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30th of January 1972, 14 civil rights activists were shot dead. 38 years later Justice came to Derry
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday June 16, 2010 - 17:52 by dunk
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'The conclusions of this report (The Saville Report) are absolutely clear. There is no doubt, there is nothing equivocal, there are no ambiguities. What happened on Bloody Sunday was both unjustified and unjustifiable. It was wrong. On behalf of our country I am deeply sorry" British prime minister David Cameron, Tuesday 15th June 2010 (38 years after the events of Bloody Sunday) On the 30th of January 1972 in Derry, Ireland 26 civil rights demonstrators and bystanders were shot by the British Army Parachute Regiment without warning or provocation. 13 died on the spot and another was mortally wounded. All were unarmed and most were teenagers. No one has ever been brought to justice. Kevin McElhinney, Gerald Donaghy, John Duddy, Bernard McGuigan, Michael McDaid, William Nash, James Wray, Michael Kelly, John Johnston, John Young, William McKinney, Gerard McKinney, Hugh Gilmore, Patrick Doherty ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday June 16, 2010 - 14:20 by Enid
There is very little time left to save St Luke's. Today a date was fixed for the committee stage at which amendments could be made. it is 12.15 pm Thursday June 24th. Names/emails of the members of the Health & Children committee below - please contact them. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday June 15, 2010 - 14:57 by Fintan and Derek, edited by Andrew
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An IPSC meeting on Saturday saw some of the Irish participants on the Freedom Flotilla talk of their experiences, and discuss what practical steps Irish people can help take to bring about the end of the siege of Gaza and Israeli apartheid as a whole and secure self determination for the people of Palestine. This is the audio from the meeting. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday June 15, 2010 - 12:53 by TD
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Palestinian, Lubna Masarwa was the Free Gaza Movement representative aboard the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara which was carrying a cargo of humanitarian and construction aid - as well as letters from Turkish children to Gazan children - to illegally besieged Gaza when it was murderously attacked in international waters on May 31st, 2010. Lubna witnessed the many crimes of the Israeli military aboard that night and in a Electronic Intifada article and a video interview yesterday, she spoke out: ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday June 15, 2010 - 10:12 by Paula Geraghty
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Locals from Coolock, Crumlin and Sean McDermott Street continue their campaign to defend local pool services. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Monday June 14, 2010 - 03:04 by Dave Donnellan
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The walk leaders for this year's Famine Walk Justin Kilcullen of Trócaire, Felicity Lawrence, writer and journalist for the Guardian, and Jo Newton of the Irish Seed Savers Association opened the event with short reflections on the walk theme: Hunger in a World of Plenty: Sowing Seeds of Hope. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Saturday June 12, 2010 - 20:07 by Stop Shell
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Update on foreshore licence, CAOs and pipeline application ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Saturday June 12, 2010 - 01:08 by Fred Johnston
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Video of poet Noel King at Gort, Co. Galway ... read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice Friday June 11, 2010 - 17:06 by G Black,
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200 protestors gathered at Stormont , to protest the recent actions carried out by Israel on international waters. The Israeli Ambassador, Zion Evrony's was visiting Stormont to celebrate Israel’s 62nd Anniversary hosted by Jeffrey Donaldson (DUP) and Patsy McGlone (SDLP) ... read full story / add a comment 
derry / anti-war / imperialism Thursday June 10, 2010 - 17:18 by George Row
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Saturday 5th June saw a march in Derry to protest at the Israel's Massacre of Flotilla Aid Workers, and its continuing "Collective Punishment" of the people of Gaza illegal blockade. It ended with a rally The March was addressed by Roisin Barton (Raytheon-9 women), Marty Crockett (Derry Friends of Palestine) who drove an ambulance to Gaza last year and Eamon McCann (DAWC). ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 10, 2010 - 15:28 by gramsci fan
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Documents obtained by Statewatch give details of EU-wide agreement for intensive and intrusive surveillance of a range of activists including far left and anti-globalisation activists. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 10, 2010 - 10:32 by TD
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Not sated with the wanton butchery of nine human rights activists aboard the Mavi Marmara and the brutalisation of Huwaida Arraf aboard Challenger 1 - another Gaza flotilla ship bound for Gaza - the Israeli army came back for second helpings last Friday in Bil'in, this time, thankfully, with murder not in mind, just with appetite for wanton arrests, child kidnapping and terrorization. Huwaida Arraf, one of the leading lights from the Free Gaza Movement was again on their target list and she was arbitrarily arrested along with villager; Ashraf Abu Rahmah and an Israeli Anarchist Against the Wall at the peaceful demonstration against the nearby Aparheid- Annexation Wall in Bil'in that morning. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday June 09, 2010 - 13:27 by Bobajob
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Supporters from around the world joined in the annual gathering over the past weekend at the Rossport Solidarity Camp at Broadhaven Bay, County Mayo in support of the Shell to Sea campaign. A large contingent of cyclists travelled from Britain via Merthyr Tydfil in Wales where another campaign is focussed to stop an ugly open-cast coal mine which is destroying the environment, polluting air and water and endangering the community. ... read full story / add a comment
national / indymedia ireland Tuesday June 08, 2010 - 22:43 by 1 of imc
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Two stories posted this evening on Indymedia Ireland reporting the death of Brian Lenihan have been hidden by site moderators. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday June 08, 2010 - 11:31 by Raymond Deane
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Demonstrators outside the Israeli Embassy in Dublin were unceremoniously shown what Brian Cowen means by "serious consequences" should Israel harm Irish citizens - the Israeli Embassy will be protected, Irish citizens will be pushed around. ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / gender and sexuality Sunday June 06, 2010 - 23:05 by Ray
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This is the 5th annual Cork Pride Parade, and it brought colour and smiles aplenty to Cork's streets this bank holiday Saturday. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday June 06, 2010 - 01:12 by TD
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Following the massacre aboard the Mavi Marmara, there was no attenuation of Israeli Occupation Forces violence in suppressing the ongoing resistance to the Occupation. At last Friday's peaceful protest in the village of Nabi Saleh violence erupted after Israeli Occupation Forces blocked the marchers from progressing further at the edge of the village and doused them with copious amounts of tear gas, local shabab responded with flurries of thrown rocks and unusual for the Nabi Saleh protests there were no reported injuries. ... read full story / add a comment 
limerick / anti-war / imperialism Saturday June 05, 2010 - 20:59 by Zoe Lawlor
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The Limerick branch of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign held a protest against the Israeli murder of humanitarian aid workers on Saturday 5th June in Arthur’s Quay Park. This was also be a vigil to remember the murdered aid workers and to show solidarity with the Flotilla, the people of Gaza and our friends aboard the MV Rachel Corrie which was hijacked just miles from Gaza. ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / anti-war / imperialism Saturday June 05, 2010 - 16:26 by John Jefferies
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A few hundred people turned up today in Cork city centre to voice their outrage at the murder of aid workers by Israeli commandos. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday June 05, 2010 - 11:46 by Fionn O Brian
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At last Monday’s meeting of Galway City Council two of Michael D’s Labour councillors joined with FG and FF councillors to defeat an emergency motion tabled by Clr Catherine Connolly, calling for the severing of Diplomatic Relations with Israel. ... read full story / add a comment |
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