TI Ireland Newsletter.

TI Ireland Newsletter.: "Indeed he remains the only Irish person successfully convicted of corruption."?THE ISSUE OF UNMET LEGAL NEEDS AND THOSE DENIED THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO JUSTICE?
DESPITE ALL THE TRIBUNALS INVOLVED IN INVESTIGATING CORRUPTION IN IRELAND YOU STILL HAVE THE DISADVANTAGED AND MARGINALISED WITH US,THOSE WHO'S DAILY LIVES ARE FILLED WITH HOPLESSNESS,HEPLESSNESS,STRESS,FEAR,CONFUSION,WHO'S VIEWS ARE SELDOM IF EVER HEARD AS TO WHAT AFFECT THE SO CALLED"JUSTICE"SYSTEM HAS ON THEIR LIVES.AS ONE SENIOR JUDGE OF THE IRISH COURTS SAID"THE FACT THE COURTS HAVE SUCH HIGH LEVEL OF JUDICIAL REVIEWS"MAY INDICATE THAT THERE IS A FAULT IN THE SYSTEM?I HAVE BEEN WRITING FOR OVER FORTY YEARS ABOUT THAT SAME FAULT,BUT BECAUSE THE LEGAL SYSTEM IS SUCH A CASH COW FOR SO MANY GENERATIONS OF UPPER AND POLITICAL CLASS, NOBODY EVER WANTED TO KNOW?MY THOUGHTS ON THE ISSUE TO ALL THOSE BODIES WHO BELIEVE IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND PUBLIC INTEREST LAW IS"WHERE WERE YOUSE WHEN YOU WERE BADLY NEEDED"?1969/2009.PAT McCARTAN DIDENT DO TOO BAD FOR HIMSELF OR MICHAEL WHITE FROM LEGAL AID.THEIR LIVES MIGHT HAVE CHANGED BUT THOSE THEY "CLAIMED"TO REPRESENT FROM THE INNER-CITY SLUMS HAVENT,EVEN JOE COSTELLO HAS THE MIDDLE CLASS LOOK SINCE HE LEFT THE PRISONERS RIGHTS ORGANISATION.ITS STILL AN US AND THEM SOCIETY.