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dublin / summit mobilisations Tuesday January 11, 2005 - 21:52 by Killian D
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After nearly a week in cloverhill pison and signing-on over a period of six months, three times a week, i finally appeared in court last Wed 5th January. I pleaded not guilty to two public order offences resulting from Mayday last. ... read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum Tuesday January 11, 2005 - 20:44 by Barry Finnnegan
Dublin Social Forum (DSF) Working Group minutes from post October 2004 ISF and December meetings. NEXT MEETING: 7.00 to 8.30 p.m., Thursday 13th January 2005, in the Comhlámh offices, 10 Upper Camden St., Dublin 2. In general it was agreed that the October 2004 ISF was actually more of a DSF. That is to say that the groups, organisations, collectives and individuals that participated and did the background preparatory work were primarily Dublin-based and were not in fact reflective of the global justice movement / anti-neoliberal forces on the island as a whole. In light of this and in conjunction with the learning experience a number of us had in Workshops with Local Social Forums from around Europe during the European Social Forum (ESF) in London last October, we decided to bring the focus down to a more local, Dublin-based level. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Tuesday January 11, 2005 - 19:22 by Séamus Ó Cadhain
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The arrest today of loyalists possessing £47,000 in Northern Bank £100 bank notes has been largely ignored in the mainstream media. This is despite the furore over allegations which originally linked the IRA to the mammoth robbery in Belfast over Christmas. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Monday January 10, 2005 - 22:03 by Refueling Peace
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A judicial review of Ireland's participation in the US war in Afghanistan will be heard in the High Court on February 8th, 9th and 10th. The case was initiated over two years ago by Eoin Dubsky (24), who joined with many others to protest against the US military overflights and refueling in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment ![]()
louth / environment Monday January 10, 2005 - 20:17 by Sean Crudden
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The January meeting of Cooley Environmental and Health Group approved final plans for its winter workshop on "Organisation and Health" (see "Events" on this site) and dealt with one or two other ongoing matters. ... read full story / add a comment ![]()
dublin / environment Sunday January 09, 2005 - 18:51 by redjade
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national / animal rights Sunday January 09, 2005 - 16:32 by Association of Hunt Saboteurs
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The Association of Hunt Saboteurs last night received a telephone call from a spokesperson representing the Animal Liberation Front in Ireland. The Animal Liberation Front is a direct action animal rights group. The spokesperson was informing us that an Animal Liberation Front unit has attacked the hare-coursing venue, Powerstown Park Racecourse, Clonmel Co.Tipperary on Saturday night - 8/01/05. In a two-hour operation, ALF members spread nails and tacks on the hare-coursing field of the racecourse and at the entrance to the venue. A number of incendiary devices were also placed around the racecourse. The ALF spokesperson said the further attacks were planned on this venue in the run up to the National Hare Coursing Finals to be held in late January early February 2005. The spokesperson said that war had been declared on animal abusers in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment ![]()
dublin / miscellaneous Sunday January 09, 2005 - 00:58 by Ed
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Today volunteers from the Irish Red Cross and Chinese Irish Cultural Academy partook in an appeal effort in Arnotts and surrounding areas. It included traditional lion dancing and display of traditional Chinese costumes. Within 3 hours, over 8000 euro was raised and the response was magnificent, thanks to all those involved and the generous doners. ... read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / sci-tech Saturday January 08, 2005 - 11:42 by iosaf mac d.
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With the confirmation of two deaths from bird flu in Vietnam, World Health Organisations efforts to stem a pandemic of bird flu seem not to be working. Last december Madrid's hospitals entered a small crises with the amount of flu victims (typical form), whilst Japan and China confirmed cases of bird flu amongst their poorest. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Thursday January 06, 2005 - 06:00 by Brendan Quinn
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News Special: Dublin's Doomsday plan (released this week under the thirty year rule by Department of justice and Home Office) The year 1974 was one of the most tumultuous of the Troubles. The power-sharing executive took office in January - only to be toppled by the Ulster Workers' Council strike five months later, and 303 people were murdered, including 206 civilians. Just-released Irish state papers reveal how the Republic's government considered 'Doomsday' plans to recruit 100,000 troops in case British withdrawal prompted widespread civil war in Ulster. ... read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / miscellaneous Tuesday January 04, 2005 - 18:39 by Noise Hacker
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international / sci-tech Tuesday January 04, 2005 - 13:30 by iosaf mac d.
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The Team at the University of Hamburg and the Heinrich-Pette-Institute for Virology and Immunological reseach working with Erlangen-Nürnberg unversity and Axxima Pharmaceuticals have built on the discovery of Hypusine an unusual and unique posttranslational modification, conserved in evolution from halobacteria to man. to create an enzyme inhibitor which stops the replication of HIV in an infected human body. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday January 01, 2005 - 14:50 by Justin Morahan
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Summary: Mairead Corrigan has passed on her Amsterdam peace prize to the two captives ... read full story / add a comment ![]()
louth / environment Saturday January 01, 2005 - 11:59 by Sean Crudden
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The Pringle Report issued to Cooley Environmental and Health Group in December 2003 has been published in print format. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Saturday January 01, 2005 - 11:51 by -
the Ignalina nuclear reactor has long been considered by experts on both sides of the European Russian friendship to be unsafe. Unit 1 has succesfully gone off line. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday December 28, 2004 - 19:35 by Basque Observatory of Human Rights
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The basque group against torture – TAT - together with the family of Amaia Urizar, denounced today in a press conference, that the girl was raped during incommunicado arrest in the headquarters of the Guardia Civil. Here is her terrible testimony. ... read full story / add a comment ![]()
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday December 28, 2004 - 19:24 by redjade
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national / miscellaneous Monday December 27, 2004 - 23:48 by Seán Andrews
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Irish hospitals are no longer safe places in which to be ill. Incidence rates for infection by the superbug MRSA are at an all time high and preventive measures are proving ineffectual. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Sunday December 26, 2004 - 17:18 by pull your little socks up.
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the Republic of Ireland one of the richest states in the world, has pledged 1,000,000€ which is about 1,350,000$ to assist the victims of this weekend's earthquake. That works out at about 33 cents each. The earthquake and resulting tidal wave have affected several countries. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Saturday December 25, 2004 - 19:22 by pc
Legal Notice – The Irish Times - 20.12.04 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT REQUEST FOR SUBMISSIONS ... read full story / add a comment |