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international / miscellaneous Friday July 06, 2012 - 21:42 by Italy Calling
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After being left derelict and neglected for 6 years, during which the only intervention by the local authorities has been the building of a wall around the old changing rooms which turned them into a dangerous sewer, Pisa’s sports centre Polisportiva della Fontina has come back to life, and being put to use by hundreds of people of all ages who want a space to hang out and practice sports freely. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Friday July 06, 2012 - 11:53 by GAAW PRO
RTE’s website has two interesting news reports today: 1) Eamon Gilmore is off to a socalled “Friends of Syria” meeting in Paris, the aim of which is to support the overthrow of the Assad regime. It is all reminiscent of the moves to topple Ghadaffi in Libya a year ago. 2) The other news report informs us of the widespread human rights abuses now being carried out in “free” Libya. Up until now the western media has done its utmost to hide the chaos and bloodshed that has occurred since the overthrow of Ghadaffi, but eventually some of the truth had to come out. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Monday July 02, 2012 - 18:47 by C
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Today, 2nd of July, thousands of dead Lugworms were found in the sands around Sruwaddacon estuary. ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / bin tax / household tax / water tax Sunday July 01, 2012 - 11:37 by Maggie Goggin PRO/Media
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The St Lukes Branch (Cork) is one of a number of local campaign groups in the city that holds regular meetings and is active in the fight againt the Household Tax. Come along and join us! ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 28, 2012 - 19:28 by Crabby
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Erris Inshore Fishermen's Association (EIFA) gets a dose of the crabs from Shell and were left scratching on Monday last!: Three years too late, EIFA 'fishermen', whose shillings from Shell have run out were back again on Monday on another begging spree. During this begging exercise by EIFA Shell's begging bowl ended up in the depths of the ocean off Ballyglass Pier and deep sea divers were successful in locating the bowl at co-ordinates 54-15-21 N, 09-53-49 W. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday June 26, 2012 - 20:58 by italy calling
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I’m not usually one for signing petitions, but a recent initiative has started up which I feel very strongly about. While the top table directly involved in organising and carrying out the butchery of the G8 in Genoa 11 years ago have happily got away with it, 10 activists are risking a total of about 100 years in jail for crimes of “devastation and looting”. As the official site of the campaign “10 x 100″ likes to point out, the crime of “devastation and looting” was first introduced in 1930, that is, while Italy was still under a Fascist regime. Funny how it’s still there. It was first applied to modern Italy as a repressive measure against football fans, but, interestingly, it has been more recently used against migrants revolting in detention centres and activist protests. Here’s the official call out: ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Monday June 25, 2012 - 19:34 by Rossport Solidarity Camp
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Today the AGM of Mayo Co. council was disrupted by a high pitched grinding noise; a recording of the sounds that came from Shell's compound in Aghoose during the June bank holiday weekend. Local residents aimed to demonstrate how they were ignored when they tried to complain about this disturbance which lasted for four days, and were told the council offices were closed on the bank holiday. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Monday June 25, 2012 - 18:24 by S Shriver
Nonviolent, nonanimal diet prevents animal agony, human disease, energy waste, environmental desecration and deforestation. This article concentrates on superior brain function. It was the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, a vegetarian, who first said "Love Animals Don't Eat Them" ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday June 25, 2012 - 09:58 by Tom Cooper
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RTE has upheld a complaint against Eoghan Harris and Gerry Gregg's short television documentary An Tost Fada ('The Long Silence') on two counts (Sunday Times, 24 June 2012 - see article below and letters back and forth to RTE). The complaint, RTE’s response and reply to RTE are attached here as separate PDF files - right-click and save them to read. At least one programme mistake resulted from suppression of information. Other very serious errors in the programme were not addressed by RTE. I have asked RTE to address them and to make a balancing programme. I have also asked RTE to bring back its abandoned policy of using a historical adviser on such programmes. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice Wednesday June 20, 2012 - 11:57 by Ban Fracking
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Last week while covering the football in Poland, Pat Kenny's show on RTE radio 1, decided to interview Irish fracker, Oisin Fanning, chairman of San Leon, a company fracking for shale gas in Poland. People contacted the show and demanded the topic recieve balanced coverage and not just a pro-industry rant - eventually RTE agreed to allow Ewa Sufin of the Polish Green Party on air. The usual industry spin and lies being repeated on RTE by Oisin Fanning were exposed by what Ewa Sufin had to say about fracking in her native Poland and why an EU wide ban must be put in place on this industry. Below is a transcript of what Ewa Sufin said - you can listen to Oisin Fanning's interview via the RTE link below - iv starts at 1hr.27m ... read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum Tuesday June 19, 2012 - 01:23 by Ben Jackson
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Right now the ingredients for a "perfect storm" are developing in Europe. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday June 18, 2012 - 00:24 by Truth and Justice 2012
A major public demonstration is to be held in Belfast just days before the British royal visit to the North. The demonstration on Saturday 23rd June will have as its theme “Truth and Justice – not Jubilation” and the organisers say the focus of the protest will be on victims of British state violence. The demonstration will take the form of a silent march, led by a solitary piper, from Dunville Park, Falls Road, at 2.00pm on Saturday and conclude with a rally outside Belfast city hall. The rally will be addressed by speakers from each of the 6 Counties who lost close relatives at the hands of the British state, or who were themselves actual victims of state violence. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday June 16, 2012 - 22:28 by Anthony Ravlich
Embedded tweets show major support for the ethical approach to human rights, development, globalization to replace neoliberalism. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Friday June 15, 2012 - 19:29 by NFI
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The media/gov and industry are not telling people that, in fact, fracking is a major 12 county national issue. This would result in rural Ireland being industrialised by the fracking industry and all the dangers and risks that come with this process. This is also a huge cross-border issue, the same company that wish to frack in the north-west, want to begin operations in Fermanagh. Fermanagh is where the anti-fracking campaign will win or lose in Ireland. Everyone on this island has a vested interest in ensuring that fracking does not proceed in Fermanagh. We all have a duty to do something to help stop this destructive industry. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Wednesday June 13, 2012 - 21:49 by Sabotage Shell
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Last week a stone crushing machine central to the operation of Barretts Quarry in Bangor, County Mayo was decomissioned. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday June 13, 2012 - 13:32 by Free Assange! Free Manning! Free Yourself! Stop the Wars!
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jAs Prime Minister Julia Gillard arrived at the Stamford Plaza in Brisbane Tuesday night to deliver a speech at the opening dinner of the Economic Forum, she was confronted by Catholic Workers and other anti-war activists over her betrayal of Australian born citizen Julian Assange to the U.S. war machine. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Tuesday June 12, 2012 - 15:43 by RLL
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The week of action started with fortifying the camp against eviction, and as the camp was still happily pitched on Tuesday morning, we decided to put our energy into stopping Shell, as planned! ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday June 12, 2012 - 12:33 by Galway Alliance Against War
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The Galway Alliance Against War has scoffed at what it calls “the absurd Galway council politicians” condemning the group's peaceful visit to local TDs seeking them to do something about the scandolous raid on the home of their spokesperson. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / miscellaneous Monday June 11, 2012 - 19:00 by shelver
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The 7th Rossport solidarity camp June bank holiday weekend was great! :) ... read full story / add a comment 
international / housing Sunday June 10, 2012 - 21:48 by italy calling
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Squatting is on the rise again in these times of austerity (see for example the recent occupations of flats in Southern Spain, mostly carried out by housewives and families). An Italian project that’s caught my attention since its beginning is in Pisa, where last year’s Occupy protests evolved into the reappropriation and transformation of abandoned buildings for the benefit of the local community. ... read full story / add a comment |
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