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People watch as a laser show illuminates India Gate war memorial in New Delhi, India (Altaf Qadri/AP).
HERE ARE THE things you need to know as we round off the day in three easy steps.
THINGS WE LEARNED:
#ARREST: A man in his late 20s has been arrested today in connection with the death of a man yesterday in Dublin. The man was fatally injured after he fell or was pushed onto the road and was struck by a bus.
#HOAX CALL: A nurse who was the victim of a prank call from an Australian radio station at the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated has been found dead. The two radio presenters who made the call have been suspended until further notice.
#PENALTY POINTS: The Garda Commissioner has said today that internal investigations into penalty points cancellations will be ‘rigorous’. Martin Callinan rejected a suggestion that a “culture of non-enforcement of penalties” was being tolerated.
#ANGLO: Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar has said he does not believe the government should pay the €3 billion promissory note due to be paid to the former Anglo Irish Bank in March. The ECB has warned that avoiding payment may not be legal.
#TESCO: Supermarket chain Tesco has agreed to a number of undertakings and to pay discount retailer Aldi €150,000. Aldi was suing Tesco over inaccurate price comparisons.
Rescued dogs Millie and Emily on Grafton Street today where Neil Hannon and Cathy Davey were busking to raise money for Dogs in Distress (Image: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland).
THINGS WE LOVED:
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Having a lay majority on a committee to appoint judges is just ridiculous. Would you have a randomly selected lay majority panel to appoint and interview a chief of medicine ?
As for the argument of judges been political can somebody point out where a judges political interest has swayed a case ?
This is a Shane Ross SF vanity project.
Well the present system is not working needs reform….Regularly on the Journal there are reports of cases where the judge gives a laughable sentence…Also there seems to be no consistency between judges in similiar cases….Also it is impossible to fire or even reprimand a Judge at present….
Its also a pointless bill as the committee can nominate a judge but the government can refuse the nomination and still appoint whoever they like.
To change this a referendum is needed.
Would be far better off putting in place minimum sentencing terms and making sure judges stick to them. Mandatory 15 year sentences for those with massive amounts if convictions would be a start.
This Judicial Appointments Commission Bill needs to be scrapped in its entirety. It’s fundamentally flawed from its conception, no amount of amendments will make it worthy.
Easily satisfied apparently!
If this dog’s dinner of a bill manages to ingest itself into the statute books this year, but then Fianna Fail replaces the current government after the general election, Fianna Fail must repeal Ross’ judicial appointments legislation.
That’s too nice a puppy to spoil with an article like this. Shame on your Journal
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