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national / miscellaneous Thursday January 16, 2003 - 14:04 by pat c
 4 comments (last - thursday january 16, 2003 - 20:54)
I wonder if the US Airforce pilots landing at Shannon are on Speed?* Two U.S. pilots who mistakenly dropped a bomb that killed four Canadians in Afghanistan had been issued amphetamines before the mission to stay awake, a defense lawyer argued Tuesday at the opening of a military hearing to determine whether they should be court-martialed. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday January 16, 2003 - 14:02 by Republican
20 comments (last - tuesday january 21, 2003 - 13:35)
Fianna Fail and the Prgressive Democrats have long lectured people about Democracy. However this week they have been happy to break our neutrality in Shannon and now want to close the largest council in the country. Join the Anti- bin tax protest at City Hall at 6.15 ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday January 16, 2003 - 13:54 by Mon Cynulliad
8 comments (last - thursday january 16, 2003 - 18:35)
Two Palestinians armed with knives infiltrated into the central Gaza Strip settlement of Netzarim Saturday night and tried to stab a local resident. The settlement's rabbi discovered one of the infiltrators in his home and fired at him. One of the intruders told residents he was a worker from Thailand. Security forces arrived on the scene and were amazed to discover the suspected terrorists were youths aged eight and 13. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday January 16, 2003 - 13:32 by DHKC
With the death of Ozlem Turk, the number of prisoners martyred under the AKP government has risen to seven. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday January 16, 2003 - 13:26 by Republican
Unionism and a United Ireland. Speech by Gerry Adams today ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday January 16, 2003 - 12:50 by Aidan
4 comments (last - friday january 17, 2003 - 15:17)
These are the minutes of the last IMC Ireland meeting. All future IMC Ireland minutes will publish there minutes on the newswire ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday January 16, 2003 - 07:28 by (1) Maureen Coleman , (2) 4 Local News
23 comments (last - tuesday january 21, 2003 - 13:21)
UNIONISTS on Craigavon Borough Council were accused of displaying ignorance today in a row over plans to build a mosque. Ulster Unionist councillor Fred Crowe also claimed that encouraging Muslims to settle in the area might open the door for "militants" while another councillor went further – suggesting that the mosque could be used by Al-Qaida terrorist cells. Sinn Fein and representatives from the local Muslim community hit out at the unionists' comments. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday January 16, 2003 - 02:02 by Phuq Hedd
2 comments (last - thursday january 16, 2003 - 14:50)
The Guardian reports that Geoff Hoon has announced that the UK will allow use of radar bases under its control for the purposes of the US's Missile Defence Shield. Still though there is some comfort: imagine what terrible things would have happened if the voters had elected the Tories instead of Labour?! ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday January 15, 2003 - 23:10 by Paul Kinsella
Absolutely nothing. The main provisions amount to fuck all. Anyway here goes. See what you think. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday January 15, 2003 - 20:34 by Phuq Hedd
3 comments (last - friday january 17, 2003 - 04:52)
Non-union but IBEC firms not required to honour pay increases. Unions accelerate their own demise. Advantages of joining a union include strike ban. ATGWU recommends rejection. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday January 15, 2003 - 18:40 by Mags
6 comments (last - thursday january 16, 2003 - 12:46)
from Irish Times 15.01.03, but readble here without subscribing http://home.eircom.net/content/irelandcom/topstories/182996?view=Eircomnet ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday January 15, 2003 - 18:11 by Simpson Eh?
2 comments (last - thursday january 16, 2003 - 16:58)
WEF may stage meeting in Dublin in 2004 Check it ;>) see URL ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday January 15, 2003 - 18:00 by ipsiphi jedi of europe
2 comments (last - wednesday january 15, 2003 - 20:22)
With reference to today´s european commercial mainstream newspapers all partners to the International Herald Tribune. For the benefit of "sad" and "irish american" people who just don´t seem to get the point of the blue flag with the twelve stars yet. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Wednesday January 15, 2003 - 17:48 by redJaDe
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national / miscellaneous Wednesday January 15, 2003 - 17:25 by Harry Pollitt (fwd'ed by)
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Details of transport from Galway to Shannon this Saturday. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday January 15, 2003 - 17:18 by RAR
3 comments (last - thursday january 16, 2003 - 14:42)
Residents Against Racism Benefit ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday January 15, 2003 - 15:17 by CATBT
Please try to attend this protest. According to the Irish Times today Fine Gael are definitely imposing a whip and their 9 councillors will have to be there and have to vote against. So, unless a very sneaky deal is made, the meeting should be interesting! DON'T PANIC • DON'T PAY • ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday January 15, 2003 - 13:14 by IMC
23 comments (last - sunday january 19, 2003 - 14:15)
On the coldest night of the year so far, the 4/5 January, a Peace Camp was established at Shannon Airport. The Peace Camp kicked off with a 24 hour Women’s Peace Camp and quickly began to draw a huge amount of attention from the National Media . Comment here: ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Wednesday January 15, 2003 - 12:54 by John Jefferies
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Several hundred CIE workers, members of SIPTU and the NBRU protested in Cork today (Wednesday) against the decision of Transport Minister Seamus Brennan to break up CIE into three or more separate companies, obviously with a view to privatisation. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday January 15, 2003 - 12:40 by Ross McWhirter
2 comments (last - wednesday january 15, 2003 - 17:16)
Its the Nice syndrome, if you don't like the result... Now the BBC are doing a poll to see if people agreed with the previous poll (it seems they suspect that certain groups may have organised campaigns to manipulate the original results). They ask: "Do you think this poll accurately reflects the Top Ten songs around the world?" Click on the link to cast your vote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/us/features/topten/ ... read full story / add a comment |
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