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	Ray Burke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Raphael P. Burke (born September 30, 1943) is a former Fianna Fáil politician.
		In 1977 Burke was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Industry and Commerce.
		Burke denied the allegations but resigned from the Cabinet and from the Dáil after just four months in office.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ray_Burke (444 words)

	Dáil Debates Official Report - 3-6-98
		Burke are all dealt with by the one tribunal.
		Ray Burke informed the Dáil that he gave £10,000 to party headquarters and £7,000 to his constituency organisation without explicitly specifying the source, leaving it to be assumed that this was principally from moneys which had been donated to him by Gogarty or JMSE.
		Burke's handling of the MMDS issues is exemplary from the perspective of Independent Newspapers, these newspapers should be in the vanguard calling for the most thorough, wide ranging tribunal to vindicate their position, yet no such call has been made.
	www.irlgov.ie /debates/3jun98/sect6.htm (12436 words)

	THE RETIREMENT OF JUDGE RAY BURKE
		The firm was M A Simon and Co. Ray Burke was the "and Co".
		As important as Ray Burke's instructions on the law, were his accurate assessments of the proclivities of the judges.
		Another lesson Ray Burke taught me was of the importance of choosing good barristers and of the impact which a conscientious and persuasive advocate could sometimes have in rescuing cases from the brink of doom.
	www.hcourt.gov.au /speeches/kirbyj/kirbyj_burke1603.htm (3826 words)

	Dáil Debate - 10 October 2002
		Ray Burke as a councillor, a Deputy and a Minister.
		Burke assured those present at the time of the payment of moneys to him that he understood that the payment was made in connection with the proposal to alter the planning status of the Murphy lands and further assured those present that he would honour his commitment to do so.
		Burke's appointment in 1997, that he had received 100,000 in today's terms from JMSE, but the damning indictment was the fact that while Ray Burke told the Taoiseach that he had received the money, at the same time a JMSE executive, Joseph Murphy Jr., stated that he had not given this money to Mr.
	www.irlgov.ie /debates-02/10Oct/Sect3.htm (5965 words)

	Dáil Debates Official Report - 28-5-98
		Burke, of which this was another, and the fact the Taoiseach was investigating other rumours, did the Taoiseach receive such a letter, or specifically that letter, or hear any rumours associated with Mr.
		Ray Burke made it clear that any money he got was by way of donations to his constituency and there was no wrongdoing whatsoever involved.
		Burke said he was using some of it in his constituency and the rest was going to headquarters.
	www.irlgov.ie /debates-98/28may98/sect6.htm (6036 words)

	Ray Burke: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ray Burke (born September 30, 1943) is a former Fianna Fáil (additional info and facts about Fianna Fáil) politician.
		Burke was born in Dublin, Ireland (additional info and facts about Dublin, Ireland).
		His tenure was short-lived due to allegations that he received £80,000 from a property developer regarding the former Dublin County Council (additional info and facts about Dublin County Council).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ra/ray_burke.htm (364 words)

	The HistoryMakers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Burke's college education began at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1949.
		Burke's political career began in 1966 with her election as the first African American assemblywoman, representing the 63rd Assembly District of California.
		Burke grew frustrated with the unresponsiveness of the state legislature and successfully campaigned for a seat in California's 37th Congressional District.
	www.thehistorymakers.com /historymakers/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=97&category=PoliticalMakers (393 words)

	RTE News:
		Ray Burke gave his account of a payment of £35,000 that he received from the concert promoter in 1989.
		During questioning Ray Burke said that he saw nothing wrong with receiving such a large donation from Oliver Barry without issuing a receipt, when he as a minister he was arbitrating in a dispute over those fees between Century and RTÉ.
		Ray Burke says that he does not remember asking that the payment be in cash.
	www.rte.ie /news/2001/0228/print/flood.html (763 words)

	The Examiner - News From Ireland - 29, June, 1999
		Ray Burke is the only politician named by James Gogarty in his allegations of payments to politicians to date.
		Ray Burke is known to be angry at the perceived lack of support from the Taoiseach since his resignation as Foreign Affairs Minister in October 1998.
		Ray Burke is under extreme pressure to give a full and frank account of his actions during his time in politics or face dire consequences.
	archives.tcm.ie /irishexaminer/1999/06/29/ihead_11.htm (759 words)

	AN PHOBLACHT/REPUBLICAN NEWS
		Ray Burke was given £40,000 in a brown paper bag by Gogarty on behalf of JMSE and £40,000 by Michael Bailey a director of Bovale Developments
		At the meeting it was alleged that Ray Burke was given £40,000 in a brown paper bag by Gogarty on behalf of JMSE and £40,000 by Michael Bailey a director of Bovale Developments.
		Ray Burke was also the recipient of another large donation intended For Fianna Fail which was never received by the party.
	republican-news.org /archive/1999/March18/18work.html (1189 words)

	Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ray Burke T.D. - 29 August 1997 - Department of Foreign Affairs - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ray Burke T.D. Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr.
		Ray Burke T.D. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr.
		Ray Burke T.D. has welcomed today's announcement by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Dr. Mo Mowlam M.P. that she has concluded that the necessary requirements have been met to enable Sinn Féin to enter the substantive all-party negotiations.
	foreignaffairs.gov.ie /Press_Releases/19970829/419.htm (437 words)

	Western People: A spectacular fall from grace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ray Burke’s spectacular fall from grace and high ministerial office to a felon’s prison was sealed on Monday when he became the first senior politician to be given a custodial sentence arising from Tribunal inquiries into corruption.
		Burke’s disgrace is a personal blow for Bertie, who appointed his fellow Dublin northsider Minister for Foreign Affairs, and also put him in charge of the Northern Ireland negotiations.
		Burke’s sentence could not come at a worse time for Bertie Ahern as the Taoiseach prepared for his showdown meeting at Government Buildings on Tuesday with Sinn Féin leaders, Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness, over the alleged involvement of the IRA in the 38 million Northern Bank heist.
	www.westernpeople.ie /news/story.asp?j=23332 (1096 words)

	Irish Examiner > Breaking News > Ray Burke leaves prison
		Burke was jailed in January this year by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for tax evasion.
		Burke, from Griffith Downs, Drumcondra, north Dublin, had admitted in July 2004 to knowingly or wilfully furnishing incorrect information during a tax amnesty of 1993 by failing to declare income of 116,000.
		Burke was Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1997, at a critical juncture in the Northern Ireland peace process, but walked out after just five months in the job.
	www.irishexaminer.com /breaking/story.asp?j=145313862&p=y453y4568&n=145314622 (376 words)

	BreakingNews.ie: Ray Burke jailed for six months (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Burke, former foreign affairs and justice minister, was jailed at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after he lodged false tax returns failing to declare income of almost 200,000.
		In November, 2003, Burke was served by the Criminal Assets Bureau with a tax demand of over 2m for income it claimed he received but did not declare to the revenue commissioners.
		Burke, known as Rambo for his gung-ho political style, was visibly shaking as Judge Hogan prepared to read his report.
	breaking.tcm.ie /story.asp?j=154486240&p=y54487x7x&n=154487153&x (396 words)

	Burke
		Ray Burke, formerly Minister for Justice and Minister for Foreign Affairs, took the stand.
		Burke sat in the witness box beating his breast and making a virtue of the fact that he had kept a hundred grand in ‘safe keeping’ for Fianna Fail for 20 years, Mr.Hanratty, senior counsel for the tribunal, reminded Ray that he had once been Minister for Justice.
		Burke was the first witness to remember exactly what he did with £15,000 he withdrew in cash from a bank in Jersey.
	www.thetribunalshow.com /burkepage.htm (382 words)

	Dail Debate (02/02/05) - Higgins tackles Ahern over Burke
		Ray Burke being convicted of serious criminality and abusing high office as a Fianna Fáil Minister, can the Taoiseach explain why he appointed him to the Cabinet in 1997 and why he savaged those who questioned him for taking that decision given that he vindicated Mr.
		Burke and his team of cronies were up to regarding rezonings and land corruption.
		Burke, as Minister for Communications in 1987, handed over our natural resources and our fabulous oil and gas wells to multinational companies with an unprecedented deal of no royalties and no State stake.
	www.socialistparty.net /press/debateburke02-02-05.htm (1196 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Arts: 'I'd see her every day of my life if I could' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		An interview with Burke and Winstone, the pearly king and queen of British acting, is an exercise in passive smoking.
		This, it seems, is exactly what Burke and Winstone are trying to get away from - and why they've taken a massive cut in salary to work at the Royal Court and, in Burke's case, the more extreme measure of giving up acting to become a director.
		Burke once said that her ideal man is "a plumber with brains", so it stands to reason that a psychotic Borstal boy (Winstone starred as the vicious Carlin in Scum) with thespian tendencies should be just up her street.
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/story/0,3604,681697,00.html (1558 words)

	IOL: Prisoner 33791 - Ray Burke, the politician who went a step too far
		Yet Ray Burke managed to bring a strange kind of dignity to the indignity of his fall from grace.
		Her remarks came as Burke also became the first Government minister to be jailed as a result of offences linked to the investigations of a tribunal.
		Burke, 61, of Griffith Downs, Drumcondra, faces his second day of a 24-week term at Arbour Hill prison, although with standard remission for good behaviour he can expect to be released from jail in early June.
	breakingnews.iol.ie /news/iestory.asp?j=6734621664&p=67346zy7y8&n=6734621778 (773 words)

	RTE News - Bailey gives his version of meeting at Ray Burke's house
		Builder Michael Bailey has told the Flood Tribunal that he was surprised at the bulkiness of the envelopes James Gogarty gave Ray Burke at a meeting at his house in June 1989.
		He said that he arranged the meeting at very short notice and the two men went to Ray Burke's house, which was about three minutes drive from Mr.
		Burke two envelopes, which totalled, in bulk, the size of a nine by four inch building block.
	www.rte.ie /news/1999/0721/flood.html (421 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.
		The allegations follow a steady stream of claims that Mr Burke profited from an "unsolicited political donation" of £30,000 from a builder in 1989.
		Mr Burke said he gave £10,000 of the money to Fianna Fail, £7,000 to his local constituency organisation and the rest was "used to cover my personal election campaign and subsequent political expenses", although he "did not have separate accounts".
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/10/06/wire06.html (517 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Former minister jailed over tax
		However, the judge said he was taking into consideration the fact that Mr Burke suffers from depression and anxiety and also the fact that he had pleaded guilty at an early stage, thus saving time and money.
		Earlier in the case, Mr Burke's lawyer, Patrick Hunt, said his client was now tax compliant and urged the judge not to jail him.
		Mr Justice Flood's report said Mr Burke was paid thousands of dollars by property developers, beginning with a payment for the purchase of his home in north Dublin.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/em/-/1/hi/world/europe/4201629.stm (405 words)

	THE SO-CALLED ROSSPORT FIVE. - National Crime and Justice - Indymedia Ireland
		Ray Burke is a convicted criminal who was sent to jail for criminal corruption.
		Ray Burke was convicted of tax evasion not corruption.
		Burke and others have been proven to have been corrupt in the matters of housing developments and so on.
	www.indymedia.ie /newswire.php?story_id=70925 (763 words)

	RTE News - Burke starts sentence in Arbour Hill
		Burke was earlier photographed and finger-printed at Mountjoy Prison before being transferred to Arbour Hill.
		Judge Hogan said Burke's offences were premeditated acts to minimise his taxes, and that he had committed a breach of trust.
		Burke's lawyer, Patrick Hunt, earlier urged Judge Hogan not to jail his client, adding his previous position was no reason to scapegoat him.
	www.rte.ie /news/2005/0124/burker.html (552 words)

	Minnesota Biathlon Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Shooting 2-0-1-1, Burke fell from a start position of 16th to 26th place, but as his shooting improved, clawed his way through the field to 10th place as he left his final standing stage.
		Ray started in 7th place based on yesterday's results, and left the first prone shooting in 11th.
		With 2km to go, Ray was outskiied by his nearest competitors from the Ukraine and Italy, and fell to 9th place.
	www.skinnyski.com /notices/archives/mnbiathlon-46.html (539 words)

	Irish Times Article - Ahern avoids questions on Ray Burke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In Galway yesterday, Mr Ahern said he could not apologise for Mr Burke's behaviour, but he added: "We were deeply upset by what Ray Burke was involved in.
		Mr Burke said yesterday on RTÉ that while he had legal advice that he should not comment now, "the opportunity to speak will present itself in the future which I look forward to very much".
		The Taoiseach twice yesterday did not address a question as to whether Mr Ray Burke had "some information" which put him in a position to demand a cabinet post in 1997.
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/front/2002/1001/163077854HM1AHERN.html (337 words)

	Irish minister defends £30,000 political 'donation'
		Ray Burke, the foreign minister, said he had been "the target of a vicious campaign of rumour and innuendo" about the donation, from a building firm in 1989.
		Parliament was recalled to question Mr Burke and debate the widening of the terms of reference of a tribunal of inquiry that exposed Charles Haughey, the former premier, over donations of £1 million.
		At one point Mr Burke dabbed his eyes with a handkerchief as he described how false allegations of corruption had been made against his father, also a Fianna Fail politician.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/09/11/wire11.html (397 words)

	Department of the Taoiseach - 07-10-1997 Taoiseach on the resignation of former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. ...
		It is a double tragedy for Ray and his family that he should feel compelled to tender his resignation at a time of bereavement and great personal stress.
		Ray Burke always distinguished himself in the Ministries to which he was appointed, by his great managerial capabilities and his high work-rate:
		In the case of Ray Burke, I see a much more sinister development: the persistent hounding of an honourable man to resign his important position, on the basis of innuendo and unproven allegations.
	www.taoiseach.gov.ie /index.asp?locID=377&docID=1022&COMMAND=PRINTER (804 words)

	IrishExaminer.com: Ray Burke jailed - No excuses for white collar crime (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The fact that Ray Burke is in a prison cell is unprecedented.
		In many respects, Ray Burke’s rise and fall epitomised a political era when a golden circle of powerful figures, including Charles Haughey, obviously felt they were above the law and that the rules and regulations which applied to ordinary people did not apply to them.
		Though Burke had argued that money he received from donors was for political purposes, the CAB established he had spent money on car loans, overdrafts and on building a tennis court at his house which he subsequently sold for 4m.
	www.irishexaminer.com /text/story.asp?j=4490534040&p=449x5349yz&n=4490534918 (905 words)

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