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national / miscellaneous Friday March 11, 2011 - 13:54 by Ronoc
Before the election of Enda Kenny as Taoiseach Joe Higgins made a great speech in the Dáil on the 9th of March 2011. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday March 11, 2011 - 10:42 by Derek Leinster
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Dear Ruairi Quinn, Minister for Education and Skills, Congratulations on your appointment as Minister. We ask you to consider sympathetically and favourably the request of Bethany Home survivors to be included on the schedule to the redress scheme for survivors of institutional abuse. We have been greatly assisted in the past by, amongst others, Joe Costello TD, Katleen Lynch TD and by Senator Ivana Bacik, who have supported our campaign. TDs from all parties have supported our request. ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / gender and sexuality Friday March 11, 2011 - 02:05 by Ray
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Tuesday March 8th was International Women's Day, and to celebrate it Cork WSM and several other organisations in the city organised a number of events in various locations. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Thursday March 10, 2011 - 23:40 by Rossport Solidarity Camp
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6 members of the Rossport Solidarity Camp attempted to stop Shell work on the proposed site for the Glengad compound today. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday March 10, 2011 - 15:08 by re.....................
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10th of March: Worldwide solidarity action day with the 300 hunger strikers immigrants-workers in Greece ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday March 10, 2011 - 13:08 by Donegal Republican
As the 26 County State confirmed that the British monarch would be arriving in Dublin in May 2011 for an official visit. Republican's in Donegal responded with a call on Republican's and others opposed to Monarchy to openly oppose the visit. Two veteran Republican's from a long heritage and a life time of Republican resistance have thier voices heard. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday March 10, 2011 - 02:07 by Diarmuid Breatnach
Over the years of war between Kurdish separatist guerrillas and the Turkish army and police, during the 1980s and 1990s, thousands of Kurds disappeared and were unaccounted for. Now their bodies are turning up in dozens of mass graves in the Kurdish region and in Turkey proper. Kurdish and other human rights groups are pointing the finger at the Turkish armed forces and at the government of the day. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Wednesday March 09, 2011 - 22:22 by Rossport Solidarity Camp
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In the past two days members of the Rossport Solidarity Camp have stopped Shell carrying out their Survey Work. The actions where successful. There have been no arrest. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / gender and sexuality Tuesday March 08, 2011 - 11:03 by Andrew
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Around 80 people took part in Sunday's annual Feminist Walking Tour to mark International Women's Day. The tour was organised by Choice Ireland, Lashback and RAG and for the first time was confined to the south side of the city, starting at Stephen's Green and ending up in Temple Bar. The audio from the individual stops on the tour is below. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday March 08, 2011 - 11:00 by Freda H
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To mark International Women’s Day 2011 the Chairwomen of the two leading Pro-Palestinian organisations in Ireland have issued a statement of solidarity with the women of Palestine. Mags O'Brien, Trade Union Friends of Palestine (TUFP) Chairperson and Freda Hughes, Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) Chairperson reaffirmed their commitment to campaign for Palestinian national, human and democratic rights. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Monday March 07, 2011 - 01:48 by Comrades in solidarity
On the 30/3/2011 the trial for the case of “the robbers in black” will take place in the first degree, regarding the January 2006 National bank robbery on Solonos st., central Athens, and six more bank robberies. It is the same case for which Yiannis Dimitrakis was finally sentenced, in the second degree, to 12,5 years of imprisonment. This time Simos Seisidis, who had been a fugitive for 4,5 years, is in the place of the accused. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / politics / elections Friday March 04, 2011 - 14:50 by Red Wedge
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Voters should contact TDs if they reject FG led government, says Labour Party Cllr. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday March 04, 2011 - 01:21 by éirígí PRO
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éirígí launches online petition opposing state visit by 'British Queen' ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Thursday March 03, 2011 - 08:15 by Ciaron O'Reilly
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GUARDIAN - Bradley Manning may face death penalty http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/03/bradley-man...nalty ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday March 02, 2011 - 19:12 by John Cornford
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The Iranian regime has sentenced Houtan Kian, (the lawyer of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani), to death by hanging. Houtan Kian was arrested in October 2010 along with Sajjad Ghaderzadeh, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s son, and two German journalists during an interview. The other three have been released, Houtan Kian faces imminent execution. Moreover Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s death sentence has been confirmed. Upon hearing the news, it is reported that Sakineh attempted suicide but survived. ... read full story / add a comment
Open Letter to Dublin City Council Today, the 2nd March, the provisional university sent an open letter to the City Manager of Dublin City Council demanding a space for student-managed teaching and research and denouncing the neo-liberalisation of the university and the destruction of the public good. This is the second step in our campaign to reclaim a space to fight for education as a right and to take back the university. The text of the letter follows. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Wednesday March 02, 2011 - 16:00 by Rossport Solidarity camp
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This morning 6 people got in the way of Shell's survey work causing them to pack up and go away. ... read full story / add a comment
Check out the newly launched University in Crisis blog, keeping people up to date on the neo-liberal university and struggles against it. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday February 28, 2011 - 19:48 by AC
Tell Statoil what you think of the Corrib Gas Project - in public ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Monday February 28, 2011 - 10:12 by éirígí PRO
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éirígí Dublin City Councillor Louise Minihan was handed a two month suspended sentence and a €1,500 fine on Friday last [February 25] following her convictions on charges of assault and of causing criminal damage. The convictions arose from a high-profile protest against the under-funding of the health service which took place on November 1, 2010. As part of that protest Louise poured diluted red paint over the clothing of the then Twenty-Six County Minister for Health Mary Harney at Cherry Orchard Hospital in Dublin. ... read full story / add a comment |
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