Leadership and Governance

Days left until the March!

The “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH march forJUSTICE ” is being organised by the Transparency Task Force, a UK-based but very international Certified Social Enterprise. The Transparency Task Force is a leading advocacy group. We lead many collaborative efforts and impactful initiatives, the organisation strives to address systemic issues and drive positive change for consumers and stakeholders alike; we are dedicated to driving the kind of positive, progressive and purposeful reforms that any decent, consumer-minded person would want to see. We believe in transparency, scrutiny and accountability; and we believe that far too many people are being very badly let down by government departments, regulators and the judiciary.

 

The Transparency Task Force is led by its Founder, Andy Agathangelou. Andy is also:

Chair, Secretariat Committee, APPG on Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services

Chair, Violation Tracker UK Advisory Board

Co-Founder, The Woodford Campaign Group

Founder, RSA’s Financial Services Network

Governor, The Pensions Policy Institute

Associate Member, Better Finance

Please note that we are actively recruiting a Leadership Committee for the march that Andy will Chair.

The members so far are:

Brian Reilly
A founder member of Right2Homes and the Access2Justice whatsapp group, Brian is an advocate for change and fairness in the Irish legal system.
Anna Kavanagh
Co-Founder and Convenor, Alliance of Birth Mothers Campaigning for Justice. The Alliance of Birth Mothers Campaigning for Justice was set up in 2019 and is currently Ireland’s largest non-Tusla funded, non-state funded advocacy group for mothers in difficulty with Child & Family Agency-Tusla, the Family Court and Gardai.
Seamus Maye
Seamus is founder of International Small Business Alliance, Joint Chair of Public Banking Forum of Ireland, a member of Right2Homes and Access to Justice. Seamus has spent decades fighting white-collar crime and corruption, seeking fairness and justice for the “small man”. Seamus is now in the 28th year of his family’s competition law action against world-leading CRH plc and several of its associates.
Michelle Monaghan
Lead Researcher with the Alliance of Birthmothers Campaigning for Justice and Advocate for fairness and justice for childrens' voices in Court proceedings. Michelle also campaigns for a safe and trusted police force in Ireland.
Byron and Adrienne Jenkins
The aim of The Hub-Ireland is to "Take away the Fear of the unknown": We explain to people that visit us, the probable path they will be walking when it comes to the courts. We explain what they can do to defend their family home and the timeline of events. We help people with their court case, free of charge, because the system is weighted against them and the Litigant in Person. We help people stay in their homes. We help to empower them, through a self-help support system: ‘know your case’ and know what you can actually do within the courts system. We explain the basic rules that apply, from the lower courts ie. The Registrars court, right up to the Higher courts. We explain right from the first meeting that we are NOT professionally trained so we Never give advice. However, and its a huge However, we will share all our self taught information and knowledge with them. We will hold their hands ever step of the way, Free of charge. And we do this, for the past 11 years, day in, day out, because we will Never forget that we were once them and we had no one to turn to. We are just ordinary people helping ordinary people.
Liam Deegan
Liam is a well-known investigative journalist who has been at the centre of several high-profile exposés of government and state corruption, over the last number of years. Liam's investigation into the awarding of water meter contracts by Minister Phil Hogan to businessman Denis O'Brien by Minister Phil Hogan led to mass demonstrations around the country and the refusal by millions of people to pay water taxes ever since. O'Brien was the centre of another State inquiry into the awarding of the first mobile licences, where it was shown that he had paid millions in bribes to another Government Minister to be awarded the licence. In 2023, Liam was also responsible for causing the Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe to issue public apologies in the Dail when it was exposed that his election posters in 2016 and 2020 were paid for and erected by a businessman who received millions of Euro in Government contracts. The Minister had not reflected the donation to SIPO in his returns after both general elections. Minister Donohoe had not acknowledged the fact that the businessman was a close friend who the Minister appointed to important state boards. Mr Stone resigned from his state-appointed boards shortly after the reports became public knowledge on his close connections to Minister Donohoe. Liam's investigation almost caused a general election in January 2023 and the resignation of Donohoe. Liam has been a leading campaigner in the ongoing fraud between the State, banks and Vulture funds and was one of two leading campaigners who first launched a fraudulent misrepresentation claim against a State body [Tailte Éireann/The Land Registry] for their part in accepting fraudulent documents from solicitors acting for Vulture Funds. Liam continues to investigate State corruption to this day.
Theo McDonald
Theo has written about the impact investment funds have had on the accessibility of housing for the younger generation and is passionate about solving the housing crisis.
Maeve Hosier
Maeve is an academic lawyer and legal research consultant, and currently teaches Constitutional, Administrative and Human Rights Law at BPP University, London. Maeve’s research interests include Lawyers’ Regulation, EU Law, Criminology, Human Rights, University Rankings and AI. Maeve has published widely, both in academic journals and the general media. Her research, including her work on the Regulation of the Legal Profession, has had a demonstrable impact on policy in several jurisdictions. In Maeve’s capacity as a legal researcher, she has assisted the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
Tony Lawlor
Advocate for Tracker Mortgage Justice and reckless indifference to Commercial and Legal Management Culture. Victim of Bank Fraud.