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EVERY WEEKDAY evening, TheJournal.ie brings you the five things you really should know before you head out the door…
1. #RACE FOR THE ÁRAS: Independent candidate Mary Davis has revealed her full P60 tax filings for the last three years after facing questions about her earnings from posts on State and other boards. The documents reveal that she earned €183,083.82 from State boards over three years, contributing to a total wage of €156,310 gross last year.
- The National Library has said it does not know whether clemency appeal letters written by David Norris for his former partner Ezra Nawi are part of the Senator’s personal archive lodged with the institution in 2007. However in a statement, the library said it had agreed not to make public any of the documents without Norris’s express permission.
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- Seán Gallagher has made a final appeal to his fellow candidates to produce one common election leaflet between them, which he claims will save the taxpayer more than €10 million. However, he said the silence from other presidential hopefuls on the issue has been “deafening”.
2. #FIRE: A house fire which killed a five-year-old girl in Boyle, Co Roscommon in the early hours of this morning is now being treated as suspicious by gardaí. A man in his 40s and two more children aged three and four escaped the fire, which broke out between 2.30am and 3am.
3. #AMANDA KNOX: Murder accused Amanda Knox has made an emotional final plea to the court hearing an appeal over her conviction for the 2007 murder of her flatmate Meredich Kercher in Italy, telling jury members: “I did not kill, I have not raped, I did not steal.” The verdict is due at 7pm Irish time.
4. #BANAMA REPUBLIC: Nama has confirmed it will be pursuing the pension funds of indebted developers, in an attempt to recoup money owed. The move comes as part of an apparent attempt to persuade the developers to approve Nama’s business plans for their properties.
5. #BY-ELECTION: Barry Caesar Hunt, a Dublin hairdresser best known for appearing on last year’s The Apprentice, has confirmed he will run for the Dáil in the Dublin West by-election on October 27. Hunt, who owns WestEnd Barbers in Blanchardstown, said it was “time to give people hope” and that “small changes can make huge differences”.
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Why oh why are there so many idiots and complete morons on the roads? To be honest there are a litany of answers but nobody cares. 3 years ago the government cared. Now they don’t. Self serving sleveens. Here’s why; they don’t mandate driving as a leaving cert course ( every child in this country will drive at some stage, but they are not taught at school age ) , it should be mandatory in school. Learners are not allowed on motorways..WTF. Insurance costs are insane..a 23 year old man is now quoted at least €2400 per year. Outrageous. And the best and most laughable combination the NCT and cars over 10 years old. You can’t get insurance on a 10 year old car without paying thru the nose..but the NCT are offering 2 year certificates if you apply early. You count make this $hi! up . People are responsible for their vehicles, and 99% of us drive within the laws. But when you have mayhem within the system it will all go wrong.
Agree on all, especially mandatory in school. Our Transition years are offered driving safety course which includes driving. Some won’t take it because they say they already can drive ( tractor license ) these kids are only 16! Where does road safety go from there ?
Jenni with all due respect, some things have to be taught outside school such as at home or wider community . Schools do not have time to cover every societal issue. In theory it sounds like a good idea but what do you stop teaching to teach this? Bullying? Mental Health? SPHE which does cover safety in many aspects, numeracy, literacy, science? The list is endless now.
Saw three garda in the last few weeks driving and using there mobile. One was talking and the other two were either texting or checking something. Talk about swearing to uphold the law.
For those who are putting thumbs down on this post. Personally I have great respect for the guards. But they need to get there shop in order and lead by example. I can only imagine the response and cooperation I would get if I called into a garda station to report a gaurd for driving while they were on the phone.
In an Emergency they may be understandably exempt. On all three occasions (only this year) what I have witnessed, none of the drivers where in the process of an emergency. In fact one them pulled in front of me onto the petrol station forecourt and went at the same time as me to buy a coffee.
Thumbs still going up here obviously a lot of guards themselves thumbing this so let’s hope none of them create a fatal accident while on their way for a coffee on their mobile.
Why is this published? The drivers were detected and the process is underway and that is that. The Gardai always detected road offences and always will. Whats the big deal
Yesterday I witnessed a mother driving away from the school with her Junior infant child, not only unrestrained, but with his head stuck out the fully opened window. The same woman is regularly on her mobile while driving.
European law dictates that force majure can not exceed the value of the debt chased. So a wrong equals a wrong.. Would be interesting to actually discover how many of the 2 billion road journeys taken each year resulted in hundreds of road deaths from texting. Not a supporter of this activity but sure the RSA milk this kinda thing to keep the quango in funds..
1. 1° The State acknowledges that man, in virtue of his rational being, has the natural right, antecedent to positive law, to the private ownership of external goods.
2° The State accordingly guarantees to pass no law attempting to abolish the right of private ownership or the general right to transfer, bequeath, and inherit property.
2. 1° The State recognises, however, that the exercise of the rights mentioned in the foregoing provisions of this Article ought, in civil society, to be regulated by the principles of social justice.
2° The State, accordingly, may as occasion requires delimit by law the exercise of the said rights with a view to reconciling their exercise with the exigencies of the common good.
Paragraph 2, Clause 2 gives Constitutional validity to the relevant section of the 1992 Finance Act. That decision would likely have been appealed if Letterkenny District Court had the power to set precedent in this country. It doesn’t though, so the DPP simply didn’t gamble on a case with zero upside, from his perspective.
That might apply to the case of impounding due to no tax alright. But they’d have a case on road safety grounds with respect to the NCT & insurance cars.
“No tax and a false insurance disc”. Doesn’t change the fact that it’s not legal for them to seize the car. There was talk today about legislation to “empower” them to seize a car from an unaccompanied, learner driver. All the rest will be sneaked in to “empower” them even more.
I’m surprised a cop doesn’t already have the power to come to the conclusion that the learner driver is too high a risk for the road and must therefore take the car away. They probably have to give the option of calling someone to accompany them at the minute and they’re a bit annoyed that can’t just take it away.
Donegal daily prints anything it hears without investigation. This story is one mans interpretation without fully understanding the circumstances that led to the case been dismissed. Donegal daily also reported a woman been fined €4000 for obstructing guards seizing her car. Rehashing an opinion piece from 2014 because it suits what you want to believe to be true doesn’t make it so. 1000s of cars have been seized since.
Not disputing that there have been 1000s of cars seized. Simply the fact that it’s not legal for them to seize them. Makes no difference anyway. The law only applies to us peasants in this corrupt country. The VRT itself is illegal under European law and the Irish State pays massive fines to Europe, every year, for breaking this law. We’re not supposed to know about this though.
Cranium – you seem so determined to jump to the defence of those who flout the law. It’s fine until they collide with you or yours. Spend some time thinking of emergency services who have to deal with the aftermath of these fools.
You’ve totally discredit yourself now Cranium. VRT is not illegal under Irish or EU law. We do not pay fines to the EU. That is often repeated here but it is nonsense. Othe EU countries have similar taxes.
Again, i only ever hear that vrt is illegal during bar room talk. Cant find it officially written anywhere except on anti established threads. My understanding is that a penalty tax cait be imposed on goods from EU states. But because vrt is paid on irish bought cars already then vrt on imports is not illegal. Perhaps im wrong but I’d like to read it somewhere more official then donegal daily or facebook.
@Cranium: All this talk and not one piece of legislation quoted, why can’t you quote the act itself, the constitution is only relevant is the act is repugnant to it.
They should be empowered, driving while texting at that speed! Kids with no seat belt! This kind of stupidity results in needless death and destruction.
I have always thought that RTA enforcement re Tax & insurance is set incorrectly by in use road checks, which are very wasteful of Garda resources.
The central vehicle registration dept should flag up any vehicles not renewed when due,to a collection service to follow up, on the basis that the last registered user is liable unless & until a re- registration is made. Off road certification needs to be time limited to 3 months, & be fee based.
All vehicles need to be insured to renew tax, so both would be encompassed administratively, rather than by legal processes, unless the law needs enforcement by reason of other, or further illegality, eg failure to respond to arrears notices.
This process would also address the all to evident practices of back lane cash sales to unlicensed/ uninsured buyers, & the simple abandonment of vehicles, & would be largely self financing.
It is time that the office based elements do more than just collect taxes, but also become pro-actively concerned with the downstream enforcement of the system, & leave the Gardai deal with other criminality.
Amazing how active the garda have become since the Whistle blower controversy is daily grabbing the headlines, and at last a proper inquiry into the whole sordid affair. Why were they not as active in the past?
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