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national / consumer issues Wednesday September 15, 2010 - 19:42 by Seán Ryan and Madam K
 32 comments (last - tuesday september 28, 2010 - 11:44)  15 images  3 video files
A man of the people. Flawed yes. But a man of the people all the same. Some alcohol, some nudity and some public urination, we take to the streets with Brian Cowen to say sorry. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday September 14, 2010 - 22:44 by Lulu
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The Bord Pleannala oral hearing saga continued today in Bellmullet at the Broadhaven Bay Hotel, looking at the Compulsory Acquisition Orders of the present project application of the Shell Corrib Gas proposed estuary pipeline route, as well as various other aspects of the project. The various concerns raised by local objectors and the Rossport Solidarity Camp were not appeased by Shell's experts, and the question of whether the project was in 'the public interest' was once again raised by Mr Leo Mulrooney, Barrister for local land owners. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday September 14, 2010 - 06:46 by Ciaron O'Reilly/Plowshares
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When I left Australia in May 2010, the OZ military fatalities in Afghanistan stood at 11 over the previous 9 years. They have now doubled in the last few months including the death of an Irish born man from Carlow serving with the Australian SAS. Australian fatlities..... http://www.icasualties.org/oef/Nationality.aspx?hndQry=...ralia ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Monday September 13, 2010 - 19:06 by jen debender
4 comments (last - tuesday september 14, 2010 - 14:26) 5 images 1 video file
Local residents gathered at the Shell office in Belmullet early Monday morning to serve a Compulsory Acquisition Order (CAO) on Shell’s property and to prevent Shell workers from entering the building. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday September 11, 2010 - 15:42 by Paul Hardy
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Trade union SIPTU, whose Health Division represents nurses, care assistants and support staff at Merlin Park Hospital In Galway, applauds the 500 people who marched from Merlin Park Hospital to Eyre Square today (September 11) ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Friday September 10, 2010 - 21:13 by RSC
4 comments (last - sunday september 12, 2010 - 20:16) 5 images 1 video file
Last Wednesday protesters disrupted Shell's work as they moved one of their hideous drilling rigs into a shallow part of the SAC estuary, close to the Rossport solidarity camp. Protesters used kayaks to get to the rig which was flanked by fourteen boats of I-RMS security and Gardai. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Friday September 10, 2010 - 20:36 by Shell to Hell
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Whilst the Oral Hearing on Shell's pipeline route continues, the last few weeks have seen yet more successful actions against the borehole drilling in the Special Area of Conservation Sruwaddacon estuary. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / arts and media Thursday September 09, 2010 - 19:50 by Darren J. Prior/Mac an Phríora
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www.myspace.com/armuinnamuice www.bebo.com/armuinamuice www.nearpodcast.org www.near.ie ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday September 09, 2010 - 10:36 by banbora
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Trade unions representing Irish construction workers called for a 7.5 % cut in their members’ wages after meeting in Dublin yesterday. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday September 08, 2010 - 15:04 by Ciaron O'Reilly
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A few months ago the Catholic Worker network in England decided to embark on a series of "Faith and Resistance Retreats" as a basis of nonviolently confronting the war & the war machine and deepening our broader sense of community beyond our specific projects & living/working situations. The first was timed to mark the 30th. anniversary of the original Plowshares 8 action and to nonviolently confront Britain's ongoing production and refinement of nuclear weapons at Aldermaston. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage Wednesday September 08, 2010 - 15:00 by Ahaztuak
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News from the Basque Country ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Tuesday September 07, 2010 - 16:20 by Antonette
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Northern Irelands Consumer Council has been marched in to organise a series of ‘consultation’ meetings to mobilise the views of the ‘public’ about what cuts should to be made in public services. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Tuesday September 07, 2010 - 05:23 by Paula Cummings
Mark Fabbro has been seeking justice from the Catholic Church for 14 years. He is travelling to London to find it. He was sadistically raped by a priest Fr Byrne at the age of 11 on school ground during school hours at a Jesuit School in Melbourne, Australia in 1971. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Tuesday September 07, 2010 - 04:12 by antifamonitor
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In Naples, Italy, the first of May the police allows a group of fascists to approach the yearly “labour day’s demonstration”. The fascists starts right away provoking and threatening. The comrades react and push them away. One fascist takes refuge in a shop, a fight bursts and he gets out of the shop bloody and wounded. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Monday September 06, 2010 - 18:14 by Michael Gallagher
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Against a backdrop of a conference in Dublin at nearby Teacher's Club on Irish Foreign Policy, up to 500 protesters turned out to voice their opposition against war criminal Blair's book signing. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday September 06, 2010 - 16:20 by Catholic Worker
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AWE Aldermaston Opened For Disarmament By Catholic Workers/Ploughshares Activists ... read full story / add a comment 
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Friday September 03, 2010 - 15:02 by SIPTU PRO
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Ireland's largest trade union, SIPTU held a 'dignity and respect in the workplace' day of action on Tuesday 31st August at the Boots flagship store, in Donegall Square, Belfast. The day of action which included the distribution of SIPTU badges to workers in the store, was aimed at raising awareness on workers rights and promoting dignity and respect in the workplace. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Thursday September 02, 2010 - 16:32 by Kevin Doyle
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CNT activist Manuel Garcia was an invited speaker at this year’s Dublin Anarchist Bookfair. He spoke about the CNT’s successes in organising workers in the Andalucía region and about the efforts to rebuild the anarchist movement there. This interview about the legacy of the Franco dictatorship was conducted after his talk at Liberty Hall. Translation was kindly provided by José Antonio Gutiérrez Danton. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media Wednesday September 01, 2010 - 22:54 by Darren J. Prior/Mac an Phríora
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www.myspace.com/armuinnamuice www.bebo.com/armuinnamuice www.near.ie www.nearpodcast.org ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / environment Sunday August 29, 2010 - 20:01 by Dub
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A group of protesters entered the grounds of the Dept of the Environment today in protest at the government's capitulation in the face ongoing efforts by Shell Oil to take possession of Irish Natural Gas in Corrib ... read full story / add a comment |
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