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Some dictionary definitions ...

CORRUPT:

Adjective:   1. lacking in integrity; open to or involving bribery or other dishonest practices: a corrupt official; improper conduct.   2. morally degenerate and perverted; depraved.   3. putrid or rotten.   4. contaminated; unclean.   5. of a text or manuscript: made meaningless or different in meaning from the original by scribal errors or alterations.
Verb:   6. to become or cause to become dishonest.   7. to debase or become debased morally; deprave; pervert.   8. to infect or contaminate; taint.   9. to cause to become rotten.   10. to alter (a text, file, etc.) from the original.
Origin of word:   from Latin "corruptus": spoiled, from "corrumpere" to ruin, literally: break to pieces, from "rumpere" to break.

CORRUPTION:

Noun:   1. the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt.   2. moral perversion; depravity.    3. dishonesty, especially bribery.    4. putrefaction or decay. 
5. alteration, as of a manuscript.

Internet copy of Jan 15th 2002 e-mail to Post Office (Mr Michael Sullivan):

 

Cc: President Mary McAleese ; Portumna ; Newbridge Anti-Superdump Committee) ; National Roads Authority ; Mr. Vincent Costello (Bullaun/New Inn Anti-Superdump Committee) ; Mr. Declan Ivory (Head of Eircom Operations and Delivery) ; Mr. David McGann (New Inn Community Council Representative) ; Mr Tom Kavanagh (Galway County Council Director of Environmental & Conservation Services) ; Heritage Council ; Galway Safe Environment Group ; Dunkellen Group (Woodlawn) ; Dunkellen Group (New Inn) ; Dunkellen Group (Bullaun) ; Chief Justice of The Republic of Ireland (Mr. Ronan Keane) ; Bord Pleanala ; Ballinasloe ; Athenry ; Post Office Services ; Post Office (Transaction Services) ; Post Office (Rose Fitzsimons) ; Post Office (Registered Letter Tracking) ; Post Office (Letter Post) ; Post Office (Information) ; Anita Bergin (Post Office Customer Services) ; An Taisce ; Assistant Police Commissioner (Galway area) ; Police Commissioner Pat Byrne (Chief Officer, Garda Siochana) ; Police Commissioners Office ; R Fritsch (European Parliament) ; Mr. Jacques Raybaut (European Parliament) ; European Parliament Ombudsman ; European Union Environment Commissioner Margot Wallstrom ; Mr. David Lowe (European Parliament) ; Tuam Herald ; The Irish Times ; Sunday Business Post ; Irish Independent Newspapers (Unison Group) ; Irish Examiner Newspaper ; Irish Emigrant Newspaper ; Ireland On Sunday ; Keith Finnegan at Galway Bay FM (local radio) ; Galway Advertiser Editor (Mr. Declan Varley) ; Connacht Tribune Editor (Mr. John Cunningham) ; Tuam ; Irish Government Ombudsman ; Senator Margaret Cox ; Senator Brian Mullooly (Chairman of Irish Senate)

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.

Sincerely,

Mr William Finnerty.

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----- Original Message -----

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.


----- Original Message -----

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.

Regards,

Mr. William Finnerty.

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E-MAIL:   wfinnerty@eircom.net
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----- 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) ?

Dear Mr. Finnerty

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.

Regards

Anita Bergin
Customer Services - Letter Post
Area Office Naas
Telephone: 045 880304
Fax: 045 880305
e-mail: anita.bergin@anpost.ie

-----Original Message-----
From: William Finnerty [mailto:wfinnerty@eircom.net]
Sent: 09 January 2002 18:39
To: Anita Bergin (Post Office Customer Services)
Cc: Post Office (Information); Post Office (Letter Post); Post Office (Registered Letter Tracking); Post Office (Rose Fitzsimons); Post Office (Transaction Services); Post Office Services
Subject: Missing Advise Receipt note for letter to Mr. David Lowe (at The European Parliament) ?

Dear Ms Bergin,

Scanned copies of three registered letter receipts appear roughly half way down the following www page:
http://homepage.eircom.net/~williamfinnerty/SATURNALIA/Dec_21st_2001.htm

I arranged (and paid for) "Advice Receipt" notes for all three of the registered letters in question.

Approximately one week ago, I received two of the advice receipt notes back through the post (one for the letter to Commissioner Wallstrom, and one for the letter to Councillor Joyce). The third advice receipt notification - for the letter to Mr. David Lowe - has so far failed to arrive back at my address. 

I have made inquiries today at the Post Office in Ballinasloe (where I posted my letter to Mr. Lowe on December 21st 2001), and all they can tell me there is that the letter in question left Dublin for Brussels on December 22nd 2001.  (Apparently, that is all their tracking records reveal at the present time.)

I would be very grateful to you if you could let me know why the advice receipt note connected with my letter of December 21st 2001 to Mr David Lowe appears to have gone missing?

More importantly, I would also of course like to know if my letter of December 21st 2001 (addressed to Mr David Lowe) has been delivered to The European Parliament?

I look forward to hearing from you regarding the above matters as soon as possible please.

Sincerely,

Mr. William Finnerty.

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E-MAIL:   wfinnerty@eircom.net
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----- Original Message -----

To:  ******   *********  

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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Irish Examiner Newspaper

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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Printed copy of above e-mail sent through the registered post
on January 15th 2002 (scanned copy of receipt below):

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Registered post item number:

rr306207315ie

Internet letter tracking (Republic of Ireland National Postal Service)

Post Office tracking results on Jan 18th 2002

40 page
Full details of the 40-page Evaluation Report on corruption in The Republic of Ireland (by the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body) can be found by visiting the following web site address:
www.greco.coe.int
(Look for the heading: "Evaluation Report on Ireland")
Please Note:
PDF
software is required to read the actual text of the report. If your PC does not already have the necessary software installed, you may find it useful to know that free copies can be downloaded from the following web site address: www.adobe.com 
"On 5 May 1998, at its 102nd session, the Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution (98) 7 authorising the establishment of the "GRoup of StatEs against COrruption - GRECO" in the form of a partial and enlarged agreement." 
Contact  information:
http://www.greco.coe.int/info/secretariat.htm
ILLEGAL (and HEALTH THREATENING) sewage pollution in New Inn village
(East Galway, Republic of Ireland)
E-mail to Brendan Kelly dated February 7th 2002
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