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dublin / environment Wednesday November 05, 2008 - 16:47 by Planemad
 4 comments (last - monday december 08, 2008 - 06:07)
Environment Minister John Gormley was interrupted during his speech to the Green Infrastructure conference this morning in Malahide. The environmental campaign group Plane Mad disrupted the conference to express their opposition to another runway at Dublin Airport. The group oppose the runway on the grounds that it will double the aircraft emissions at the airport. These emissions play a dangerous part in causing climate change. Two activists dressed as cartoon criminals mimed building a runway around the podium that Gormley was speaking from. Aircraft noise was simultaneously played from the back of the room. One of the "criminals" moved among the audience passing out information about the proposed new runway form his bag of "swag". The minister was also presented with a letter by the group which he accepted. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday November 04, 2008 - 14:28 by Gabhan Gleeson
11 comments (last - sunday november 09, 2008 - 19:06)  1 image
On Nov 2nd 2008 at around 11am the WSM and other anti-war and anti-imperialists protesters gathered in Belfast for a small static picket in opposition to the Royal Irish Regiment march. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Monday November 03, 2008 - 14:30 by F
5 comments (last - wednesday november 05, 2008 - 20:47)
Something is wrong. We grow enough food to feed the planet, yet people starve everyday. Now, as companies look to crops as a fuel source to further feed our energy demands, and food prices continue to rise, Agriculture is very much back on the agenda. ... read full story / add a comment
Aborigine Killed in Custody, Whitewash Attempted, Cop Acquitted & Promoted, Elder to be Sentenced,..
international / crime and justice Sunday November 02, 2008 - 20:42 by Ciaron O'Reilly
11 comments (last - wednesday july 21, 2010 - 12:04)
I was born and raised in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The city evolved out of the brutal British penal colony of Moreton Bay. It was built on aboriginal genocide and Irish and other convict slavery. The original tribe that occupied the area had been totally liquidated before I got there! ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday November 02, 2008 - 20:06 by éirígí PRO
42 comments (last - tuesday november 11, 2008 - 08:44) 4 images
Upwards of 400 republicans marched in defiance of the British Parades Commission and the British Government. ... read full story / add a comment 
antrim / anti-war / imperialism Sunday November 02, 2008 - 16:32 by Youth 4 Truth
16 comments (last - wednesday november 12, 2008 - 17:18) 13 images  1 video file
Thousands of people turned out to the Sinn Fein rally/march today (Sun 2 Nov) which opposed the 'home coming' parade by the notorious RIR regiment of the British Army. There was a large Ógra Shinn Féin presence on the day, with young republicans travelling from across Ireland. The rally/march was calling for an end to the ongoing illegal occupations in Ireland, Iraq, and Afghanistan and also to demand the truth for the hundreds of families who have been bereaved through the official British state policy of collusion and state murder. The UDR/RIR themselves where part and parcel of the murder machine. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Saturday November 01, 2008 - 15:00 by Sean Crudden
The program at The National Concert Hall last night gave the audience an unusual experience of a great range of sounds - some of them up to ear-drum-shattering volumes. This music presented was in various styles - some of which were contrasting and some of which were complimentary. On the whole, the concert was exciting and more interesting than I thought it would be a few weeks ago when I booked two tickets on the internet. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday November 01, 2008 - 14:50 by TD
6 comments (last - monday november 03, 2008 - 16:48) 5 images
Criminally complicit in facilitating the transit of CIA torture flights via pit stop Ireland, it's reported that the Government is shaping up to do a cap-in-hand spineless slither to "the incoming US administration on the issue of extraordinary renditions and on the US military's use of Shannon Airport ... (and a) Cabinet committee will examine and strengthen legal provisions to ensure that gardaí and airport authorities have adequate legal powers for search and inspection of aircraft. This may involve strengthening the provisions of the Air Navigation and Transport Acts." (Irish Times). ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Saturday November 01, 2008 - 01:02 by Contaminated Crow
Landfills, a power line, a Bio Park, an explosives factory and a quarry ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Friday October 31, 2008 - 11:39 by Andrew
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Eight minutes of video fro Wednesday nights demonstration. ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Thursday October 30, 2008 - 10:45 by Jene Kelly
In September 2008, AIMSI (Association for Improvement in Maternity Services Ireland) ran an electronic survey asking women a number of questions and for their comments relating to their experience of “rooming in” in Irish maternity hospitals. The survey received a large response, where 266 women voluntarily submitted their observations. All respondents were self selecting and anonymous. Access to the survey was via website, www.aimsireland.com and also via links on a number of parenting websites and forum boards. ... read full story / add a comment
kildare / environment Wednesday October 29, 2008 - 17:13 by Conor McHugh
4 comments (last - thursday december 08, 2016 - 11:20)
Roadstone has beeen given the go-ahead to quarry the Hill of Allen for the next 50 years without planning permission. Secret documents obtained by the Hill of Allen Action Group and seen by the Leinster Leader reveal that a combination of cock-up and capitulation by Kildare County Council have consigned even more of the Hill of Allen to history. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Tuesday October 28, 2008 - 21:58 by Chico Chagas
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Boustany said to the governor that HSBC has anticipated the crisis of subprime and prepared itself to confront it. "Back in December, 2006 we saw the first signs of crisis, and so we did a provision of 2 billion dollars for the the possible default of borrowers," explained the executive. Today, he says, the HSBC is the first first place in the ranking of large-capitalized banks, with 2.5 trillion dollars in assets. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Tuesday October 28, 2008 - 21:19 by Contaminated Crow
1 comment (last - wednesday october 29, 2008 - 20:04)
An LNG terminal, explosives factory, incineration, power station and an airport in Counties Clare, Kerry, Meath, Roscommon and Sligo ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / crime and justice Tuesday October 28, 2008 - 18:08 by Peter Sullivan
9 comments (last - wednesday november 19, 2008 - 00:00) 2 images
A new garden make over for one of Cork's exclusive private school says it all about the Green Party ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Tuesday October 28, 2008 - 00:25 by Sid
10 comments (last - friday november 14, 2008 - 15:56) 11 images
Following last years epic celebration when the 7 beacon fires were lit,and Taras Feasting Hall was once again filled with music,songs poems and bardery.The Harps were heard again. Relighting the fires of our ancestors in defence of the land.Come along hear the call of the ancient halls on October 31st. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Monday October 27, 2008 - 22:08 by Pedro Silva
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The Al Habtoor Group has three works that have become icons of the architecture of the city of Dubai, capital of the emirate - the international airport, the most modern in the world, and the hotels Burj Al Arab and Jumeirah, two of the most modern buildings in the city. With branches throughout the Arab world, the Al Habtoor Group employs 750 thousand people and operates mainly in real estate, hotels and insurance. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday October 27, 2008 - 14:18 by JM
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Vincent McGrath, Chairman of Erris community group Pobal Chill Chomain, and spokesperson John Monaghan, have recently returned from Stavanger in Norway where they highlighted community issues surrounding the proposed Corrib gas project in North Mayo. Norway has an interest in the Corrib project through it’s state oil company Statoil (now StatoilHydro). ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Friday October 24, 2008 - 21:17 by Paula Geraghty
14 comments (last - saturday november 01, 2008 - 15:51) 35 images 2 video files
After 15,000 pensioners protest the budget cutbacks similar numbers of students demonstrate from Parnell Square to the Dáil. Gardaí blocked off Kildare Street in fear of student radicalism and occupation after the previous events in UCD, with horses and wagons. ... read full story / add a comment
wicklow / rights, freedoms and repression Friday October 24, 2008 - 19:39 by Mr.Peter Brady Alias.
13 comments (last - tuesday october 28, 2008 - 00:21)
This is our seventh statement. ... read full story / add a comment |
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