| Probes into lecturer's indecent assault bid complete
Two official investigations into a former senior childcare lecturer convicted of attempted indecent assault have been completed, it emerged tonight.The gardaí have sent a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions after its inquiry into Athlone Institute of Technology ex-lecturer Dr Niall McElwee.Separately, the Health Service Executive (HSE) said it is considering whether to publish its own probe into the circumstances surrounding the case.Dr McElwee resigned from the third-level college last year over his prosecution in the Netherlands of attempted indecent assault on two young women in an Amsterdam hotel room.Children's Minister Brendan Smith ordered an independent review of the the case last July while the gardaí were investigating if Dr McElwee broke sex laws in the Republic.Individuals are obliged under the Sexual Offenders Act 2001 to inform authorities here of any prosecution abroad for an offence also deemed criminal in Ireland.A garda spokesman said: "The investigation is complete and the file is with the Director of Public Prosecutions."Separately, lawyers are to decide whether the HSE probe will be published after health chiefs receive the findings in the coming days.Independent management consultant Conal Devine - a former Director of Industrial Relations at the Irish Medical Organisation - was appointed to carry out the HSE inquiry last July.Child protection experts were to be brought in from outside the State to help Mr Devine with his investigation, it was announced at the time.The report is now understood to be concluded and will be handed to the Assistant National Director of Primary Community and Continuing Care (PCCC) services in the HSE Dublin Mid-Leinster Area before the end of the week.A HSE spokesman said its lawyers will study the findings before a decision is taken on whether or not to make them public."The HSE is committed to establishing the full facts of what information was available to the health services in relation to Dr McElwee," he said.A review inquiry team headed up by Mr Devine was charged with looking at concerns about child protection relating to the incident.It was expected to investigate:::Documents from State agencies, including the gardaí, government departments and Athlone IT relating to Dr McElwee and child protection issues.
Tottenham end nine-year jinx in style to book a place at Wembley
Nothing has been lost in translation, there will be no corrections, amplifications, clarifications or hasty adjustments in the stop press. Tottenham scored five goals and Arsenal one: fact. Tottenham were in a different class: irrefutably. The best team won, without a doubt. Go on, pinch yourself. This is no dream, we promise. True, it may only have been half an Arsenal team who lost at White Hart Lane, but it was also half an Arsenal team who contested the final of this tournament last season and came damn close to beating Chelsea at full strength. Whatever gambles Arsène Wenger took last night, he did not expect to lose in such humiliating fashion. No team is comfortable going down by such a mighty margin to its bitterest rival. After such a long period of domination for the red sector of North London, bragging rights accrued from this match will be brutally exercised and Arsenal fans will feel let down.
Senate in no hurry to confirm Bush nominees
Kristine Svinicki, President Bush's nominee for a Republican slot on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is a well-respected aide on the Senate Armed Services Committee. She has worked on energy, environmental, and national security issues for more than 20 years. At her confirmation hearing in July, she won praise from Democrats and Republicans, alike. Nonetheless, Svinicki remains unconfirmed, a casualty in the subterranean battle that President Bush and Senate Democrats have been waging over executive branch and judicial nominations. A National Journal review found that in the Senate last year, the confirmation rate for Bush nominees was the lowest in his presidency. Just 56 percent of his nominees got the OK in 2007, compared with 66 to 82 percent during each of his first six years.
Dan Savage Sells His Column (For Charity) This Week
Eric is a computer-security specialist who lives in the SF Bay Area and so, like me, is completely unqualified to advise anyone about anything. And here's his advice for you, NRFTG: "Let me see if I have this right: You're offering your boyfriend what's probably the number-one straight-male fantasy, and he's bitching because it's not spontaneous?" asks Eric, rhetorically. "Basically, there are two possibilities here: (1) Your boyfriend is too dumb to live, and (2) he's sincerely worried that you just want to use this threesome as an excuse to fuck other women, and based on your letter, it sounds like you've given him some reason to. "That said, seeing as much of the purpose of the exercise is for him to fuck other women, it's hard to see that he has any grounds for complaint on that score.
AllPennyStocks.com Releases a Special Report on ALR Technologies, Inc.
ALRT), its industry and future prospects. Wilkins notes that the saying "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is what guides Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based ALR Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:ALRT) a company devoted to keeping tabs on the health of individuals between visits to the doctor or hospital. The company designs and manufactures health management compliance products as well as monitoring and intervention systems. Its flagship product, the Constant Health Companion™, provides for affordable and continued compliance supervision of patients after they've left the direct care of health-care professionals, and fills a serious gap in standard disease management practices. The Companion contends to be a portable, easy-to-use monitoring system, which, alerts doctors when their patients are not taking their prescribed medications properly and on time.
Friday wild card
The big guy will be back next week, and the weekend approaches, so this will be it from me for a while. Thanks to all of you for your post suggestions - I've got a much better sense of the enormous amount of work that DFO puts in to keep this blog going. It's also way more fun than the Daily Briefing, unless there's marmots to write about... .
Mejia's Reflections
That puts Turkoglu in the mix with New Jersey's Richard Jefferson, Washington's Antawn Jamison and Atlanta's Josh Smith for a wild card spot. "He deserves to make it. I've always gone by record and you look at Orlando's record and you look at Hedo and the way he's played, I think he deserves to be on," Rivers said. "I'm voting for him but I don't know if that's going to help with one vote. I think most coaches go by record, so I think he'll be on." Sunday's shot may sway a voter or two, which could be the difference between staying home or accompanying starting center Dwight Howard to New Orleans. .
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