Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: Petition 809/2001
>
> Dear Ms Doell,
>
> I am very grateful to you for forwarding my message to the
secretariat of Mr
> Gemelli.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> William Finnerty.
>
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Euro-Ombudsman" <Euro-Ombudsman@europarl.eu.int>
> To: <wfinnerty@eircom.net>
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 4:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Petition 809/2001
>
>
> Dear Mr. William Finnerty,
>
> Please note, we have forward your message to the secretariat of
Mr Gemelli :
>
> eboaretto@europarl.eu.int
>
>
> Yours sincerely
>
> Rachel Doell
> Secretariat of the European Ombudsman
>
> >>> "William Finnerty" <wfinnerty@eircom.net>
06/20/02 12:45 >>>
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> EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT REFERENCE:
> Petition 809/2001
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> A letter received by me dated February 21st 2002 from Nino
Gemelli (Chairman
> of the Committee on Petitions) advised that the Committee on
Petitions had
> begun its examination of petition 809/2001.
>
> As can be seen from the scanned copy of the letter of February
21st 2002 at
> the www page address immediately below, it does not contain any
e-mail
> address for Nino Gemelli. Consequently, it would be very much
appreciated if
> someone would forward a copy of this e-mail to Nino Gemelli
please, and to
> ensure that he is aware of the contents.
> http://homepage.eircom.net/~williamfinnerty/SATURNALIA/feb_21_2002.htm
>
> It would also be appreciated if recipients of this e-mail would
take careful
> note of its full contents - please see below.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mr. William Finnerty.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William Finnerty
> To: ****
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 8:23 AM
> Subject: Guinness Book of Records?
>>
> ****,
>
> Thanks for your supportive comments.
>
> I don't think the media have published anything about the
possibility of
> a IR£10,000,000 (€12,700,000) fine (not yet anyway): even though it
must be
> eligible for entry in the Guinness Book of Records ? - as
the highest (ever)
> for a wall-sign containing nothing more than the address of a
web site that
> is being run within the limits of the law.
>
> I also decided to let a selection of lawyers (nationwide) know
about the
> fine threat - as I very strongly suspect that many lawyers are
slyly in there
> AT THE CORE OF THE ROT playing a crucial role in
sustaining it all.
> I feel it's time now that someone pointed out to them that they
are not
> fooling everybody.
>
> Regards,
>
> Billy.
>
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>>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: O'Finnachta
> To: Solicitors A&L Goodbody ; Solicitors Beauchamps ;
Solicitors Conway,
> Kelleher & Tobin ; Solicitors F.B. Keating & Company ;
Solicitors Gary
> Mathews ; Solicitors Geoffrey Browne & Co. ; Solicitors
Liam F Coghlan &
> Company ; Solicitors McInnes & Associates ; Solicitors
O'Hara ; Solicitors
> Patrick J. McEllin & Son ; Solicitors Richard Kennedy &
Co.
> Cc: William Finnerty (Yahoo) ; William Finnerty (Eircom a/c) ;
Liam
> O'Finnachta (finnachta.com) ; Billy Finnerty (MSN Hotmail)
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 6:02 PM
> Subject: Fw: Small East Galway business now under threat of £10,000,000
> fine.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William Finnerty
> To: National Union of Journalists (Ireland) ; National Union of
Journalists
> (London)
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 5:53 PM
> Subject: Fw: Small East Galway business now under threat of £10,000,000
> fine.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William Finnerty
> To: Tony Galvin (Tuam Herald)
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 5:45 PM
> Subject: Fw: Small East Galway business now under threat of £10,000,000
> fine.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William Finnerty
> To: Tuam ; Athenry ; Ballinasloe ; Loughrea ; Portumna
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 5:41 PM
> Subject: Fw: Small East Galway business now under threat of £10,000,000
> fine.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William Finnerty
> To: Newbridge Anti-Superdump Committee) ; Mr. Vincent Costello
(Bullaun/New
> Inn Anti-Superdump Committee) ; Mr. David McGann (New Inn
Community Council
> Representative) ; Galway Safe Environment Group ; Dunkellen
Group (Woodlawn)
> ; Dunkellen Group (New Inn) ; Dunkellen Group (Bullaun)
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 12:12 PM
> Subject: Fw: Small East Galway business now under threat of £10,000,000
> fine.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William Finnerty
> To: TV3 (Republic of Ireland) ; Tuam Herald ; The Irish Times ;
TG4 (Irish
> Language Station, Republic of Ireland) ; Sunday Business Post ;
RTE (Irish
> National TV Station) ; Irish Independent Newspapers (Unison
Group) ; Irish
> Examiner Newspaper ; Irish Emigrant Newspaper ; Ireland On
Sunday ; Keith
> Finnegan at Galway Bay FM (local radio) ; Galway Advertiser
Editor (Mr.
> Declan Varley) ; Connacht Tribune Editor (Mr. John Cunningham)
; BBC NEWS ;
> Irish News (Ulster) ; UTV (Ulster TeleVision Newsroom) ;
Associated Press ;
> CNN ; Guardian Newspaper (UK) ; Reuters ; TIME Magazine
> Cc: Council of Europe Directorate General of Legal Affairs ;
Executive
> Secretary of GRECO (Mr Manuel Lezertua) ; Secretarial Assistant
(Mrs
> Marie-Rose) ; Mr Helmut Betz (Directorate-general for the
European
> Parliament Presidency) ; Margot Wallstrom (European Union
Environment
> Commissioner) ; European Union Environment Commissioner Margot
Wallstrom ;
> European Parliament Ombudsman ; Irish Government Ombudsman ;
Rosemary
> Scallon (Member of European Parliament) ; Joe McCartin (Member
of European
> Parliament) ; Pat The Cope Gallagher (Member of European
Parliament) ;
> William Finnerty (Yahoo) ; William Finnerty (Eircom a/c) ; Liam
O'Finnachta
> (finnachta.com) ; Billy Finnerty (MSN Hotmail)
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 12:08 PM
> Subject: Small East Galway business now under threat of £10,000,000
fine.
>
>
<<< START OF PRESS RELEASE >>>
>
> From: Republic of Ireland.
> A small East Galway family business is now under threat (by
Galway County
> Council) of a fine of up to IR£10,000,000 (€12,700,000)
in connection with
> a
roadside business sign which contains nothing more than the following
Internet
> address: www.finnachta.com
>
> For full details please see www page address:
> http://homepage.eircom.net/~williamfinnerty/Galway_CC_Jn-14-2002_.htm
>
<<< END OF PRESS RELEASE >>>
>
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> E-MAIL: wfinnerty@eircom.net
> WEB SITE: http://homepage.eircom.net/~williamfinnerty/
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>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ****
> To: William Finnerty
> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 5:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Small East Gaway business now under
threat of £10,000,000
> fine.
>
> Absolutely agreed. We did not take down our
signs and immediately put out
> press releases to all media outlets. They were published
in several papers,
> and TG4 interviewed me. We also had a bit of a stick
ourselves in that we
> found that Minister Frank Fahey was in breach of some sign
regulations
> himself. So keep me in touch and vica versa.
>
> Regards,
>
> ****
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William Finnerty
> To: ****
> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 3:13 PM
> Subject: Re: Small East Galway business
now under threat of £10,000,000
> fine.
>>
> ****
>
> Now that I have the five registered
letters in the post regarding the
> £10,000,000 fine matter, together with details of the whole
business on the
> Internet, I feel that the people at Galway County Council will
have to be
> more restrained than they might otherwise be. While I
hope I'm right about
> this, only time will tell. The www.finnachta.com
sign is still there
> (because I have not removed it), and the next move regarding
this particular
> matter is now up to them. Of course I have not left the
sign there to
> challenge the law; I have left it there to challenge the
BULLIES
> (THAT ABUSE THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN
PURSUIT OF THEIR OWN
> SELFISH INTERESTS: AND AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS),
> who - as I see it - have been allowed to run wild for far too long in
Irish
> society, and who are creating a whole string of social problems which
> could otherwise be avoided.
>
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> E-MAIL: wfinnerty@eircom.net
> WEB SITE: http://homepage.eircom.net/~williamfinnerty/
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