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international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday September 15, 2011 - 14:07 by Edward Horgan
 12 comments (last - monday september 19, 2011 - 17:41)  2 images
Civilian passenger numbers are still falling at Shannon airport which is now downgraded to Ireland's third airport after Dublin and Cork. Yet, there were four US troop carrying aircraft at Shannon at 9.30 am today Sept 15, and probably several more during this 24 hour period. These four planes carry at least a total of 1,000 armed troops and perhaps up to 1,200. Today’s total of US troops through Shannon airport may even exceed 2,000 troops. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Wednesday September 14, 2011 - 18:50 by j debender
4 comments (last - saturday september 17, 2011 - 12:21) 15 images
Tuesday 13th September six people from the Rossport Solidarity Camp went down to Shell's tunnelling compound in Aughoose, Co. Mayo to disrupt work. Work was slowed from three separate actions spread over 2 hours as people interfered with fencing work and then two people got up on a tractor making a delivery to the compound. ... read full story / add a comment 
donegal / animal rights Tuesday September 13, 2011 - 16:30 by Eireann
2 comments (last - sunday september 10, 2017 - 02:40) 2 images
Tazetta Fur in Glenties murders around 50,000 Mink for the fur industry every year. They are kept in tiny cages and subject to horrific pain and suffering simply for fashion. Around 20 activists visited the Farm on the 12th September to Protest against their continued killing. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / environment Monday September 12, 2011 - 19:57 by Niall Harnett
87 comments (last - saturday october 08, 2011 - 17:44) 6 images
Teresa Treacy, a 65 year old woman from Tullamore, Co Offaly has been ordered to jail by High Court Judge Daniel Herbert at the request of the ESB. Ms Treacy, who shares the family farm with her sister Mary at Woodfield House, Clonmore, Tullamore, Co Offaly has refused the ESB access to her lands in order to protect the natural environment and the native trees that she has managed there for many years. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday September 12, 2011 - 15:15 by LCW
3 comments (last - sunday september 25, 2011 - 17:08)
Catholic Workers and friends, gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in London on Sunday to remember the dead of 9/ 11 and the U.S. wars that have followed. After being stopped and searched on suspicion of weapons, they held vigil and a banner that read............. "Mourn the Dead Heal the Wounded End the Wars! VID (5 mins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6w2OR9yAww ... read full story / add a comment
national / sci-tech Thursday September 08, 2011 - 09:36 by getouttamyhead
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In Ireland, you’re psycho. In Sweden the government recognizes electromagnetic sensitivity as a medical condition. In Spain this week the courts recognized the condition following assessment by a group of experts. In San Francisco organizers have announced plans for a mass rally against Smart Meters. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday September 05, 2011 - 17:46 by Ciaron
5 comments (last - thursday september 29, 2011 - 09:49)
We are ten years into a war on Aghanistan, 20 years into a war on Iraq and 250+ daze into the confinement without charge of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who has done so much to expose the true nature of these wars. Wars that have no end date, no popular support and presently little visible opposition. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Saturday September 03, 2011 - 13:39 by Joe Mcivor
2 comments (last - friday november 18, 2011 - 09:52)
RTE’s website carried a story yesterday about cancellations in Dublin’s transport building program . The article said that it was now “ [by] no means certain that any of the major transport projects for Dublin will be built in the next five years “. The report’s first paragraph reads: “Transport Minister Leo Varadkar said the country is in receivership and it is by no means certain that any of the major transport projects for Dublin will be built in the next five years.” The accompanying RTE News report does not include a full quote or a reference to where and when the government minister said that Ireland was “in receivership”. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday September 02, 2011 - 12:34 by CW
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Catholic Workers Head to British GCHQ at Cheltenham on eve of 10th Anniversary of the Wars ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Wednesday August 31, 2011 - 22:28 by j debender
3 comments (last - monday september 05, 2011 - 21:07) 7 images  1 video file
On Wednesday 31st August at 8am 15 people entered Barrett’s quarry, just outside Bangor Erris in Co. Mayo and stopped work for the whole day, leaving at 5:30pm. Barrett’s is a subcontractor on the Corrib Gas Project, currently bringing truckloads of gravel and hardcore to Shell’s site in Aughoose. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Friday August 26, 2011 - 20:12 by j debender
2 comments (last - wednesday august 31, 2011 - 16:49) 10 images
Between lock-ons, mass trespasses, lorry climbing and a breach of security at Shell's refinery, this week brought a lot of people out protesting. Locals who haven't been out on the roads in years have come out this week, and momentum is building. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Friday August 26, 2011 - 18:54 by Frank
1 comment (last - monday august 29, 2011 - 10:01) 1 image
From 6.00am to 9.30am Friday 26th August, three campaigners occupied Aghoos Road, as part of the ongoing protests against the controversial Shell refinery at Bellinaboy. They formed a triangle in the middle of the road using a set of especially made arm-tubes. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / miscellaneous Friday August 26, 2011 - 11:06 by Rossport SC
4 comments (last - friday august 26, 2011 - 18:20) 11 images 1 video file
Local Shell to Sea campaigners and their supporters at Rossport Solidarity Camp are resting after another bizarre day of lows, highs and outright idiocy during their ongoing protest against Shell in co. Mayo. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Friday August 26, 2011 - 00:04 by Fritz Watson
3 comments (last - saturday september 10, 2011 - 08:08)
He called aggressive war "the greatest menace of our times." International law defines crimes against peace as "planning, preparation, initiation, or waging of wars of aggression, or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances, or participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing." All US post-WW II wars fall under this definition. ........ ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Wednesday August 24, 2011 - 08:04 by Frank
2 comments (last - thursday august 25, 2011 - 12:23) 7 images
Today 25 people from Rossport Solidarity Camp sustained a barrage of actions against the site Shell is preparing for its tunnel boring machine. Despite 80 security and three vans of gardaí they were unable to keeps the protesters out. In the chaos that ensued one person got through the lines to d-lock themselves to one of the diggers and remained up there stopping work for 4 hours. Elsewhere other diggers had to stop working as protestors approached. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Tuesday August 23, 2011 - 23:43 by j debender
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Monday 22nd August at 6am, two people locked their arms into concrete barrels in the road between Shell's Ballinaboy refinery and the tunneling compound in Aughoose. The lock-on lasted for 7 hours, stopping all deliveries to the compound during that time. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday August 21, 2011 - 23:44 by Kurdistan Solidarity Ireland
Seven civilians killed by Turkish actions across the Iraqi border which have been targeting Kurdish positions for five days. The Turkish action has been met by silence from the international communty and media. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Tuesday August 16, 2011 - 23:26 by j debender
3 comments (last - monday september 05, 2011 - 16:25) 13 images
Monday 15th August at 9am a group of 12 people went down to Shell's compound in Aughoose to stop work. Eventually Shell's private security (IRMS) and the Gardaí began working together to police the roads and protect deliveries of equipment to the compound. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-war / imperialism Monday August 15, 2011 - 12:14 by Ciaron
2 comments (last - tuesday august 16, 2011 - 09:34)
RTE TV News August 12th. 2011 (1 min 52 secs) http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0812/shannon.html#video RTE AUDIO Agust 12th. 2011(2mins 37 secs) http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0812/shannon.html#audio More documents RTE http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0812/shannon.html Ahern suspected US carried prisoners through Shannon: WikiLeaks http://www.thejournal.ie/ahern-suspected-us-carried-pri...0-12/ ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Saturday August 13, 2011 - 23:07 by Sparky
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The UNEP recently issued a report detailing the destructive effects of decades of Shell oil production activities in Ogoniland in Nigeria. ... read full story / add a comment |
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