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national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday February 17, 2006 - 14:46 by Paddy C
 27 comments (last - saturday february 18, 2006 - 17:35)
Private hospitals and private medical insurance would be abolished and replaced by a "free-to-all" health service under Sinn Féin health proposals published yesterday. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Friday February 17, 2006 - 13:50 by iosaf
4 comments (last - friday april 21, 2006 - 17:48)
A very short reminder that Italy celebrates a general election later this year. & for all intensive purposes its a very simple contest. In the right wing reconstructed popularist fascist corner :- Berlusconi. in the left wing reforming newly democratically legitimate centre pitching corner :- Prodi. Berlusconi is more than a politician. He is a billionaire who has exploited weaknesses in the post war Italian constitution to extend unwarrented power in all directions. Put very simply he is a "product". Regardless of what socio-economic class an italian comes from the "product" is still deftly targetted. Regardless of whether or not the targetted consumer likes or dislikes Berlusconi, the brand name has been completely absorbed. On the shelves of Italian newsagents one can buy a book of anti-Berlusconi insults, compiled by his office published by his press. His emergence has been one of the most serious challenges against XXI century democracy in Europe yet. & fighting him thus meant the development of new and interesting tactics. For the first time an opinion poll has placed Berlusconi slightly ahead of Prodi the same day that Berlusconi announces a fresh electoral pact with Alessandra Mussolini the direct descendent of the dictator. It is a sign of how he plays the "fascist" tradition in Italian culture. So I'd like to inform the readers whats going on & maybe encourage "italian interest" contributors to indymedia ireland to expand and clarify the themes touched - ______________________________________________________________________________ ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Friday February 17, 2006 - 12:53 by Miriam Cotton
2 comments (last - wednesday february 22, 2006 - 13:21)
Having attended three talks given by Micheal O’ Seghin of the Rossport 5, it has been remarkable that he has scarcely repeated himself in presenting the facts about what is happening in Mayo – and throughout Ireland – where the Shell to Sea campaign is concerned. Despite having recently posted a report from his discussion with Eamonn Dunphy at Trinity College in Dublin last week, it was clear at his most recent talk that it warranted a further report - presented here in Micheal's own words. The venue was O' Donovan’s Hotel, Clonakilty, 15 February 2006. ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / worker & community struggles and protests Friday February 17, 2006 - 12:46 by Jim
4 comments (last - tuesday march 07, 2006 - 11:48)  1 image
About twenty people last night gathered outside Dunnes Stores in Patrick Street Cok to protest in support of Joanne Delaney who was sacked for wearing a union badge. Members of Labour Youth together with local activists, Labour Councillors and Kathleen Lynch T.D. and members of the ICTU Youth Committee supported the protest. Several members of the public and passers by also joined in the protest. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Thursday February 16, 2006 - 20:28 by Friends of the Earth
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On the first anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol coming into force Friends of the Earth has criticised the government for inaction in the face of the growing threat of climate change. "The year since the Kyoto Protocol came into effect has seen no progress in Ireland on tackling climate change. The increase in Ireland's greenhouse gas pollution is running at twice the level allowed under Kyoto while government plans are running on empty", said Friends of the Earth Director, Oisin Coghlan. Friends of the Earth is asking people to email Minister Roche at http://www.climatepledge.ie as Ireland is currently participating in the preparation of the EU's negotiating position for the next round of emissions cuts. ... read full story / add a comment
international / summit mobilisations Thursday February 16, 2006 - 19:08 by Aubonne Support Group
3 comments (last - friday february 17, 2006 - 18:20)
The prosecutor (lawyer of state) is demanding that the two policemen be acquitted. He is clearly trying to turn the situation upside down and make the accused (aggressors) into the victims of the police intervention... The verdict will be announces Friday, 17th of February at 11.45 am. We call for everyone to come to the court for the verdict. A more detailed briefing & best quotes of today, Wesdnesday can be read below. Before that you can have a look at this Report of the Swiss television where Martin is making a point (click at video streaming) ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday February 16, 2006 - 18:19 by Ógra B
4 comments (last - saturday february 18, 2006 - 12:01)
This weekend will see Sinn Féin's largest ever Ard Fheis take place in the RDS in Dublin. This conference is just one of the many opportunities for party members to debate and establish policy. Sinn Féin's refining and developing of policy across a vast range of issues will be is reflected in the debates on Saturday and Sunday ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday February 16, 2006 - 15:47 by BushOut
This is an important story, and needs attention. Any readers with blogs, and websites, please post about this, apparently some newspapers will be running with this story, according to the author we need to get more people to post and talk about this ... read full story / add a comment
wicklow / environment Thursday February 16, 2006 - 14:37 by Barra
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Illegal dumping in County Wicklow ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday February 16, 2006 - 01:47 by Paula Geraghty
54 comments (last - tuesday april 25, 2006 - 19:59) 27 images
Hundreds took to the streets Wednesday afternoon to protest at the jailing of three brickies last Friday. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday February 16, 2006 - 01:20 by kevin
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Approximately 150 people attended a talk by writer Tariq Ali in the ATGWU Hall on Middle Abbey Street earlier this evening. Des Bonass introduced the discussion. MP3 recording of the talk for you to download. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday February 15, 2006 - 21:25 by Jim
8 comments (last - tuesday february 21, 2006 - 03:09) 5 images
There was a good turnout at the Wednesday evening protest outside Dunnes Stores on North Earl Street. There was about 30 people there from various trade unions, friends of Joanne Delaney, Labour Youth, Sinn Fein, Workers Solidarity Movement, Labour Party and Class War as well as some non-aligned left wing activists. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / anti-capitalism Wednesday February 15, 2006 - 17:56 by Tracey & Eve
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After a very productive publicity tour of England back in November we decided it was time to do some more outreach, this time to Scotland. This has been an important part of our work over the winter months. Its important that we make as many links as possible so we can show that this campaign is not isolated that its part of a worldwide struggle against capitalism, a struggle against the profits of big business always being put before the needs of communities. Also this report will feature my trip to the World Social Forum in Venezuela where I got to give a presentation on the Shell to Sea campaign. Apologies for not reporting on this sooner but things are very busy here. During the g8 we had made some good connections in Scotland especially with other protest camps. So on the 3rd of February 4 of us from the Rossport Solidarity Camp headed off to Scotland in our trusty transit van. ... read full story / add a comment
tyrone / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday February 15, 2006 - 16:02 by Ógra B
7 comments (last - saturday october 07, 2006 - 19:06) 1 image
Last Sunday, February 12th, saw Strabane Ógra Shinn Féin unveil a mural in the town centre in memory of Republican Hunger-striker Frank Stagg. The day marked the 30th anniversary ot the death of Frank Stagg on Hunger-strike while refusing to be classed as a common criminal in Wakefeild prison England. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday February 15, 2006 - 15:33 by Sean
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The Belfast and District Trades Union Council along with postal workers on a two-week wildcat strike marched and rallied yesterday demanding Dignity and Fair Treatment at work. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday February 15, 2006 - 15:13 by Dáil Observer
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Today (Wednesday) in the Dáil Joe Higgins T.D. challenged the Taoiseach on the fact that 70,000 to 120,000 construction workers are being criminally denied their legal and mandatory pension rights by construction bosses. He asked "Can the Taoiseach name one construction boss, builder or developer who has spent one hour in jail for this criminal denial of workers' rights? He cannot, because it has not happened. However, three bricklayers who put a picket on a Dún Laoghaire County Council building site protesting anti trade union practices found themselves in the High Court and within days in Mountjoy jail where they now languish. The learned judges eyes are wide open to breaches of their injunctions in favour of construction employers, but their wigs apparently fall over their eyes when it comes to routine criminality from those same construction bosses towards workers". ... read full story / add a comment 
down / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday February 15, 2006 - 01:33 by medya gofor
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Peace activists with the INNATE network lobbied a British Army recruitment fair at Kinnegar Base, Holywood, Co. Down yesterday, Sunday 12 February. Information leaflets were distributed to potential army recruits and others attending the event. ... read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum Wednesday February 15, 2006 - 00:39 by Liam Mullen
According to a report published by the London School of Economics and written by Joan O’Mahony, the Pope in his position as Cardinal and head of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith knew of the existence of married priests in the Czech church in 1990. The problem arose because Czechoslovakia was under strict Communist rule for 40 years, and launched a crackdown on Catholic clergy. Under the Communist regime, a “secret clergy” or “underground” church developed when Czech bishops took over the clandestine ordination of men whom the state refused to approve for ordination. This was a requirement of the Czech State at the time. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday February 15, 2006 - 00:22 by Liam Mullen
Last year when I ran with a story and interviewed Leslie Laskow, a Dutch expert on the Darfur region of Sudan and human right’s activist for Human Rights Watch, Leslie spoke about the problem of “child soldiers” in Sudan, and she stressed that children as young as twelve years of age were being recruited for military purposes. A year later, and the problems of child soldiers have resurfaced in yet another African country – the Côte d’Ivoire. According to a recent report put by the Human Rights watchdog security forces in the Côte d’Ivoire are robbing and extorting money from citizens at checkpoints, and that they have even progressed to extrajudicial executions. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday February 15, 2006 - 00:15 by Liam Mullen
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Children as young as 12 are fighting in the Darfur region of Sudan according to Leslie Leskow, a spokeswoman for the watchdog ‘Human Rights Watch’. She explained that, “rebel movements and the central government in Khartoum are locked in a devastating campaign against farmers in the Darfur area, and there have always been differences between these two groups”. It is unclear if the children are recruited directly to participate in the conflict, but concerned observers are closely monitoring the situation. Many are orphans whose parents have been killed in the fighting. ... read full story / add a comment |
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