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international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday September 03, 2005 - 13:18 by Susan
 4 comments (last - thursday september 08, 2005 - 13:03)
Turi Vaccoro has maintained a hunger strike in custody since August 10th He appeared in court Sept 1st. charged with several €million disarmament of nuclear capable F16's. Nuclear bombs are kept on the base where he acted on the 60th. anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. Turi from Italy has lived in the Netherlands for many years, he bought his hammer in Assissi. ... read full story / add a comment
louth / anti-capitalism Friday September 02, 2005 - 22:18 by Eve
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Approx 15-20 people picketed a Statoil garage in Dundalk this Friday evening from 5-7pm in the second in a series of Friday evening pickets organised by Shell to Sea Dundalk . ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday September 02, 2005 - 20:25 by A
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IAN Blair, Commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police, admitted on July 22nd, 2005 that Britain is implementing a shoot-to-kill policy in relation to what he termed 'the fight against terrorism'. However, Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian murdered on a London tube by British police (SAS?) on Friday, July 21st, 2005, had no connection with the bombings in London on either that day or two weeks previously. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday September 02, 2005 - 15:40 by Justin Morahan
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International Solidarity Movement report on ongoing siege with use of gas and rubber bullets to pre-empt non-violent protest at land grab. E-mail received 12.05 pm ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Friday September 02, 2005 - 13:17 by Hugo Chavez
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Richard and The comrades helped the residents of Blackrock to load their own rubbish. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Friday September 02, 2005 - 07:25 by Miriam Cotton
Media Lens have produced an excellent summary of the truth behind the G8 climate discussions and the way in which they are being used to represent the British Prime Minister and American President as new, improved and kinder versions of themselves: http://www.medialens.org/alerts/index.php ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Friday September 02, 2005 - 01:44 by hrm
Martyrdom has always been a foundation of the Shia Muslim faith. But yesterday's tragedy gave it new meaning: possibly as many as 1,000 men, women and children were killed when they fell from a bridge over the Tigris river in Baghdad, apparently fearful that a suicide bomber had been let loose among them. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Thursday September 01, 2005 - 19:15 by libertarian
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Anarchists clash with police during "No Border action" in Vena, Greece. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Thursday September 01, 2005 - 12:51 by John McDermott
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Enclosed is the full unexpurgated text of my(censored) letter published in the Irish Independent, Aug 30th,and Mr Aherns reply to my accusations in todays paper. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday September 01, 2005 - 11:43 by Allen
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THE former Mayor of Sligo, Councillor Declan Bree, could face expulsion from the Labour Party when a simmering internal row comes to a head with the hearing of a formal complaint against him by a Special Committee in September ... read full story / add a comment
Institute of European Affairs to host discussion on "The Future of EU Armaments Cooperation" ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday September 01, 2005 - 10:31 by shane ocurry
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Organised by the The Irish World newspaper and the Pat Finucane Centre for Human Rights, the Public Meeting, entitled "End Impunity", raises the thorny issue of state actors taking responsibility for killings at The Chamber, City Hall, London, on Monday, September 5 at 7pm. Also addressing the event will be University of Ulster legal academic Angela Hegarty and Phil Shiner, public interest ;lawyer. The event will focus on the case of Peter McBride, the Belfast teenager murdered by Scots Guardsmen Wright and Fisher, who were allowed to continue service in the British Army, in spite of their murder convictions. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Wednesday August 31, 2005 - 22:28 by GNN
meath / environment Wednesday August 31, 2005 - 21:39 by spokesman
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There is another M3 Route available which does not pass through the Tara valley. It is up to 3.5km shorter, could pass Tara 5km away, and be €50m cheaper than the current route. It also offers the possibility of linking Trim to the M3. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday August 31, 2005 - 18:50 by iosaf
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as Bush remarked yesterday when linking Pearl Harbour to September 11, and the Iraqi and Japanese constitutions, "The document they have produced protects fundamental human freedoms, including freedom for women, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, freedom of conscience, and freedom of expression". Over a 1000 citizens of Baghdad of the Shi'ite faith assembled for an annual holiday today, and after several events, stampeded in panic as the chinese whisper spread theough the crowd that kamikaze bomber was amongst them. Figures for the Dead vary from 430 to 630. Figures for the Injured are at present in the thousands. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Wednesday August 31, 2005 - 12:02 by resident
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The Rolestown St Margaret's Action Group (RSMAG) has placed an advertisement opposing Thornton Hall - the new home of Mountjoy Prison and the Central Mental Hospital - in the Irish Independent ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday August 30, 2005 - 22:36 by Barry
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British security chiefs are reported to be hopping mad after an American based internet site published a list of over 100 of their active agents and their locations . Many are based in Africa , Eastern Europe , Iraq and Asia . British spooks are terrified the cover of their agents has been irrevocably blown and their intelligence contacts compromised ( one is even referred to simply as a "wanker" by occupation which would indicate someone is ticked off about something in dear old Blighty .. Some of the names have been based in Ireland . The most prominent on the list is former UK Liberal leader Paddy Ashdown , a "former" British Army officer . It seems he just switched to a plain clothes army career instead . ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Tuesday August 30, 2005 - 15:25 by anarchaeologist
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Up to 30 people took part in a picket of the Norwegian Embassy this lunchtime to protest at the involvement of Statoil in the continued detention of the Rossport 5 in Cloverhill prison. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Tuesday August 30, 2005 - 13:27 by Starstruck
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Chavez, 51, made the offer during his weekly television broadcast, ``Alo Presidente.'' Chavez said 140 communities or groups have requested energy aid from the South American country since Chavez said earlier this week that Venezuela could help poor families in the U.S. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday August 30, 2005 - 00:20 by Hilaal
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Fighters returning to Pakistan after a series of attacks on US and ISAF locations have told of a recent attack on a German Base. ... read full story / add a comment |
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