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Try Number Two
by W. Finnerty. Thu Aug 30, 2007 18:21
 
It seems to me there was a desperate need (in terms of the "common good" mentioned in the Preamble of our Constitution) for a new challenge in the Republic of Ireland's courts regarding the Hill of Tara / PPP M3 Toll Road issue; and, like a great many other people I suspect, I'm really pleased to see it's now actually happening. Many thanks to all involved.
 
Not knowing anything of this new challenge at the time, I sent a letter through the registered post to our Chief Justice John L. Murray last Tuesday. Among other things, it outlines a number of very strange aspects of this particular PPP (Public Private Partnership) toll road project: among them the fact that our National Monuments (Amendment) Act 2004, which is being used to drive the project forward, is in all probability UNCONSTITUTIONAL (and consequently unlawful).

In support of this view, and as some readers will already know, the following statement emerged from one of Mr Murray's judicial colleagues around the time of the EUROS 600,000 High Court challenge in 2006: "Justice Laffoy (High Court Judge) had stated in her High Court opinion that there was in fact a 'constitutional imperative' to protect these assets (in the Hill of Tara area)". 
 
In spite of the huge expenditure involved in the 2006 challenge, of both time and money, it appears that no useful progress at all was made regarding the crucially important matter of determining whether or not our National Monuments (Amendment) Act 2004 is in fact constitutional. I sincerely hope this second try will not leave any such doubts remaining.
 
Breaking European Union law is bad enough, but violating Bunreacht na hEireann (Constitution of the Republic of Ireland) is much, much worse in my view. Not only does unconstitutional legislation undermine our Constitution, but it also of course undermines the sovereignty of the Republic of Ireland as an independent nation state: the ONLY fully independent Celtic nation state in the world as far as I know.
 
For anybody interested, a scanned copy of the registered letter I sent to Chief Justice Murray last Tuesday (i.e. August 28th 2007), together with a copy of the associated Post Office receipt, can be viewed at http://www.europeancourtofhumanrightswilliamfinnerty.com/ChiefJusticeMurray/28August2007/Letter.htm .
 
Page 1 (of the four-page letter to Chief Justice Murray at the above address) is largely taken up with the truly amazing and growing array of unresolved legal problems I have been saddled with as a direct result of attempting to challenge the constitutionality of our "Waste Management (Amendment) Act 2001" (which I believe is almost certainly unconstitutional as well), during the run-up to the General Election in May 2002. The several "extremely serious" Hill of Tara issues (as I see them) appear on pages 3 and 4.
 
According to the Post Office's Internet "Track & Trace" Service, the above mentioned letter to Chief Justice Murray was successfully delivered yesterday morning (i.e. August 29th 2007).  
 
Related Link: http://www.kingollamhfodhla.com .
 
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The above text has been copied from the following Indymedia (Ireland) location:
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/83999&comment_limit=0&condense_comments=false#comment205844 .
 
A BACKUP copy of the above Indymedia (Ireland) article has been placed at:
http://www.constitutionofireland.com/IndyMediaIrelandBACKUP/30August2007/Article83999.htm#comment205844 .
 
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For future reference purposes a copy of this e-mail will later today be placed at the following Internet location:
http://www.europeancourtofhumanrightswilliamfinnerty.com/ChiefJusticeMurray/31August2007/Email.htm .
 
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