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Entries from December 2007

Disabled person on Irish Television – Shock! Denied Access – No Shock!

December 29th, 2007 · 7 Comments · Disability, Irish Media, People In Need

RTE and the National Lottery could not make the set of Winning Streak accessible for a disabled participant to play the various games. Derek Mooney did the things that she couldn’t do. Equal Status Act how are you! That is my abiding memory of Saturday night telly – after I got over the shock of [...]

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Michael Lynn get’s his own advertising campaign

December 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Michael Lynn

This time of year there are ad’s for music, perfume, electric toothbrushes and lady shaves. Now we can add run away solicitors. Maybe it will be like the mortgages he arranged for the houses – He seemed to specialise in Buy One Get One Free! Michael’s wife does not know (subs. req.) which country he [...]

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Athlone Institute of Technology did not discriminate on Gender grounds

December 15th, 2007 · 14 Comments · Equality, Niall McElwee

Update: – The Full Text of the Equality Officers Report can be read here. I await the publication of the report of the Equality Tribunal hearing reported in today’s Irish Times. Dr. Sheila McGree claimed that she was discriminated against in the appointment and employment conditions of Dr. Niall McElwee. The Irish Times reports (subs. [...]

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Michael Lynn and the Merriman Lynch Connection

December 14th, 2007 · No Comments · Michael Lynn

It seems that the firm of Merriman Lynch solicitors are old acquaintances of Michael Lynn’s – Years ago he used their London office address to make out he had a UK office and it is been suggested to MP that the arrangement was reciprocal (with a name like Merriman Lynch one would not be surprised..) [...]

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HSE is now in the undertaking game

December 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Athlone Institute of Technology, Niall McElwee

The HSE seem to specialise in publishing burying inquiry reports in December. The Department of Health claim not to know when Brendan Smith, Minister for Children, will be receiving a copy of the report into the circumstances surrounding the handling of information on the conviction of Dr. Niall McElwee. They refer callers to the HSE. [...]

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Michael Lynn and Ray St John Murphy

December 14th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Fact Check, Michael Lynn

The last time that Michael Lynn, (the solicitor wanted by the High Court for contempt, and wanted by the Law Society for questioning, and wanted by clients for taking their money and misappropriating it, and wanted by his staff for not paying their wages) was seen by his wife was in the offices of Merriman [...]

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Happy Christmas Michael Lynn

December 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Michael Lynn

The High Court have adjourned it’s hearing until January 14th. Michael did not show up in court this morning. The Banks are discussing their options. Happy Christmas Michael, how’s the weather? Note for all posts on this blog relating to Michael Lynn please go here.

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Fergal ‘Two Jobs’ O’Malley

December 13th, 2007 · 22 Comments · Athlone Institute of Technology, Fact Check, Fergal O'Malley, Niall McElwee, Uncategorized

Is the snobbishness so much between IT’s and Universities that they don’t check out each other’s full time staff lists? What did Athlone Insitute for Technology think that Fergal O’Malley was doing in Galway? Shopping? NUIG wouldn’t notice too much – heads of department get lots of time off to be heads of department, and [...]

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Michael Lynn and the Copa Cobana

December 13th, 2007 · 8 Comments · Michael Lynn

So has anyone checked out the citizenships or passports held by the errant solicitor, Michael Lynn, currently on the run from answering a few questions in the High Court? If I were a Garda (I can hear the laughter from here!) or the Law Society I’d be looking towards Rio! Maman Poulet is told that [...]

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Go read someone else instead for a while

December 7th, 2007 · 7 Comments · Blogging, Ciaran Cuffe, Cop Out, linkiness, Uncategorized

Yup one of those I’m very busy at the moment but will be back with you shortly posts – with more on Sean Power our junior minister for ‘equality if you are not a lesbian or gay parent’, and Brian Lenihan – Minister for forthoming inJustices but who get’s invited to openings of envelopes…and then [...]

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