"More generally, '
gombeen' is now
an adjective referring to all kinds of
underhand and/or
corrupt activities and to the
mindset possessed
by those engaged in such activities (especially in
Irish Politics)."
The
original of the "forwarded" e-mail below can be viewed at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/DrThomasFoster/21August2008/Email.htm Translation
facilities for several European languages have been provided
at the above page
address.
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On
Thu, 21/8/08, William Finnerty
<newinngalway@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
From: William Finnerty
<newinngalway@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Gombeen
Law
To: "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>,
"Gerard Madden(Senior Social Worker, Omagh, County Tyrone,
Northern Ireland)" <gmadden@slt.n-i.nhs.uk>, "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@democracydefined.org>, "Dr John Wilson"
<jhwilson@rightsandwrong.com.au>, "Claire Smith
(President of World Archaeological Congress)"
<claire.smith@flinders.edu.au>, "World Archaeological
Congress Executive" <wacinfo@flinders.edu.au>, "Louise
Arbour(UN High Commissioner for Human Rights)"
<ngochr@ohchr.org>, "Ban Ki-moon (Secretary-General of
the United Nations)" <public.participation@unece.org>,
"Rossport Solidarity Camp"
<rossportsolidaritycamp@gmail.com>, "The Spirit of
Vercingetorix (Alesia, Castlestrange, Le Tene, and Turoe)"
<vercingetorixireland@yahoo.ie>, "The Spirit of King
Ollamh Fodhla, Great Banqueting Hall (Hill of Tara) &
Ulster" <ollamhfodhla@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thursday, 21
August, 2008, 11:38 AM
"Now, you might just think
that the
Evening Herald (Newspaper) is being lazy here,
in going for sensationalism rather than proper analysis, but
remember, that 'newspaper' is controlled by Independent News
and Media, and INM is
Sir Anthony O'Reilly's company,
the man who owns
40.08% of
Providence
Resources, currently exploring the
Porcupine
Basin off the coast of Co. Clare for
gas and oil."
==================
Gombeen
Lawby WPF Thu Aug 21, 2008
10:10
Assuming they are true,
and I have no reason to seriously doubt them, how can the
"
S.F.A." (Sweet F**k All) type statements made above
fit in with the piece below from
Article 10 of
Bunreacht na hEireann (Constitution of the Republic of
Ireland)?
"All natural resources,
including the air and all forms of potential energy, within
the jurisdiction of the Parliament and Government established
by this Constitution and all royalties and franchises within
that jurisdiction belong to the State
..." From
Wikipedia:
"More generally,
'gombeen' is
now an adjective referring to all kinds of underhand or
corrupt activities and to the mindset possessed by those
engaged in such activities. In Irish politics, it is used to
condemn an opponent for dishonesty or corruption, although its
definition has become less precise with time and usage and it
can also imply pettiness and close-mindedness. Alternative
modern parlance for a gombeen man is someone
'on the
make'." (Excerpt copied from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombeen_man
)
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