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 Conor Brady - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Conor Brady served as the editor of The Irish Times for 16 years between 1986 and 2002.
The Irish Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Mr.
The Minister said that he expects the new Ombudsman Commission will be opening its doors to receive complaints in about twelve months time.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Conor_Brady   (260 words)

  
 Newshound: Daily Northern Ireland news catalog - Irish News article
Michael McDowell TD, Irish minister for justice, equality and reform is renowned for straight-talking on the IRA and understandably some unionists are quite taken with him on the premise that my enemy's enemy is my friend.
If Irish government ministers were to try manipulating a 32-county state via stages, which approach appears to be IRA strategy, this could rekindle ancient fears and not an inch mentalities.
As minister Dermot Ahern asserted the Republic cannot welcome the north into its bosom if this entails a feuding and/or recalcitrant population.
www.nuzhound.com /articles/irish_news/arts2005/aug1_toward_beyond_unity__RGarland.php   (737 words)

  
 Irish Post: New rights for gay couples but marriage is ruled out
IRISH Justice Minister Michael McDowell has signalled he is to take the first steps towards giving official recognition to gay and cohabiting couples in long-term relationships.
Department of Justice sources indicated legislation was already being drawn-up by officials but it was likely a consultation procedure would take place before it became law.
The Minister has gone on record a saying he would like to see proposals enacted during the life-span of this Government.
www.irishpost.co.uk /news/story.asp?j=3692   (263 words)

  
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Irish citizens living in Britain are entitled to freedom of movement and to the same benefits as British citizens under the Ireland Act of 1949, which decrees they will not be treated as foreign citizens.
The Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, has said that, although he is personally opposed to a national identity card system, if the UK government's plan comes into effect, similar legislation might be "inevitable" here.
Irish citizens should not be bounced into any proposal of this nature.
www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=7902015&postID=112127025294600731   (1935 words)

  
 Irish Echo Online - News
Lawyers for Daily Ireland are expected to argue in the case, due before the courts this autumn, that McDowell was seeking to strangle at birth what it contends is the only republican daily newspaper in the country.
That theme was taken up by the Irish Secretary of the NUJ, Seamus Dooley, who said the criticism was over the top and beyond that expected in the normal cut and thrust of politics.
Journalists in any democracy, he said, must report all points of view and it was egregious for the minister to seek to link writers with the views of those they reported on.
www.irishecho.com /newspaper/story.cfm?id=16824   (652 words)

  
 Irish Freedom Committee News List - January 2002 - www.irishfreedomcommittee.net
Irish Justice Minister John O'Donoghue is to be questioned in parliament about today's surprise attendance of two high-ranking Dublin policemen at a meeting between Police Service of Northern Ireland chief Sir Ronnie Flanagan and relatives of Omagh bombing victims.
An Irish government spokesman said the two men were in the north "for the sole purpose of briefing the relatives on the state of the investigation in the Republic".
Further damning the evidence was the judgment by Justice Barr that two of the six Gardai detectives involved in the case had "engaged in persistent lying on oath in the course of the investigation".
www.irishfreedomcommittee.net /NEWS/january_2002.htm   (8049 words)

  
 No. 16/1939: IRISH NATIONALITY AND CITIZENSHIP REGULATIONS, 1939.
The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Regulations, 1935 and 1937, are hereby revoked.
Every declaration of retention of Irish citizenship made under sub-section (3) of Section 2 of the Act shall be in the Form No. 1 in the Schedule hereto or in a form to the like effect.
Every declaration of election to retain Irish citizenship made under sub-sections (1) and (3) of Section 16 of the Act shall be in the Form No. 11 in the Schedule hereto or in a form to the like effect.
www.irishstatutebook.ie /ZZSI16Y1939.html   (3170 words)

  
 Ireland: Irish Justice Minister forced to back down on deportation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, is to allow a Nigerian student who was deported last week to return to Ireland to take his Leaving Certificate examinations.
He said he had reflected on it overnight and had decided that the Irish Government will issue the Nigerian with a six-month student visa to allow him finish his studies.
Speaking to RTÉ News, Mr Eluhanla said he was grateful and happy with the minister's decision.
www.socialistworld.net /eng/2005/03/24ireland.html   (257 words)

  
 The British Irish Rights Watch Report
This meeting was an unfortunate encounter for the minister proved quite hostile to the Ludlow family deputation and very little of value to the Ludlow family's campaign for truth and justice was achieved.
Justice Barron and a Joint Oireachtas Committee hearing after his report was submitted to the government.
As the body was found south of the Irish border the investigation into the murder of Seamus Ludlow was conducted by the Irish Police, An Garda Siochana.
www.seamusludlow.com /report.htm   (3503 words)

  
 Irish American Post
Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern are expected to travel to Northern Ireland on March 23 for talks with the North`s politicians.
Irish Government plans for a referendum in June on Irish citizenship prove the Belfast Agreement is dead, the Reverend Ian Paisley claimed tonight.
The DUP leader was reacting to the decision to hold a referendum in June on whether to restrict the right to Irish citizenship for children born to foreign nationals.
www.gaelicweb.com /irishampost/year2004/04apr-may/news/news00.html   (16915 words)

  
 Ex-Sinn Fein member who spied for UK shot dead - Boston.com
The Irish Republican Army, which like Sinn Fein wants to end British rule in Northern Ireland, denied it was behind a killing that risks heightening mistrust two days before a fresh bid by Dublin and London to end a political stalemate in the province.
Donaldson was again arrested in 2002 and accused of spying for Sinn Fein at the Stormont parliament in Belfast but in a dramatic twist he was expelled from the party in December after admitting he had been a mole for the British for two decades.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart, Bertie Ahern, are both expected in Northern Ireland this week to unveil their latest plan to kick-start a mothballed assembly which collapsed in part due to the 2002 allegations that Donaldson and others had been spying for Sinn Fein.
www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/04/04/ex_sinn_fein_member_who_spied_for_uk_shot_dead   (658 words)

  
 JURIST - Paper Chase: Irish justice minister proposes civil partnerships for same-sex couples
This was McDowell's first policy speech on the issue following the initiation of a civil suit against the goverment in October by a lesbian couple that were married in Canada in 2003.
The couple is seeking to require Irish Revenue, the country's tax collection agency to assign them the income tax credit permited for married couples.
McDowell also stated that seeking to grant gay couples full marriage rights would require an amendment to the 1937 Irish Constitution.
jurist.law.pitt.edu /paperchase/2004/11/irish-justice-minister-proposes-civil.php   (293 words)

  
 Irish Abroad - Irish American News
Irish Minister for Justice Michael McDowell has defended the decision to try the killer of Dublin woman Georgina Eager in Britain —despite her family’s distress at the ordeal.
Ms Eager’s family have been fiercely critical of the move to hold the trial in Britain and Fine Gael justice spokesman Jim O’Keefe is to raise the matter in the Dáil.
He knifed her 21 times and deliberately sliced her spinal cord — leaving the knife embedded in her neck as he fled to London and emptied her bank account.
www.irishabroad.com /news/irishpost/news/minsister-uner-fire-050914.asp   (354 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- The Irish negotiators
DUBLIN – The Irish Republican Army guerrilla group formally announced an end to its armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland from 4 p.m.
Irish Justice Minister Michael McDowell identified the contacts as Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams, chief negotiator Martin McGuinness and Irish MP Martin Ferris.
He was jailed in 1984 after being arrested on board the trawler Marita Ann off the County Kerry coast with seven tons of IRA weapons bought in the United States.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050728-1020-irish-ira-contacts.html   (450 words)

  
 Slugger O'Toole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Irish Times continues its focus on the Irish government’s proposals as announced yesterday by the Irish Minister for Justice Michael McDowell, intended to mirror the British government’s introduction of legislation on OTRs.
The [Irish] Government has decided that legislation is not necessary to grant the pardons, which the President will make in line with powers vested in her under Article 13.6 of Bunreacht na hÉireann.
The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform will establish an eligibility board headed by a senior counsel to adjudicate on applications for pardon, and then make recommendations to the Minister, who would subsequently bring them to the Cabinet.
www.sluggerotoole.com /index.php/weblog/on_the_differing_approaches_to_dealing_with_otrs   (929 words)

  
 The Irish Sun reports on Irish Justice Minister's statement on the Barron report.
The Irish Sun reports on Irish Justice Minister's statement on the Barron report.
Justice Minister Michael McDowell said the Government did not want to keep the report secret.
The Ludlow family is co-operating with the inquiry being led by Judge Henry Barron.
www.michael.donegan.care4free.net /irish_sun260303.htm   (312 words)

  
 justice for mick kenny Petition
the aim is to highlight mick's plea, the injustice surrounding his sentence and conditions, also to highlight the fact that in ireland, in 2001, prisoners' human and constitutional rights are still being abused, from bill of rights as per the united nations, european convention and indeed the irish constitution.
we, the udnersigned believe that it is the minister for justice's role to correct our profound disbelief in irish justice.
The justice for mick kenny Petition to john o'donoghue was created by justice for mick kenny group and written by roslyn white.
www.petitiononline.com /jfmk2001/petition.html   (523 words)

  
 IrishEyes: Calling time on Minister McDowell
The Justice Minister plans to punish members of the Garda Siochana found to have communicated with the media.
The Department of Justice is lumbering forward with one of the most intrusive data retention measures in Europe.
While giving lip service to the awarding of penalty points to speeding motorists, the Minister for Justice is not ring-fencing police assets for either a traffic cop corps or the back-end database services to sustain improved road safety measures.
irish.typepad.com /irisheyes/2003/09/calling_time_on.html   (219 words)

  
 CAIN: Issues: Politics: Statement by Michael McDowell, then Irish Minister for Justice, on a Tribunal of Inquiry into ...
Statement by Michael McDowell, then Irish Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, on a motion establishing a Tribunal of Enquiry into the fatal shootings on 20 March 1989 of RUC Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and RUC Superintendent Robert Buchanan, Dail, (23 March 2005)
In August 200, following discussions with the Northern Ireland parties at Weston Park, the Irish and British Governments committed themselves to the appointment of a judge of international standing from outside both jurisdictions to undertake a thorough investigation of allegations of collusion between British and Irish security forces and paramilitaries in six cases.
Both Lord Justice and Lady Gibson were cruelly killed in a carefully planned and executed bombing attack on the morning of 25 April 1987.
cain.ulst.ac.uk /issues/politics/docs/dott/mmcd230305.htm   (3588 words)

  
 Northern Ireland News - Minister to receive Garda report on Dublin riot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
An initial Garda report into the sectarian riot in Dublin on Saturday is expected to be made to Irish Minister for Justice Michael McDowell later today.
Irish police made 42 arrests following the street violence that broke out on Saturday as Ulster loyalists staged a Love Ulster rally and republicans staged a counter protest march.
The Irish Minister for Justice Michael McDowell has said that he expected further arrests to be made today.
www.4ni.co.uk /industrynews.asp?ID=48745   (438 words)

  
 JURIST - Paper Chase: Irish Justice Minister accuses Sinn Fein leaders of belonging to IRA command
Irish Justice Minister accuses Sinn Fein leaders of belonging to IRA command
Responding to accusations it was involved in the heist, the IRA withdrew its offer to disarm [BBC News report].
Gerry Adams initially challenged Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern [BBC News report] to "arrest" him in connection with the heist, but the next day suggested that he and Ahern instead meet to discuss the issue and "clear the air." AP has more on recent arrests suggesting the IRA was behind the heist.
jurist.law.pitt.edu /paperchase/2005/02/irish-justice-minister-accuses-sinn.php   (425 words)

  
 Passport row plunges Irish government into crisis
RAY Burke, the Irish foreign minister, is under increasing pressure to resign after fresh allegations that he had ignored government regulations in issuing passports to foreign financiers.
Only four months after Bertie Ahern was elected Irish premier, the Burke affair is threatening to plunge his minority government into crisis and destabilise negotiations in Northern Ireland.
While Irish minister for justice in 1990, Mr Burke had signed Irish naturalisation for certificates for Sheikh Khalid bin Mahfouz and 10 other wealthy Arabs even though the men had never lived in the Irish Republic or paid the requisite fee.
www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/10/06/wire06.html   (529 words)

  
 Scotch-Irish / Ulster-Scots Forums > McDowell attacks IRA and 'vomit-making' Sinn Fein allies
JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell yesterday launched a blistering attack on the IRA and their "vomit-making" Sinn Féin political allies over the abduction of a Republican dissident in Belfast.
JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell is to give a personal assurance to Anne McCabe, the widow of the detective garda murdered by the Provisional IRA, that she will be consulted in advance if the Government is contemplating an early release for his killers.
In 2003, the Irish Government was led to believe that it was the short-term intention of the Provisionals to hold the requisite Army conventions to end IRA paramilitarism.
www.scotchirish.net /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t1342.html   (17949 words)

  
 Ireland: Media law to be reviewed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Irish Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, has announced the establishment of an expert group to examine and report on possible changes in libel law, a press council, including statutory press regulation and other reforms of media law, reports Michael Foley in Dublin.
Among other things the expert group will examine the possibility of introducing a defence of qualified privilege in libel cases and whether the burden of proof in libel should be shifted from the position where the defendant must prove what was published was true.
Journalists have long complained that the libel laws in Ireland have had a chilling effect on good journalism and claim that the tribunals that have been established in recent years to investigate corruption would not have been necessary if the libel laws were not so draconian as to make investigative journalism so difficult to undertake.
www.indexonline.org /en/indexindex/articles/2002/1/media-law-to-be-reviewed.shtml   (409 words)

  
 Guardian | Irish ex-minister jailed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Ray Burke, the former Irish justice minister, who was known as Rambo and took over £100,000 in bribes during the worst years of Irish sleaze, was yesterday jailed for six months for tax evasion.
In a 24-year career, Burke served in several cabinet positions including as foreign affairs minister with responsibility for the Northern Ireland peace process in 1997.
He had abused his special position as a member of the Irish parliament, repeatedly and knowingly betraying the public trust.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5111074-103681,00.html   (227 words)

  
 CNN.com - Irish probe racist Web sites - August 24, 2001
Irish police said all of the Web sites appear to be based outside the country, with at least one of them in Britain.
The Irish Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, John O'Donoghue, will lead the Irish delegation to the conference in Durban.
Peter O'Mahony, chief executive of the Irish Refugee Council, said that despite increases in incidents of overt racism over the past couple of years with the influx of immigrants, he did not think the Web sites would receive much support in Ireland.
archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/08/24/irish.racism   (642 words)

  
 Irish Post: Bush extends St Patrick’s invite to McCartney family
Paula McCartney, her four sisters and Bridgeen Hagans —who was to marry Robert McCartney this summer — will fly to Washington on March 15 to highlight their campaign to bring his killers to justice.
Mr Adams and Martin McGuinness — named by Irish Minister for Justice Michael McDowell as members of the Provisional IRA’s ruling Army Council — will be in America for the occasion but will not meet the President.
The President is said to be exasperated by events in the North of Ireland and the latest controversies surrounding Sinn Féin.
www.irishpost.co.uk /news/story.asp?j=1699   (336 words)

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