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dublin / eu Saturday June 07, 2008 - 18:52 by Joanne
 14 comments (last - thursday august 21, 2008 - 16:27)  15 images  1 video file
Dublin youth activists united in protest today outside the European Union house to urge a No! vote in this Thursday’s Lisbon Treaty referendum. The protest, which included an open mic and street theatre, was jointly organised by Ógra Shinn Féin, and the Connolly Youth Movement, with members of the IPSC and Anarchist activists also in attendance. Following a very imaginative and visible protest which had Brian Cowen and Charlie McCreevy present, there was an extensive canvass of the thronged Grafton Street asking people to secure a better deal for Ireland, and vote No! ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Saturday June 07, 2008 - 16:11 by Edward Horgan
18 comments (last - monday june 23, 2008 - 10:08) 1 attached file
Where is the so-called Tripple Lock protecting Irish neutrality today at Shannon airport as hundreds of troops from the US the principal NATO state, pass through Shannon on their way to and from the unlawful Iraq War? ... read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage Saturday June 07, 2008 - 00:18 by TaraWatch
1 comment (last - monday june 09, 2008 - 14:33) 2 images
TaraWatch received notification on Thursday 5th June, from the World Archaeological Congress (WAC), Committee on Ethics, that it has been recognised as stakeholders in the ongoing Hill of Tara / M3 issue for purposes of a round table session at the upcoming Sixth World Archaeological Congress, (WAC-6) to be held at University College Dublin, from the 29th June to 4th July, which will be debating the ethics of the M3 / Hill of Tara issue. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Friday June 06, 2008 - 07:38 by Bart Nijs
4 comments (last - sunday june 08, 2008 - 13:57)
Five years ago, an EU Court of Auditors official informed his Secretary General of his suspicions of fraud and blackmail being practiced at the institution. After meeting with a refusal to examine the case, one yeare ago, he urged the Court´s President to react to the Secretary General´s failure to act. The only reaction he received was a disciplinary procedure being launched against him. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday June 06, 2008 - 01:32 by Paula Geraghty
7 comments (last - sunday june 08, 2008 - 01:53) 9 images
Fishermen from Downings in Donegal to Kilmore Quay in Wexford and beyond took part in a national protest at the Dáil today. Angered at rising fuel prices and cheap imports their livlelihoods are under threat. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 05, 2008 - 22:47 by Lertoir
15 comments (last - wednesday june 11, 2008 - 11:26) 5 images
A new Irish Times poll to be published in the paper in the morning, shows the Yes side at 30%, down five percentage points since their last poll three weeks ago, while the 'No' side is standing at 35%, up by an astounding 17%. Those who responded with 'Don't Know' are down by 12 points to 35% ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 05, 2008 - 22:11 by Paula Geraghty
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The Campaign Against the EU Constitution held a press conference today to address the impact of the proposed Lisbon Treaty on the lives of women in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / eu Thursday June 05, 2008 - 22:00 by éirígí
12 comments (last - friday june 06, 2008 - 23:50) 2 images
Tackling the Liars on Lisbon 05/06/08 éirígí activists gathered in Dublin’s Henry Street this afternoon (Thursday) to coincide with a pre-planned walk-about by some of the luminaries of the pro-Lisbon Treaty camp. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment Thursday June 05, 2008 - 18:54 by Sean Crudden
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Rural activists and their mentors and supporters from both sides of the border congregated in Rathfriland-on-the-Hill yesterday to celebrate the finish of a scheme which was intended to prompt village enhancement and to involve the community. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 05, 2008 - 17:55 by TD
2 comments (last - friday june 06, 2008 - 16:14) 6 images
2006 Nobel Prize nominee and conscience of Israel; the sweet and affable Jeff Halper delivered a damning indictment on Israel to a packed Nun's Island Theatre in Galway yesterday evening and, to boot, graced the Free Palestine Campaign information stall in Shop Street this morning for an hour before heading down to Clonakilty, Co.Cork, where in O'Donovans Hotel at 8.00PM, hopefully, he'll be delivering a similar broadside?. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday June 05, 2008 - 03:48 by Sevinc Karaca
4 comments (last - wednesday june 18, 2008 - 17:35) 1 image
National Shipyard Workers go on strike on 16th of June to stop workplace deaths in Tuzla, near Istanbul in Turkey. There had been 11 deaths since the Minister of Employment and Social Security promised the issue was going to be "handled" by the ministry and the workers would be listened to on 8th of September last and 82 in total in the last 5 years since the jobs were handed over to the subcontractors as part of government's privatization programme. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday June 04, 2008 - 17:25 by BATU Striker
37 comments (last - wednesday september 10, 2008 - 17:10) 3 attached files
For the past four weeks BATU staff have been on strike and have been picketing the union's main office in Dublin. The strike is against the forced redundancy of two union officials, Tom Fitzgerald and Rob Kelly, and against the threat to impose wage cuts and detrimental changes to the conditions of administrative staff. It is a strike in defense of basic trade union principles. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday June 03, 2008 - 23:27 by Catalan Solidarity
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Ongoing demonstrations in Catalonia as political activist remains in prison, Franki has been jailed for the burning of Spanish Flag. ... read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights Tuesday June 03, 2008 - 21:16 by Laura Broxson
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SAY NO TO ANIMAL CIRCUSES! ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday June 03, 2008 - 17:02 by Barry McColgan
10 comments (last - saturday june 07, 2008 - 21:08)
A short film has been produced on the passing of Oglach Brian Keenan. Thousands of republicans gathered in Belfast on Saturday 24 May to honour and mourn the passing of this legendary Republican leader and activist. ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / anti-capitalism Tuesday June 03, 2008 - 16:32 by Kevin Doyle
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In a timely statement on May 1st, nurses in Cork city's A & E service poured scorn on the HSE. Part of the reason why they did this was because of the ongoing situation at Cork's Mercy Hospital. In their statement, the nurses said that it was their "collective view that patient care is being compromised and that it is only a matter of time before there are serious issues and incidents ..." A month on from that statement there has been no resolution in the Cork area. The Workers Solidarity Movement look at the issues and how the impasse could be resolved. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday June 01, 2008 - 19:45 by Dave Butler
A new repersentive group is being formed to speak for the majority of Electrical Contractors in Ireland who have no voice when it comes to talks about pay and conditions. This group is to be called The NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS OF IRELAND (NECI). A meeting is being held in the Radisson Hotel Athlone on Saturday the 7th of June and all interested Electrical Contractors are invited to attend. A steering group has being set up to oversee the formation of the new organisation. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage Sunday June 01, 2008 - 16:52 by TaraWatch
6 comments (last - thursday june 05, 2008 - 21:48) 3 images
Following on from the success of the facebook Causes application, which already has over 2,500 members, TaraWatch is utilising the Causes application which has now been installed on myspace, to further the campaign to save the Hill of Tara archaeological complex from the M3 motorway. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday May 31, 2008 - 22:11 by pat c
The annual conference of the Public and Commercial Services union held on May 21-23 conference in Brighton overwhelmingly agreed to affiliate to Hands Off the People of Iran. The motion was proposed by Dave Vincent of the CPGB but its adoption was largely due to the supoort of Socialist Party activists in the union. The only opposition to the motion came from the SWP. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Saturday May 31, 2008 - 12:37 by Anon
A short report on actions around Berlin in solidarity with free spaces in the city. ... read full story / add a comment |
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