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international / crime and justice Friday March 25, 2011 - 23:55 by Atlantis
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Shatter condemns criticisms of judiciary in wake of tribunal The Justice Minister Alan Shatter has hit out at what he has called "intemperate attacks" on the judiciary. Alan Shatter's released a statement this evening, condemning a number of comments made in the wake of the Moriarty report published earlier this week, which he said were "intended to bring the judiciary into disrepute and to undermine public confidence in the administration of justice." Minister Shatter said the statements which he claimed " endanger public confidence" in the judiciary and the courts, are "entirely unacceptable and are to be deplored". Both former Minister Michael Lowry and Businessman Denis O'Brien have been critical of Mr. Justice Michael Moriarty in the wake of the report. Read more: http://www.examiner.ie/breakingnews/ireland/shatter-con...15dby ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Friday March 25, 2011 - 08:28 by Z Mag
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I'm posting here, a very interesting article by Michael Albert of Z Space/Z Mag in which he looks at the idea of differences of opinion on the left and teases out the issues of should we aim to be "right" (as in correct) - which we should, but also if we have a difference of opinion with others or other groups on the left, should we have a "split" or disregard their past opinions also? And then, if it turns out the that other person/group on the left was correct in their analysis and action(s), should we be bitter that we weren't or should we be thankful that those who were right won out? I'm posting the article in full, with a link to the article on Albert's blog. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Wednesday March 23, 2011 - 21:14 by Jolly Red Giant
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Following his recent election to the Irish Parliament Joe Higgins the Socialist Party / CWI MEP for Dublin was obliged to announce his replacement as MEP from the election substitute list. Today the Socialist Party announced that Paul Murphy will be the new Socialist Party / CWI MEP to take over from Joe Higgins. Paul Murphy has been a Parliamentary Assistant to Joe Higgins since the 2009 Euro elections. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday March 20, 2011 - 21:23 by Leftblogger
As US President Barack Obama embarks on his latest tour, an El Salvadoran actists reports over on http://leftblogger.com/. For background on the Obama trip to Chile, Brazil and El Salvador, see http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0319/....html ... read full story / add a comment |
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