North Korea Increases Aid to Russia, Mos... Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:29 | Marko Marjanovi?
Trump Assembles a War Cabinet Sat Nov 16, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?
Slavgrinder Ramps Up Into Overdrive Tue Nov 12, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?
?Existential? Culling to Continue on Com... Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:28 | Marko Marjanovi?
US to Deploy Military Contractors to Ukr... Sun Nov 10, 2024 02:37 | Field Empty
Anti-Empire >>
Promoting Human Rights in IrelandHuman Rights in Ireland >>
St Augustine Pictured as Black in Children?s Book Published by Church of England Sun Aug 17, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
In a bid to flex its diversity credentials, the Church of England's Racial Justice Unit has sparked fury by depicting St Augustine as black in a new children's book.
The post St Augustine Pictured as Black in Children?s Book Published by Church of England appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Labour Drops Plans to Restrict LTNs in ?Secret War on Motorists? Sun Aug 17, 2025 13:00 | Toby Young
Labour ministers have ditched the Conservatives' plans to curb the power of councils to restrict traffic and levy 'unfair' fines and parking charges. The war on motorists continues.
The post Labour Drops Plans to Restrict LTNs in ?Secret War on Motorists? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
A Response to Fraser Nelson and His Critics Sun Aug 17, 2025 11:00 | Noah Carl
Yes, most types of crime have fallen since the late 1990s. But that doesn?t mean the country is going through some sort of golden age?far from it.
The post A Response to Fraser Nelson and His Critics appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Activists Run to Federal Court to Try to Ban Official US Government Report that Blows Holes in ?Sett... Sun Aug 17, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
Green activists have thrown their toys out of the pram and are lawyering up to kill a US report that shreds climate models and threatens the Net Zero gravy train, says the Daily Sceptic's Environment Editor.
The post Activists Run to Federal Court to Try to Ban Official US Government Report that Blows Holes in ?Settled? Climate Science Claims appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
How Taxpayers? Money is Being Spent on ?Sanctuary Cities? Sun Aug 17, 2025 07:00 | Charlotte Gill
Millions of taxpayers? money is being spent by UK councils and theatres chasing "Sanctuary Awards" ? official recognition from City of Sanctuary UK, a charity promoting support for refugees and migrants across the country.
The post How Taxpayers? Money is Being Spent on ?Sanctuary Cities? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Lockdown Skeptics >>
Voltaire, international edition
Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en
Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en
Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en
Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en
The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en
Voltaire Network >>
international |
rights, freedoms and repression |
other press
Thursday March 04, 2010 16:17
by Tweet-Tweet - People press and inclusivenessWho
We are currently not accepting any more comments on this article.
printable version
Digg this
del.icio.us
Furl
Reddit
Technorati
Facebook
Gab
Twitter
View Comments Titles Only
save preference
Comments (6 of 6)
Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6I think the retention period is 3 years in Ireland and Irish people are too ignorant and compliant to stand up against the continual erosion of their civil liberties. Any Garda can get access to a persons emails and as far as I know there were 10,000 such applications in 2008 alone. This is major abuse. You would have no idea that this was happening to you. People need to get clued in on encryption but if my own attempts to get friends to use encryption are anything to go by, not a chance of that. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Here in Ireland, we have completely dozed off on our watch.
These are strange and intriguing days.
Big Brother is everywhere
D. Ahern is pushing through a database here and I don't know if its passed legislation stage yet but I ask the question where does all this end?
Our human rights must never be seen as a priviledge. It's a Right.
ghost hunter
This is most serious.
Fundamental rights of people is the Right to Privacy. it is not a priviledge. Correct
Let's go back some years to Haughey, to Doherty and the phone tapping; to Bruce Arnold, Geraldine Kennedy and 'phones'. (They won in the High Court). It eventually brought Haughey down.
The year 2010
Gardai and long lens cameras to be found at the Corrib, collecting data on people. Let nobody tell me peoples' files are not been monitored - look at the detail on phone bills, mobiles, landlines etc and these can be abused by Special Branch
left wing
Vendetta: you say data retention could mean 3 years. surely this gives telecommunications companies huge power over individuals and you are right to say this is a contravention of civil liberties. Why are people so non plussed!
Reading the article about the court case in Germany provokes serious consideration. 35,000 Germans will change EU directives if successful, to the power of the State and telecommunications companies to retain data on citizens. Let us not forget in Ireland we are all EU citizens now.
We must ask ourselves also how much data Gardai hold on files on Irish citizens (unknown to them).
example: cannot recall the exact details and when but a person travelled to the US approx. 2 years ago and he was stopped by the American State Forces who had comprehensive data on him. Who provided the data? his offences were 2 parking fines and a public order offence.
Who feeds this process?
This is a very interesting topic but it is suprising that nobody seems to be tapping into it especially when we consider recent premature retirements from Government.
35,000 Germans are challenging the EU directive and the courts ordered the records to be deleted from the databases until such time as the German Constitutional court makes a ruling.
Vendetta says data is held for 3 years in Ireland and that basically it is an inept non populist orientated people that are allowing this to happen.
the corrib must merit some consideration. what about the cameras, the you-tube, the buzz etc. etc. retention of data. Who really is in control of communications in Ireland. Do we apply the eu directive that has been questioned by the German courts and if we do, what is the impact or potential impact in criminal and civil cases.
emails are also highly questionable. Who stores the data and where?
concerned citizen
They, the citizens of the UK, which includes the citizens of Northern Ireland of course, are all viewed (in law) as "loyal subjects of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth" are they not?
Consequently, they don't have any indefeasible or inalienable rights do they?
They have whatever rights Her Majesty's Government grants them by way of privileges, depending on the willingness of the "loyal subject" to submit, and to be seen to submit, to her authority (via her Government).
That's my understanding. Am I right or am I wrong?