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international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday October 19, 2008 - 23:11 by Oisín Mac Gall
 3 comments (last - monday october 20, 2008 - 18:17)  8 images
Supporters of Iban Apaolaza Sancho on Friday 17th in Dublin's O'Connell Street, staged Spanish police torture enactment to protest Canadian deportation of the Basque refugee to Spanish police custody on an arrest warrant based on testimony given under torture. Their action was part of an international effort, with other interventions in the Basque Country, Montreál, Beirut and London. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday October 19, 2008 - 22:33 by Séamas
3 comments (last - wednesday february 04, 2009 - 16:31) 3 images
An event organised by the North West Solidarity Network took place in Manorhamilton, Co. Leitirm has been hailed a major success and as the start of a series of activities and actions planned for the coming months and years. ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / anti-war / imperialism Sunday October 19, 2008 - 11:15 by John Jefferies
7 comments (last - sunday october 26, 2008 - 10:22) 2 images
For the second time in just over a month Cork Port has been visited by a warship of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), in breach of Irish neutrality. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Saturday October 18, 2008 - 23:26 by Contaminated Crow
A power station in Mayo, pylons in Meath and Kildare, incinerator in Meath, gas terminal in Kerry and a race track in Co Tipperary ... read full story / add a comment 
national / gender and sexuality Saturday October 18, 2008 - 18:40 by Goretti Horgan
9 comments (last - monday october 20, 2008 - 11:48) 1 image
The point of the protests in Belfast, Derry and Lisburn was to symbolise the 40 women a week who leave the North to travel to Britain or Europe to seek abortions ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / anti-capitalism Saturday October 18, 2008 - 16:38 by John Jefferies
6 comments (last - tuesday october 21, 2008 - 12:38) 13 images
Several thousand people took part in a protest on St. Patrick's Bridge in Cork this afternoon to demonstrate against the Fianna Fáil / Green / PD parties budget decision to axe automatic entitlement to medical cards for over 70 year olds. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Friday October 17, 2008 - 14:51 by A
4 comments (last - thursday october 23, 2008 - 17:34) 5 images
The word is – Shell are pulling out of Glengad and suspending work till early Spring. Shell ‘consultants’ are informing local residents that the beach is being ‘reinstated’ and the work will take a number of weeks. The Solitaire has moved on and is ‘off hire’ to Shell. No press release has issued from Shell and they are behind in their weekly ‘progress’ reports to the PAD (Petroleum Affairs Divison) of Minister Eamon Ryan’s Department of Communication, Energy and Natural Resources, which can normally be read here: http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/Natural/Petroleum+Affairs+Divis...D.htm ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday October 16, 2008 - 17:28 by Swedish network Ofog
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Weapons used in the American led war on Iraq were successfully disarmed by a group of activists. Early this morning members of the Swedish peace network, Ofog, broke into Europe's leading weapon manufacturer BAE Systems and disarmed 20 grenade launchers of the type used in Iraq. Anna Andersson and Martin Smedjeback used hammers and bolt cutters to begin this disarmament. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday October 15, 2008 - 18:07 by Paula Geraghty
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A press conference held this morning by a panel of leading trade unionists outlined the reasons behind their opposition to the proposed national pay deal. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday October 14, 2008 - 16:24 by Paula Geraghty
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Catering staff, all Siptu members are returning to work tomorrow after voting to accept the LRC deal at noon today. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday October 14, 2008 - 15:06 by Words-Kev - IPSC (pers cap); images- Paula Geraghty
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On Friday 10th October, around 130 people packed into Liberty Hall basement to hear three powerful speakers talk on the subject of the destruction of the Palestinian people and the future for Palestine. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Monday October 13, 2008 - 22:07 by Contaminated Crow
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Incineration, waste, pylons, water extraction and wind turbines ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / worker & community struggles and protests Monday October 13, 2008 - 21:21 by Carl
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St Marys Orthopaedic Hospital cutbacks ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday October 13, 2008 - 02:16 by Paula Geraghty
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The message was made loud and clear to Harney and Drumm 'Fund our health- Not your pockets' and to provide a health service that we can trust. ... read full story / add a comment 
clare / anti-war / imperialism Sunday October 12, 2008 - 20:41 by John Lannon
9 comments (last - sunday october 19, 2008 - 00:31) 8 images
A relaxed yet determined crowd gathered at the monthly vigil in Shannon this Sunday evening to protest against the ongoing use of the airport by the US military and CIA. Not surprisingly there was an unidentified aircraft sitting on the airport tarmac at the time. And also not surprisingly, the Gardai were determined to stop any of the concerned vigil attendees from identifying it. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / summit mobilisations Sunday October 12, 2008 - 12:39 by TaraWatch
4 comments (last - tuesday october 14, 2008 - 11:14) 3 images  3 video files
FERROVIAL, who are building the M3 motorway through the Tara archaeological complex and SHELL, who are building the gas pipeline in Mayo are just two of the companies attending a conference on Stakeholder Engagement, within the realm of Corporate Social Responsibility in Barcelona this Monday and Tuesday, 13th and 14th of October We need people to help us engage in the conference, by sending activists and emailing participants. http://www.ethicalcorp.com/stakeholder/agenda.asp ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Saturday October 11, 2008 - 21:26 by Valentine
7 comments (last - friday march 27, 2009 - 10:55) 4 images
Today in Brussels representatives of the belgian people (Attac, Onzezeg, Notremotadire, CAP ao.) burried the Lisbon Treaty at the bourse in the centre of the Europeen Union. People of Europe want their say on the EU.They want the referendums to be respected; This Treaty is not democratic and not protecting our social security. The non democratic way the EU is constructed over our heads is getting dangerous for our freedom and democracy our parents fought for!. The policy of EU treaties, the European Commission, is to commercialise public services. Flowing from competition policy, the commission forces state providers to compete with private companies in the supply of public services.What will become the poor or week citicen in this junglefight? These liberal EU strategies have led us to the recent global financial crisis which will not stop: 80 % of our national laws are dicted by the EU. More actions will follow this week. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday October 11, 2008 - 20:44 by Andrew
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Over a thousand people marched through Dublin today as part of the Dublin Council of Trade unions organised demonstration for a decent health service. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-war / imperialism Saturday October 11, 2008 - 17:36 by eos
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Some photos from a rockin' gig. Text to follow shortly. ... read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-capitalism Saturday October 11, 2008 - 17:02 by Elinor
The next Grass Roots Gathering will take place in Cork on the weekend of the 14th, 15th and 16th of November. ... read full story / add a comment |
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