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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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.

Concerned about who he could trust in the garda force , Garda Jack Doyle called in the help of a retired garda , Gerry McCarthy, who brought the rucksack to an inspector in the district. Doyle said he never heard of the guns again and no one was ever charged in connection with the find.

Dissatisfied with the way the Garda was handling the informer Edward Keating , Jack Doyle contacted then 'Sunday Independent' newspaper crime reporter Liz Allen and revealed the existence of the tapes : when it became apparent that he had gone public , he came under increasing pressure to hand the tapes over and eventually did pass them on to the Garda authorities , asking them to investigate the contents.

In November 1998 , he took three weeks sick leave due to stress and, on the night he was due to return to duty he turned up at Togher Garda Barracks , Cork, but was refused entry - he said he was later told by the Garda that he should leave the force on medical grounds or risk being kicked out without a pension. The retirement order , signed by Garda Commissioner Pat Byrne, stated that Jack Doyle was "..mentally infirm , so incapacitated by infirmity of mind that he was unable to perform his duties...." . That "incapacity" was "likely to be permanent" , according to the retirement order........
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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 assured the Minister that the Garda Commissioner was mistaken and that there was no prohibition in the Rules governing an award to prevent it being awarded posthumously. Immediately afterwards I sent for the appropriate files , discussed the matter with my senior colleagues and was satisfied that what I had told the Minister was correct.

At 9.30pm the Minister phoned me at my home - his speech was furred but he proceeded to give me instructions to have a memo ready for next morning - he proceeded as if he had never spoken to me on the subject earlier. When I told him that I had looked up the files and that I was absolutely certain that there was no prohibition against a posthumous award he interrupted me angrily and told me to stop talking and to have the memorandum prepared in time for the morning's meeting.

I sat down at 9.50pm to draft the memo which I completed after midnight : meanwhile , I had phoned my private secretary to be in my office at 7.45am to type the memo and also got in touch with the Secretary of the Representative Body for Gardai to ask what would be the reaction of the rank-and-file to the substitution of a 'native' medal for the Scott Medal and when he thought that the reaction would be against , I told him to say no more. I incorporated a reference to the view of the Secretary of the Representative Body in the memo......."
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TWO UP-COMING EVENTS TO COMMEMORATE THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1981 HUNGER STRIKES.


The 'National Graves Association' (Cumann Uaigheann na Laochra Gael) has organised a hunger-striker commemoration to take place in Milltown Cemetery, Belfast, on Sunday 25th September 2011 , at 2pm ,at which the oration will be delivered by former hunger striker Tommy McKearney.

A chartered bus will leave from the Municipal Gallery, Parnell Square, Dublin 1 and a limited number of seats are still available , priced at €25 each. Please note that payment must be received a week in advance of the commemoration : for more details phone 087 2282033.


The legacy of the 1981 H Block Hunger Strikes : to mark the 30th anniversary of the end of the 1981 hunger strikes Republican Sinn Féin are providing a unique opportunity to hear two people who played a central part in the events of 1981 both inside and outside the H Blocks of Long Kesh.
On Saturday October 8, 2011, in Wynn’s Hotel, 35-39 Lower Abbey St, Dublin, Ruarí Ó Brádaigh and Richard O’Rawe will be talking about the events of this momentous and painful year in Irish Revolutionary history. Beginning at 12.30pm the afternoon symposium will also include music, song, poems and writings of the 1981 Hunger Strikes. Posters, leaflets, papers etc of the period will also be on display. Ruairí Ó Brádaigh was President of Sinn Féin at the time of the hunger strikes. He has been one of the leading Irish Republicans in Ireland for almost 60 years and is currently Patron of Republican Sinn Féin. Richard O’Rawe was the PRO of the Republican prisoners in the H Blocks of Long Kesh throughout the hunger strikes. He is the author of 'Blanketmen', an untold story of the H Block hunger strike (2005) and 'Afterlives, The Hunger Strike and the Secret Offer that changed Irish History' (2010). The afternoon of reflection and commemoration will take place from 12.30pm to 5pm.
Thanks,
Sharon.

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30th ANNUAL HUNGER-STRIKE COMMEMORATION , BUNDORAN , SATURDAY 27th AUGUST 2011.


Republican Colour Party and Band , Bundoran , August 27th , 2011.


Bundoran Hunger-Strike Commemoration , Saturday 27th August 2011.



The 30th annual Hunger Strike Commemoration was held in Bundoran , County Donegal , on Saturday last , 27th August 2011. The largest turn-out in recent years joined the Bundoran/Ballyshannon H-Block Committee in remembering the ten men who died on hunger-strike in 1981 and listened intently as Richard Behal read a previously unpublished poem by Bobby Sands.
A full report will be published in the September 2011 issue of 'Saoirse' , which goes to print on Wednesday 7th September 2011 : meanwhile , photographs from this Commemoration can be viewed here.
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.

By mid-1997 , the informant Edward Keating had come to the notice of Customs , who pulled him over in Ringaskiddy in Cork and questioned him : he revealed that he was working with the Garda , so Customs sent a report on the case to Garda HQ. Keating felt under pressure.

In July 1997 , Garda Jack Doyle said that arrangements were made to find two bags of cocaine in a field beside Keating's home - no one was ever prosecuted in relation to the find , but it allowed both Keating and the Garda to sever their arrangement gracefully. In October 1997 , Garda Doyle took up duty at Togher Garda Barracks in Cork and was there only about six weeks when Keating was arrested after a shooting incident in Farranree , on the north side of Cork city.

Later that same night he got information about a rucksack which Keating had stored at his home outside Blarney and he travelled out to the house and picked it up. Inside the rucksack was a handful of firearms , including a Magnum 357 , the type of gun used to murder Veronica Guerin ; there was also a 9mm semi-automatic Browning pistol , a number of other hand guns and a couple of hundred rounds of ammunition.......
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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.

" A State funeral was accorded to Garda Fallon who was taken from Mount Argus Church in Dublin to his family burial place in County Meath ; when the cortege was passing through the City I directed my police driver to slip aside around the Custom House to return to my office where I had urgent matters to attend to , including the preparation of a memorandum to Government seeking approval for the Fallon brother's admission to the Force.

Towards 6.00pm that evening , the Minister phoned me from licensed premises where he was in the company of the Commissioner and other senior officers of the Garda Siochana - he was not articulating well. He authorised me , at my request, to sign an "Urgency" certificate placing the item on the agenda of next morning's meeting of Government and also approved of immediate publicity of Garda Martin Fallon's admission should the Government so decide.

I had the newspaper blurb in readiness : the Minister then went on to say that he wanted another memorandum in readiness for the Government meeting seeking approval of the establishment of a 'native' medal for Garda bravery , saying that he had been told by the Garda Commissioner and his Officers that the Scott Medal could not be awarded posthumously and that Garda Dick Fallon's bravery should not go unrecognised......."
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PRESIDENTIAL PARASITES.....

On Thursday 27th October 2011 , the voters in this financially and morally bankrupt State will be asked to go to the polls to vote on three issues : whether or not State Judges should be paid less , whether increased powers should be given to Leinster House political committees to 'assist' them in 'bringing to justice' the robber-baron elite and to state their 'choice' regarding the next State 'President'.

The Judges in this State are directly or indirectly appointed either by the (political) State itself or on its behalf : in order to 'show' that the so-called 'elite' in this State are suffering , financially , like the rest of us, 'noises' are being made in relation to the outrageous salary being paid to same -hence the October 2011 'will of the people' decision. However , it's a safe bet that if their wages are cut , their 'expenses' will be increased to compensate because, if nothing else, this State looks after its own.

The various Leinster House 'Committees of Inquiry', and those established by same, have been on the receiving end of verbal abuse for a few years now due to their willingness to 'seek justice and compensation from those who bend or break the rules of society' ie if you are an unemployed labourer caught doing a cash-in-hand nixer then you will be 'punished' but, if you are a member of the State 'Elite' or connected to them , promoted by them or friends with them then it's not at all as straight forward : in short , you or one of your 'Elite' friends will no doubt know in whose closet certain skeletons lie and that information can be 'traded' for a 'Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free' Card. The politicians are hoping to remove themselves from this responsibility by 'ceding investigatory power' to what they will call 'Independent Committees' - the latter having been established , salaried and expensed, by those same politicians and therefore unlikely to (indirectly) 'bite the hand that feeds'. In short - the vote on this issue is a con job !

The third vote on that day will be to elect a different , or rather a 'new' (!) , State President : he or she will be paid a salary of €5008 a week , an 'entertainment allowance' of €8696 a week and, when they retire , will receive a pension of €3140 a week. He or she will be living beyond our means , carrying out a 'function' that only costs the tax-payer a fortune in money that we haven't got and will very quickly come to see themselves as 'State Royalty' and behave accordingly....





The best course of action for voters on polling day , Thursday 27th October 2011 , is to register your disgust of corrupt State practices - and,indeed, of the State itself - by spoiling your vote. It is the only course of action that an honourable person can take!
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.

Garda Jack Doyle was taken off all operations after the second delivery , but he maintained contact with Garda informant Edward Keating who , he said later, told him that the drug runs continued. Doyle was concerned , and began making secret recordings of his conversations with the informant.

Keating claimed that between 1995 and 1997 he had brought in 20 consignments of 100 kilos of cannabis , worth a million pounds each , and that nearly all of it made it on to the streets.

He also admitted to storing large quantities of drugs around his home in Blarney , Cork, where he had built a nine-bedroomed bungalow and stables . While there , the drugs were obviously not under the control of the Garda : the concept of a 'controlled delivery' is that the drug are permanently under the surveillance and control of gardai at all times.......
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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.

3rd APRIL 1970 :

" In a 'Saor Eire' bank robbery in Dublin , Garda Fallon was shot dead : a reward of £5,000 was offered for information leading to arrest and conviction and a list of suspects was published by the Gardai.

On the next day , a Saturday , the Garda Commissioner informed me that Garda Fallon had been one of four brothers who were serving in the Force, that a fifth had failed to get entry as he had not qualified in the Irish test and that their father had now appealed for his admission : the Commissioner and I discussed the merits and were of the opinion that such a gesture, which would require the authority of Government as admission would be outside the normal statutory channels , would be good for the morale of the Force , and for the image of the Government.

I phoned the Minister at his home and got his consent to submit the question to Government with a formal recommendation. The Minister appreciated my arguments that an appointment would be largely valueless unless it were publicised immediately......."
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20th AUGUST 1981 - 20th August 2011....



On Thursday , 20th August 1981 , INLA Volunteer Michael Devine became the tenth man to die on Hunger-Strike that year , and the 22nd Irish Republican POW to die on Hunger-Strike since 1917.



On Saturday 20th August 2011 , Michael Devine and the other twenty-one Irish Republican Hunger-Strikers who died to obtain the yet unobtained goal of a complete British military and political withdrawal from Ireland will be commemorated in both Cork City and Wexford Town : at 1(one)PM at the National Monument in Cork City , at the corner of Grand Parade and South Mall, a wreath-laying ceremony will take place, at which Republican songs will be sung and poetry readings from the Hunger-Strikers will be recited. The event is organised by Republican Sinn Féin and RSF President , Des Dalton , will be the main speaker. ALL WELCOME !

Also on that same day (Saturday 20th August 2011) , at the Republican Garden Of Remembrance ('Old Jail') , Hill Street , Wexford Town , at 3PM , a sponsored 24-hour Fast will commence , with all monies raised being donated to the CABHAIR organisation.
Before the above-mentioned Fast , a picket in support of Republican POW's will be held at the Bullring , from 1.30PM to 2.30PM . The main Republican speaker in Wexford on the day will be Matt Conway, and the event has been organised by Republican Sinn Féin. ALL WELCOME!
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.

Garda informant Edward Keating got through Customs on his own and the gardai met him in Rosslare , took possession of the drugs and brought them back to Anglesea Street Garda Barracks ; the drugs were later returned to the informant. The plan was that Keating would drive with the load to and through a garda checkpoint in the remote area of Ballycunningham in County Cork , drop the drugs , and be brought home by gardai.

The following day it was announced that 52 kilos of cannabis and 20,000 ecstasy tablets had been found by gardai after a car had failed to stop at a roadside checkpoint. The drugs were put on display for the television cameras , and the Cork drugs squad got the kudos.

The following day Garda Jack Doyle met Edward Keating in Blarney and asked what had happened to the rest of the drugs - he was told that they had been left in a drain at the 'Yellow House' , an area six miles west of Blarney , and picked up by the gang. Almost 50 kilos of cannabis and 30,000 ecstasy tablets had gotten through.......
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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.

FEBRUARY 1970 :

" Early in the month I reminded the Minister (Mr O Morain) of his discussion with the Commissioner and asked did he yet want to see him - he said no. Later, he told me that he had discussed the information about the Baileboro meeting and Captain Kelly's part in it with the Minister for Defence who questioned Col Hefferon , the Director of Military Intelligence, who described the information as "pure poppycock". When I related this back to the 'S Branch' the comment was - "Christ , Hefferon must be in the swim, too."

Politically the month was uneventful , in my recollection, except that information of a highly confidential nature was coming through of imports of arms through Dublin Airport, facilitated by named members of the Customs staff : one consignment labelled "agricultural machinery" had been invoiced to a firm in Walkinstown in Dublin who were puzzled to receive notification from the Customs at Dublin Airport of a cargo for them but when the firm sent a representative to view the cargo it had disappeared.

Another cargo , weighing three-and-a-half cwts, labelled "machine parts" and invoiced to an engineering firm, disappeared in similar fashion . The 'S Branch' were aware from a highly confidential source of the dates the cargos were cleared , the names of the accommodating Customs and Dublin Airport officials and of the individual members of the IRA involved but for fear of a leak-back which might disclose the source the importations were not reported-on in writing. They had no doubt of the authenticity of their information......."
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AN 'EMPIRE' DEFINED : CIVIL UNREST....


The civil unrest that is taking place now in London , Birmingham , Bristol , Liverpool , Manchester , Wolverhampton etc is a mirror-image of that which has happened and/or is happening in Antigua and Barbuda,Australia,Bahamas,Bangladesh,Barbados,Belize,
Botswana,Brunei Darussalam, Cameroon, Canada ,Cyprus, Dominica , Fiji Islands,Gambia,
Ghana, Grenada, Guyana ,Ireland ,India,Jamaica,Kenya,Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi ,
Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius,Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand,Nigeria,
Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia ,Seychelles, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa,Sri Lanka,
Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Western Samoa, Zambia, Egypt, Palestine, the Falklands, Hong Kong, Aden and the United States : civil and social unrest , street riots and looting etc except , on this occasion , the British are doing it to themselves , on their own 'Mainland'.

One of the downfalls of having such a large and diverse 'family unit' (albeit , mostly, an enforced one) is that not every member 'gets along' - especially so when that 'family' is divided within itself , in this case , financially so : in London alone, there are 47,000 people with an average pre-tax income of £780,000 a year , and 420,000 people with a pre-tax income of between £100,000 and £350,000 :in 2006,London 'boasted' 19 billionaires-today (2011),there are 36 billionaires. Not one of those self-imposed 'financially divided' Captains of Industry , or any of their family members, have ever had to shed blood to 'secure the Empire' , yet it is they who benefit , financially, from that 'Empire'. In contrast, the young men and women who are on the streets , lashing-out (at the wrong targets) , will hurridly and horribly be used, by those 'Captains', as shrapnel bags , to secure the wealth , privileges and life-styles of the 'Elite'. Should they get 'uppity' , and demand a chance to have a decent standard of living, those that would 'praise' them should they return in a box from having 'defended the Empire' in Iraq , Ireland or Afghanistan will light another cigar and arrange for the State to give them their answer....

Finally - a little ditty that is doing the rounds in Irish Republican circles :
"For more than 800 Summers as they lay in their bed,
dragged from their sleep with a weapon to their head,
torn from their houses then burnt to a shell,
Belfast and beyond turned into Hell.
And still to this day the anger's still churning
now you know why I smile as I watch Britain burning...."
Thanks for reading,
Sharon.

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P.O.W. PICKET , TUESDAY 9th AUGUST 2011 , GPO , DUBLIN , 12 NOON - 4PM....


This morning (Monday 8th August 2011) , Irish Republican Prisoners in Maghaberry Jail began a 48-hour fast to highlight the fact that the prison authorities , the Stormont Administration and Westminster have renaged on an Agreement reached on 12th August 2010 in relation to the conditions that the Prisoners were forced to endure.
In support of those Republican Prisoners , a picket will be held at the GPO in Dublin tomorrow (Tuesday 9th August) from 12 Noon to 4pm : if you are in a position to attend , we ask that you please do so.
Thanks,
Sharon.

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