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cork / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday July 09, 2006 - 22:16 by Niall Harnett
 29 comments (last - friday august 25, 2006 - 00:10)  35 images
For the past 10 days or so, members of the Bantry Concerned Action Group and their supporters have been blockading the ESB Networks crew and their digger contractors from entering their lands and farms which are marked out for this proposed overhead powerline route which stretches from the 'Murnane & O'Shea Glanta Windfarm Development' at Colomane to the Ballylickey sub-station 14km away. The ESB have been contracted by Murnane & O’Shea to construct this powerline to connect their wind farm development to the national grid. Murnane & O’Shea know that that the ESB have powers that they don’t have, namely the 1927 Electricity Supply Act which gives them ‘permission’ to enter and even break in through entrances to farms and lands etc “to do whatever we want and you can’t stop us” according to ESB’s Tim Flavin who‘s been described as ‘a pure tool’ by one member of the BCAG. Murnane & O’Shea are in the position where they can abuse the ESB powers to facilitate their private development under the guise of green energy production. It’s an abuse of the 1927 Act and a business arrangement designed to make more millions for Murnane & O’Shea. What Murnane & O’Shea and the ESB fail to comprehend is that they don’t have the permission of those who matter most in all this - the landowners - and until the BCAG give them their consent to come in on the land, the ESB will NOT do ‘whatever they want’ and they can and will be stopped. Meanwhile, Murnane & O’Shea who have remained tight lipped in the shadows until now, straining at their own leashes and letting the ESB do their dirty work for them, have revealed themselves in a recent ‘issue of legal proceedings’ seeking damages, costs and permanent injunctions against 23 of the landowners and ANYONE ELSE WHO INTERFERES OR EVEN WATCHES this ‘overland cable’ project! BCAG members Tadhg Coughlan and Susan Kingston face a separate ESB application for an injunction against them tomorrow Monday 9th at the high court in Dublin at 11.00am. ... read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-war / imperialism Sunday July 09, 2006 - 21:39 by james
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Anti war protestors picketed a US warship in Cobh today. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice Sunday July 09, 2006 - 14:24 by Political Hostage
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It is almost eight years since The Print Junction shop owned by Bernadette Sands-McKevitt was closed. It still remains closed to this day. A layer of dust a couple of millimeters deep covers every surface. T-Shirts bleached and worn-out looking by the sun and passage of time hang limply in the window. A pile of mail rests under a coat of soot-like dust inside the door, unopened, unread and unanswered. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Sunday July 09, 2006 - 05:25 by Noise Hacker
10 comments (last - sunday july 09, 2006 - 05:57) 43 images
[ All images are COPYLEFT! ] ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday July 09, 2006 - 00:58 by Coilín ÓhAiseadha
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The International Federation of Journalists on Tuesday denounced countries including Denmark, the United States and the United Kingdom for “trying to intimidate and stifle independent journalism.” The IFJ says that a global crackdown on investigative journalism led by countries that are supposed to be models of democracy is repressive and is depriving people of their basic rights – “most importantly the right of citizens to know what their government is doing.” Meanwhile, one of Denmark's conservative daily papers, Berlingske Tidende, yesterday reported that the paper's editor-in-chief is now being indicted, along with two of his journalists, for publishing information obtained from classified military intelligence documents. In the documents, prepared before Denmark invaded Iraq in 2003, the Danish defence intelligence service advised the government that there was no sure evidence that Iraq was in possession of weapons of mass destruction. These developments stand in stark contrast to the rosy picture of freedom of the press painted by the Danish government in association with the deliberately provocative publication of cartoons of Muhammad in another Danish newspaper last year. Please read excerpts from the IFJ's report plus an English translation of Berlingske Tidende's latest report, below. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-war / imperialism Sunday July 09, 2006 - 00:58 by Madam K
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cork / anti-war / imperialism Saturday July 08, 2006 - 23:49 by Anti-War Ireland (Cork)
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A US warship - USS The Sullivans - docked at the Deepwater Quay in Cobh, Co. Cork, early today where it was spotted almost immediately by local anti-war activists. It is understood that the ship is staying until Monday and is currently being refuelled by a tanker from Reynolds Oil. Late this evening a member of Anti-War Ireland, who was investigating the ship, was prevented from entering the quayside by members of the US Navy. This is a public quayside, Irish soil and a popular walkway; it is utterly unacceptable that it is being policed by members of a foreign navy. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Saturday July 08, 2006 - 18:11 by Tim Hourigan
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Already listed by statewatch as part of the CIA fleet, and the subject of questions in the British Parliament, this airplane slipped unhindered into Shannon this afternoon, and left without any queries from the localauthorities. (Except perhaps "how many sugar in the tea?") ... read full story / add a comment 
donegal / history and heritage Friday July 07, 2006 - 23:30 by SpunOut.ie crew
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Celtic warriors, old Irish saints, famous wells, High Kings palaces and rare old bridges all came to life recently in the Ballintra-Laghey area when a group of primary school children went on a mystery heritage tour. The tour was organised by youth worker Paul McGroary and staff from the Ballintra-Laghey Cross Community Youth Project with the support of Keith Corcoran from Community Creations and special guest Charlie Gallagher. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday July 07, 2006 - 23:07 by Chris Bond
Over 1000 people took to the streets of chicago today to protest against the visit of the worlds biggest war mongerer U.S. President George W Bush ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday July 07, 2006 - 01:00 by Revolt Video
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Parents of Irish born Citizens plead with the goverment to let them stay with their children - Filmed Wedesday July 05 ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Thursday July 06, 2006 - 21:15 by Paula Geraghty
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dublin / environment Thursday July 06, 2006 - 14:22 by Siobhan
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Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the Dail today to protest the M3 at Tara and the passage of the Strategic Infrastructure Bill. Even a hrose showed up! Pity Indymedia did't, so we have no photos for the moment. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Thursday July 06, 2006 - 07:48 by Carolyn Kuhn
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[JULY 5, 2006] Italy has just indicted three CIA officers and a U.S. Air Force officer on charges that they participated in the illegal 2003 rendition, or torture/kidnap, of a Muslim cleric in Milan. They are: ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice Thursday July 06, 2006 - 07:44 by Seán Ryan + Elaine
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We interviewed Peter Preston and have begun to transcribe this hour-long interview, the first half of it is printed here today. The second half will continue in the comments section. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Thursday July 06, 2006 - 06:30 by Seán Ryan + Elaine
Orla Kaiser will not be in Court this morning. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday July 06, 2006 - 04:27 by stand-in temporary assistant to the arch druid of barcelona
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Sgt Patrick D. Stewart died last September 25th in Afghanistan while serving the US military in Afghanistan. He was attached to the Nevada national guard and the helicopter he was travelling in was target of a rocket-propelled grenade. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze star, a distinguished veteran who had served in the US military mission to Korea and active combat in Operation Desertstorm. Sgt. Patrick D. Stewart like any other distinguished combat veteran gets a memorial in his home town, though his body was cremated and his ashes scattered by his widow Roberta Stewart in Reno. Last May 31st she organised a memorial of her own to protest a decision by the US "department of Veterans Affairs" who have refused to honour her husband's wishes that a pentacle be put on his stone. This constitutes a breach of the 1st amendment, as Wicca has been accepted by Federal Courts as a religion since 1995. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday July 06, 2006 - 00:53 by Madam K
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A large vibrant and vocal group of Irish born citizens , their parents and supporters gathered outside the Dail today pleading: " Let my parents work , Let my parents stay " In keeping with the declared sentiments of the Irish Proclamation to `Cherish all the children of the nation equally` Gerry Adams amongst others came to give support to the protesters demands . Along with Seamus Healy ( independant ) Joe Costello ( Labour ) Arthur Morgan ( Sinn Fein ) and Ciaron Cuff ( Green Party ) He welcomed them and their future valuable contribution to Irish society and expressed the hope that we would not forget our own recent past which saw so many leave Ireland. This sentiment was echoed by all the speakers present. One mother stated "We are qualified , we have degrees , let us contribute to Irish society, let us work. We have Irish passports why should these children live in refugee camps ? " ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday July 05, 2006 - 13:12 by Madam K
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On a bright Sunny morning over 30 people gathered in O'Connell Street to join the solidarity procession to the Four Courts in support of the the Five Pitstop Ploughshare defendants. A Solemn single file set of led by the defendents. At the Four Courts Carmen Trotter from NYC Catholic Workers and Ciaron O'Reilly addressed the crowd prior to entering Court 24 for the Jury selection. People were encouraged to maintain a vigil outside the courts to draw attention to the injustice of the Iraq war and Irish complicity in this. As I left most of the people were still there highlighting the Court case and people are encouraged to join as and when they are free to. The Morning Vigil will be a daily occurence gathering 8.30 a.m onwards at the Spire, O'Connell Street. Ciaron O'Reilly adressed the crowd stating 'This is our Third Ploughsharers Trial, the (justice) system here is designed to isolate you, demoralise you ,defeat you and utlamately get you to recant from any resistance to it, and, the only anti venom we have is the sense of community and solidarity and one of the things that touches me today is the pluralism of our movement of budhist and catholic, agnostic and atheist, pagan, socialists and anarchist and people with all different hairstyles , all different musical tastes...and they want us to be very uniform, they want us to be consumers they do not want us to be active citizens we feel that we have acted of conscious. Now it is up to the conscious of the community; the jury. One of our last jury members is here today having been touched by our testimony to see how their act of conscience resonates with theirs (the jury) what is running in aberrance. between these two consciousness is a legal system that trys to take all act out of consciousness...' ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / environment Tuesday July 04, 2006 - 10:12 by Christine
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The theme of Thursday's protest against the M3 at Tara will be 'For the Children'. It is hoped that many people will being their kids along, to highlight the fact that Tara campaigners are fighting for the future, not buried in the past. Dress up and have fun! ... read full story / add a comment |
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