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national / arts and media Wednesday January 09, 2008 - 14:28 by Willie
 7 comments (last - thursday january 10, 2008 - 12:57)  1 image
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
13 comments (last - thursday december 09, 2010 - 13:44) 2 images
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 
international / history and heritage Monday January 07, 2008 - 13:39 by tarapiXie
5 comments (last - tuesday january 08, 2008 - 18:41) 3 images
This morning, monday 6th jan '08 at 7 am, 11 of us split up into two groups. We went to the Ardsallagh Compound (site entrance 2.10) and Roestown (site entrance 2.1 ) . All the machinery was parked at these two sites for the past two weeks over Christmas. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 07, 2008 - 12:42 by TD
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Last Saturday, the nationwide IPSC campaign against Israeli Blood Diamonds was alive and well in Galway with activists from the Irish Centre for Human Rights and Malaysian medical students from the University College Hospital Galway doing their duty behind the info/petition table. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Sunday January 06, 2008 - 17:01 by rikki
4 comments (last - thursday january 10, 2008 - 13:17) 6 images
last thursday lunchtime, a small band of greenwash guerillas entered the lobby of the london shell hq to highlight the massive amount of toxic greenwash emanating from the building. once ejected they continued their work outside, warning the public of the dangers of greenwash ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday January 06, 2008 - 00:34 by Out for Christmas
6 comments (last - sunday january 06, 2008 - 21:10)
A bit of news for readers who were worried about the outcome of the Tom Kennedy's ten months in Mountjoy ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Saturday January 05, 2008 - 21:34 by Edward Horgan
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The 2008 Shannon peace camp takes place on Sunday 6 Jan 2008. This is the fifth aniversary of the original Shannon Peace Camp set up on 6th Jan 2003, and which lasted for almost 5 weeks. It ended when a high court injunction was got by Aer Rianta/Shannon airport against 21 individuals including yours truly preventing us from traspassing on Aer Rianta property, which included the site of the peace camp. This injunction came after the damage to a US military plane by Mary Kelly and a few days later by the Catholic workers FIVE. Mary Kelly has been convicted of criminal damage, but is appealing this conviction. The Catholic Workers were acquitted by a jury in Dublin in July 2006, who reached a unanimous verdict that they were not guilty of criminal damage to the US warplane, even though they admitted doing considerable damage to it. Their successful defence was that their action was justified in order to prevent this warplane and other US warplanes from killing innocent people in an unlawful war in Iraq. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Saturday January 05, 2008 - 21:00 by Donal Mac Fhearraigh
10 comments (last - friday april 25, 2008 - 07:57)
For those not living in Derry, it has been hard to find out what is happening in relation to the trial of the Raytheon 9. The trial process is dragging on in a way that is very unfair to the defendants, their families, and the Derry Anti War Coalition (DAWC). The Nine are charged with affray and criminal damage and, if found guilty, could face long prison sentences. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday January 05, 2008 - 17:43 by éirígí
35 comments (last - saturday january 12, 2008 - 13:16) 9 images
Dozens of demonstrators today descended on Bertie Ahern's Drumcondra constituency office to let him know that Elizabeth Windsor is not welcome in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment Friday January 04, 2008 - 01:23 by Shell to Sea
26 comments (last - sunday january 04, 2009 - 16:31) 9 images
Today is January 4th 2008. On this day in 1993, 300,000 people in Nigeria marked the United Nations Year of Indigenous Peoples by protesting against Shell's activities and the environmental destruction of Ogoniland in the Niger Delta. 2008 was supposed to be the deadline for the ending of gas flaring by Shell in Nigeria, but the company now says that this deadline will not be met. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice Sunday December 30, 2007 - 22:13 by Mensch Meier
3 comments (last - tuesday january 01, 2008 - 07:04) 1 image
There´s a new law for data retention in Germany. It passed all hurdles and will come into effect starting from the 1st January 2008. The connection meta data (phone, cell phone, internet) of all citizen of Germany will be stored for six month then. A law suit against this law will be started soon. The AK Vorratsdatenspeicherung organized a demonstration that took place here in Berlin starting in front of the congress center to protest against this and similar laws. There will be more demonstration in the near future. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday December 30, 2007 - 11:24 by TD
2 comments (last - monday february 04, 2008 - 12:03) 4 images
Yesterday, on rain soaked Shop Street awash with bargain hunters, Galway IPSC did an awareness stall on Israeli Blood Diamonds in a continuing effort to persuade people not to purchase gemstones crafted in Israel and thus strenghtening the economy of a rogue state that, in regards to human rights, shamelessly exults and behaves like a mad dog off the leash. Israel, the dominant and alpha player in the cut diamond business, unlike Canada, doesn't mark the diamonds it crafts and the UN, true to form, exempts these conflict stones from the Kimberley Process thus leading to purchasers unwittingly buying the ordure of Zionism. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday December 28, 2007 - 12:44 by Ciaron
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Four members of the Catholic Worker movement were arrested at 9am on Friday December 28th, during a non-violent peace witness at Northwood Joint Forces Military HQ in Hertfordshire, England. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Friday December 28, 2007 - 12:42 by Margaretta D'Arcy
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An Awareness Vigil took place on the 17th Dec. 2007, to demand an end to the violent coercion of villagers in Nandigram West Bengal. It began at 10.00 am outside the Indian Embassy, 6 Leeson Park, Dublin 6. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Friday December 28, 2007 - 02:19 by Joe
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“We terminated the most precious American asset which vowed to defeat the mujahadeen,” Al-Qaeda’s commander and main spokesperson Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid told Adnkronos International (AKI) in a phone call from an unknown location, speaking in faltering English. Al-Yazid is the main al-Qaeda commander in Afghanistan. ... read full story / add a comment 
waterford / animal rights Thursday December 27, 2007 - 15:00 by John Tierney Campaigns Directory AOHS
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A large group of animal rights activists protested at the St. Stephen’s Day meet of the Waterford Foxhounds in Tramore Co. Waterford. The annual protest was organised by the Association of Hunt Saboteurs and BadgerWatch Ireland. Protesters held banners condemning foxhunting and called for a ban on bloodsports. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / crime and justice Tuesday December 25, 2007 - 15:44 by Paula Geraghty
15 comments (last - friday january 04, 2008 - 22:53) 21 images
What a fine day. Spotted two heads at the Luas stop waiting for the tram with massive rucksacks. Will they miss their flight because they had no notion there's no public transport Christmas Day? Next, the swim I missed. Photo essay at below. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / anti-capitalism Saturday December 22, 2007 - 21:15 by Chekov
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This 7 minute documentary follows a couple of protestors who travelled down to Rossport in February 2007 to protest against Shell's construction of an on-shore refinery. This video follows their progress as they take part in an invasion of the site. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment Saturday December 22, 2007 - 16:36 by TaraTaraTara
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Happy Winter Solstice from Tara Defenders at Newgrange. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday December 21, 2007 - 12:38 by Socialist Youth
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Recently Domino's pizza store workers in Wolverhampton and Derby earned negative wages after working for a month. Bosses had charged them extortionate amounts for rent and insurance to cheat them out of their wages. It leaves no doubt as to how Domino’s makes their £700 million every year. To highlight this scandal Socialist Youth in Belfast organised a stall outside a local Domino’s on the Antrim Road on a busy Friday night. We received a warm response from customers to our leaflets. The response of Domino’s however was to ring the police. There is nothing criminal about campaigning for an £8 an hour minimum wage, but the actions of Domino’s in England should be considered criminal ... read full story / add a comment |
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