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international / environment Monday August 22, 2005 - 18:38 by prometheus
 2 comments (last - thursday august 25, 2005 - 14:54)
All of County Louth measures 82,613 hectares. Fires have burnt at least 134,500 hectares (337,000 acres) of Portuguese forest from July to August, more than in all of 2004, according to forestry service estimates last week. 2,700 firefighters were battling 35 fires on Sunday afternoon. Neighbouring Galicia in Spain wants to be declared a disaster area as well, as of this morning 17 fires were still burning 6 of them considered critical. In august alone 17,000 hectares have been burnt. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Monday August 22, 2005 - 11:52 by Sean Smyth
1 comment (last - friday august 26, 2005 - 22:39)
We do not forget that many of our people were sacked with three minutes notice over a public address system and with twenty minutes notice by a megaphone; these are decent, hard-working, honourable people who have been treating appallingly ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Sunday August 21, 2005 - 01:48 by Edward Horgan
24 comments (last - monday september 26, 2005 - 13:50)
Do you know that there are now thousands of US troops and hundreds of tons of munitions passing through Shannon airport every week? You should know. Shannon is now the primary US military transit airport in Europe for the War and occupation of Iraq. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday August 20, 2005 - 15:58 by iosaf
16 comments (last - saturday october 15, 2005 - 22:41)  2 images
People are about to be killed in two provinces of Ecuador to protect the "rights" of an Oil corporation. Ecuador's government (not an exemplary one) has asked for Venezuala's assistance to continue its exports of crude Oil. Venezuala is "loaning" the oil, which is then being "put through the global books" as Ecuadorian, so that they continue to "meet their international obligations". They have been unable to "meet their international obligations" recently because the people of Sucumbios and Orellana provinces have been protesting because they believe their government are failing to "meet their national obligations". ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Friday August 19, 2005 - 15:34 by iosaf mac diarmada
92 comments (last - sunday september 04, 2005 - 18:07) 3 images
on the 14th of August 1969 British troops entered the statelet of Northern Ireland, an event which came to be seen by many as the start of modern Irish History. on the 24th of March 1972 the post of "Secretary of State for Northern Ireland" was created by the UK government after the dissolution of the Stormont parliament which had ruled the statelet since 1922. The 11th person to hold the post, and the only woman was Dr. Marjorie "Mo" Mowlam who was the British government direct ruler of northern Ireland from May 3, 1997 to the 11th of October 1999 She died today at 56 years of age. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Friday August 19, 2005 - 14:55 by Niall Harnett
7 comments (last - monday august 22, 2005 - 10:56) 27 images
Over EUR 3000.00 raised for the Rossport Five Fund as over 40 musicians, singers and dancers played to a packed audience for over four hours at The Russell Cultural Centre in Doolin, last night Thursday 18th August. Thanks to concert organiser Mattie Shannon. Thanks also to Mike Shanahan, Kevin Griffin, Shane McGowan, Michael Nagle, Ritchie Jones, Ritchie Nagle and Carol Weafer for sound and looking after things on the night. Special thanks to all the musicians, singers and dancers. Rock on!. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday August 18, 2005 - 02:34 by Dunlovist
3 comments (last - monday august 22, 2005 - 22:41) 7 images
'N what evidence, I hear you say to strut such a hyperbolic assertion? ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / environment Wednesday August 17, 2005 - 16:47 by Vincent
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National Toll Roads (http://www.ntr.ie) are part of the preferred bidder consortium for the M3/Hill of Tara Public Private Partnership contract. Please come to a free information session this Friday (1.00pm in ENFO) and attend an afternoon protest beside the West Link Toll bridge, which is operated by NTR. ... read full story / add a comment 
donegal / environment Wednesday August 17, 2005 - 10:55 by ShelltoSea.com
3 comments (last - thursday august 18, 2005 - 15:03) 1 image
Despite the continued mess that Shell and their partners have created in Mayo, the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources Noel Dempsey has granted a further exploration off the Donegal coast. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Tuesday August 16, 2005 - 23:06 by Haul yer tongue
11 comments (last - saturday august 20, 2005 - 03:16) 5 images
Today the Irish Department of IN-Justice was taken over in support of one of the longest ever held political prisoners in Ireland. Since then there has been what can only be described as an enforced media black out by embarassed authorities. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Tuesday August 16, 2005 - 22:02 by Terry via Micheal
28 comments (last - friday september 02, 2005 - 18:53)
The reality of Shell’s promised “P.R. Blitz” – attempts to provoke trouble on the picket lines. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media Tuesday August 16, 2005 - 15:28 by an imcer / davy SI
3 comments (last - tuesday august 16, 2005 - 20:39)
It is planned to take place on the 11th, 12th - 13th November At Film Base, Cultivate and Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday August 16, 2005 - 14:21 by Queeruption
You are invited to the 9th Queeruption in Tel-Aviv, August 2006! ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday August 16, 2005 - 00:34 by Elaine
23 comments (last - sunday august 21, 2005 - 14:13) 22 images
The Moving Finger writes: and, having writ, Moves on: Nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. -Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / environment Tuesday August 16, 2005 - 00:19 by Wow
4 comments (last - friday august 19, 2005 - 22:08) 2 images
Residents living close to the site of the propsed prison in St. Margarets Co. Dublin called to Tara to proclaim their indignation and solidarity of another of Noel Dempsey's mishaps in the Tara valley. ... read full story / add a comment 
meath / miscellaneous Tuesday August 16, 2005 - 00:07 by Green Party
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Ciarán Cuffe visited the meeting that marked the 162nd anniversary of Daniel O'Connell's monster meeting at Tara. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday August 15, 2005 - 03:25 by Justin Morahan
6 comments (last - tuesday august 23, 2005 - 11:21)
Summary: Another conscientious objector has been jailed in Turkey. War Resisters International full reports can be read at http://www.refusingtokill.net/Turkey/ReleaseMehmet.htm Please write to Turkish authorities ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday August 15, 2005 - 01:54 by Anti Fascist
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The L+H are at it again. Looking for publicity at any cost they have invited racist nazi's out to speak on an immigration debate on Nov 9th 2005 http://www.ucdsu.net/newswire.php?story_id=637 editor note: links to racist sites removed as per IMC policy It shows the L+H aren't interested in intelligent debate they are only looking for publicity and perhaps their names in the national media. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday August 13, 2005 - 22:27 by Tommy Donnellan
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Today, close to two-and-a-half thousand Shell to Sea protesters marched from the Spanish Arch through the streets of Galway and back again to express their outrage against the continued imprisonment of the Rossport Five and the depredations of the Shell led consortium in Erris. In a fiery speech, the President of the Labour Party and local TD, Michael D. Higgins lambasted the cosy relationships of past and present governments' with the oil industry, visiting particular contempt on Burke's 1987 back room deal and Ahern's, 1992, selling of our family silver, as it were, for a mess of pottage when he was Minister of Finance. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday August 13, 2005 - 14:54 by iosaf
2 comments (last - tuesday august 16, 2005 - 13:22) 1 image
Many of us being Irish will remember the green ribbons which were distributed by Saoirse for Irish political prisoner support during the British / Irish conflict / bother / trouble things in the early 1990s. Since then green ribbons have been distributed globally by groups calling for support of organ donation issues, recovery of missing children, adoption issues, energy conservation, ending child abuse, christian free speech, *and since yesterday in the UK at the behest of Nottingham Police chief constable Steve Green, in suport of British Muslims. ... read full story / add a comment |
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