Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Plus ça change; the next decade at DCU
It may seem to some readers of this blog – and, largely thanks to Tom
Mallon, there are now many thereof – that I blame everything at DCU on
Prondzynski. On the contrary; he was merely the willing executioner of a
policy that anteceded his “tenure” by upwards of a decade. The
fraudulent “agreement” with SIPTU (who never agreed it in a closed-shop
situation) that did away with tenure, academic freedom and the right to
work from home was issued in 1995, fully 5 years before P's arrival. I
am giving nothing away if I say that the Supreme court will shortly be
made aware of its bogus nature in its request for submissions in the
Cahill case.
Essentially, therefore, all employment contracts signed at DCU after 1995 are at best of dubious validity. P. has been formally made aware of this. The 1997 universities act that interacted with 1995's specious document falsely to allow “tenure” to be reduced to 3 months shows O'Hare's dark hand, not that of P., who was at the time safely ensconced in Hull's fifth-rate university. The disciplinary statute that has caused all this rancour, and cost the country a small fortune in legal fees as well as a much larger one in lost productivity and breach of trust, was first drawn up (and approved by Mallon, who lied about this at the EAT) before p's arrival.
The burning question is whether we can expect any better from the new head of DCU, Brian Mac Craith. The portents are not good. The selection and interview process was headed by Chancellor David Byrne, a Fianna Fail operative with a chequered history. Byrne was outed in Coleman and Clifford's recent book (Bertie Ahern and the Drumcondra Mafia
by Michael Clifford, Shane Coleman - Hodder General Publishing Division (2009) - Paperback - 384 pages ) as the barrister used by Ahern to attest to the “meeting” at which the fund-raising for the purchase of the house that became Ahern HQ (St. Luke's) allegedly took place. Despite Byrne's assertions to the contrary, neither Coleman nor Clifford believe that this meeting ever took place. See also
Byrne at the Mahon Tribunal
Byrne is an ex-Attorney general, which makes Paul Cahill's achievement in defeating DCU truly momentous. Now that DCU is palpably operating illegally, the 1997 act requires nomination of a High court Judge as Visitor to rectify the situation. Thus the appointment of Byrne and his predecessor, the late Judge Mella Carroll; why else choose legal personnel, versus the dozens of able academic and business people with out this stain of their record who could have handled the job so much better?
Finally, let us make it clear; disciplinary statute no. 3 at DCU is flagrantly illegal, as confirmed by Ireland's supreme court. Moreover, SIPTU confirmed at the 2009 EAT that they was never consulted about it, as the 1997 act requires. The Irish state has not hesitated to encourage a vicious and wholly illegal attack by DCU on Paul, myself, our loved ones, and many others. When will it start attempting to rectify the situation, and correctly apportion blame where necessary?
Seán Ó Nualláin Ph.D 29u Nollag 09
Other blog;
The truth hurts
Essentially, therefore, all employment contracts signed at DCU after 1995 are at best of dubious validity. P. has been formally made aware of this. The 1997 universities act that interacted with 1995's specious document falsely to allow “tenure” to be reduced to 3 months shows O'Hare's dark hand, not that of P., who was at the time safely ensconced in Hull's fifth-rate university. The disciplinary statute that has caused all this rancour, and cost the country a small fortune in legal fees as well as a much larger one in lost productivity and breach of trust, was first drawn up (and approved by Mallon, who lied about this at the EAT) before p's arrival.
The burning question is whether we can expect any better from the new head of DCU, Brian Mac Craith. The portents are not good. The selection and interview process was headed by Chancellor David Byrne, a Fianna Fail operative with a chequered history. Byrne was outed in Coleman and Clifford's recent book (Bertie Ahern and the Drumcondra Mafia
by Michael Clifford, Shane Coleman - Hodder General Publishing Division (2009) - Paperback - 384 pages ) as the barrister used by Ahern to attest to the “meeting” at which the fund-raising for the purchase of the house that became Ahern HQ (St. Luke's) allegedly took place. Despite Byrne's assertions to the contrary, neither Coleman nor Clifford believe that this meeting ever took place. See also
Byrne at the Mahon Tribunal
Byrne is an ex-Attorney general, which makes Paul Cahill's achievement in defeating DCU truly momentous. Now that DCU is palpably operating illegally, the 1997 act requires nomination of a High court Judge as Visitor to rectify the situation. Thus the appointment of Byrne and his predecessor, the late Judge Mella Carroll; why else choose legal personnel, versus the dozens of able academic and business people with out this stain of their record who could have handled the job so much better?
Finally, let us make it clear; disciplinary statute no. 3 at DCU is flagrantly illegal, as confirmed by Ireland's supreme court. Moreover, SIPTU confirmed at the 2009 EAT that they was never consulted about it, as the 1997 act requires. The Irish state has not hesitated to encourage a vicious and wholly illegal attack by DCU on Paul, myself, our loved ones, and many others. When will it start attempting to rectify the situation, and correctly apportion blame where necessary?
Seán Ó Nualláin Ph.D 29u Nollag 09
Other blog;
The truth hurts
Friday, December 18, 2009
Gogarty's sell-out of college students and staff
Just as he claims to be “25% gay”, there is every chance that Paul
Gogarty, chair of the Oireachtas education committee, is one-quarter
sane at most. There exists also the possibility that he is corrupt and
criminal, and was given his exalted post precisely because he had
detailed knowledge of state malfeasance at DCU and was willing to bury
this knowledge. The effects on mine and my partner's life has become
somewhat of an Irish media story; it is likely that Gogarty's sell-out
has adversely affected thousands of others.
It is seven years to the day since 4 members of the “Greens'” parliamentary party showed detailed knowledge of criminality and abuse at DCU:
That was then
Further questions asked by Gogarty can be found on links from this post;
This is now
In short, mad Paul has known about all the problems at DCU for close to a decade and could have saved the taxpayer millions, had he on entering government in 2007 immediately called for appointment of a visitor to DCU as the legislation requires. Instead, he and his cronies joined the other side.
So now here is a heartfelt apology to the Irish people; I volunteered my time and energy to the “greens” from 1997 to 2003, and they still have my name on their website as science + tech convenor, despite my repeated requests for its removal. Not just that, but Gormley used to insist on my partner Melanie canvassing with him. With great shame, I must admit that I encouraged her to do so; she is a brilliant political campaigner, and last used her skills to greater good in the successful Jim Webb 2006 Senate campaign. Gormely is in my view a sociopath; the fact that he has done nothing to alleviate our newly impecunious situation speaks volumes.
I note that this blog comes with a health warning in Ireland for risque content; as soon as DCU's contracts are finalized, it will have served its purpose. I am going to start a new one at
The truth hurts
Seán Ó Nualláin Ph.D 18u Nollag 09
It is seven years to the day since 4 members of the “Greens'” parliamentary party showed detailed knowledge of criminality and abuse at DCU:
That was then
Further questions asked by Gogarty can be found on links from this post;
This is now
In short, mad Paul has known about all the problems at DCU for close to a decade and could have saved the taxpayer millions, had he on entering government in 2007 immediately called for appointment of a visitor to DCU as the legislation requires. Instead, he and his cronies joined the other side.
So now here is a heartfelt apology to the Irish people; I volunteered my time and energy to the “greens” from 1997 to 2003, and they still have my name on their website as science + tech convenor, despite my repeated requests for its removal. Not just that, but Gormley used to insist on my partner Melanie canvassing with him. With great shame, I must admit that I encouraged her to do so; she is a brilliant political campaigner, and last used her skills to greater good in the successful Jim Webb 2006 Senate campaign. Gormely is in my view a sociopath; the fact that he has done nothing to alleviate our newly impecunious situation speaks volumes.
I note that this blog comes with a health warning in Ireland for risque content; as soon as DCU's contracts are finalized, it will have served its purpose. I am going to start a new one at
The truth hurts
Seán Ó Nualláin Ph.D 18u Nollag 09
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Victory!
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John
"The second case hit the headlines when an academic was forced to apologise for asking the president to state whether or not his father was a Nazi."
This is incorrect. We still have no idea what his father did during WW2, and up to 1951 and VP's stories about it are inconsistent.
The only apology I volunteered - not under compulsion - was about the sometimes excessive language on the blog. There was NO reference to VP in the apology. Check the blog, and my blog exchange on the record with VP.
Please rectify this matter immediately
Sean
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For example, at the EAT, VP gave sworn evidence that his father was involved in the July 20, 1944 plot against Hitler. We got a full list of conspirators and found that not to be the case. Should VP substantiate the claim that his father was "arrested" for this, I will not just apologise - I will resign, with immediate effect, from DCU, and will not seek ANY compensation.
His father's politics would not be such an issue had VP not shown such contempt for negotiation, the rule of law, and the various civil society bodies that in Ireland mediate the power of the state and the individual citizen. Dropping letters containing a Kafka like summons to an illegal meeting late at night into someone's private home is not too far, physically or legally, from beating down the door.
I have also instructed my lawyer to open libel proceedings against the Daily Mail. we have just compelled the Sunday independent to remove material from its website, and more will follow
Finally, my language apology is simply for the "Father Ted golden cleric award" post in which I had hoped that readers would realize the joke was on me, the writer. In that episode, Ted destroys his golden moment by compiling a list of thieves, liars etc and watched his audience disappear in disgust. While it would be easy to prove in a US court that DCU management are criminals, "useful idiot" is a harder category. Non-one has sued me, or complained.
Housekeeping over, this is the situation;
1. Tenure has been asserted at the high court level
2. The procedures used by DCU in the disciplinary statute have been found illegal at the supreme court level
3. The 1985 procedures apply to all staff at DCU, and will continue to so apply for those tenured before 1997 even after the statute is finally honed
4. The contracts issued after 1995 are in any case invalid, and legislation may be required to rectify them
5, The closed shop is gone at DCU, which is a relief
Seán Ó Nualláin Ph.D 12/16/09
