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    Department of Taoiseach repeatedly fails to prove criminality of pitching of tents on Canal

    by Village 21 May, 2024

    As government again removes asylum-seekers and their tents, the notion of ‘a criminal offence in principle’ remains unknown to law and the Canal Act expressly disapplies itself to persons using canal property for less than a week in one place. By Michael Smith. Ten days ago, on 11 May, I asked the Department of the […]

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    Jailed for being in the wrong place: Adrian Boyle claims 15-year-old conviction unsafe

    by Village 26 February, 2024

    Village has also established that gardaí did not follow up on alibi or CCTV evidence which could have confirmed Boyle’s account of his movements before his arrival in the garage

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    Management retaliate against innocent garda

    by Village 26 February, 2024

    Garda Aidan Kelly faces a spurious prosecution for stealing a doctor’s notepad simply because of the contrived investigation of a complaint he made against a retired garda might embarrass senior Garda management

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    McClean, Madden, O’Donovan, Whitty

    by Village 26 February, 2024

    Carmelites under Troy and O’Neill have never admitted Terenure colluded in widespread paedophilia, with the abusers named above facilitated by Fr David Weakliam (right)

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    THE LAW…

    by Village 25 February, 2024

    Refusal of ‘widow’s pension’ to surviving civil partner was contrary to the Constitution

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    SLAPP STICK EU legislation may prevent vexatious defamation claims (SLAPPs)

    by Village 25 February, 2024

    High defamation awards, and media outlets settling dubious cases rather than incur the expense of letting them proceed, have propelled SLAPPs onto the political agenda in Ireland

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    Change of course needed

    by Village 25 February, 2024

    Time to pass legislation banning cruel hare-coursing

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