Politics
Whistleblowing (with teeth)
A False Claims Act privatises the effort of uncovering fraud of public funds and rewards the whistleblower with a percentage of the recovered stolen proceeds.
Shed a tear for Scooter Libby
In these circumstances âreasons of Stateâ? is an inadequate description of his actions. He is an accomplice of Scooter Libby. His current action is one of perversion of the course of justice and aggravates his original offence.
President Katsav
The complainants do not appear to have agreed to the deal.
Power to the People?
I recommend reading âPower to the People?â? by Hughes, Clancy, Harris and Beetham published by TASC at New Island. It is a source book for information on Irish society not otherwise readily available in one place and often not available elsewhere. Of current note is the role of âthe Voluntary & Community Pillarâ? in the making of the various national agreements between the âsocial partnersâ?. Those partners always included the Government, the Trade Unions and the Employer representative bodies. Only […]
Constituencies Constitutional Challenge – Costs (no bad PILL)
7. PILL means “Public Interest Law & Litigation”. A person litigating such a public law issue, in the interest of all, should be awarded costs, and usually is.
Constituencies Constitutional Challenge – Judgement Delivered
THE HIGH COURT RECORD NO. 2819P/2007 Between CATHERINE MURPHY and FINIAN McGRATH Plaintiffs And THE MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, HERITAGE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, IRELAND AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Defendants 7th June 2007 1. The High Court (Clarke J.) delivered reserved judgment in the action this 7th June 2007. The judgement was read out by the judge; the written copy will become available shortly. The following is a concise synopsis of the essential points of the judgement. (Readers should note […]
Constituencies Constitutional Challenge – Reserved Judgement
THE HIGH COURT RECORD NO. 2819P/2007 Between CATHERINE MURPHY and FINIAN McGRATH Plaintiffs And THE MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, HERITAGE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, IRELAND AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Defendants 6th June 2007 1. The High Court (Clarke J.) will deliver reserved judgment in the action at 1.45 pm tomorrow, 7th June 2007.
Stupid ‘oul Pencils
Significantly, almost the first of Bertie Ahern’s issues, raised by him after the election, was the use of e-voting machines. The title of this posting is a quote from him, condemning the alternative traditional paper system.
Constituencies Constitutional Challenge – Election result
Although it was not and is not an issue in the General election, it would not be innapropriate to report the outcome for the two Plaintiff candidates in their respective constituencies.
Constituencies Constitutional Challenge – Correction
THE HIGH COURT RECORD NO. 2819P/2007 Between CATHERINE MURPHY and FINIAN McGRATH Plaintiffs And THE MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, HERITAGE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, IRELAND AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Defendants 22nd May 2007 1. On 18th May 2007, (in Distillery Court 1) the High Court (Clarke J.) reserved judgment in the action and designated 7th June 2007 for the delivery of judgment.