Article 6.1 of the Republic of Ireland Constitution

December 28, 2010

Article 6.1 of the Republic of Ireland Constitution

By William Finnerty

"This new 'bankers bailout law' represents the most serious violation of Article 6.1 of our written Constitution that the people of the Republic of Ireland have yet been subjected to thus far, and I believe this because I believe the consequences are likely to be the most serious so far: unless, that is, this new piece of legislation is very smartly cancelled through a successful 'judicial review' challenge."

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There appears to be a great lack of commitment to our written Constitution (Bunreacht na hEireann), especially among our TDs (elected representatives), and this possibly reflects a general but dangerous lack of awareness of the importance of written constitutions, and the crucially important part they are meant to play with regard to the protection of sovereign independent nation states such as the Republic of Ireland.

Correctly or otherwise, I am very firmly of the view that the Republic of Ireland cannot ever become a truly independent sovereign nation state, unless the majority of the people of the Republic of Ireland start learning about (and supporting) Bunreacht na hEireann in ways that count.

Personally, I was very shocked (though not in the slightest bit surprised) by the way President Mary McAleese signed the "bankers bailout" bill into law on December 21st 2010.

Given the circumstances she found herself in on December 21st 2010, I believe President McAleese should undoubtedly have instead used the first-class constitutional facilities available to her through Article 26.1.1 of Bunreacht na hEireann, which are better perhaps than in any other written constitution in the whole world, which she could have made a final decision on completely by herself, and which would not have cost her a single penny, to have the extremely dubious bill in question referred to the Supreme Court: so that our senior judges could study the bill regarding the core issue of its exceedingly doubtful constitutionality. The fact that President Mary McAleese failed, given the circumstances on the day, to make this referral to our Supreme Court judges, represents (in my view) an amazingly serious and very worrying violation of our written Constitution.

Far worse though (in my opinion) is the fact that the people of the Republic of Ireland have not been given an opportunity to have their constitutional (i.e. "basic law") right to have their say -- using an Article 6.1 based referendum -- as to whether or not they wished to see the bankers bailed out (regarding their massive self-inflicted gambling debts) in the way this new piece of law permits and supports: at the potentially UNLIMITED expense of the people of the Republic of Ireland it seems. This, I believe, represents the most serious violation of Article 6.1 of our written Constitution that the people of the Republic of Ireland have yet been subjected to thus far, and I believe this because I believe the consequences are likely to be the most serious so far: unless, that is, this new piece of legislation is very tidily and rapidly cancelled through a successful judicial review challenge.

As I have found to my extreme cost though, and unless things have recently changed very dramatically in the Republic of Ireland's legal profession, anybody who tries (on their own, and who is not a TD such as Pearse Doherty for example), to raise a "judicial review" challenge relating to this new piece of Republic of Ireland "bankers bailout" law, can fully expect -- in my view, and based on my own personal experiences over a period of several years -- to very rapidly run into major complications and difficulties (not to mention very severe punishments involving C-PTSD injuries), which means they will be callously, ruthlessly, viciously, repeatedly, and with complete impunity, blocked at every point by all of the public officials, public bodies and individuals concerned, from succeeding with the initiation of any such legal challenge.

I have attempted to relay my concerns relating to these issues to the Republic of Ireland High Court President Justice Nicholas Kearns in an e-mail I sent to him (and several others) on December 21st 2010. For anybody interested, a copy of the e-mail I used can be viewed at the following www location:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/JusticeNicholasKearns/21December2010/Email.htm

And, as can seen at the www address just above, I also used the opportunity to try and point out to Justice Nicholas Kearns (and to all of the other people included in the recipient lists of the e-mail in question) that the highly respected and exceptionally well-placed United States Congressman Louis T. McFadden had extreme concerns of the deepest nature about the "forefathers" of the present "privately owned global banking cartel" setup (of which "The Fed" is a very major part of) that involved bringing "formal charges against the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank system (i.e. the privately owned Central Bank of the US), The Comptroller of the Currency and the Secretary of United States Treasury for numerous criminal acts, including but not limited to, CONSPIRACY, FRAUD, UNLAWFUL CONVERSION, AND TREASON".

Unfortunately, Mr Mc Fadden died before he completed his desperately needed task.

What a VERY different and much better world it might be today, had US Congressman Louis T. Mc Fadden lived long enough to finish the unusually valuable and still much needed legal challenge he was working on?

The above text is very largely based on a "comment" relating to a recent TV interview with musician, singer, songwriter, and activist Jim Corr at the following www location: http://www.sovereignindependent.com/?p=11324&cpage=1#comment-94834

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On December 28th 2010, and for future reference purposes, an almost identical copy of the above text was sent by e-mail to, among several others, Republic of Ireland High Court President Justice Nicholas Kearns. A copy of the e-mail used can be viewed at the following www location:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/JusticeNicholasKearns/28December2010/Email.htm

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The above text has been copied from the following Open News location:
http://www.opednews.com/Diary/Article-6-1-of-the-Republi-by-William-Finnerty-101228-177.html

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Human Rights Ireland
http://www.humanrightsireland.com

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