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dublin / anti-war / imperialism Monday July 11, 2005 - 22:51 by Elaine   text 12 comments (last - thursday july 14, 2005 - 11:28)   image 6 images
in solidarity with victims of the 'war on terror' in London, Iraq, Afganistan and elsewhere ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / racism & migration related issues Monday July 11, 2005 - 14:42 by Dave   text 3 comments (last - tuesday january 24, 2006 - 02:23)
Dozens of Nigerian women from four local hostels are currently living in fear of deportation - despite their harrowing accounts of abuse. They have called a 1pm protest on Thursday 14th July at Dáil Éireann to highlight their situation.

Below, two of the women explain a little of their stories and the threats they face if returned by Justice Minister McDowell’s fast-tracking policy.

Residents Against Racism is working closely with the women and lending its full support to the protest. Spokesperson Rosanna Flynn commented: “The oppression of Nigerian women is no ‘cock and bull story’. It’s time McDowell started listening and stopped sending women and children back to persecution.” ... read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment Monday July 11, 2005 - 13:49 by Ivan   text 18 comments (last - thursday july 14, 2005 - 13:58)   image 5 images
The case of five Mayo men jailed at the request of Shell is back in the High Court today, Monday at 2pm in Court 6. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / crime and justice Monday July 11, 2005 - 13:14 by m.m. mc carron   text 6 comments (last - sunday july 24, 2005 - 01:32)
a big natural gas pipeline exploded on friday night.
two killed.
several injured.
residents fled on foot
explosions and total closedown.
a rural area
no warning.
houses cars and cattle destroyed.
four villages and hundreds of people affected
dozens in hospital. . ... read full story / add a comment
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international / miscellaneous Monday July 11, 2005 - 02:15 by Noise Hacker   text 26 comments (last - friday july 22, 2005 - 15:38)   image 38 images
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galway / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday July 10, 2005 - 21:33 by Dunlo Tom   text 1 comment (last - sunday july 10, 2005 - 21:45)   image 6 images
Today, at the football final between Galway and Mayo, some 30 activists from Sinn Fein and the Shell to Sea campaign highlighted the injustice that was visited on the Rossport Five and, in their ongoing struggle with Shell Oil, the travails of the Erris community. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday July 10, 2005 - 19:50 by H. Finck   text 1 comment (last - tuesday july 12, 2005 - 13:08)
60 years ago the german pacifist and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was murdered by the Nazis.
"Translated in nearly all the languages of the world, Bonhoeffer's texts encourage liberating the Bible from the godless bonds of fundamentalist interpretations and protesting increasingly perfect weapons and destructive relations with the goods of the earth." ... read full story / add a comment
international / summit mobilisations Sunday July 10, 2005 - 19:14 by A. via imc irl contact form   text 4 comments (last - monday july 11, 2005 - 11:49)
On the morning of the 5th of July I was on a cow-field near a section of the M9 (close to Stirling), where earlier a blockade had been dissolved when the police arrived. ... read full story / add a comment
March to Gleneagles
international / summit mobilisations Sunday July 10, 2005 - 17:56 by treena   text 1 comment (last - sunday july 10, 2005 - 18:04)   image 9 images
Images from Gleneagles during G8 summit Wednesday 6 July: actions and rally/march ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday July 10, 2005 - 16:42 by Hilaal   text 7 comments (last - wednesday july 13, 2005 - 22:32)
A memo attributed to British Defence Minister John Reid states that the UK is to reduce it's troops from 8,500 to 3,000 by this time next year. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Sunday July 10, 2005 - 15:34 by iosaf   text 6 comments (last - wednesday july 13, 2005 - 00:10)
Today 218,000 approx, citizens of Luxembourg will vote to accept or reject the draft European Constitution.

They will be the 4th EU state to vote.

Spain ratified it with little over 50% participation.

France and the Netherlands rejected it. ... read full story / add a comment
Limerick IPSC members protest against the apartheid wall in Palestine
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday July 10, 2005 - 15:21 by Sean Clinton   text 24 comments (last - friday july 15, 2005 - 14:36)   image 1 image
Members of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign yesterday staged a protest against the continued construction of the apartheid wall in Palestine in defiance of the International Court of Justice ruling. ... read full story / add a comment
Some of the 2,5000 protesters !
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday July 10, 2005 - 03:33 by Tommy Donnellan   text 23 comments (last - friday january 27, 2006 - 01:06)   image 13 images
With five prisoners of conscience in Cloverhill gaol for an indefinite period, our government intent on selling our family silver for a mess of pottage and a song and Shell, hell bent on robbing our resources, enough is enough. Please contribute unstintingly to the fund set up to support the families of the Rossport Five.

ULSTER BANK
Sort Code : 985314
Account No : 23987020
Bank ID : ULSBIE2D
IBAN : 1E74 ULSB 9853 1423 9870 20
(International Bank Account Number) ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Sunday July 10, 2005 - 01:18 by Terry   text 5 comments (last - friday july 22, 2005 - 20:56)   image 7 images
Latest news and photos from Rossport Solidarity Camp. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / environment Saturday July 09, 2005 - 14:53 by Paul Lynch   text 4 comments (last - saturday july 09, 2005 - 18:07)   image 7 images
Sinn Fein Received Support From Motorist and passers by when they picketed the shell station on kylemore Road Dublin. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / anti-capitalism Saturday July 09, 2005 - 13:40 by Paul Lynch   text 1 comment (last - saturday july 09, 2005 - 15:25)   image 1 image
Members of Ogra Shinn Fein Occupied the roof of the Sony building on O'Connel Street During the make Poverty History Rally in Dublin and Dropped banner. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Saturday July 09, 2005 - 03:01 by Markus   text 3 comments (last - saturday july 09, 2005 - 18:44)
The Irish Examiner has published an article (July 7) which (in a sidebar) takes seven quotes from the forums on Archiseek.com out of context and uses them to back up its claim that Archiseek.com is anti-OAP. Inside Cork reiterates the allegations while commenting that they declined to reply. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday July 09, 2005 - 02:59 by Hilaal   text 3 comments (last - sunday july 10, 2005 - 15:56)
Italian Prime Minister Sylvio Berlusconi announced Friday that the 3000 Italian troops in Iraq are to be withdrawn , starting this September. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / environment Saturday July 09, 2005 - 01:26 by anarchaeologist   text 6 comments (last - sunday july 10, 2005 - 00:02)   image 3 images
Members of DGN and other concerned citizens tonight closed down the Shell station on Parnell Rd. in protest at the continued jailing of the Rossport 5 and the continuing collaboration of the FF/PD coalition with this multinational. ... read full story / add a comment
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meath / rights, freedoms and repression Friday July 08, 2005 - 23:05 by Meath Sinn Féin   text 1 comment (last - saturday july 09, 2005 - 16:42)   image 5 images
Meath Sinn Féin protested at Navan Shopping Centre in support of the 5 jailed Mayo men on Saturday evening ... read full story / add a comment
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