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antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Monday April 20, 2009 - 21:47 by Sean Matthews-personal capacity
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Belfast City Centre was brought to a standstill last Friday lunchtime in a rally organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) against the latest job losses in the manufacturing and textile industry. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism Sunday April 19, 2009 - 23:33 by Sean
 96 comments (last - friday may 29, 2009 - 12:52) 26 images  3 video files
The security firm employed by Shell to stop protests by locals against the building of the gas pipeline had employed Tipperary man Mike Dwyer at the site in the past. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday April 19, 2009 - 20:54 by Allen
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The presence of plainclothes Gardai in an unmarked car in the vicinity of a 1916 Commemoration in Sligo where two former Labour Party Mayors, Cllr. Declan Bree (Sligo Borough Council) & Cllr. Catherine Connolly (Galway City Council), held a ceremony has been described as "sinister and disturbing." ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday April 19, 2009 - 19:30 by Mark P
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Last Thursday, 16th April 2009, Joe Higgins, the Socialist Party candidate in the forthcoming European Elections and Jim Power, economist with Friends First, debated the current economic crisis. The debate took place in Wynne's Hotel, in front of a large crowd. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Saturday April 18, 2009 - 22:48 by Contaminated Crow
A telemast, a quarry, an electricity substation, a technological campus, water extraction, electricity interconnector and timber processing ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Thursday April 16, 2009 - 11:23 by FEE
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Protest against the governments budget. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Tuesday April 14, 2009 - 20:23 by Contaminated Crow
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Two landfills, a sludge treatment plant, a LNG terminal and powerlines ... read full story / add a comment
kerry / environment Tuesday April 14, 2009 - 14:39 by Blue Planet Advocate
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Kerry Council and An Bord Pleanala have agreed to the Unsustainable Development of The Great Blasket Islands. Works Have Begun. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / history and heritage Monday April 13, 2009 - 18:58 by konia
7 comments (last - thursday april 16, 2009 - 10:07) 7 images 2 video files
In Dublin today, the North Inner City Folklore Project organised a commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising by honouring the men and women who fought for Irish Freedom. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday April 13, 2009 - 18:34 by Justin Morahan
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Israel's contemptible treatment of its famous whisleblower continues. His Good Friday harassment again raises the question: Is part of Israel's relentless punishment of Mordechai Vanunu because of his Christian faith? ... read full story / add a comment 
meath / history and heritage Monday April 13, 2009 - 17:12 by Peter Fitzsimons
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Report on Easter Celebrations 2009 County Meath ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday April 12, 2009 - 22:23 by Edward Horgan
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About 27 people attended an Easter Peace Vigil at Shannon airport. Seven were peace activists, from Shannon, Limerick, Galway, Dublin and Cork, and the remainder were Gardai and airport police. Within the airport fence a US Hercules C 130 warplane was being protected by a unit of the Irish army, and an Omni Air chartered US troopcarrier was also parked in the centre of the aerodrome. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Friday April 10, 2009 - 23:14 by Kathleen Tiger
39 comments (last - thursday april 16, 2009 - 20:02) 29 images 2 video files
Shell to Sea supporters on the annual Good Friday Walk, walked to Glengad beach this morning to take action in defence of their community and environment by removing nets over the cliff face in the Special Area of Conservation, despite a battle with Shell Security. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Thursday April 09, 2009 - 23:33 by Rudiger
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Members of the public in a packed Belmullet District Courtroom clapped and cheered as applications to Judge Mary Devins to disqualify herself were made by Shell to Sea lay litigants Niall Harnett and Eoin O'Leidhin in person, and by solicitor Alan Gannon on behalf of a number of his clients which include Pat 'the Chief' O'Donnell and Maura Harrington who all face charges relating to different incidents which happened late last summer in opposition to Shell's failed efforts to lay pipe at Glengad. Niall Harnett was physically removed by Gardai from the court when he interrupted Judge Devins to say that the 'allegations' against her were “well warranted and true”. “Vicious, Unprecedented, Personal & Unwarranted” is how Judge Mary Devins is quoted in media as having responded to “the attack” of applications against her. But Midwest Radio news reported that Judge Devins denied that she gave any instruction to have Mr Harnett evicted from the courtroom. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / gender and sexuality Thursday April 09, 2009 - 21:02 by Sparky
10 comments (last - tuesday june 30, 2009 - 22:42) 3 images 2 video files
Claims by the Nigerian ambassador that female genital mutilation (FGM) is a ‘non-existant’ issue in her country were denounced by a lively, lunchtime protest held today outside the embassy in Ballsbridge and attended by around 35 Nigerians. ... read full story / add a comment 
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday April 08, 2009 - 23:51 by Belfast WSM
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Over 200 people marched today from Andersonstown to the factory in Finachy for a rally, which was addressed by Unite Shop Stewards Charlie Maxwell and John Maxwell, including representatives from the SDLP and Sinn Fein. ... read full story / add a comment
tyrone / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday April 07, 2009 - 21:16 by no provo
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East Tyrone Republicans are finished with Adams and McGuinness ... read full story / add a comment 
international / summit mobilisations Tuesday April 07, 2009 - 12:15 by Paula Geraghty
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World Leaders shut down Strasbourg and invalidated international treaties, locally negotiated agreements just for a photoshoot of global leaders on the 60 'BirthDeath' of Nato. More Police were deployed on the streets of Strasbourg than is being promised to Afghanistan. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests Monday April 06, 2009 - 23:32 by Padraic
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Subway targeted in Day of Action in defense of Natalia Szymanska, a 19 year old Polish worker who was sacked from her job Belfast one month after informing her boss that she was pregnant. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Monday April 06, 2009 - 22:49 by Contaminated Crow
Two telemasts, a quarry, an organic waste facility, a power plant, a landfill, a holiday resort and two powerlines ... read full story / add a comment |
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