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national / anti-war / imperialism Saturday August 28, 2010 - 10:09 by John Arden   text 2 comments (last - monday august 30, 2010 - 21:40)
Twenty-six creative artists in various disciplines ask
Eason's and RTE's Late Late Show not to facilitate Mr Blair's
promotion of his autobiographical book and the blood-money of his
royalties that he proposes to pass on to military charity. ... read full story / add a comment
GAAW Protestors in Galway's Shop St
galway / anti-war / imperialism Thursday August 26, 2010 - 19:35 by GAAW PRO   text 5 comments (last - saturday august 28, 2010 - 10:53)   image 3 images   1 attached file
Today, members of the Galway Alliance Against War held the first of a week-long series of lunchtime “Stop Blair” protests outside Eason’s store on Shop St Galway. There was a positive response from locals and tourists alike to the posters and leaflets labelling Blair a war criminal. The aim of the protest is to force Eason’s to rescind its invite to host a book-signing event for Blair in its main store in Dublin’s O’Connell St on Saturday 4th September ... read full story / add a comment
The protest begins outside the pre-match function in the Royal Hotel
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday August 26, 2010 - 18:25 by Gerry C & Kev   text 27 comments (last - sunday september 05, 2010 - 23:18)   image 10 images   video 1 video file   1 attached file
In Bray on Wednesday 25th August over 60 members and supporters of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) took part in a demonstration as the Irish Women's soccer team played Israel in a FIFA World Cup Qualifier at the Carlisle Grounds (home of Bray Wanderers FC). ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday August 24, 2010 - 13:05 by Brendan Butler   text 11 comments (last - friday may 06, 2011 - 13:50)
Last Sunday the President of Ireland , Mary Mc Aleese, was in Italy to address an arch conservative and right wing Italian Catholic powerful organisation called 'Communione e Liberazione' ( Communion and Liberation )
The question must be asked who was she representing at this prestigious event attended by the right wing Berlusconi Government and by mainly arch conservative catholic churchmen.
Was she acting on her own initiative , had she got permission from the Irish Govenment to address this most divisive organisation and was she being used by this organisation to give it further international credibility. ... read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment Tuesday August 24, 2010 - 00:35 by jen debender   text 7 comments (last - tuesday august 24, 2010 - 12:10)   image 16 images
Work was stopped for about three hours on Monday afternoon when people walked out at low tide and got under Shell's drilling platform. ... read full story / add a comment
All pics © Michael Gallagher 2010
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday August 24, 2010 - 00:14 by Michael Gallagher   text 1 comment (last - tuesday august 24, 2010 - 00:30)   image 10 images
About 3,000 loud, lively, colourful, and good humoured lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and straight protestors turned up in glorious sunshine to once again support the call for equal rights for LGBT people in this country.

... read full story / add a comment
roscommon / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday August 22, 2010 - 22:53 by Trade Union TV   video 1 video file
Over 8,000 people united and held hands around Roscommon Hospital to show that people would defend their public service Saturday 14th August 2010. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / environment Sunday August 22, 2010 - 11:53 by Hibernian Scribe
134 residents of Gleann Trasna, Lettermore, Co Galway objected to the Chinese company, Hutchinson 3G, 3G Ireland/BT 3G Ireland project/Glenline Telecoms from placing a 20 metre Monopole Aerial with 3 panel antennae within 200 metres of dwellling houses in Gleann Trasna and halted Galway Council Planning Dept. from proceeding with planning permission. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday August 21, 2010 - 22:43 by Mairead Maguire   text 3 comments (last - friday august 27, 2010 - 19:24)
TOn 16 August last, the BBC Panaroma team broadcasted a programme on the killing of 9 people on the Mavi Marmara on 31 May 2010. It turned out to be loaded with misrepresentation, lack of truth and bias. Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire who was on board the MV Rachel Corrie, part of the same flotilla as the Mavi Marmara, here demands a reply from the BBC Panorama team that falsified the evidence and biased it in favour of Israeli propaganda ... read full story / add a comment
Lone kayaker surrounded but still Beating The Boreholes!
mayo / environment Wednesday August 18, 2010 - 14:23 by FSB!   text 2 comments (last - wednesday august 18, 2010 - 19:19)   image 6 images
Yesterday lunchtime, nine kayakers from Rossport Solidarity Camp, with their team of volunteers and local campaigners in support roles on dry land, successfully interrupted Shell's borehole survey drilling programme in Sruth Fhada Conn for several hours yesterday. ... read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights Tuesday August 17, 2010 - 20:43 by ALiberation
Sweden's fur industry has been forced out into the spotlight by the group Animal Rights Alliance (Djurrättsalliansen) who recently published a year and half long investigation.
The group visited 20% of Sweden's fur factory farms and found rights violations including minks crammed into tiny cages, death, deprivation of essential needs, mutilations, infected animals and psychotic behaviour from been unable to cope with this existence.

Please see:
Text and subtitles for film (English);
www.sveketmotminkarna.se/horror-revealed-swedish-fur-farms
For more information, film and photo (Swedish):
www.sveketmotminkarna.se
... read full story / add a comment
Dolphins in Broadhaven Bay
mayo / environment Tuesday August 17, 2010 - 12:34 by JM   text 3 comments (last - tuesday august 17, 2010 - 12:54)   image 20 images
Several times a day there is a mini convoy that shoots back and forth between Ballyglass and Rossport, and this traffic intensifies at knocking-off time in the evening. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Monday August 16, 2010 - 22:00 by Patrick
At a meeting in Belfast on 16 August, socialist and trade union activists agreed to form the Stop the Cuts Alliance in order to build opposition to the cuts from Westminster and Stormont. It's first decision was to call a protest against cuts at 1pm outside Belfast City Hall on 29 September - as part of the day of action called by the European Trade Union Confederation.

Protest - Belfast City Hall 1pm 29 September ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Monday August 16, 2010 - 13:10 by GAAW PRO   text 4 comments (last - monday september 20, 2010 - 02:33)
The news that the former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, is to sign copies of his newly published memoirs at Eason’s in O’Connell St Dublin on September 4th has prompted the Galway Alliance Against War to call for him to be arrested for war crimes – specifically “for his unprovoked war of aggression against the defenceless people of Iraq”. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Monday August 16, 2010 - 00:05 by Trade Union TV   video 1 video file
On Thursday 12th August 2010, Nipsa launched its campaign to raise awareness about the impact of the draconian cuts the Tories are proposing on public services across the North of Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
Irish Republican Prisoners Support Group's picket of the Ministry of Justice
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday August 15, 2010 - 20:03 by Gerry Downing   text 1 comment (last - sunday august 15, 2010 - 20:20)   image 4 images
The Irish Republican Prisoners Support Group welcomes the resolution of the conflict in Maghaberry. The prison-ers demands had been con-ceded and that there will be a phasing out of controlled move-ment and random strip search-ing has been abolished.

The IRPS held a 20-strong picket of the Ministry of Justice, Petty France, London on 7 August 2010. The picket involved com-rades from Socialist Fight, the Revolutionary Communist Group (Fight Racism, Fight Imperial-ism!), Workers Power, the Irish Political Status Committee and the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal campaign. ... read full story / add a comment
Demo in Newbridge
kildare / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday August 15, 2010 - 15:03 by barryg   text 3 comments (last - sunday september 19, 2010 - 19:57)   image 4 images
Up to 30 people took part in the ‘Where are the Lisbon jobs now?’ demonstration in Newbridge town centre on Saturday. ... read full story / add a comment
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mayo / miscellaneous Friday August 13, 2010 - 19:30 by RSC   text 4 comments (last - friday august 20, 2010 - 21:02)   image 5 images
Yesterday people from the local community of Pullathomas and Rossport and Solidarity campers lead by the rousing sound of a visiting bagpiper and drummer, returned to one of Shell's drilling rigs, gaining access at low tide across the exposed sand bars of Sruwaddacon bay. On arriving at the rig a number of people surrounded the drill casing and danced around it before forming a tight huddle to prevent any further work occurring. Meanwhile others held a large banner and occupied the area while children played in the sand. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday August 12, 2010 - 21:56 by Ardoyne Republican   image 1 image
Earlier tonight, (Thursday) GARC Activists delivered a new Newssheet throughout the Greater Ardoyne area. As the title states above, it was to set the record straight about our 12th July protests. The following text was contained in our Newssheet......

'Three days before the Twelfth, GARC members and residents met PSNI Chief Super, Nigel Grimshaw in the presence of Fr. Gary Donegan at Holy Cross. During the meeting, we articulated our position, the results of our survey, and other literature which we previously distributed within the area. We also pointed out that it included no inflammatory content i.e.: incitement etc. We also notified him that there would be a protest but our plan of action had yet to be decided. Contrary to what Sinn Fein and others say, at no time did the residents collective never state it wouldn’t talk to the PSNI. As we’re on public record saying that we would talk to anyone, except the Parades Commission.
... read full story / add a comment
Pledge Signatories (L-R): Hassan Ould Moctar (musician), Philip Donnery (musician), Jimmy Murphy (playwright), Felim Egan (painter), Renate Debrun (artist), Sami Moukkadem (musician, writer), Rhona Clarke (composer), Dave Lordan (poet), Raymond Deane (com
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday August 12, 2010 - 21:00 by Kev   text 12 comments (last - sunday august 22, 2010 - 18:26)   image 5 images   video 4 video files
On the afternoon of Thursday 12th August 2010, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) officially launched the historic “Irish artists’ pledge to boycott Israel” at a lunchtime concert in Meeting House Square in Dublin. Present at the launch were 20 of the pledge’s current 150 signatories, including musicians Damien Dempsey, Donal Lunny and Eoin Dillon (Kķla), artists Robert Ballagh and Felim Egan, playwright Jimmy Murphy and actress Neilķ Conroy as well as a crowd of supporters. ... read full story / add a comment
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