"The Judicial Branch must be independent of other branches of government, but NOT independent of the nation itself." 
 
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Best wishes
by W. Finnerty. Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:03
 
This is the best piece of news I've come across in a long, long time.
 
Now we must all wait and see if the following extremely basic, and extremely important legal principle applies (or not) in the Republic of Ireland's "Judicial Branch": 
 
"The Judicial Branch must be independent of other branches of government, but NOT independent of the nation itself." 
 
The above statement, taken from http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff1270.htm , comes from one of the world's most famous lawyers: Thomas Jefferson (principal author of the American Declaration of Independence and third President of the United States).
 
Related Link: http://www.humanrightsireland.com
 
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A closely related letter (dated March 7th 2008) sent to Cardinal Seán Brady, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, which refers to the TOTAL destruction (on July 4th last) of an extremely important heritage site close to the Hill of Tara, can be viewed at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/CardinalSeanBrady/7March2008/Letter.htm 
 
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