is this s___ real?

[na grohmiti]

Fat cat ogorman and his ammesty can go fusk it'self until it starts having something to say about our home grown terrorests

It's ok, amnesty frequently criticise the activities of terrorists too.
So....

[sofa]

Fat cat ogorman and his ammesty can go fusk it'self until it starts having something to say about our home grown terrorests

[na grohmiti]

There has been a certain amount of political influence over the years. The state appoints the judges, the dpp are employed by the state, and of course the police are in the employ of the state. Many prosecutions don't happen as to do so could be considered politically counterproductive. However.the opposite is also true, which is why amnesty etc are not fans of the SCC. It relies on the government of the day being honest, and with integrity. Bad and all as ours have been, they rarely interfered in the court to prosecute. They did interfere though to stop prosecutions though. Lesser of two evils perhaps.

[Flamingo]

If the evidence against Smith is that she consorted with a terrorist organisation, then Gerry Adams will finally be going down, if it’s she travelled to link up with a terrorist organisation in a foreign country, then the only birds those Colombia 3 will be watching is fellow jail boards.

Yes, if it only took the word of a Chief Super plus intel reports, Beardie, Slab etc could have been locked up for a long time...

[hedgehog]

If the evidence against Smith is that she consorted with a terrorist organisation, then Gerry Adams will finally be going down, if it’s she travelled to link up with a terrorist organisation in a foreign country, then the only birds those Colombia 3 will be watching is fellow jail boards.

[Laners]

A trip to a Smiths Toys Superstore would take care of embedding a seed .

[na grohmiti]

As she is from dundalk, no doubt the interwebs is already set up to look like it's the uk, so she can catch up on the bbc player..
I like to imagine her family went to a lot of trouble embedding a seed in this poor child as to how wonderful this Christian festival is.....

[Flamingo]

It does smack of no effort being spared to give the impression no effort has been spared...

But as it’s St Stephens Day in half an hour, she’ll just have to avoid spoilers of Gavin & Stacey until she can catch it on Dave.

I hope her child (along with all others) had a good Christmas Day with family, in safety.

[na grohmiti]

In my 25 years attending, on behalf of the state agents, the courts within the state, to have the integrity of a bailer brought onto question to such extent, in particular given the age of some convictions being older than the defendant herself.
But these are different times, with different defendants.

[DeV]

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/news/lisa-smith-bail-surety-rejected-over-2010-leinster-final-brawl-38811785.html

[DeV]

I never knew that the “character” of the person standing bail was taken into account. Pretty obvious, I suppose!

New one on me too

[Flamingo]

Apparently the friend who offered the independent bail amount has previous for assault etc (something to do with the referee of a GAA match) and therefore will not be accepted

I never knew that the “character” of the person standing bail was taken into account. Pretty obvious, I suppose!

[DeV]

Apparently the friend who offered the independent bail amount has previous for assault etc (something to do with the referee of a GAA match) and therefore will not be accepted

[Sparky42]

Bit more on her bail issue:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/lisa-smith-likely-to-spend-christmas-in-prison-after-ruling-1.4124539

[na grohmiti]

Probably difficult to find friends or family willing to provide any support to her, now that her child is in their care, away from her influence.
Not too many from the islamic community would be keen to throw in with her either.