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national / eu Wednesday December 12, 2007 - 22:08 by VeChDi
 5 comments (last - saturday december 15, 2007 - 15:02)  1 image
Sinn Féin held a major event in Dublin last Sunday to sketch out the beginning of a new way forward for the party, particularly in the 26 counties. The day-long conference, entitled 'Engaging Modern Ireland', was designed to re-start SinnFéin's electoral activities after the disappointing general election result last May. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice Wednesday December 12, 2007 - 16:44 by pat c
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Kazem Darabi who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a German court was released on Monday 10 December after serving 15 years in jail. He had been convicted of involvement in the murder of three leaders of Iranian Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP), Sadegh Sharafkandi, Fattah Abdoli, Homayoun Ardalan and their translator Nouri Dehkord in Berlin. They were dining in the Mykonos restaurant and were in Berlin for a convention of the Socialist International. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday December 11, 2007 - 22:09 by Diarmuid Breatnach
2 comments (last - wednesday december 12, 2007 - 21:00)
Irish, Basque and Catalan protesters picketed outside the GPO on 8th December to protest repression by Spanish authorities of Basque left-separatists. On the 7th, three traditional Basque musicians performing at the Long Note debut in Dublin were applauded when they stated that theirs was the oldest living language in Europe and their culture one of the oldest and that their people would continue to fight for their political and civil rights. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / history and heritage Tuesday December 11, 2007 - 13:47 by TaraWatch
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An Oral Parliamentary Question, regarding Garda 'Operation Bedrock' - which now appears to be an ongoing investigation into Tara campaigners, has been submitted to the Minister for Justice, Brian Lenihan. If the Minister chooses to answer, it will take place on Thursday afternoon. If not, a written answer will come early next week. ... read full story / add a comment 
antrim / anti-war / imperialism Monday December 10, 2007 - 20:06 by Ciarán Ó B
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A British Army recruitment stall in Belfast city centre was closed down today by anti-war activists who held a picket at the booth. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / environment Sunday December 09, 2007 - 17:16 by Gavin Harte
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On Saturday about 800 hundred people gathered at the Dublin Civic Offices and walked to the Custom House as part of the “Parade for the Planet” to mark the international day of action on climate change. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday December 09, 2007 - 15:25 by TD
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The Israelis are deepening the cellar further with the Weapon of Mass Starvation; following Israeli cutoffs, the UN World Food Program now reckons that; "Food imports into the Gaza Strip are only enough to meet 41 percent of demand". Against such an obscenity and pleading guilty to what Martin Amis terms a "distorted sympathy" towards the agony of Palestine http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2221615,00....html Galway IPSC, yesterday, took to the streets for seven hours to protest. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Sunday December 09, 2007 - 14:20 by LY
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The UCD Labour Branch have published videos of the arguement for Shell to Sea made at the Labour Party Conference in Wexford. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday December 08, 2007 - 22:49 by Margaretta D'Arcy
9 comments (last - tuesday december 18, 2007 - 01:41) 4 images
The ghosts and spirits of the millions of women who have been murdered, violated, oppressed, excluded, driven into exile, denied freedom of speech, denied participation in any decisions concerning their lives, because of war, religion, race, culture, age, disability, sexuality, poverty, bonded slavery, domestic violence or bureaucracy, glided in and out of the shoppers of Galway on Friday afternoon, the 7th of December. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Saturday December 08, 2007 - 19:58 by Des Dalton
Kilkenny Republican Sinn Féin held a very successful picket in Kilkenny city on Saturday December 8. The picket was held at the Town Hall on High St between 1pm and 2.30pm. Members of Kilkenny Republican Sinn Féin were joined by Republicans from Waterford, Wexford and Kildare. Leaflets were handed out explaining the situation of the Republican prisoners in Maghaberry, whilst copies of the Republican paper SAOIRSE were sold. Addressing the crowd Republican Sinn Féin Vice President Des Dalton, Kildare, said that the Republican prisoners in Maghaberry were locked in a struggle to vindicate the right political status for which Bobby Sands and his comrades died on hunger strike in 1981. ... read full story / add a comment 
meath / history and heritage Saturday December 08, 2007 - 12:56 by indyreporter
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Campaign to Save Tara (CST) began as a genuine effort to bring all the Tara campaigners together, in a positive and unified way, in late 2006. Now a year later, it has silently disbanded. What now for Tara? ... read full story / add a comment
cork / environment Friday December 07, 2007 - 23:56 by Philip Ikurusi
Annual Remember Saro-Wiwa Seminar Report 2007 ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Friday December 07, 2007 - 21:44 by Firefox
6 comments (last - monday january 14, 2008 - 20:52) 4 images
Pity the poor CIA. What use is a secret service that can't keep a secret? Agents of other secret services should be aware the the loose lips and poor tradecraft of the Americans put the foreigners at risk of arrest and worse. Here's what we mean: ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday December 07, 2007 - 13:13 by pderossa
Proinsias De Rossa MEP has described as 'shameful' the Government's refusal to increase the €19.10 payment made to the roughly 6,500 asylum seekers under the direct provision measures introduced eight years ago. Mr De Rossa was speaking at the start of a Conference on immigration and poverty taking place this morning which he hosted in conjunction with the European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland, taking place in Dublin. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Friday December 07, 2007 - 00:59 by Bob Nichols, Project Censored Award Winner
Vowing that would not happen again, Governor Linda Lingle, a friend of President George Bush, purchased armored vests for Kauai police and machine guns. Legislative rumors have it that Lingle has a "special relationship" with wealthy Superferry financier John Lehmann. She is said to want to run for US Senator Akaka's seat. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday December 06, 2007 - 10:03 by China watcher
A group of leading Chinese lawyers and academics have demanded immediate abolition of the country's infamous system of "laojiao" (re-education through labour), saying it is a serious impediment to efforts to bring about the rule of law in China. The "re-education through labour" system allows the police to jail everyone, from political dissidents to drug addicts and prostitutes, for up to four years without going through the courts. There has been talk of scrapping it as part of legal reforms, but so far only cosmetic changes have been made. But now 69 well-known experts and rights advocates have petitioned the legislature to immediately examine and abolish the system, saying it contravenes the Chinese constitution. ... read full story / add a comment 
wicklow / miscellaneous Wednesday December 05, 2007 - 21:59 by Charlie Crann- AFA Legal Affairs Correspondent
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Jack Cummins (20) of Ballyfaskin, Ballylanders, Limerick appeared before Wicklow District Court today on a charge of distributing threatening and abusive material, namely neo-nazi flags and paraphernalia. ... read full story / add a comment
down / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday December 05, 2007 - 08:22 by .
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Striking Classroom Assistant held a protest outside the Belfast office of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions on Monday to demand a trade union inquiry into claims that the majority of Classroom Assistants have voted to accept managements offer. The offer was forced through a meeting of the Joint Negotiating Council for education workers in Northern Ireland last Friday by the employers and GMB/UNISON. The decision was taken despite the opposition of the biggest non teaching education trade union, NIPSA, and the abstention of T&G. During the period of strike action Stormont Education Minister Catriona Ruaine has made repeated calls for NIPSA to ballot its members. NIPSA has pointed out that every offer made by management has been brought to consultation meetings of members but in an effort to clarify the situation and to remove the Ministers excuse for not negotiating offered to ballot members last week. This offer was ignored. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday December 04, 2007 - 10:35 by Fintan Lane
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Yesterday afternoon, friends and family of Robin Hennessy gathered under an overcast sky in Kanturk graveyard to bid farewell to a stalwart of the anti-war movement and other social justice causes. Above all, we bid farewell to a man remembered for his enormous capacity for love and who was motivated in politics by his deep concern for the well-being of other human beings. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday December 04, 2007 - 09:37 by Irish Basque Committees
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All of the arrested are welknown grassroots activists and the Spanish National Court's decission has shocked Basque people. The majority of Basque political parties, trade unions and social organizations have spoken out against this attack. 25,000 people took to the streets just 24 hours after the arrests started. ... read full story / add a comment |
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