press Office to respond to ex-Garda Jack Doyle's claims, they refused to comment.

In 2001 , Garda informant Edward Keating sold his bungalow and stables outside Blarney , Cork, and is understood to have left the country and Cork criminal Tommy O'Callaghan is believed to be living in Spain - he was never convicted by the Garda.......
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THE PETER BERRY PAPERS....... The Top Secret Memoirs of Ireland's Most Powerful Civil Servant : Dirty Tricks, Election '69/ Spying on a Unionist Politician/ Keeping the (State) Taoiseach informed/ The Garda Fallon Murder/ Advice to Jack Lynch- 'Fire the pair of them...'/ Vivion De Valera's advice to O'Malley/ Rumours of a Coup D'Etat/ The Internment Plot, November 1970/ Secret Meeting with William Craig.
From 'MAGILL' magazine , June 1980.

" When in the course of conversation with the Taoiseach I mentioned the Minister's meeting with the Commissioner and the head of the 'S Branch' in the previous December and the police information about the participation of Ministers in supplying arms to the IRA , he seemed to be genuinely surprised ; up to then , my feeling was that Mr. O Morain simply couldn't have kept the Taoiseach in the dark but that it was not polite to let me know.

The Taoiseach told me that he had been asked who were the IRA leaders in the North, the men who really mattered , that an eminent Church leader felt that a direct appeal from person to person might achieve a good result in bringing an end to violence. I said that I would find out . Later on - on 16th May 1970 - the Taoiseach was to ask me if Mr. O Morain would remember his conversation with me on 13th April 1970."

APRIL 17TH 1970 :

" In the afternoon , in the aftermath of a Government meeting , the Minister had a prolonged discussion with me and an Assistant Secretary , a Mr. Ward , who was suddenly summoned from the room. He returned to say that the matter required my personal attention and , with the Minister's permission , I left the room with Mr. Ward. An IRA arms shipment from Germany was apparently on its way......"
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CANDLES......




Republican Sinn Fein is organising a candlelight vigil for Wednesday, October 5th ,2011, at the GPO, Dublin from 6pm - 7pm on the 30th Anniversary of the ending of the 1981 hunger strike. All those who took part in the 1980/81 hunger strikes will be remembered as indeed will the 22 men who died on hunger strike in the cause of Irish freedom since 1917.
Please bring some candles with you and ask your neighbours and friends to do likewise.


.....AND CONIFERS -



All branches of the media in this State have gone into overdrive in relation to the State presidential election and the fact that seven candidates are now in the running for that well-salaried position [€5187 a week salary , recently reduced from €6781 a week - even the rich must suffer.... ;-) ] and the fact that a 65-year-old female pensioner has been jailed for trying to protect her land is not featuring in the news bulletins.
In 2006 , two electricity supply companies wanted to 'improve service for customers' by running overhead power cables across fields and farmlands that they had no claim over , and various community meetings etc were held in the areas that would be affected by the work involved : 65-year-old Teresa Treacy , living just outside Tullamore , in County Offaly, was one of those whose house and adjoining lands would have to be 'crossed' , with the removal of 12,000 trees, in order that those supply companies could 'improve service' (ie 'up their profits') and, as is her right, she objected to the proposals outlined to her by company reps - instead , she suggested that they go underground with their cables , thereby causing minimal damage to her property and also addressing her concerns re health implications ie exposed high-voltage cables and , over a five-year period, repeatedly offered the use of her property for same : just over two weeks ago , Teresa was jailed, for an indeterminate time (that is, until she surrenders the [ab]use of her land to the power companies) for 'contempt'.

Even for this corrupt State , this is a disturbing development and one which the mainstream media , and each of the above-mentioned seven State presidential candidates , would prefer to see 'buried' , unlike the high-voltage power cables which are the cause of this injustice. You might sign the petition for Teresa here , and/or write to the lady at ' Dóchas Centre, Mountjoy Women's Prison, North Circular Road, Dublin 7'.
Thanks for reading,
Sharon.

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LAW IN DISORDER.......


The state trumpets every drugs seizure as a major victory over the barons. But the war against drugs is really a murky world characterised by botched operations , questionable use of informers and ego-driven squabbles between the Garda Siochana and customs officials.
Mairead Carey gets the inside story.
From 'MAGILL' magazine , August 2002.

The 'Prime Time' TV programme was aired in July 2001 but became controversial for all the wrong reasons : 'Prime Time' decided to conceal the informant Keating's identity and his name was to be electronically 'blotted out' but it didn't work and he was in fact named several times during the programme. The cock-up became the story and RTE launched an internal investigation.

The Garda slammed the programme-makers , saying that "it was totally inappropriate for the programme to identify any individual who may or may not have been in contact with the Garda in relation to a controlled operation." The allegations were never aired again.

In relation to the programme itself , the Garda Press Office said that the force was involved in "controlled operations" in the Cork area a number of years ago which involved monitoring the movement of drugs into the State.......
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THE PETER BERRY PAPERS....... The Top Secret Memoirs of Ireland's Most Powerful Civil Servant : Dirty Tricks, Election '69/ Spying on a Unionist Politician/ Keeping the (State) Taoiseach informed/ The Garda Fallon Murder/ Advice to Jack Lynch- 'Fire the pair of them...'/ Vivion De Valera's advice to O'Malley/ Rumours of a Coup D'Etat/ The Internment Plot, November 1970/ Secret Meeting with William Craig.
From 'MAGILL' magazine , June 1980.

" In my room I phoned Dr. Nolan and explained the circumstances of the press release and then I went on to ask that the Government decision on the question of a 'native medal' be communicated to me formally so that I would know precisely what the Government had in mind. He said that he did not understand to what I was referring and when I explained he said that the Minister had not raised the matter at all. Stout Cortez never looked with such wild surmise, silent on the peaks of Darian as we, in my room, looked at one another. A gold medal was awarded posthumously to Garda Fallon a year later."

APRIL 13TH 1970 :

" I had a phone call from the Taoiseach - the first in some months - to say that he had been unable to contact Mr O Morain ; I replied that it was the Minister's practice to go to his constituency , Mayo, at each week end and that, this being Monday, he might not return to the office until this morning.

The Taoiseach said that I should come to Government Buildings that evening , that he wanted a run-down on the IRA situation vis-a-vis the North . Before I left to see the Taoiseach I learnt that the Minister had arrived , and I told him of the Taoiseach's phone call and said that I could not give a full picture without recounting the police information as to the involvement of Mr Haughey and Mr Blaney.

The Minister said : "Tell the Taoiseach whatever you feel and you should tell him " - he appeared to be in a very fatigued condition , as he muttered and was listless. I felt that he was scarcely conscious of what we were talking about....... "
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CLONDALKIN JI : NO SIPTU REPORT , WAGE TOP-UP STOPPED AND UNION-NOMINATED BOARD REPRESENTATIVE RESIGNS POST.



In the days following our recent piece on this subject , we were contacted by colleagues in Clondalkin JI and by a friend of ours in Liberty Hall - we have confirmed that a Clondalkin JI meeting was held last Wednesday night (14th September 2011) in the Neilstown area of Clondalkin , at which a SIPTU official was present. Angry and determined JI workers were "firm" in questioning him in relation to the LRC 'slip-up' (re case decision and appeal period) to which he gently replied that he doesn't know what happened in regards to that "communication error" as he is not the SIPTU official who was charged with processing the case (that person was "not available to attend the Clondalkin meeting..."!) and had no input whatsoever re the LRC case or 'slip-up'. He said that the SIPTU official involved had prepared "a report" on the matter , that it was to be studied by Branch officials that very day (Wednesday 14-9-11) and declared that same would be made known and available to Clondalkin JI 'as soon as possible'.
One week later and still no report : despite requests from Clondalkin to Liberty Hall for a copy of same or even, at least, an indictation of what it contains, the report - if , indeed, it exists at all - remains a mystery document as far as Clondalkin JI are concerned.
As if that wasn't enough on its own for these shabbily-treated workers to contend with ,FÁS announced in the last 48 hours that it had withdrawn the financial 'Top-Up' (which didn't exceed €20 a week) which it paid to a minority of JI workers within the State whom it deemed to be in extra need : again - as with imposed wage reductions - no consultation was entered into in relation to this matter.
Also within the last two days , the SIPTU-nominated JI worker in Clondalkin who was to take a seat , as a worker-representative, on the Board of the 'Clondalkin Partnership' group (which is 'in charge' of Clondalkin JI) withdrew from the position as it entailed 'working with SIPTU' , something she is not now prepared to do.
Due to its incompetence - or worse - SIPTU has worsened the already-poor position of these low-paid workers and has , as far as they are concerned , abandoned them to fend for themselves against the cruel dictat of an uncaring boss. And this from the Union with a social conscience.....
Thanks for reading,
Sharon.

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EVE OF ALL-IRELAND RALLY 2011 : BRIEF REPORT AND PICS.

RSF , 17-9-11 , Dublin : from GoR to GPO...


The RSF-organised 'Eve of All-Ireland Rally' was held yesterday (Saturday 17th September 2011) in O'Connell Street , Dublin and, between the traffic isle on which it was held, and the footpaths on both sides of O'Connell Street , it was observed by about 200 people. Both uniformed and 'Special Branch' State operatives were 'on hand' but caused no trouble to or for the organisers , although the 'SB' men and women tried their best to deter the crowd from remaining in observation of the Republican proceedings but to no avail. They also made their presence known to the organisers and to the crowd after the event had finished , as usual.

The day began , as is usual for this event , at 12.30PM when a van dropped-off the small stage unit etc and the 'electrics' (amp , speakers , control-box etc) in O'Connell Street , where the six-person RSF crew was waiting :the gear was then assembled on the traffic isle facing the GPO following which a three-person 'crew' was left to keep an eye on same whilst other RSF members and supporters made their way up O'Connell Street to the assembly point outside the Garden of Remembrance from where , at 2PM , a contingent of Irish Republicans, led by a Piper , Cumann na mBan representatives and an RSF Colour Party , made their way , marching down O'Connell Street , to the GPO.

The proceedings were Chaired by Andy Connolly , Dublin, who, in the course of his introductory speech , highlighted the fact that, although this was an 'Eve of All-Ireland' Rally , Republicans remain conscious of the fact that a British-imposed partition means that this is not , yet , an 'All-Ireland' Ireland , an injustice which Republican Sinn Féin is working to correct. The two main speeches were delivered by Róisín Hayden and Geraldine McNamara and , on command, the Flags were dipped in memory of all those who have given their lives to obtain that objective. The Rally was brought to an end after Séan , the Piper, played the National Anthem.
Both speeches , and more photographs , will be published in the October 2011 issue of 'Saoirse' , which goes to print on Wednesday 5th of that month : meanwhile , we post a few pics we managed to round-up and, if you are signed-in to 'Facebook' , there are more on view here.

A Cumann na mBan rep at the 'Eve Rally' , Dublin.




RSF Colour Party at the 'Eve Rally' , Dublin , 17-9-11.




Cumann na mBan and an RSF Colour Party at the Rally.




Over 750 in total of the above three types of leaflets were distributed at the Dublin 'Eve Rally' on Saturday 17-9-11 , mostly to American and Italian tourists - and Kerry people !

Thanks,
Sharon.

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1169 EXCLUSIVE !!!

This Blog has been reliably informed that , contrary to speculation that Martin McGuinness will seek a six-week 'leave of absence' from his 'job' as a British Minister and Second-In-Waiting to the Throne of the 'Fiefdom Of Northern Ireland' in order that he may contest the election for the Free State Presidency , Martin McGuinness has secretly resigned from the British Stormont Administration and has been suitably rewarded by his employer for his years of service -



- our EXCLUSIVE !!! picture shows Lord McGuinness receiving a medal from his Majesty , Mrs Windsor-Saxe-Coburg-Gotha , who thanked Sir McGuinness "....for putting manners on the Natives and reminding them of where their place was in our society.." and slipped Viscount McGuinness a wee brown envelope , along with his wages and expenses, stating - ".....because one has been told how frightfully expensive those election things can be..".

When asked by this intrepid '1169 Reporter' to comment on his chances of being elected to the position of State President (a term which Master McGuinness objected to , claiming that it brought back woeful memories of when he had to hide from the British , rather than work alongside them) the Master(de)bater looked me squarley in the eye , through his monocle , stating - " My Dear , I don't leave anything to chance. I intend to go gunning for the other candidates but will fire several warning shots across their bow first..."
He then handed me this picture , and requested that it be published....



....stating that although, truthfully, he is not known as a 'straight shooter' , he used to have plenty of friends who were 'good at that type of thing' and that he would , if necessary , demand that his aide-de-camp contact one of them 'for a favour...'
I made my excuses and left , but not before thinking how apt that actually was , as His Excellency McGuinness had , many years ago , made his excuses and left.....
Thanks for reading,
Sharon.

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LAW IN DISORDER.......


The state trumpets every drugs seizure as a major victory over the barons. But the war against drugs is really a murky world characterised by botched operations , questionable use of informers and ego-driven squabbles between the Garda Siochana and customs officials.
Mairead Carey gets the inside story.
From 'MAGILL' magazine , August 2002.

The RTE TV programme 'Prime Time' spent over a year investigating the allegations made by ex-garda Jack Doyle - they interviewed Edward Keating , a former British soldier and firearms enthusiast , and a garda informant , and he confirmed much of Doyle's claims. Former State Justice Minister Nora Owen called for an inquiry into the case , saying she could understand if drugs were allowed into the State in order to capture somebody but "would not be happy" if it was the case that the drugs were allowed back on to the streets to reach addicts.

In one of the more bizarre events leading up to the TV broadcast , the programme presenter Brendan O'Brien was contacted by Cork Fianna Fail TD Noel O' Flynn , who wanted to "tip them off" on the backgrounds of some of those they had interviewed , including ex-garda Jack Doyle . O'Flynn said he had been asked to help , but refused to say who had asked him.

The Garda Press Office refused to answer any questions put to it by RTE in relation to the case but the programme was aired anyway , in July 2001 - and became controversial for all the wrong reasons.......
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THE PETER BERRY PAPERS....... The Top Secret Memoirs of Ireland's Most Powerful Civil Servant : Dirty Tricks, Election '69/ Spying on a Unionist Politician/ Keeping the (State) Taoiseach informed/ The Garda Fallon Murder/ Advice to Jack Lynch- 'Fire the pair of them...'/ Vivion De Valera's advice to O'Malley/ Rumours of a Coup D'Etat/ The Internment Plot, November 1970/ Secret Meeting with William Craig.
From 'MAGILL' magazine , June 1980.

" I said to the Minister - 'Before we commence , I want you to know that when I was told by Dr. Nolan (Secretary to the Cabinet) of the Government's decision I communicated the news to the Commissioner and gave a press release which was featured on Radio Eireann 'News at 1.30'....' . His reaction was alarmimg : " Fuck you , fuck you , fuck you...." , he roared five times while pounding the desk, "...you did that contrary to what the Government wished , they wanted no publicity...." . I replied - ' But , Minister, you approved in advance that publicity was desirable and I received no word from Dr. Nolan to the contrary . I simply carried out your decision of which my two colleagues were aware last evening....' .

They both nodded their agreement , so I went on to ask what had been the Government's decision on the question of a 'native medal' and he said that the Government had decided to leave it over until the matter was raised by the Garda authorities.

The conference proceeded for about an hour or so and , before we left, he said sheepishly to me - " I have been blowing my top at you when I should be doing it somewhere else". When we were in the corridor leading to my room one of the Assistant Secretaries said to me ; " How did you hold your cool , in my wildest dreams I could not have imagined such a scene...? " , and the Second Assistant Secretary remarked - " Did you notice that he was not able to pronounce the word 'fuck' properly - it sounded more like 'whack you , whack you ?' .

We exploded in laughter , rolling in the aisle........ "
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(€)2 FOR A CHANCE OF 1 IN 8.....



We held one of these on Sunday last (11th September) in the hotel , as usual and , again (as usual!), all 650 tickets were sold : there was some football match or other - or was it horse racing ? (!) - on the giant plasma telly and not alone did we run out of tickets to sell , but we sold about fifty tickets for next months raffle , too - 25 of them were bought and paid for , there and then , by one customer, Michael , who won the First Prize of €200 with ticket number 247, and immediately purchased 25 tickets for the next one , starting a 'mimi-avalanche' amongst his many mates , resulting in sales of a further 25 tickets for the October raffle !
The second prize (€100) was won by Carin , ticket number 331 , then Dano won prize number three (€40) with ticket 660, followed by 'Speddy' , who won €20 on ticket number 17.
The fifth prize of €20 was won by Mary Whelan , 419 , prize number six was won by ticket number 631 and claimed by Seámus , leaving Hannah and Catrióna to claim €20 each on ticket numbers 130 and 251.
It was another success story , run by (and on behalf of) Comhairle Ceantair Átha Cliath, Sinn Féin Póblachtach : we could tell you the exact date of the October 2011 raffle , but there's no point - we don't need the publicity and , anyway , all the tickets are 'spoke' for. And there's practically a 'waiting list' for them at this stage.....!


ANNUAL EVE OF ALL-IRELAND RALLY....



The Annual Eve Of All-Ireland Rally will be held , in Dublin , on Saturday 17th September 2011 : those attending are asked to assemble at the GPO , in O' Connell Street , at 2PM.

On Sunday , 25th September 2011 , a '1798 Remembrance Day' will be held at Fordstown Memorial Site in County Meath. The event has been organised by Meath Republican Sinn Féin and those attending are asked to assemble in Fordstown at 3pm : further details can be obtained by phoning 086-7326922.

On Saturday , 8th October 2011 , a Hunger-Strike Seminar will be held in Wynn's Hotel , Dublin , from 12.30pm to 5pm.
Details here.
Thanks for reading,
Sharon.

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LAW IN DISORDER.......


The state trumpets every drugs seizure as a major victory over the barons. But the war against drugs is really a murky world characterised by botched operations , questionable use of informers and ego-driven squabbles between the Garda Siochana and customs officials.
Mairead Carey gets the inside story.
From 'MAGILL' magazine , August 2002.

Jack Doyle had openly admitted to having a drink problem , but had been working in the force for 24 years without incident. He had never been the subject of a disciplinary inquiry and there was no psychiatric report to back-up the 'diagnosis' that he was ".....mentally infirm (and) so incapacitated by infirmity of mind that he was unable to perform his duties.." .

His own doctor had given him a sick note for three weeks because he was suffering from stress , but he later told RTE that it was a temporary sick note.

Former colleagues contacted by 'Magill' vouch for his honesty and integrity - " It may seem incredible , but what Jack Doyle says is the truth , the whole truth and nothing but the truth..." , said one such colleague.......
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THE PETER BERRY PAPERS....... The Top Secret Memoirs of Ireland's Most Powerful Civil Servant : Dirty Tricks, Election '69/ Spying on a Unionist Politician/ Keeping the (State) Taoiseach informed/ The Garda Fallon Murder/ Advice to Jack Lynch- 'Fire the pair of them...'/ Vivion De Valera's advice to O'Malley/ Rumours of a Coup D'Etat/ The Internment Plot, November 1970/ Secret Meeting with William Craig.
From 'MAGILL' magazine , June 1980.

" The Minister arrived shortly before 11.00AM when he was due to be in Government Buildings for the meeting : I told him that the memorandum for the admission of Fallon had been sent to the Secretary of the Cabinet for circulation and I handed him the memorandum on the 'native medal' to be circulated by himself by hand.

I again urged him to go slow , that there was no prohibition on a posthumous medal and that the substitution of a 'native medal' (by this hour my colleagues were dubbing it cynically the 'O Morain Medal') might cause offence within the rank and file and to relatives of those who had got awards in the past. He made no comment.

At 12.30PM I had a phone call from the Secretary to the Cabinet to say that Martin Fallon had been admitted to the Garda Force and I phoned the Commissioner to tell Garda Fallon's father - I released a statement to the press , through the Information Bureau, as approved by the Minister on the previous Saturday. At 3.30PM I was summoned , with two Assistant Secretaries, to a Ministerial conference. When we entered the Minister's room I noticed his bloated countenance which was streaming with perspiration and that his eyes were wild......."
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JI EMPLOYEES IN CLONDALKIN , DUBLIN......
....MOUNTAINS TO MOVE.


There are about fifty men and women employed permanently , in full-time positions - 39 hours a week - in the (now ex-FÁS -operated) Clondalkin 'Jobs Initiative' programme. In March 2007 , FÁS appointed the 'Clondalkin Partnership' group as the 'managing agent' for JI workers in Clondalkin and a new entity was established - the 'Clondalkin Employment Initiative' - to oversee the running of the Programme.
As in any 'new company' , a few 'teething problems' developed (some of which , over four years later, remain unresolved) and meetings were held between CEI , the Clondalkin Partnership and SIPTU ; meanwhile , the JI workers carried-on in their jobs in community-based (and run) creches , community centres , local sporting organisations etc and were paid €457.40 cents a week for doing so.
That was the wage they were on in December 2009 as they broke for their Christmas holidays : when they returned to work in January 2010 they found themselves on a wage of €432.00 cents , a reduction of €25.40 cents a week. There had been no meetings , discussion or agreement etc in relation to that wage cut - just a blanket across-the-board imposition , with a letter announcing same sent from CEI on 4th January 2010 and received by those employees on the 5th and 6th of January : the first pay-day (of the 'new rate' wage) was 7th January 2010.

To make a long story short : the JI workers in the State and their trade union , SIPTU , decided to challenge the wage reduction and their case was heard over a three-day period in March 2011 - four representatives from Clondalkin JI and two officials from SIPTU had their case heard by a 'Rights Commissioner' in the 'Labour Relations Commission' on Monday 21st March 2011 and were told that a judgement re same would be issued "within six to eight weeks" ie by approximately the end of May or early June.
During June , July and August this year , various JI employees in Clondalkin contacted SIPTU seeking information re the judgement but were told by their trade union that they had heard nothing back from the LRC : then , on August 30th last , one such inquiry from a Clondalkin JI worker elicited the response from SIPTU that they had lost their case. Plans were being made by the Clondalkin workers to appeal the decision - as had always been the intention , should the need arise - when they were told by the LRC that they could not now do so as the six-week appeal period had expired. On inquiring re same , Clondalkin JI established that SIPTU had been notified on June 2nd 2011 , by registered post from the LRC, that the case had been lost.
Through either pure sloppiness or laziness , or worse - 'brown envelopes' have been mentioned in Clondalkin JI circles - SIPTU have added to the financial 'hit' taken by their members in that part of Dublin and have given succour to the notion that SIPTU are not really interested in or concerned about small groups of their low-paid members who have no industrial 'muscle'.
At the time of writing this piece - and despite commitments to the contrary given by them to Clondalkin JI - SIPTU have not contacted any member in Clondalkin JI to explain their 'negligence' and appear to be hoping that this matter will disappear. It is to the credit of Clondalkin JI that they aren't about to let that happen without a fight : they now find themselves fighting the politicians who want to 'punish' them for the greed of the bankers , fighting FÁS/CEI and having to fight their own trade union. If you are in a position to help those low-paid community workers , or publicise their case , please do so.....
Thanks,
Sharon.

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