Sinn Fein accuse McDowell of 'posing' as tough on crime (Sinn Fein/IRA getting scared?)

Irish Examiner ^ | 11/09/2006 - 4:02:14 PM GMT | N/A

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Sinn Fein accuse McDowell of 'posing' as tough on crime

Sinn Féin spokesperson Aengus O Snodaigh TD today accused Minister for Justice Michael McDowell of "headline grabbing" and posing by adopting a tough stance on crime.

In his statement Mr O Snodaigh supported suggestions that overcrowding at Mountjoy contributed to the death of Gary Douch in July adding: "More prisons and bigger prisons is not the answer."

The Dublin south-central TD said: “After the tragic death of Gary Douch in Mountjoy Prison at the end of July, the Irish Prison Service rejected suggestions that Mountjoy was overcrowded, or that overcrowding had contributed to Mr Douch’s death.

"The Prison Officers Association has confirmed numerous other sources in its statement saying that Mountjoy is more overcrowded than it has been in years."

“Almost 60% of prison sentences in this state are for six months or less costing between €40,000 to €100,000 per prisoner for the period. The equivalent community service order, shown to have a positive impact on re-offending rates, for that period would cost approximately €1,500.

"Provision of proper educational and recreational facilities for prisoners, sorely missing in the Irish prison system, has also been shown to have a demonstrable negative impact on recidivism.

“More prisons and bigger prisons is not the answer regardless of whether it grabs the headline, or allows the Minister to pose as tough on crime.

"Proper resourcing of the probation and welfare service, moving prisoners with mental illnesses and disabilities into mental health treatment centres and proper educational facilities to combat recidivism constitutes an evidence-based approach to reducing prison numbers, and crime," said Mr O Snodaigh.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Funny how a terrorist doesn't like a tough Justice Minister....

[Irish_Thatcherite]

I guess Brownie and co. are scared at McDowell's promotion!

Ireland Ping!

[fanfan]

Sounds like McDowell is tougher on crime then that thug is.

Or would be.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

O'Snodaigh is one of the masterminds behind the Dublin riot earlier this year:

IRA supporters attack police, thwart Protestant march through central Dublin

[wideawake]

the tragic death of Gary Douch in Mountjoy Prison

Sounds like a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta scene.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Probably... I never got into Gibert and Sullivan!

[GreenLanternCorps]

Kinda like the Mafia complaining that the FBI is out to get them...

[wideawake]

That was the one where the IRA bussed in louts from the North to beat up those silly Protestants, right?

Everyone involved were pathetic losers - except for the poor cops tasked with keeping two mobs of morons apart.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Yeah.... or Hezbollah complaining about the IDF!!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

I consider the Protestants an innocent party in that.. but, yeah - he orchestrated it, alright!

There where six Gardai injured in the riot, and millions of Euros of damage done.

I'll be back later... thunder about.

[wideawake]

I consider the Protestants an innocent party in that..

They were deliberately insulting people and trying to provoke a violent response.

[GreenLanternCorps]

"Chutzpah" = Killing your parents and then asking the court for mercy because you're an orphan...

[ConservativeDude]

please put me in the Irish list, if you could.

[ConservativeDude]

Was Gary Douch an IRA prisoner, or is "prisoner's rights" just part of SF's ongoing morph to try to become relevant?

[Peter Libra]

Sorry to clash with you on this one.

Google will get Gary Douch. All he did was to ask being put into protective custody. As for our American friends..... even John Mark Karr is allowed under American law to be segregated from the general population.

Douch, and I do not know his crime, was a person who could not stand up for himself. He wanted isolation.

Mans Inhumanity To Man, Makes Countless Thousands Mourn .

Robert Burns- the immortal bard.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

The latter - Sinn Fein pandering to the leftist vote.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

I don't know much about the case, only that Sinn Fein/IRA are using it to attack our new deputy PM.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

please put me in the Irish list, if you could.

Can do, welcome aboard! :)

[Irish_Thatcherite]

The same could be said about those Danish cartoons of Mahommad!

Actually, it wasn't a normal Orange March, I was going to post this sooner, but thunder got in the way:

Love Ulster

"Love Ulster is an umbrella Northern Ireland unionist victims' group.

It is composed of a number of victims' organisations, such as Families Acting for Innocent Relatives (FAIR), Women Raising Unionist Concerns, the Orange Order and other loyalist fraternities and activists."

Another point:

"On Saturday 25th February 2006, a planned Love Ulster march in Dublin City was prevented from taking place due to republican riots."

[Irish_Thatcherite]

LOL!!