Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 11:25 AM
Subject: Present whereabouts of 2 registered letters sent to The
European Parliament December 21st 2001 ???
Dear Mr Sullivan,
Thank you for your e-mail dated January 11th 2002.
All things considered, I think the best thing now would be for you to let me have
photocopies of the signatures obtained by the Belgian Postal Authorities
(together with the associated delivery dates) for the two registered
letters I sent to the European Parliament on December 21st 2001: assuming
of course that the two registered letters in question (one addressed to EU
Environment Commissioner Margot Wallstrom, and one addressed to Mr. David Lowe) actually were
delivered to The European Parliament.
In connection with the above request, I would be very grateful to you if you could take
account of the recent references to the 40 page EU report on corruption in The
Republic of Ireland which can now be seen at the archived copy of the Irish
Examiner Newspaper on the following www page address:
http://www.examiner.ie/nuapublish/np/NP/WPBTool/WPBWebPageH/sport/Full_Story?did=sgAjfzgi1HMHw
In case you might have any difficulties getting to the main text of this particular
newspaper article, it is reproduced (below) in the copy of the e-mail I sent to your work
colleague (Ms Anita Bergin) on January 11th 2002. I would ask you please to take
particular note of the following sentence from this text: "The 40-page Evaluation Report on Ireland warned
there may be links between public officials and organised crime and cautioned that the
admitted level of corruption in Ireland may be just the tip of the iceberg."
Scanned copies of the two registration receipts associated with the letters referred to
in paragraph 2 (above) appear roughly half way down the following www page:http://homepage.eircom.net/~williamfinnerty/SATURNALIA/Dec_21st_2001.htm
Unless you advise me otherwise, I will assume that all of the information you need to
meet my request (in paragraph 2 above) is contained in the scanned copies in question.
As you can see for yourself (at the www page address given in the paragraph immediately
above), much of the contents (both identical) of the letters I sent to the European
Parliament on December 21st 2001 involves information regarding possible corruption of one
kind or another, together with information on unlawful activities connected with
environmental issues.
I would also be very grateful to you if you would please take account of the fact that
a front page article regarding the illegal
dumping of animal waste in East Galway (where I live) appears
on last week's edition of The Tuam Herald Newspaper (dated Jan 12 2002): which contains a "major health
concern" statement. The text of the article in question can now be
seen at the following achieve address:
http://www.unison.ie/tuam_herald/stories.php3?ca=34&si=669199&issue_id=6689
In case that the ongoing doubts and difficulties regarding the
present whereabouts of the two registered letters I posted to the European Parliament on
December 21st 2001 MIGHT involve unlawful activities of any kind, I am
copying this e-mail to the Police.
My hope now is that I will receive a written response from you
within the coming 14 days which will fully clarify the situation regarding the signatures
and dates referred to in paragraph 2 above. The postal address for you
to write to me at is:
"St Albans", New Inn, Ballinasloe, County Galway.
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Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 12:06 PM
Subject: Missing Advice of Receipt note
Thank you for your enquiry regarding the above matter. I am sorry to hear that
your AR form was not returned to you and I cannot say if it was despatched from Belgium or
has gone astray in transit. I will need you to fax me the Registered Number of the item
addressed to Mr. Lowe in order to make an enquiry with the Belgian Postal Administration.
Unfortunately Belgium are not in our agreement for E-Mail enquiries and I will need to fax
the details to them. I cannot say for certain when they will reply to same as this is an
unusual request. Normally they will only accept enquiries in writing.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Sullivan
Customer Services
Letter Post.
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Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 12:03 PM
Subject: Post Office (Republic of Ireland) & Missing Advise
Receipt note for letter to Mr. David Lowe (at The European Parliament) ?
Dear Ms Bergin,
Thank you for contacting me regarding the ongoing anomalous situation in connection
with the registered letter I sent to The European Parliament on December 21st 2001.
I am very grateful to you for your help.
As you will know from your own records, this is NOT THE FIRST TIME I
have had to contact you regarding such matters during recent months.
I believe it MIGHT help if Mr. Michael Sullivan (who you refer to in
your e-mail to me below) was made aware of the information which appears on today's Irish Examiner Newspaper www
site: which apparently comes from "The Council of Europe’s
anti-corruption body":
"Ireland
more corrupt than State admits, say experts" ......."
More information on this subject can be found (further down
this page) in an edited version of an e-mail I sent earlier today (at 10.50 am).
Allowing for the contents of the paragraph above, I would be
very grateful to you if you would consider forwarding this e-mail to your Mr. Michael
Sullivan please.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 9:59 AM
Subject: RE: Missing Advise Receipt note for letter to Mr. David Lowe
(at The European Parliament) ?
Thank
you for your e-mail. Unfortunately I am not in a position to investigate the matter
as I no longer work in the area. I have however forwarded it to Michael Sullivan who
will contact you directly. I am sorry that I cannot be of any further assistance in
this matter.
Anita
Bergin
Customer Services - Letter Post
Area Office Naas
Telephone: 045 880304
Fax: 045 880305
e-mail: anita.bergin@anpost.ie
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Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 10:50 AM
Subject: Fw: Green Party Members - Galway East
Dear *******
I think I've got everyone on the e-mail list you gave me below. (Please note that
no e-mail address was given for ****** ******: 091-*******).
For my PC purposes, I've labelled the Group List: "East
Galway Greens". The list now has *?*
e-mail contacts: which should appear under "Cc:" above.
If, at any time, individuals wish to come off the list, please let me know (and I will
remove their names as soon as I can).
Changing the subject a little, I happened to notice an interesting article on today's Irish Examiner Newspaper www
site: which apparently comes from "The Council of Europe’s
anti-corruption body":
"Ireland
more corrupt than State admits, say experts" ......."
This would (in my view) explain plenty. For
the reason given at the end of the next paragraph, I have reproduced the full
text of the Irish Examiner article in this e-mail (please see final section below).
The Internet link for The
Irish Examiner Newspaper is:
http://www.examiner.ie/irishexaminer.asp
Please note that this particular paper (like some others)
asks you to register with them before allowing you FULL access to their
news articles. However, the process is not difficult; and there are no charges
involved.
Also, and in case you might miss it, there is a very interesting front page article
regarding the illegal dumping of animal waste in East Galway
on this week's edition of The Tuam Herald (dated Jan 12 2002): which contains a "major health concern"
statement.
Regards,
Billy
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WEB SITE: http://homepage.eircom.net/~williamfinnerty/
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Irish Examiner Newspaper
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| Friday January 11, 2002 Ireland more corrupt than State
admits, say experts
By Ann Cahill
A EUROPEAN expert group has found there may be far greater levels of corruption in Ireland
than officially admitted by the Government.
A report by the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body also concluded there was
a danger of political influence being exerted on the gardaí and the Director of Public
Prosecution in politically sensitive corruption issues.
It calls on the Government to introduce legislation to better safeguard the independence
of the gardaí and the DPP.
The 40-page Evaluation Report on Ireland warned there may be links between public
officials and organised crime and cautioned that the admitted level of corruption in
Ireland may be just the tip of the iceberg.
“The number of recent incidents of corruption, which have been uncovered, does start
to cast doubt on the sustainability of the current proposition that, firstly, there is no
corruption problem and, secondly, there are no links between organised crime and corrupt
public officials. Whilst these high-profile cases may be isolated they could also be the
tip of an iceberg.”
Only eight cases of bribery and corruption were reported to the gardaí between 1995 and
1999. The expert group, called GET, believe these eight cases do not reflect the real
level of corruption here.
The group noted three tribunals were investigating the activities of a former Taoiseach, a
former foreign affairs minister, a former EU commissioner, a number of politicians and
high public officials.
“The office of the DPP is not empowered to direct or influence the manner in which
criminal investigations are conducted. Moreover, it is for An Garda Síochána to decide
whether or not the investigation of a given case is to be continued or abandoned and
whether or not the case is to be transmitted to the DPP’s office or not.
“An Garda Síochána performs its functions under the general direction and control
of the commissioner of An Garda Síochána, who is appointed by the Government. The GET
did not receive any indications that An Garda Síochána might have been subject to
political interference in the investigation of a case involving members of Government,
political leaders or high Government officials.
“However, police independence in the investigation of individual (corruption) cases
did not seem to be guaranteed in the law or through specific institutional arrangements.
Therefore, the GET observed, the independence An Garda Síochána seems to enjoy in
practice when handling criminal investigations on corruption should be better guaranteed
either by specific legal provisions or through adequate institutional safeguards.”
The Government has been asked to respond to the report by the end of June 2003.
The expert team conducted interviews with officials from the departments of An Taoiseach,
Justice, Environment, Finance; the Revenue Commissioners, the Civil Service and Local
Appointments Commission, the Office of the Ombudsman; the Public Offices Commission, the
Office of the Information Commissioner, the Office of the Attorney General, the Office of
the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General,
the Local Authority Audit Service, the Flood Tribunal and the gardaí.
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