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mayo / environment Saturday January 19, 2008 - 15:37 by Anthony O'Halloran
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At Killarney District Court, Co. Kerry on Tuesday 15th January 2008, Mr Niall Harnett of Doonagore, Liscannor, Co Clare was acquitted of 2 public order charges following a ruling by Judge James O'Connor, who found that there was no evidence of any crime committed and dismissed the charges after a full hearing of the matter which lasted about 1½ hours. Garda Brendan Cronin KY144 who initiated the charges, and Garda David Hannon KY180 both testified in court, but cross-examination by Mr Harnett, who represented himself, revealed that the Gardaí had neither evidence nor reasonable cause to suspect that Mr Harnett had committed any offence. Inspector Barry O’Rourke, prosecuting for the DPP, never even suggested foul play either and could only resort to smear tactics and prejudice in raising Mr Harnett’s Shell to Sea profile as ‘a protester with an interest in shoving his nose into business that didn’t concern him’, and had to be reminded by the judge that this was no crime. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Friday January 18, 2008 - 11:20 by Margaretta D'Arcy
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Last January, the peasantry of Nandigram in West Bengal, India, rose up to prevent the State Government from expropriating their land and transforming it into a special economic zone for the Indonesian-based Salim Group. Nandigram became off-limits for government representatives, with villagers digging up roads and burning down bridges to keep them out. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / miscellaneous Thursday January 17, 2008 - 13:35 by Anti-Racism
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Far-right nationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen has been invited to Ireland by the UCD Law Society according to this morning's Daily Star. The Star reports that Le Pen's availability is somewhat unsure, as his trial for conspiracy to justify war crimes and deny Nazi crimes against humanity is ongoing, with a verdict due next month. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Thursday January 17, 2008 - 13:08 by Rudiger
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Latest update from Erris ... read full story / add a comment
derry / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday January 17, 2008 - 09:16 by ,
Classroom Assistants are entering a new phase in their struggle for justice and democracy. In the lead up to a negotiating meeting during the Classroom Assistants dispute both the Employers and UNISON publicly claimed that the “majority of Classroom Assistants have accepted the offer”. ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Tuesday January 15, 2008 - 16:28 by Voteno.ie
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A new website - www.VoteNo.ie - has been launched to garner a No vote to the Lisbon Treaty. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Monday January 14, 2008 - 16:29 by AM
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Paul Allen, Cheif Executive Officer of Serica Energy, has said that the company hopes to drill Corrib "look-a-like prospects" this year. He states that the tax and licensing situation in Ireland is very good for the oil industry (and thus not so good for the people of Ireland). ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday January 14, 2008 - 12:37 by Margaretta D'Arcy
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The anti-war spirit is alive and active in a prison near Stirling in Scotland. On Thursday January 12th, at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, a pair of grandmothers, Georgina Smith (78) and Helen John (70), were sentenced by Sheriff Richard MacFarlane to jail for 45 days and 40 days respectively, for writing the truth on the outside of the Edinburgh High Court on Armistice Day November 11th 2006. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Monday January 14, 2008 - 11:59 by N.A.R.C
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Ógra Shinn Féin will launch a major National campaign on Drugs and Alcohol this coming weekend in Dublin. The launch will take place this Saturday 19th January at the youth movement’s National Congress in the ATGWU Hall, Middle Abbey Street, Dublin at 2pm. Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams will be attending the launch. The campaign which will run for the next 6 months is called N.A.R.C, an acronym for not another ravaged community. It will focus on many issues relating to drug and alcohol abuse, including youth and community action, gaining a more concerted effort from government, and rolling out a vigorous and broad based awareness programme. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 14, 2008 - 10:40 by Amnesty1
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Amnesty International members and supporters mobilised across Ireland ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday January 13, 2008 - 18:21 by Ciaron O' Reilly
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The London Catholic Worker marked the 6th. anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo with a vigil at the U.S. embassy, located near Grosvenor Square in central London. To vigil is stay awake; to stay awake to the mainstreaming of torture, to attacks on civil liberties, to our complicity with the CIA kidnapping and rendition flights refueling in England to the U.S. gulag that is Guantanamo. As we enter the 7th. year of the Bush initiated war without end, civil society remains asleep, sedated and silenced in the face of a war that escalates in Iraq and Afghanistan and expands into Lebanon, Somalia, Pakistan and who knows where next? ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / animal rights Sunday January 13, 2008 - 17:53 by Laura Broxson
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New Target for Anti-Fur Protesters! ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Saturday January 12, 2008 - 20:23 by Seán Ryan
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Brief summary of the vigil held outside the Dublin embassy. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Friday January 11, 2008 - 21:51 by éirígí
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Wednesday’s (January 9) trial of three men in Belmullet district court, county Mayo was a mixture of the farcical, the bizarre and the downright sinister. The article below features extracts from a more comprehensive piece which can be accessed in its entirety at http://www.eirigi.org/latest/latest110108.html ... read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage Friday January 11, 2008 - 16:18 by tarapiXie
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Another successful day as the campaign continues, activists occupied one of the last remaining tree's on the route from 6.30am onwards on the compulsory purchase line at soldier hill. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday January 11, 2008 - 07:25 by Prison Solidarity
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As the war escalates and expands and our movement grows, more resisters will be imprisoned. This can either be an experience of great solidarity and empowerment or demoralisation and defeat. A lot of it depends on us on the outside. Consider sending a postcard or solidarity letter to the following prisoners...... ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday January 10, 2008 - 21:38 by Without Borders
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European coverage of the arrest of the two Journalists in Niger on December the 17th indicate that the French are not best pleased with Sarkozy's manner in handling the Niger crisis. Thomas Dandois is a freelance working with a Franco-German publication called 'Arte', and Pierre Cresson is a cameraman, they were arrested for talking with Tuareg rebels and the sentence for so doing is punishable by death. Reporters Sans Frontiers. London Independent UK Liberation. Le Monde are calling for the Freedom of the Journalists. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday January 10, 2008 - 10:17 by Irish Basque Committees
When the Gorka Lupianez rape at Spanish police hands was still fresh on people's memory two new terrible cases came up this week. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media Wednesday January 09, 2008 - 14:28 by Willie
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A video posted on youtube by members of the Irish Defence Forces- self-styled "Oglaigh na hEireann" - has been removed from by government order. It is believed by some that Willie O'Dea was informed that the video, combined with the clear indication of his mustache, may lead some to believe that the whole 26 county defence forces idea was "a bit gay". In the interest of free speech, the video should be seen, but people of a nervous disposition should be warned, it contains graphic scenes of disco dancing, men in showers, toilets and weight-lifting. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Tuesday January 08, 2008 - 16:51 by mr blue
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Plans are fast progressing to redevelop part of the old Asahi chemical plant in Killala County Mayo with a power plant using the same type of technology that is used in incinerators. Although the company behind the scheme say they intend to generate electricity using a mixture of peat, wood, and imported coal, many fear that the huge facility will be converted to an incinerator in the future. ... read full story / add a comment |
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