[Celtic Party] Fw: Thursday's meeting (in Omagh)

"I happened to be looking out my front window at about 1.30 pm, when I saw a police car pull up, and park. Shortly afterwards three police officers emerged from the car: two of them holding what appeared to me to be very large machine guns ..." ============ ==== --- On Mon, 1/9/08, William Finnerty <newinngalway@ yahoo.co. uk> wrote: From: William Finnerty <newinngalway@ yahoo.co. uk> Subject: Thursday's meeting (in Omagh) To: "Gerard Madden(Senior Social Worker, Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland)" <gmadden@slt. n-i.nhs.uk>, "Dr Thomas Foster (Consultant Psychiatrist, Omagh & Fermanagh Hospital, Northern Ireland)" <tfoster@slt. n-i.nhs.uk> Cc: "Chief Inspector Michael Winters (Omagh Police Station)" <omagh@psni.pnn. police.uk>, "Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy (Chief Commissioner of Police, Republic of Ireland)" <comstaff@iol. ie>, "Northern Ireland Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde OBE" <information@ nipolicingboard. org.uk>, "Northern Ireland Health Minister Michael McGimpsey MLA" <private.office@ dhsspsni. gov.uk>, "The Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, UK Secretary of State for Health" <dhmail@dh.gsi. gov.uk>, "National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence" <nice@nice.org. uk>, "Geraldine Kerr (The Northern Ireland Centre for Trauma & Transformation) " <info@nictt.org>, "Northern Ireland Social Security Agency (Reference Disability Case Reference 52-82267 for YH615974D)" <Private.Office@ dsdni.gov. uk>, "Republic of Ireland Prime Minister Brian Cowen TD" <taoiseach@taoiseach .irlgov.ie>, "Deputy Prime Minister Mary Coughlan TD" <Mary.Coughlan@ oireachtas. ie>, "Health Minister Mary Harney TD" <info@maryharney. ie>, "Justice Minister Dermot Ahern TD" <Dermot.Ahern@ oireachtas. ie>, "John Gormley TD (Republic of Ireland Green Party Leader & Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government)" <john.gormley@ oireachtas. ie>, "Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin TD" <Micheal.Martin@ oireachtas. ie>, "Gerald Finnerty & Marjorie Dolan (New Inn, County Galway)" <margieandgerald@ yahoo.ie>, "Siobhan Finnerty" <siobhandean@ bigpond.com. au>, "Adrian O' Kane (Lawyer at Patrick Fahy & Co, Omagh)" <adrian.okane@ pfahy.com>, "Michael Farrell (Lawyer, Irish Human Rights Commissioner) " <info@ihrc.ie>, "Ciara Macklin (Lawyer, Fair & Murtagh)" <ciaramacklin@ fair-murtagh. ie>, "Gearoid Geraghty (Lawyer, Fair & Murtagh, Ballinasloe, County Galway)" <gearoidgeraghty@ fair-murtagh. ie>, "Greg Nolan (Lawyer at Patrick Hogan & Co., Ballinalsloe, County Galway, Republic of Ireland)" <greg@phoganandco. com>, "Shauna Gillan (Barrister, Matrix Chambers, London)" <shaunagillan@ matrixlaw. co.uk>, "John Reilly (Barrister, Tooks Chambers, London)" <clerks@tooks. co.uk>, "Geraldine Kennedy (Irish Times Editor)" <gkennedy@irish- times.ie>, "Miriam Cotton & David Manning" <editors@mediabite. org>, "Vincent Browne" <VincentBrowne@ villagemagazine. ie>, "RTE (Irish National TV Station)" <newsdesk@rte. ie>, "Sir Anthony O'Reilly, Newspaper Proprietor" <independent. letters@unison. independent. ie>, "UTV (Newsroom)" <newsroom@utvplc. com>, "Polly Toynbee (Journalist & Broadcaster) " <Polly.toynbee@ guardian. co.uk>, "John Pilger (Documentary Film Maker)" <pilgereditor@ gmail.com>, "Rupert Murdock" <letters@thetimes. co.uk>, "Sky News" <news@sky.com>, "BBC NEWS" <newsonline@bbc. co.uk>, "Jon Snow, Presenter, Channel 4 News" <jon.snow@itn. co.uk>, "France 24" <webdesk@france24. com>, "Al Jazeera" <listeningpost@ aljazeera. net>, "Ashley Mote(Independent MEP for South East England Region)" <ashley.mote@ btconnect. com>, "Christopher Story FRSA" <cstory@worldreports .org>, "Prime Minister Gordon Brown MP" <webmaster@pmo. gov.uk>, "Jose Manuel Barroso (Lawyer & President of European Union Commission)" <sg-web-president@ ec.europa. eu>, "European Union & French President Nicolas Sarkozy" <webmasterpresident@ europarl. europa.eu>, "The Registrar, European Court of Human Rights, Council of Europe, Strasbourg (Re: ECHR Case Reference: 25077/05)" <infopoint@coe. int>, "The Democracy Defined Campaign" <campaign@democracyd efined.org>, "Dr John Wilson" <jhwilson@rightsandw rong.com. au>, "Claire Smith (President of World Archaeological Congress)" <claire.smith@ flinders. edu.au>, "World Archaeological Congress Executive" <wacinfo@flinders. edu.au>, "Paul Muldoon (Humanities Professor at Princeton University)" <muldoon@Princeton. EDU>, "Seamus Heaney (Poet Laureate)" <info@seamusheaney. org>, "Louise Arbour(UN High Commissioner for Human Rights)" <ngochr@ohchr. org>, "Ban Ki-moon (Secretary-General of the United Nations)" <public.participatio n@unece.org>, "Rossport Solidarity Camp" <rossportsolidarityc amp@gmail. com>, "The Spirit of Vercingetorix (Alesia, Castlestrange, Le Tene, and Turoe)" <vercingetorixirelan d@yahoo.ie>, "The Spirit of King Ollamh Fodhla, Great Banqueting Hall (Hill of Tara) & Ulster" <ollamhfodhla@ yahoo.co. uk> Date: Monday, 1 September, 2008, 1:41 PM Dear Gerry, Thank you for your recent e-mail (dated August 28th 2008). I was saddened to learn of your loss. With reference to the meeting you suggested for this coming Thursday (September 4th) in Omagh, please note that something completely unexpected happened to me yesterday (i.e. Sunday August 31st 2008). I happened to be looking out my front window at about 1.30 pm, when I saw a police car pull up, and park. Shortly afterwards three police officers emerged from the car: two of them holding what appeared to me to be very large machine guns. The two officers with the machine guns then positioned themselves about 30 yards apart in front of my home, while the third officer came to my front door and informed me that I was required to attend a meeting in Omagh Police Station at "1400" hours today (i.e. Monday September 1st 2008): on a "voluntary" basis; and, that if I did not show up, they would be back to arrest me later today. Although I tried to discuss the situation with them, it quickly became clear that they were not happy about doing so, and would not allow it. Consequently, I'm not really sure what this is all about? I assume however that it must be something to do with the e-mails I have sent to Chief Inspector Michael Winters (Omagh Police Station) during recent weeks, which are listed at http://www.humanrightsireland.com/ As this incident has left me feeling completely unsafe in the presence of the police, I have decided not to attend today's "voluntary" meeting with them - which the police have scheduled for 20 minutes or so from now. Also, I have left my home in Greencastle for the time being -- so there is no point in the police going to my home today: because I intend to stay away from it until such time as I have received a satisfactory explanation for yesterday's surprise "machine gun" visit. I would be very grateful if you would please try to find out what this police business is all about? As things stand, and for reasons which I feel should be obvious, I have no wish to make any further attempts to discuss this matter directly with the police myself -- certainly not at the present time. I look forward to hearing from you, and I hope to be able to check my e-mails every few hours (during the working day) for the coming few days. Best wishes, William (Finnerty).