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Entries from July 2007

McElwee Inquiry restricted to child protection issues in Athlone

July 19th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Niall McElwee

RTE reports that the inquiry into events which led to the resignation of Niall McElwee will concentrate on child protection issues and only on issues involving Athlone Institute of Technology. [Update – see below for exact terms] Barnardos have already expressed concern at the failure to extend the enquiry to concerns around Dr. McElwee’s practice […]

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Waterford IT Lecturers call for McElwee Inquiry Terms to be Extended

July 19th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Niall McElwee, Uncategorized

Several of the lecturers who called for an investigation of the practices and career progression of Dr. Niall McElwee in 2000 have called for the terms of reference of the inquiry to be widened. As mentioned here first on Saturday, 3 female lecturers had written to then Minister for Education, Micheal Martin and expressed their […]

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Poetry about Railways and the McElwee Case (2)

July 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Niall McElwee

More on the poetry of Niall McElwee – and his former boss John Ennis. Oisin’s Journey Home was published in 2006 by School of Humanities at Waterford I. T. and Centre for Child and Youth Care Learning at Athlone I.T. and was launched in Newfoundland. I still don’t know what the interest in poetry is […]

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Niall McElwee – The Inquiry

July 17th, 2007 · 8 Comments · Niall McElwee

The HSE have announced the name of the person that has agreed to act as the independent chairperson of their inquiry into Niall McElwee and how the Midlands Health Board did not tell anyone what they knew about the conviction in Amsterdam. Or is it why the health board never knew anything in the first […]

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Poetry about Railways and the McElwee Case

July 17th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Niall McElwee

I’m sure someone out there can comment on the significance of this publication? Óisín’s Journey Home – A Keen at the Gates of the Heart by Dr. Niall McElwee & Dr. John Ennis I’m currently at a loss to explain why a social care lecturer and (his former/then?) head of department would edit a book […]

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