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national / crime and justice Sunday December 07, 2008 - 22:32 by Ian Greene
 4 comments (last - saturday february 14, 2009 - 13:28)  1 image
Lawyers acting on behalf of Michael McKevitt have submitted a fresh application to the Supreme Court in Dublin seeking to have a previous Supreme Court judgement overturned and a new appeal initiated. This unprecedented action by McKevitt’s legal team is prompted by the fact that the previous Supreme Court judgement (July 2008) relied greatly on ‘facts’ provided by the prosecution. Subsequently, the Director of Public Prosecutions has acknowledged these to be inaccurate. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday December 07, 2008 - 22:32 by Paula Geraghty
5 comments (last - friday december 19, 2008 - 14:09) 44 images  2 video files
Rallies and protests against the education cuts have taken place in Cork, Donegal, Galway and now Dublin. The same unions which have accepted the National Pay Deal are not accepting the cuts, the same people who voted to accepted the pay deal are not accepting the education cuts. This unresolved contradiction is at the heart of this new protest movement. The ideology of the market which became entrenched under Partnership and the Celtic Tiger is unravelling. These images reflect the search for a new language of resistance and a confusion on taking it forward. Who can do it? Who will do it? ... read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday December 07, 2008 - 22:31 by Sean Matthews (pc)
2 comments (last - thursday january 01, 2009 - 23:11) 1 image
Pickets escalate against the sacking of Subway migrant worker Natalia Szymanska in Belfast.... ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism Sunday December 07, 2008 - 11:16 by Salvador Allende
8 comments (last - thursday december 11, 2008 - 10:10) 1 image 1 video file 1 attached file
THE Ryanair boss has made big mistakes, buying fuel at inflated prices, coming under pressure to cut in a company with the fat already peeled back to the bone. What does he do to distract attention - he gets more and more hysterical and wants to finally destroy the former state asset, Aer Lingus by buying it up to sell it off. He wants to be the monopoly he said he was going into business to prevent. O'Leary calls for "board members -- with a few notable exceptions -- to be 'taken out and shot' describing them as 'useless'." He is focusing in his Sunday Independent interview on trade unions and their representatives - this is the boss who says he can deal with trade unions - he will start by shooting them. Now he want to sell off CIE and the ESB to himself and his rich pals at knock-down prices We need a workers' solution - re-nationalise the lot and take over Ryanair - shoot O'Leary with publicly owned bullets if he resists. Sauce for the goose..... ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Sunday December 07, 2008 - 00:04 by Evans
33 comments (last - thursday may 06, 2010 - 12:22) 17 images 8 video files  1 audio file
Athens, Greece. Cops shot against one 15-16 year old boy, right on the heart, murdering him in cold blood. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-capitalism Saturday December 06, 2008 - 22:33 by big_ron
2 comments (last - sunday december 07, 2008 - 14:55) 8 images
Short report and some pics of the 5 aside soccer tournament held on 29th Nov in aid of Shell to Sea. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Saturday December 06, 2008 - 21:16 by Contaminated Crow
Wind turbines, a gas pipeline, a poweline, amarina, a Garda raid and a prosecutions over waste ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Saturday December 06, 2008 - 20:42 by O. O'C.
3 comments (last - friday december 12, 2008 - 22:15)
Brian Crowley MEP: With all respect, Mr. President, you will not tell me what the Irish think. As an Irishman, I know it best. President Vaclav Klaus: I do not speculate about what the Irish think. I state the only measurable data which were proved by the referendum... ... If Mr. Crowley speaks of an insult to the Irish people, then I must say that the biggest insult to the Irish people is not to accept the result of the Irish referendum. In Ireland I met somebody who represents a majority in his country. You, Mr. Crowley, represent a view which is in minority in Ireland. That is a tangible result of the referendum. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice Friday December 05, 2008 - 11:55 by Vendeval
6 comments (last - monday december 15, 2008 - 16:35) 1 image
1987 saw the French state arrest four members of the former libertarian communist armed group Action Directe who were then charged & sentenced to life imprisonment for a career of terrorist assassinations mostly targetted against business individuals during the period of '79 to '87. Last year Jean-Marc Rouillan was allowed "semi-liberty" probation status outside of prison. Then he gave an interview to the French "L'Express" newspaper exalting terrorism and armed struggle. ... read full story / add a comment
Protestors have locked themselves into the TDs constituency offices in Dublin and Galway to protest against government cutbacks in education ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / education Thursday December 04, 2008 - 13:50 by Jay
23 comments (last - wednesday december 09, 2009 - 14:44) 5 images
Over 20 students from UCD have occupied the office of Paul Gogarty Green Party TD for Dublin Mid-West and Spokesperson on Education in Lucan Village. This is in protest at the increase in college registration fees to €1500 per year and the possible full re-introduction of fees. The occupation is organised by the campaigning group, Free Education for Everyone (FEE), and is part of a national day of protest across the country against fees organised by FEE. Protests are also planned in Cork and Galway today. ... read full story / add a comment
national / education Wednesday December 03, 2008 - 17:37 by Mark C
4 comments (last - monday december 08, 2008 - 20:00)
The recently launched "Doodle 4 Google" campaign is a slick method of promoting Google to school children, without their consent, and usually without the consent of their parents. It is a scheme that is heavy on Google brand recognition, but very low on curricular relevance; this is something that CCFE has come to expect from commercial schemes that are promoted in schools. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights Wednesday December 03, 2008 - 01:16 by Laura Broxson
47 comments (last - saturday december 13, 2008 - 04:51)
Don't let them get away with this! ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / arts and media Tuesday December 02, 2008 - 21:19 by The Oh-Aissieux
3 comments (last - tuesday december 02, 2008 - 21:45) 10 images
Argentinian, Spanish and Italian as well as Irish participants provided a warm, international flavour at the latest innovative storytelling workshop in the Narrative Arts Club in Dublin on Sunday. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday December 02, 2008 - 15:03 by Academic
A Motion of Censure and No Confidence in the President of Dublin City University (DCU) was carried with a clear majority on Thurs Nov 20, 2008 following a secret ballot of all staff at the university organised by the representative for all staff, SIPTU. ... read full story / add a comment 
St. Michael’s Estate organised a protest at City Hall on Monday the 1st December at 6.00pm to coincide with the Dublin City Council meeting scheduled for 7.00pm where councillors will report to the City Council after their Boston ‘Junket’ to look at a housing project. Locals from St. Michaels Estate, O’Devaney Gardens and Dominic Street are protesting to show their anger at the Minister and Dublin City Council’s lack of action. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Monday December 01, 2008 - 15:47 by Dave Donnellan
8 comments (last - thursday december 04, 2008 - 16:22) 1 video file
The anti-war singer Paul O'Toole has has recently launched a new music video called "Ali" ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / miscellaneous Friday November 28, 2008 - 22:23 by Ray
8 comments (last - friday december 19, 2008 - 20:33)
In a new twist in the ongoing dispute between members and officials of Sligo Borough Council, that has resulted in no borough council meeting having been held for four weeks. It has emerged that more than ten staff have lodged formal complaints with management alleging bullying and harassment by a member of the council. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Friday November 28, 2008 - 15:51 by Contaminated Crow
1 comment (last - saturday december 06, 2008 - 19:05)
Mainly waste this week ... read full story / add a comment
national / housing Friday November 28, 2008 - 14:40 by Paul Bowman
3 comments (last - wednesday march 18, 2009 - 08:19) 1 image 2 video files
The official story is that the origins of the current crisis lie in the collapse of the US subprime mortgage market - i.e. poor people not paying their mortgages. Although this may have been the trigger event, it is not the real cause. The real cause lies in pyramids not houses. Specifically the enormous debt pyramid built up by the Western countries, particularly those following the Anglo-saxon economic model - which, unfortunately for us, includes Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment |
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