Tagged: Politics
Money
It is a principle of Irish (and UK) law that the purpose of the award of compensation by the courts is to, insofar as money can, place the injured party in the same position as if he/she had not been injured.
NAMA 3
At a time when the finances of the State are so badly stretched, Ireland cannot afford this.
Belgium
Maybe, as this writer experienced, a colleague alludes, in conversation, to “children in basements in Brussels”.
Bankruptcy
Fianna Fail ministers have discovered the seat of Ireland’s problems; the Labour party is the problem, apparently.
12th January 9 A.D.
In the face of power, formally judicial or otherwise, it is necessary to be circumspect.
Re-Fried Beans
What actually happens is that a team of civil servants re-writes, polishes, and re-formulates what the member said. The effect is to make the member appear to have been speaking received english (and therefore, capable of doing so; a dubious proposition in many cases).
An Inspector calls
Having been cavalier about its “regulatory�? function, it was forced to cede that responsibility to the Legal Services Board. The Board is one of those independent bodies to which there is always appended the word “independent�? when it is mentioned by its spokespersons and mentors.
Flypaper society
Buglife was trying to restrain development which, as the Court heard, would probably result in two national, 17 regional and 37 local invertebrate extinctions if the development went ahead.