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mayo / environment Monday October 19, 2009 - 22:07 by An Bord Pleanála
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An Bord Pleanála announces its decison today to grant planning permission with revised conditions to Shell E&P Ireland (SEPIL) for the construction of an onshore gas pipeline in Mayo. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Monday October 19, 2009 - 18:27 by Paula Geraghty
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Video report from Wednesday's Siptu Protest to save jobs at Coca-Cola and to stop the outsourcing. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Monday October 19, 2009 - 15:53 by Fred Johnston
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Bertie Ahern scuttled hurriedly into Easons, Shop Street, Galway this afternoon to sign his book. Which he suddenly remembered he'd had written. Or hadn't. ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Monday October 19, 2009 - 13:51 by Ned Stapleton
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Between defending Junket John O’Donoghue and propping up the sales of Bertie Ahern’s biography, Eoghan Harris, has taken time out to fall out with his old UCC history professor, John A Murphy. What is the spat about? Eoghan thinks that 140,000, 60,000 or 40,000 Protestants (take your pick) were driven out of Ireland during or after the War of Independence. John A thinks it a fine old theory, but devoid of evidence, essentially codswallop. It is a view Eoghan has been peddling without fear of contradiction in the Sunday Independent, which is presumably why John A has tackled the appointed (by Bertie) Senator in the Irish Times. There, Murphy can get the former Karl Marxist and Rupert Murdochite, now Tony O’Reillyist, on a more even scribbling field. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday October 18, 2009 - 22:31 by Andrew
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On Saturday evening at Semora Spraoi RAG were screened two abortion rights documentaries, 'The Coat Hanger Project' and 'Abortion Democracy : Poland/South Africa'. The makers of both documentaries were present so the screenings were introduced by them and there was a wide ranging discussion after the films had been show. The audio of the introductions can be listened to below. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday October 18, 2009 - 20:47 by TD
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If adversity breeds empathy and solidarity it was certainly on display yesterday in Shop Street, when after their participation in the protest march against the ongoing government attacks on the vulnerable and voiceless in Irish society, 6 Shell to Sea stalwarts joined forces with activists with the Free Palestine Campaign to express solidarity and empathy with the Palestinian people and their revulsion at what Gazans were subjected to last Dec/Jan - at what President of the UN General Assembly Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann called "genocide". ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday October 17, 2009 - 20:13 by Fred Johnston
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Representative Groups and Individuals March on Eyre Square ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / miscellaneous Saturday October 17, 2009 - 17:51 by Michael Gallagher
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All photos © Michael Gallagher 2009 ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / gender and sexuality Friday October 16, 2009 - 17:22 by Alison
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Sinêad Ahern of Choice Ireland and Dr. Geraldine Moane of UCD made the case for a woman's right to choose at a recent debate in Dublin. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Friday October 16, 2009 - 16:25 by Contaminated Crow
Four telemasts, a wind farm, CCTV cameras, a gas power plant, a private airfield and turfcutting ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Friday October 16, 2009 - 16:14 by Jack Carrigan
STRIKING workers at Coca-Cola HBC Ireland let bosses know they are not giving up this week. Around 700 protestors marched from Liberty Hall to the company’s HQ on Baggot St. on Wednesday, 14 October. The march was organised by SIPTU and supported by trade unionists, left groups, and the Workers Solidarity Movement (WSM). ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Friday October 16, 2009 - 13:36 by Freda H
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Last night, 15th October 2009, the Dublin branch of Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign held it's first discussion evening of the season. The discussion, which took place in Connolly Books, was led by David Landy a long standing activist with the IPSC and lecturer in Trinity College Dublin and chaired by Diarmuid Breatnach, an activist with the IPSC in Dublin. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media Thursday October 15, 2009 - 22:21 by Darren J. Prior/Mac an Phríora
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www.myspace.com/armuinnamuice www.bebo.com/armuinnamuice www.nearfm.ie/podcast www.near.ie Mar nóta: níl an córas podchraoladh ginearálta sa stáisiún ag obair an tseachtain seo. Note: the general podcasting system is not working in the station this week. ... read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights Thursday October 15, 2009 - 13:03 by ALiberation
Fianna Fail endorse phase out of fur factory farms in PFG. Now the work begins. On the 12th of Oct Fianna Fail’s parliamentary party endorsed the revised Program for Government which was already approved by the Green Party on the 10th Oct 2009. This includes the phase out of fur factory farming. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice Thursday October 15, 2009 - 09:31 by Rose Kelleher
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How international solidarity and a 73 day hunger strike brought the Iraqi government to release illegally held Iranian opposition members ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday October 14, 2009 - 17:34 by Basque Info
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The Spanish government blows up a new political initiative arresting 10 prominent Basque pro-independence left activists. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday October 14, 2009 - 12:39 by Freedom
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Spanish police has arrested ten leading basque political activists on Oct 13th ... read full story / add a comment 
kildare / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday October 13, 2009 - 22:49 by Freda H
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Tonight, 13th Oct. 2009, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) NUI Maynooth branch hosted a public meeting with Free Gaza Movement Directors Derek Graham and Ramzi Kysia. The event was very well attended by both students and academic staff. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Tuesday October 13, 2009 - 22:38 by Shelver
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Shell have begun work on the route of the onshore Corrib gas pipeline, without waiting for the verdict of the oral hearing into the application, which is due later this month. ... read full story / add a comment
louth / environment Sunday October 11, 2009 - 14:29 by Archbishop Michael Desmond Hynes OMD PhD
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We are planning our 2010 workshop on "Back to Basics - A plan for Survival" to be held in The Strand Hotel Omeath Co Louth Saturday 23rd January 2010 from 2 pm until 5.30 pm. At present we are finalizing our list of speakers having 14 confirmed to date they will speak. ... read full story / add a comment |
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