I wish through your media outlet to bring attention to a grave injustice being perpetrated against an Irish Citizen by his own government, Noel Maguire is seeking repatriation back to Ireland from an English jail to serve the remainder of his sentence in the country of his birth and to be closer to his family. The refusal by the Irish government in accepting Noel’s application seems to be stripping him of his Irish Citizenship and the civil rights that are associated with it.
Noel Maguire Irish Political Prisoner
Noel Maguire
Another Miscarriage of Justice by Corrupt British System
At Noels Trial the Evidence against him
The prosecution declared today that there was no direct evidence that any of the three defendants had planted a bomb
Cell site information showed Maguire’s phone had been in the area of a yard in north London where the taxi used in the BBC bomb was bought.
His thumbprints were subsequently discovered on one of the bank notes handed over for the cab.
Result
Noel Maguire was sentenced to 22 years on the flimsiest of evidence
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A knife attack on Noel last year by 2 inmates who have since been charged with attempted murder is an indication of the seriousness of the situation
Noel Maguire is the last remaining Irish political prisoner still incarcerated in an English jail.
All his co accused have been repatriated as was their rights as Irish Citizens
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Repatriation
The right to be repatriated to the country of your citizenship to serve a prison sentence on humanitarian grounds as lay down by the European Directive.
A report by British Irish Rights Watch Committee on the Administration of Justice Irish Commission for Prisoners Overseas concluded:
“Prisoners denied a transfer is deprived of contact with their families and their home communities, lessening their chances of successful reintegration on their release. However, the people who suffer most from the failure to transfer prisoners are their families, who are prevented by the long distances involved, the cost of the journey,
And in some cases poor health, from visiting their relatives. Families visiting republican prisoners in England have sometimes arrived to find that their relative has been moved to another prison many miles away without their having been informed, a practice known as “ghosting”. Relatives have also been subjected to strip searches and been held under emergency laws when visiting their loved ones. The UK government has consistently put its own political agenda before any humanitarian consideration or any notion of respect for fundamental human rights where the transfer of prisoners is concerned”
Reasons Noel should be repatriated:
• He is an Irish citizen and holds a valid Irish Passport, issued in Dublin
• He easily qualifies for repatriation under the European directive,
which allows prisoners to be moved back to their own country to
serve their sentence closer to their family for purely humanitarian
reasons. He has not seen his children in 6 Years.
• There was an attempt to murder Noel last year in which he received
serious knife wounds. If left alone and isolated his life would be
constantly under threat!
• His physical and mental well being is in jeopardy if the Irish
Government refuses him the right to be brought home to serve his
sentence in an Irish Jail
Contact this email
politicalstatus@aol.com or usmem@cgrp.info for more information
Writ a letter or send a card of support to Noel:
Noel Maguire
HMP Full Sutton
Stamford Bridge
York. Y041-IPS.
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Urgent Appeal
The CGRP call for the immediate repatriation of Noel Maguire.
At this time with so much going on in the Occupied 6 counties it is easy to forget the injustice being perpetrated against Noel and his family and we ask that people take a little time to remember Noels plight.
The claim used to turn Noels request down, the grounds that Noel has no close relatives in the twenty six counties; this is outrageous Noel holds an Irish passport is an Irish citizen and wishes to be brought home, it was always our belief that people living in the North of Ireland were able to hold Irish citizenship which should allow them the fundamental rights of an Irish citizen Noel is eligible for the transfer under EU legislation.
If Noel was moved from his English prison to any prison in the twenty six counties it would mean relatives and friends could visit him and the traveling and expenses would be more manageable. If he is kept in an English jail the traveling and expense would be a severe burden on Noel and his Family.
A report by British Irish Rights Watch Committee on the Administration of Justice Irish Commission for Prisoners Overseas concluded:
“Prisoners denied a transfer is deprived of contact with their families and their home communities, lessening their chances of successful reintegration on their release. However, the people who suffer most from the failure to transfer prisoners are their families, who are prevented by the long distances involved, the cost of the journey,
And in some cases poor health, from visiting their relatives. Families visiting republican prisoners in England have sometimes arrived to find that their relative has been moved to another prison many miles away without their having been informed, a practice known as “ghosting”. Relatives have also been subjected to strip searches and been held under emergency laws when visiting their loved ones. The UK government has consistently put its own political agenda before any humanitarian consideration or any notion of respect for fundamental human rights where the transfer of prisoners is concerned”
Family of Noel has stated that Noel has close relatives living in the twenty six counties who are willing to visit him.
Noel is now the only Irish republican prisoner still in Britain, This is totally unacceptable and we call on all Republicans, Nationalists and fair minded people to contact the man ultimately responsible for Noels well being and who denied his first request to allow Noel to be transferred to an Irish prison.
The consequences of his refusal to allow this transfer would be to cruel to imagine for Noel and his family and friends.
He needs all our help!
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A cairde
We are urging everyone, friends, members and concerned individuals to assist in our efforts to continue the pressure on the 26 County Government to Repatriate Noel Maguire from England to jails in the 26 counties as is his right.
The names and addresses and sample letter is below so you can use the sample letter provided, reword it or write your own.
Write or e-mail:
Brian Lenihan
Minister for Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
94 St. Stephen's Green
Dublin 2
Phone: + 353 1 602-8202
Email : pagemaster@justice.ie
Constituency Office
Laurel Lodge Shopping Centre
Dublin 15
Phone: + 353 1 822-0970
Addresses to send letters to Contact in USA
EMBASSY OF IRELAND, WASHINGTON DC
ADDRESS:
Embassy of Ireland
2234 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20008
TELEPHONE:
(202) 462 3939
FAX:
(202) 232 5993
==============================================================
CONSULATE GENERAL, NEW YORK
ADDRESS:
Consulate General of Ireland
Ireland House
345 Park Avenue
17th Floor
New York NY 10154-0037
TELEPHONE:
General Information - (212) 319 2555
FAX:
Consulate : - (212) 980 9475
E- MAIL:
congenny@AOL.com
==============================================================
CONSULATE GENERAL, CHICAGO
ADDRESS:
Consulate General of Ireland
400 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 911
Chicago, IL 60611
TELEPHONE:
(312) 337.1868
FAX:
(312) 337 1954
E- MAIL:
irishconsulate@sbcglobal.net
==============================================================
CONSULATE GENERAL, SAN FRANCISCO
ADDRESS:
Consulate General of Ireland
100 Pine St., 33rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
TELEPHONE:
(415) 392 4214
FAX:
(415) 392 0885
E- MAIL:
irishcgsf@earthlink.net
==============================================================
CONSULATE GENERAL OF IRELAND, BOSTON
ADDRESS:
Consulate General of Ireland
535 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
TELEPHONE:
(617) 267 9330
FAX:
(617) 267 6375
E- MAIL:
irlcons@aol.com
==============================================================
Sample letter
Dear Sir
I write to you on behalf of the Noel Maguire as it concerns his repatriation back to Ireland from a British jail and your refusal to accept Noels application thus seemingly stripping him of his Irish Citizenship and the civil rights that are associated with it.
It is unconscionable that the Irish government continues to refuse to repatriate Noel. It is claimed that he has no close relatives living in the 26 counties, this is untrue as Noel's wife and their two children in fact live within an hour’s drive of Portlaoise Prison in Co Laois and are willing to visit him should he be repatriated. He also has two sisters and a brother in Ireland.
Noel Maguire - who is from Co Fermanagh but hold a valid 26 County passport more than qualifies for repatriation on the grounds of the European Directive as an Irish National.
His mental and physical health must be close to breaking point with the way he is being unfairly treated these continued delays which are tantamount to psychological torture.
On humanitarian grounds I ask that the decision to refuse repatriation be reconsidered and he can return home to serve his sentence and be closer to his family.
Please act now!
Thank you.
Is mise Le meas
"Your Name"
Another Miscarriage of Justice by Corrupt British System
At Noels Trial the Evidence against him
The prosecution declared today that there was no direct evidence that any of the three defendants had planted a bomb
Cell site information showed Maguire’s phone had been in the area of a yard in north London where the taxi used in the BBC bomb was bought.
His thumbprints were subsequently discovered on one of the bank notes handed over for the cab.
Result
Noel Maguire was sentenced to 22 years on the flimsiest of evidence
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A knife attack on Noel last year by 2 inmates who have since been charged with attempted murder is an indication of the seriousness of the situation
Noel Maguire is the last remaining Irish political prisoner still incarcerated in an English jail.
All his co accused have been repatriated as was their rights as Irish Citizens
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Repatriation
The right to be repatriated to the country of your citizenship to serve a prison sentence on humanitarian grounds as lay down by the European Directive.
A report by British Irish Rights Watch Committee on the Administration of Justice Irish Commission for Prisoners Overseas concluded:
“Prisoners denied a transfer is deprived of contact with their families and their home communities, lessening their chances of successful reintegration on their release. However, the people who suffer most from the failure to transfer prisoners are their families, who are prevented by the long distances involved, the cost of the journey,
And in some cases poor health, from visiting their relatives. Families visiting republican prisoners in England have sometimes arrived to find that their relative has been moved to another prison many miles away without their having been informed, a practice known as “ghosting”. Relatives have also been subjected to strip searches and been held under emergency laws when visiting their loved ones. The UK government has consistently put its own political agenda before any humanitarian consideration or any notion of respect for fundamental human rights where the transfer of prisoners is concerned”
Reasons Noel should be repatriated:
• He is an Irish citizen and holds a valid Irish Passport, issued in Dublin
• He easily qualifies for repatriation under the European directive,
which allows prisoners to be moved back to their own country to
serve their sentence closer to their family for purely humanitarian
reasons. He has not seen his children in 6 Years.
• There was an attempt to murder Noel last year in which he received
serious knife wounds. If left alone and isolated his life would be
constantly under threat!
• His physical and mental well being is in jeopardy if the Irish
Government refuses him the right to be brought home to serve his
sentence in an Irish Jail
Contact this email
politicalstatus@aol.com or usmem@cgrp.info for more information Writ a letter or send a card of support to Noel:
Noel Maguire
HMP Full Sutton
Stamford Bridge
York. Y041-IPS.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Urgent Appeal
The CGRP call for the immediate repatriation of Noel Maguire.
At this time with so much going on in the Occupied 6 counties it is easy to forget the injustice being perpetrated against Noel and his family and we ask that people take a little time to remember Noels plight.
The claim used to turn Noels request down, the grounds that Noel has no close relatives in the twenty six counties; this is outrageous Noel holds an Irish passport is an Irish citizen and wishes to be brought home, it was always our belief that people living in the North of Ireland were able to hold Irish citizenship which should allow them the fundamental rights of an Irish citizen Noel is eligible for the transfer under EU legislation.
If Noel was moved from his English prison to any prison in the twenty six counties it would mean relatives and friends could visit him and the traveling and expenses would be more manageable. If he is kept in an English jail the traveling and expense would be a severe burden on Noel and his Family.
A report by British Irish Rights Watch Committee on the Administration of Justice Irish Commission for Prisoners Overseas concluded:
“Prisoners denied a transfer is deprived of contact with their families and their home communities, lessening their chances of successful reintegration on their release. However, the people who suffer most from the failure to transfer prisoners are their families, who are prevented by the long distances involved, the cost of the journey,
And in some cases poor health, from visiting their relatives. Families visiting republican prisoners in England have sometimes arrived to find that their relative has been moved to another prison many miles away without their having been informed, a practice known as “ghosting”. Relatives have also been subjected to strip searches and been held under emergency laws when visiting their loved ones. The UK government has consistently put its own political agenda before any humanitarian consideration or any notion of respect for fundamental human rights where the transfer of prisoners is concerned”
Family of Noel has stated that Noel has close relatives living in the twenty six counties who are willing to visit him.
Noel is now the only Irish republican prisoner still in Britain, This is totally unacceptable and we call on all Republicans, Nationalists and fair minded people to contact the man ultimately responsible for Noels well being and who denied his first request to allow Noel to be transferred to an Irish prison.
The consequences of his refusal to allow this transfer would be to cruel to imagine for Noel and his family and friends.
He needs all our help!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A cairde
We are urging everyone, friends, members and concerned individuals to assist in our efforts to continue the pressure on the 26 County Government to Repatriate Noel Maguire from England to jails in the 26 counties as is his right.
The names and addresses and sample letter is below so you can use the sample letter provided, reword it or write your own.
Write or e-mail:
Brian Lenihan
Minister for Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
94 St. Stephen's Green
Dublin 2
Phone: + 353 1 602-8202
Email :
pagemaster@justice.ie Constituency Office
Laurel Lodge Shopping Centre
Dublin 15
Phone: + 353 1 822-0970
Addresses to send letters to Contact in USA
EMBASSY OF IRELAND, WASHINGTON DC
ADDRESS:
Embassy of Ireland
2234 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20008
TELEPHONE:
(202) 462 3939
FAX:
(202) 232 5993
==============================================================
CONSULATE GENERAL, NEW YORK
ADDRESS:
Consulate General of Ireland
Ireland House
345 Park Avenue
17th Floor
New York NY 10154-0037
TELEPHONE:
General Information - (212) 319 2555
FAX:
Consulate : - (212) 980 9475
E- MAIL:
congenny@AOL.com ==============================================================
CONSULATE GENERAL, CHICAGO
ADDRESS:
Consulate General of Ireland
400 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 911
Chicago, IL 60611
TELEPHONE:
(312) 337.1868
FAX:
(312) 337 1954
E- MAIL:
irishconsulate@sbcglobal.net ==============================================================
CONSULATE GENERAL, SAN FRANCISCO
ADDRESS:
Consulate General of Ireland
100 Pine St., 33rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
TELEPHONE:
(415) 392 4214
FAX:
(415) 392 0885
E- MAIL:
irishcgsf@earthlink.net ==============================================================
CONSULATE GENERAL OF IRELAND, BOSTON
ADDRESS:
Consulate General of Ireland
535 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
TELEPHONE:
(617) 267 9330
FAX:
(617) 267 6375
E- MAIL:
irlcons@aol.com ==============================================================
Sample letter
Dear Sir
I write to you on behalf of the Noel Maguire as it concerns his repatriation back to Ireland from a British jail and your refusal to accept Noels application thus seemingly stripping him of his Irish Citizenship and the civil rights that are associated with it.
It is unconscionable that the Irish government continues to refuse to repatriate Noel. It is claimed that he has no close relatives living in the 26 counties, this is untrue as Noel's wife and their two children in fact live within an hour’s drive of Portlaoise Prison in Co Laois and are willing to visit him should he be repatriated. He also has two sisters and a brother in Ireland.
Noel Maguire - who is from Co Fermanagh but hold a valid 26 County passport more than qualifies for repatriation on the grounds of the European Directive as an Irish National.
His mental and physical health must be close to breaking point with the way he is being unfairly treated these continued delays which are tantamount to psychological torture.
On humanitarian grounds I ask that the decision to refuse repatriation be reconsidered and he can return home to serve his sentence and be closer to his family.
Please act now!
Thank you.
Is mise Le meas
"Your Name"
e-mail:
Homepage:
Comments
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Message....
09.01.2008 15:27
Siobhan
Well don't blow up the BBC then...
09.01.2008 16:54
Martin McGuinness
comment above not 2 consistent on application of 'law'
16.01.2008 03:08
i take it by 'crime' you is meaning something against the law??
like kidnap, torture, false imprisonment, murder, racism, invasion and occupation of a sovereign nation/country??
i kno sum ppl are deluded into thinking that the troubles in the 6 counties are england's bane and that ireland is england's problem, and the brit army went there to help the irish ppl, who were being beaten half to death, burnt out of their homes in mass numbers, etc by a number of the minority group in the island of Ireland - i.e. some loyalists
but if u look at the facts, it did not take long for the brit army, or a number of them, to join forces with the u.d.a., uvf, and others including the polis the r.u.c., in what they saw as their common cause - to keep opressing the majority of irish ppl, and i don't just mean active republicans fighting 4 their freedom, but also civilians who either kept quiet, or just used nvda for their fight for civil rights
like sumone said - is more the case that england is ireland's problem,
so if the law came to mostly represent justice, and not a travesty of it, with different laws for different crimes, and if say, the paratroopers who shot on unarmed ppl in derry and also ballymenna and murdered and injured scores of ppl everrr get charged, u think they shud do their time in ireland - which hopefully will be 26+6=32 by then.......
and they actually murdered and injured scores of unarmed civilians, and is heaps more evidence than there is for Noel Maguire, and is also a much bigger crime - both legally and morally........
if u honestly don't know what i'm talking about - check sum names - some collusion inquiry reports - stevens, baron, cory, o'loan......see C.A.I.N site for excellent detailed facts and copys of reports, and heaps more...........read stakeknife or research the FRC or forces research unit.....
anyways, is a LEGAL FACT, an actual LAW, that states that NOEL MCGUIRE Has the LEGAL RIGHT to request repatriation to the country of which he is a citizen at anytime..........so the governments of the 26 counties and england also, should sort themselves out and send this man home, he is the only p.o.w. left now, all his co-d's have gone to irish prisons, he has applied and been turned down several times now, and the reasons given are never adequate or legal or even true most of the time, etc, etc
SAOR EIRE!!
michelle
Er thanks I did do research actually.
19.01.2008 17:01
Well starting with the CAIN website. It actually paints an interesting picture. I mean numbers of innocent civilians killed? Which organisation killed the most? Really, which included killing more catholic civilians? Answer=PIRA. As to collusion seems a bit strange that throughout the 90's there were more Loyalists in the maze than republicans periodically. Again see CAIN. Oh and still waiting on the collusion report on the Gardai by the way...
Northern Ireland and the UK were democracies the evidence is plain enough even Gerry Adams was an M.P. However they were under threat by violent, pathological gangsters. Who when they weren't killing innocent people, kneecapping and torturing their own (do they still do that? That fella in South Armagh), were either smuggling diesel or just sat around living off British funded welfare benefits. The south is welcome to scum like that, they know it and don't want them.
As to this Maguire looser? Well his reaction to the democratically implemented, cross-border initiative known as the GFA was to attack innocent civilians in London. So rot in an English Jail as that is where you did your crimes. This has nothing to do with Iraq or any other of your dishonest platitudes Michelle. If you want peace lock up the terrorists.
Martin McGuinness