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national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday March 23, 2009 - 12:35 by Tomas Ashe
 2 comments (last - thursday march 26, 2009 - 16:59)
“There was absolutely no change in the government’s position.” An unpublished interview with Sir John Blelloch, a member of MI5 who had been seconded to the NIO as a Deputy Secretary at the time of the 1980 and 1981 hunger strikes, has come into the possession of the Bobby Sands Trust. The interview was conducted at the British Ministry of Defence in late September 1986 [where Blelloch was Permanent Under Secretary] by the author of ‘Biting At The Grave’, Padraig O’Malley, professor at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. What is important about the interview is that it represents an insight into the psyche of the British at crucial periods in the hunger strikes, particularly at the time of mediation attempts by others, including the Irish Commission for Justice and Peace [ICJP]. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday March 22, 2009 - 17:30 by Shannonwatch
11 comments (last - sunday march 29, 2009 - 17:31)  7 images
A Peace Forum was held at the Park Inn hotel at Shannon airport on saturday 21 March in solidarity the victims of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, on the 6 aniversary of the start of the Iraq war. Contributers included peace activists from Leipsiz in Germany, whose local airport is also being used to refuel US military planes and chartered troop carriers. We also had peace collegues from Derry, Galway, Cork, Westmeath, Kildare and even some from Dublin. Meanwhile there were at least three OMNI air chartered troop carriers at the airport transporting hundreds of armed US troops to Iraq and Afghanistan. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Saturday March 21, 2009 - 20:16 by Contaminated Crow
A quiet week: a cremarorium, a mast, a windfarm and a sand-pit ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Friday March 20, 2009 - 21:41 by Joanne
8 comments (last - wednesday march 25, 2009 - 11:53) 14 images 1 attached file
St Patricks Day saw Shell to Sea activists from around Ireland descend on Dublin for a day of protest against the Corrib Gas Project. ... read full story / add a comment 
Leading a group of dairy farmers from all over Ireland in a protest/occupation of the EU Commission's offices in Dawson Street, the President of ICMSA, Jackie Cahill, said that the dairy policy being operated by the EU has actually reduced Europe's to producing milk below the cost of production and left farmers with no income at precisely the same time as they are having to re-pay loans taken out to comply with the massive demands made by EU Nitrates Regulations. Mr Cahill said that the EU dairy policy was now inflicting long term, structural damage on Ireland's dairy industry and the wider agri-food sector so vital in any co-ordinated attempt to re-build our exporting sector. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday March 20, 2009 - 16:45 by Michael Gallagher
6 comments (last - wednesday november 03, 2010 - 02:16) 8 images
Protest number 7 during the Advisory Council meeting at the Deregulation Office in Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, by the taxi group, Taxi Drivers For Change. They are hoping to see a countrywide one day stoppage of the taxi service on April 1st to highlight their declining incomes and other negative effects of deregulation on their industry. www.taxidriversforchange.com ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday March 19, 2009 - 19:45 by Paula Geraghty
1 comment (last - friday march 20, 2009 - 17:14) 5 images
Over 13,000 Clerical Officers, Staff Officers and Departmental Grades who are members of the country’s largest Civil Service Trade Union took part in a one hour lunchtime protest picket of Government Offices across the country today, Thursday 19th March 2009. Pickets were placed on all Government Offices between 1.00 and 2.00 p.m. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday March 18, 2009 - 23:48 by Paula Geraghty
2 comments (last - sunday march 29, 2009 - 04:45) 10 images
Unoccupied Minds was an eclectic and spectacular event held on16th March at Vicar St as a fundraising gig for Irish Medical Aid for Palestine & Irish Anti-War Movement. The venue was packed out with an equally diverse audience, a very healthy sign. ... read full story / add a comment
national / racism & migration related issues Wednesday March 18, 2009 - 10:57 by Chris Gilligan
8 comments (last - monday march 30, 2009 - 22:14)
Operation Gull is a joint operation between the police in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and the UK Borders and Immigration Agency (BIA). Under the guise of Operation Gull the police and BIA have been blatantly racially profiling visitors to Northern Ireland, and a large number of, most black African, people have been detained and deported as part of Operation Gull. Chris Gilligan provides an eye-witness account of Operation Gull in action. ... read full story / add a comment
national / education Tuesday March 17, 2009 - 15:59 by Blacbloc
6 comments (last - wednesday april 29, 2009 - 08:08)
This information from a reliable source has yet to be confirmed in print but Youthreach pupils, teachers and co-ordinators are growing increasingly concerned that a VEC Education Officer from one of the county VECs is calling for their closure as a cost cutting exercise. More information is to follow but this threat is something that a lot of people ought to sit up and take seriously because of the knock-on consequences such a move is likely to have. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Monday March 16, 2009 - 21:02 by harry
10 comments (last - sunday march 22, 2009 - 13:25) 6 images
Monday, 16th March 2009, seven members of the Rossport Solidarity Camp occupied the Shell office in Belmullet, County Mayo, for over an hour, in support of Maura Harrington. Maura has now been in jail for six days of her thirty day sentence. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / environment Monday March 16, 2009 - 17:49 by SEED
11 comments (last - sunday june 14, 2009 - 21:28) 8 images
SEED had a day out on Sunday. The beautiful weather shone on us as we started the community garden in Swords. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / consumer issues Monday March 16, 2009 - 17:15 by T
7 comments (last - tuesday march 31, 2009 - 00:55)
Details are becoming available on the depth of the severe cutbacks in our public transport service from Dublin Bus. Some of the buses have posted up a list of the routes affected. This is a callout for people to take a snap of the list (with their camera phone) for their area and then to later add to the list here, so that the full picture or the entire Dublin area can become clear. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Monday March 16, 2009 - 15:24 by Belfast WSM
The need to agitate, organise and educate was the key message emerging from the recent Belfast Anarchist ‘Day School’. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Monday March 16, 2009 - 14:16 by DunloT
14 comments (last - sunday march 07, 2010 - 16:02) 11 images  2 video files
For the past number of weeks, disreputable Aldi have been fraudently selling Israeli ruby red grapefruit labeled; Produce of Cyprus and this offence is being currently investigated by Environmental Health Officers from the Health Service Executive who are under contract to Food Safety Authority of Ireland. Further, it is reliably reported that the Cypriot ambassador to Ireland, Sotos A. Liassides has referred this matter back to his government for vigorous action and in the meantime has asked Aldi to remove all reference to Cyprus on the grapefruit labels, commenting that Aldi are "trying desperately to get rid of their (Israeli grapefruit) stock by presenting it as Cypriot." ... read full story / add a comment
derry / anti-war / imperialism Monday March 16, 2009 - 10:33 by Shane O'Curry
2 comments (last - monday march 23, 2009 - 13:23)
There was the whiff of something in the Derry air. The constantly rising civilian death toll in Gaza had already produced the same outpourings of rage on the streets of Derry as it had around the world. Thousands of signatures had been gathered calling on Raytheon to be given the boot, while ever larger crowds had gathered for vigils at the cenotaph, marches through the city, rallies at the Guildhall and at a nonviolent blockade of Raytheon itself. Now more and more of us were becoming determined that we do not have to resign to feelings of helplessness in the face of Israel’s war atrocities. Our burning rage was igniting something positive. ... read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues Sunday March 15, 2009 - 16:21 by a-films
On 19 December 2008, approximately 150 undocumented migrants and solidarity activists occupied the Prediger Church in Zurich (Switzerland) for more than two weeks. The squatters demanded a just implementation of the hardship provision, the abolition of the prohibition of work and the legalization of the status of all undocumented migrants. Now, a 30-minute documentary about the action was published. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday March 15, 2009 - 13:15 by Paula Geraghty
1 comment (last - sunday march 15, 2009 - 13:36) 17 images
Friday 13th March over 500 workers from SR Technics marched through Dublin City Centre to lobby the EU Commision Office in Dublin to make the Zurich based company change it's mind about relocating a profitable and highly skilled industry from Dublin to Abu Dabi. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / environment Sunday March 15, 2009 - 11:14 by Andrew
7 comments (last - sunday march 15, 2009 - 22:30) 15 images
Around 50 people gathered at the GPO in Dublin yesterday to demand the release of Shell to Sea campaigner Maura Harrington. After a short period at the GPO we went up to Mountjoy prison where Maura has been held since Wednesday evening. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Saturday March 14, 2009 - 20:19 by Contaminated Crow
A compost yard, two waste facilities, a windfarm, water extraction, possible lead mining and a council depot ... read full story / add a comment |
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