Ireland
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13 October 2011
The Irish Commissioner of Environmental Information has ruled that the nationalized Anglo Irish Bank must respond to requests for information relating to the environment.
The bank, nationalized in 2009, meets the criteria for a “public authority,” under the European Communities…
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6 May 2011
Irish Information Commissioner Emily O’Reilly May 3 issued her Annual Report for 2010, recommending that the scope of the law be expanded to cover more public bodies, including the administrative side of An Garda Síochána [the Irish government police force]…
News Archive
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31 January 2011
By Rodney Breen
This article was posted Jan. 25 on Mr. Breen’s blog “Life as it Happens.” It is reprinted with permission.
There are many things that are wrong in Ireland, and secrecy is one of them. Here’s a very simple example:…
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22 March 2006
At the London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the board recently released a proposal to modify its disclosure policies, with comments due April 14. The EBRD included in its announcement a number of new provisions.
First, two new categories…
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28 September 2005
Since 2002, freedom of information advocates around the world have been working together to promote the right of access to information for all people and recognize the benefits of transparent and accountable governments. We use this day as a way…
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7 April 2005
For the first time the British Freedom of Information Act forced the disclosure of the amounts and recipients of UK farm subsidies on March 22, revealing over £1,000,000 in payments to the British royal family. A request filed with the…
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11 October 2003
by Thomas Blanton
The International Herald Tribune, October 11, 2003, p. 6
Last month (September 23, 2003), Armenia became the 51st country in the world to guarantee its citizens the right to know what their government is up to. Armenia’s…
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22 September 2003
The leading freedom of information expert in Ireland, Maeve McDonagh of University College Cork, reviews the first five years of the Irish law, passed in 1997 and implemented in 1998, and deconstructs the latest amendments, from April 2003, that roll…
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15 July 2002
By Thomas Blanton
Published in Foreign Policy, July/August 2002
During the last decade, 26 countries have enacted new legislation giving their citizens access to government information. Why? Because the concept of freedom of information is evolving from a moral indictment…
