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international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday June 19, 2006 16:15 by michelle clarke
 3 comments (last - sunday march 15, 2009 20:04)
I am asking the question because of the outright inadequacy of mental health services and integrationist services to cater for the needs of people with health problems particularly mental health problems..... I recall an Irish Penal Reform Trust meeting.....a Forensic Psychiatrist and his wise words about mental health definititions. The categories of say bipolar equate the same in the outside world and within the hospital implying that a lot of what is termed Psychiatric are in fact social problems. I have written an 18 page essay dealing with this topic over two centuries. Anxiety can take you by the throat if you suffer from what is named episodic........Listen to your patients and fight for the funding to provide an adequate medical service and perhaps have less people walking the streets and begging............I have heard that if you have mental health problems in the US, you are 4 times more likely to be shot by the police.... Where is the Barr Tribunal Report......What is holding it up? Why was John Carty show. Where were the social services and the doctors....... The Morris Tribunal has reported. Let's clearn up the act and hear what Mr. Justice Barr has to say..... michelle read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday June 18, 2006 22:43 by michelle clarke
28 comments (last - monday april 20, 2009 20:52)
America, they refer to the Underclass. Medical Services in Ireland are harnassed by the divide - you pay or you don't.......therein is the obscurity as to how to have hope and get the best treatment..... I note Patient's Together are mobilising to challenge Professor Drumm and the HSE scandal of overcrowding in Accident and Emergency. I am hearing too much about suicide. I am encountering a degree of medical arrogance that I can no longer accept. I wonder have people experienced similar problems. We are not hearing about all the suicides.....i.e. those involving the Luas for example or the out of the ordinary number in Finglas at the moment. What is the system saying......Are they confining us to no Hope and the undersclass category. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday May 20, 2006 20:29 by michelle clarke
This was a contribution to Indymedia 4th March by Redjade Coming To Grief by Hans Johnson Like the breeze of late winter, a single word, unspoken, has rippled through the recent funerals of several US service members returned from Iraq. Families and military presss officers have different reasons for tight lips on the topic. But Suicide among Iraq soldiers, 29 soldiers by recent count, says volumes about drooping morale and raises further doubts about how accurately the toll on service members is being measured and how much more they will bear' We all are delicate human beings...........bureaucracy can always be sorted out......life cannot be given back. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Sunday May 07, 2006 19:34 by michelle clarke
5 comments (last - monday february 11, 2008 20:11)
Quotation: Fr. John Powell 'A growing person is self-renewing.......as new as each new day....Study his face and hands, listen to his voice....look for change.....It is certain that he has changed. 'To tell you my thoughts is to locate myself in a category. To tell you about my feelings is to tell you about me'...............Have we lost this capacity to share feelings!!!!!! read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Friday April 14, 2006 20:55 by michelle clarke
8 comments (last - saturday may 06, 2006 20:27)
What is worse is the element of trust that is breached. Why do people do such things to other people. Is the motive purely money or is there a hidden inadequacy and jealousy with them. Has anyone ever been conned? Years ago when there was less access to media and press coverage there was a kind of human connection network that kept people informed and warned. Joe Duffy is the Man who keeps the tradition of the past, out there and discussed but we need more. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / news report Wednesday January 04, 2006 15:33 by michelle clarke
6 comments (last - monday october 12, 2009 17:54)
a Swiss Company will buy them out and pay the cosy cartel of directors and elites large sums of money.....question is do they pay adequate tax in Ireland if they can't learn to grasp grassroots disabilitities issues read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Monday December 12, 2005 21:03 by michelle clarke
10 comments (last - tuesday march 29, 2011 16:28)
The history of Dublin fascinates me and Dublin Castle is one of the most spendid buildings and courtyards that became a bequest of the British Establishment as they left the 26 counties in 1920's....... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 15, 2005 22:08 by michelle clarke
35 comments (last - tuesday january 20, 2009 18:09)
This year, 18 people are dead, and so many friends, family and people are affected. Last year, it was 8 deaths in a turf war. The turf war is territory and the war relates to the sale of illegal drugs that destroy peoples' lives. I believe in everybody having a degree of self reliance in and input to halting this plague of mind distortion so called pleasure. The articles in New Scientist are worth a read. This week's article is second from the bottom.....the title is what motivates me to write, the remainder of my comment is about contextualising the effects of drugs on long term and health and in particular the consequences of mental health problems as a direct consequence of addiction. Let the children know. Why don't we have some for of game that shows you how unpleasant it is when your mind goes ary..... http://www.newscientist.com read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Sunday October 09, 2005 22:16 by michelle clarke
7 comments (last - wednesday september 27, 2006 00:45)
to special privileges!!! Like Stallions etc Ireland What about making those in control of government departs such as health, transport, education ....... an extract of criminally responsible for reckless or negligent behvaviour......This may enhance Corporate Governance, Accountability, Transparency. It is time to avoid tangents and focus on our Prisons, our Vulnerable people, a system of health similar to Europeans and lower wages and to ensure we do not stand away from the principles Of James Connolly and Jim Larkin. We have fought hard in Ireland for fair wages let us not discriminate now. Well done Joe Higgins going out to Turkey re. the Gama workers. Let us ask were low wages costed in to the construction contract!!!! What annoys me most in Ireland now - Committees and more committees followed by academic research, research and more research. The publications are beyond a joke now. Where is the committee on Common Sense? read full story / add a comment
international / environment / opinion/analysis Wednesday August 10, 2005 22:54 by michelle clarke
11 comments (last - wednesday august 24, 2005 21:30)
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday June 02, 2005 22:43 by michelle clarke
6 comments (last - friday june 03, 2011 14:57)
The French have excelled. People started reading books, thinking, and voting. The Dutch followed on. What will happen in Ireland? Will there be another No vote election not be acceptable to Govt . Let us recall, the 'machinery' kicked in another strategic vote....and apathy and people beckoned to the call of the Master!!! Will it be the same this time....Do we really need to waste money on holding an 'Election' as a form of token gesture. Where are the Watchdogs? Who has the teeth? Why aren't Corrupt Practices not made a criminal offence? What about the scandalous loopholes in those who pay tax and more importantly the Equitable Amount. I read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday February 23, 2005 00:51 by michelle clarke
1 comment (last - thursday june 23, 2005 20:07)
President Bush met President Chirac today...there is an urgent need to resolve disagreements and form strategies for peaceful resolutions worldwide. Within months, the citizens of Ireland review and vote on their choice for the EU constitution. Perhaps it is time to review our own...in the light of the Peace Process. Surely: our focus ought to be corrupt practices North and South but not make alleged criminality, at the last hurdle towards the conclusion of the Peace Process. The Gardai exist as do the PSNI let them seek out all illegal practices irrespective of origin and act with Due Process. The Tribunals about land deals are evidence....... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Sunday February 20, 2005 22:42 by michelle clarke
8 comments (last - friday october 14, 2011 21:20)
Justice delayed is Justice Denied. The CAB will not apparently being receiving early pensions. Instead, their skills refined through the 1980's/90's scandals of tax evasion will now prove refined to the degree that we may have an effective, speedy system of tribunals with prompt delivery to the Justice system However, in the midst of all this exciting blame festering news let us not forget the important issues. We need to review children, we need to consider restorative justice, we need to appoint educational psychologists in our schools, we need Ethics established as a mind set of those entering the work environment, government etc. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday February 13, 2005 22:57 by michelle clarke
21 comments (last - friday april 04, 2008 21:34)
'Why Sinn Fein are a bunch of lying, stealing, cheating, hypocritical bastards? Freedom of the Press is to be valued and not jeopardised. I lived in Zimbabwe in the 1990's and alas I witnessed what control of the Press was all about......Let us preserve our right to report taking account of the words Ethics, Morality, Justice, Human Rights, Civil Rights, Peace.............. African Saying: 'The area covered by your life is not as important as what you build on it' read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday February 03, 2005 01:51 by michelle clarke
15 comments (last - thursday november 24, 2005 21:23)
Secret Societies. Secrets that bind you......Organisations and Professions that have the inherent secrecy that establishes power relations. Mystery is a nice word. It is a word often associated with Religion but the mystery that awakens my attention is the mystery of an organisation known as Opus Dei read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Saturday December 18, 2004 15:17 by michelle clarke
8 comments (last - friday march 11, 2005 17:41)
The Home Secretary, Mr. Blunkett chose to resign. There is a need to re-focus in line with characteristics of integrity, justice, equality and honour.........Administratively the vulnerable in Irish society are not being protected - nb the hospital/pension issue at present. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday December 10, 2004 20:47 by michelle clarke
8 comments (last - wednesday january 19, 2005 22:45)
Peace is essential. Diversity exists but it is up to each person to work at making Unity the goal. Let's look to colonial powers like Zimbabwe who appear to have fallen by the wayside. Let us take regard for the need of a Peace Protype/Model that can give inspiration to other countries torn by war. Let us take account of Narcissism and those who act the part of Boss as distinct from Leadership. Leadership is about inspiration. Leadership envelopes philosophy, psychology and a level of Truth. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday November 25, 2004 22:01 by michelle clarke
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The last time Suicide was raised on Indymedia, 27 people replied. Another article referred to the Father who felt such pain that he opted to set fire to himself in a solicitors office. This is about pain and it is my hope that this article written at a painful time in my life might initiate the word HOPE in the minds of vulnerable, saddened, people. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday November 04, 2004 00:13 by michelle clarke
8 comments (last - wednesday november 10, 2004 00:52)
President Bush is democratically voted in for a second term. Peace, Justice, Ethics, Equity and a myriad of words that are associated with the 'God' he so often refers to and speaks about.....must become the priority of each individual. http://www.indymedia.ie/publish.php There is too much accumulated pain in this world today.......it is time to learn and make the change. read full story / add a comment |
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