Tagged: legislation
The Intoxication of Government
And what are we to make of the expert group? We already pay for the personnel of the Law Reform Commission. Why should we have to pay for another group of persons duplicating its work?
Oops!
The Supreme Court held that this could only be read prospectively (into the future) and did not avail the State in its arguments. (The Supreme Court also found that the Act, as so read, was constitutional. It also found that the offence “assault occasioning actual bodily harm” was a common law offence.)
Family day at the Dail
The Dail is firmly under the thumb of the Government, whereas our Constitution envisages that it should be the reverse.