Author Archives: Edward McGarr
Government Policy
Government Policy The Irish Times reports Ms. Mary Harney, Minister for Health and Children informing the Dail that it has been Government Policy to arrange for the building of private hospitals on public land for almost two years. This is a revelation to the writer and, from the context of the Irish Times report, a revelation to the Dail also. It also provokes some consternation; we inhabit a world where Government Policy can be settled on, yet not published for […]
Keeping Religion in check
Archerâs Religion Jeffrey Archer has written a new book, – âThe Gospel According to Judasâ?. He says he wanted it to be a gospel; that it be in verse; that it be credible scholarship. So, he had the assistance of Fr. Francis J. Moloney S D B A report coming to hand says it looks, feels and reads like a gospel, and the authorâs name is absent from the cover. (Actually it purports to be written by “Benjamin Iscariot”). So, […]
Corrib Gas Pipeline – 21st March 2007
THE HIGH COURT Record No: 840P/2005 BETWEEN: SHELL E & P IRELAND LIMITED Plaintiff And PHILIP MCGRATH, JAMES PHILBIN, WILLIE CORDUFF, MONICA MULLER, BRID MCGARRY, PETER SWEETMAN Defendants And THE MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS MARINE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, IRELAND AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Defendants to the counterclaim of second and fifth defendants Update (21st March 2007) 1. Judge Laffoy has indicated that she will deliver judgement on the Plaintiff’s motion, seeking leave to serve a Notice of Discontinuance, on 18th April […]
Personal Injury – Chemicals & Metals Generally
Chemicals & Metals See HERE for the Employers’ duties The chemical industry, worldwide. has expanded enormously in quantity of output since the beginning of the last century. The variety of its products has increased considerably since the end of the Second World War. Worldwide, the industry generates turnover of $1,000 billion every year. In addition to this enormous turnover, it regularly shifts product emphasis, accelerating the production and variety of some types of chemicals and shedding others. The industry focused […]
Digital Rights Ireland: Motion in Default Defence struck out, costs to Plaintiff
THE HIGH COURT 2006 No. 3785P Between DIGITAL RIGHTS IRELAND LIMITED Plaintiff And THE MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS, MARINE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, THE MINISTER FOR JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND LAW REFORM, THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE GARDA SIOCHANA, IRELAND AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Defendants Four weeks ago, at the request of the Defendants, the Plaintiff agreed to strike out a Motion for judgement for default in serving a Defence and to an Order extending the time for so doing by 4 weeks. The […]
MRSA and friend
Galwayâs drinking water, supposedly, has been compromised by Cryptosporidiosis. Cryptosporidiosis is a disease caused by a parasite, a Scheduled biological agent under the Infectious Diseases (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations (S.I. No. 707 of 2003) and Safety, Health And Welfare At Work (Biological Agents) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998 (S.I. No. 248/1998). It shares this status with, inter alia, Staphylococcus aureus. Staphylococcus aureus, in its evolved form of âMethicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureusâ? is known as MRSA. The Cryptosporidiosis cases are said to be […]
The Right to Silence etc.
The Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform (the Tanaiste) has introduced his Criminal Justice Bill 2007 in the Dail. The Opposition HERE and HERE and HERE and civil society groups HEREand HERE have criticised the Minister for, inter alia, rushing the legislation through parliament. We should not forget the general election in the offing, in this context. It must be a matter of chagrin for, presumably, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and this writer, to find they have […]
Personal Injury – Asbestos
Mesothelioma is a form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Typically, persons contracting it in their employment have worked for more than one employer in an industry resulting in exposure to asbestos. Therefore a cause of action may lie against all the employers. This liability will be joint and several; ie even if only one employer still subsists, that employer will be fully liable subject to the principle in Brett v Reading University, CA (Civ Div) 14/02/2007 Here, the […]
Politics
Vivisection The opponents to vivisection are more prominent than the proponents of vivisection. The former are known as Anti-Vivisectionists whereas the latter are probably better known as scientists or businessmen. Anti-Vivisectionists have been around for a long time, and have shared interests, historically, with the anti-slavery movement. According to the Irish Times, the Green Party has published a Bill to ban laboratory testing on primates in Ireland. This is an interesting subject: is the issue political or not?
Personal Injury – Asbestos 2
See HERE for the Employers’ duties Just before Germany was re-unified the East German parliament building was closed to further use. The reason was not the redundancy of the parliament, it was the level of asbestos used in the construction of the building and it’s then condition. There are many buildings which share this feature with the parliament building, but they are not closed down. The reason is the overwhelming number of uses asbestos was put to and the ubiquitousness […]