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national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday April 28, 2005 - 14:00 by Midlander
 15 comments (last - thursday may 05, 2005 - 19:02)
Readers will likely have heard the very sad story this week about conjoined ('Siamese') twins being born in Dublin. The poor kiddies were too ill to be separated and died within 24 hours of birth. Naturally parents very upset and issued a statement asking for prayers for their babies and begging for privacy from the media. People will thus not be surprised to hear that the Irish Independent has at present (thursday lunchtime) several news teams prowling the outskirts of a Midlands town trying to find out more about the family. They actually have a name and address they are chasing up. So called 'journalists' from the Indo called at my cousins' house this morning only to be told the 'F8CK OFF' pretty sharpish. What goes through the heads of these people at all? How can they sleep at night persecuting a family who have suffered such tragedy? ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Thursday April 28, 2005 - 12:07 by céad mile failte
5 comments (last - friday april 29, 2005 - 10:52)  3 images
jayzhus they're very talented. But they're not bosom buddies. Each of them wants something. Bertie wants €U funding for agriculture and science = biotech. ZP wants €U funding for regional development in the south. ... read full story / add a comment
cork / arts and media Thursday April 28, 2005 - 10:43 by Katie Mythen
Cork's art squatters set their sights on Camden Quay ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday April 27, 2005 - 17:41 by paul sherlock
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A protest against the deportation of Lola and her family ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / miscellaneous Monday April 25, 2005 - 23:27 by Jack Lane
14 comments (last - tuesday july 12, 2005 - 21:34) 2 images
Audio of talk by Dr Brian P Murphy osb in the Imperial Hotel South Mall Cork on Fri April 15 2005. Nine audio files - approx two hours in total. This very successful meeting (over 200 present) also saw the launch of Dr Murphy's new book, 'The Catholic Bulletin and Republican Ireland'.
Some recent studies question the ideals of the Irish republican movement, branding it as sectarian; minimising the ideals of those involved; and categorising the IRA as murderers of policemen. These issues were addressed in the talk, which furthers the critique of the approach adopted by Peter Hart in 'The IRA and its Enemies', and in subsequent revisionist work. The debate on the approach by Peter Hart, and his response, has been covered on Indymedia Ireland previously here. 
international / environment Monday April 25, 2005 - 19:28 by Rastavidhead
1 comment (last - saturday april 30, 2005 - 12:53) 4 images
EARTH DAY 2005 1 Video 00:11:31 .mov = large media (Right click mouse and save target as) .wmv = small media The Hill of Tara, located 48 km northwest of Dublin, is one of Ireland's most important cultural icons. Dating back more than 5000 years to the neolithic age, Tara is known in both myth and history as the traditional seat of the High Kings of Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Sunday April 24, 2005 - 20:43 by Garret Fitzpatrick
Economic Partnership Agreements are new free trade agreements between the EU and a group of developing countries in Africa, the Carribean and the Pacific (APC). They are to be operative from the end of 2007, but the poorest countires already have supposed access to EU markets, so there is little gain for them in EPAs. Under EPAs developing countries must open up their markets even more than is required by the WTO. This involves - fully eliminating import duties and quotas on imports - progressive liberalisation of services - opening up of capital markets - liberalising the three 'new issues' refused by them at the WTO in Cancun. Shamefully, this is being negotiated under the EU's aid package - the Cotonou Agreement - which is supposed to be poverty focused. Act on line to stop these unfair agreements, which will be damaging to the world's poorest countries: http://www.comhlamh.org/campaigns/383 ... read full story / add a comment
national / racism & migration related issues Saturday April 23, 2005 - 20:29 by veeg
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The Irish government appears to have backed away from moves which were feared to be paving the way for the deportation of a group of fathers of Irish-born children. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment Friday April 22, 2005 - 21:37 by S2
3 comments (last - friday april 29, 2005 - 16:31)
We had lots of lovely people in attendance, including a few from the convergence gathering. Photos should be forthcoming with comments from other participants. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday April 22, 2005 - 18:40 by jj
2 comments (last - saturday april 23, 2005 - 16:53)
It seems that we may never be told the full story of what the state (belatedly and begrudgingly) found out from their investigations on GAMA. The High Court has decided that the report cannot be published. I bet that will come as a relief to some people in SIPTU HQ! Remembering the balls-up that was made of the search on Brian Curtin's house, I find it somewhat disquieting that the investigation by the Dept. of Enterprise was done "unlawfully". It seems awfully convenient. http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0422/gama.html ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / miscellaneous Friday April 22, 2005 - 17:26 by Global Women's Strike
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The first European tour by Venezuelan women, began in London (via Barcelona) on 13 March. Nora Castañeda, president of the Women’s Development Bank (Banmujer) and Angelica Alvarez, promoter co-ordinator of Banmujer in Bolivar state received a warm and enthusiastic welcome at the packed Crossroads Women’s Centre, base of the Global Women’s Strike. The strike co-ordinated the tour as part of its activities for International Women’s Day and the UN Year of Micro-credit. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday April 22, 2005 - 12:58 by Starstruck
7 comments (last - sunday april 24, 2005 - 22:40) 1 image
U.S war spending now a staggering 300 Billion since September 2001 ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Friday April 22, 2005 - 01:44 by Indymedia Ireland Print Project 1 attached file
Four page PDF. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Thursday April 21, 2005 - 20:14 by SP
48 comments (last - tuesday may 03, 2005 - 17:07)
The Socialist Party is running four candidates in the 2005 local elections this May. They will be standing on an anti-sectarian, anti-water charges, anti-racism, anti-privatisation and pro-working class unity ticket. This May, vote for a socialist alternative to the rule of big business and religious sectariansim! ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday April 21, 2005 - 17:23 by Claire
18 comments (last - wednesday july 20, 2005 - 12:25)
BNP party broadcast is getting airtime on BBC ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday April 21, 2005 - 15:41 by paul sherlock
3 comments (last - thursday april 21, 2005 - 19:16) 5 images
A few pictures from the nurses protests outside the gates of Beaumont Hospital. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism Thursday April 21, 2005 - 14:13 by Nadia
Tallon is the final Garda to face charges relating to mayday 2004. Of the 6+ Garda charged only Garda Paul Daly was found guilty of assault, for which he recieved a 1 month sentence (which is the subject of an appeal) Tallon was charged with this offence over a year ago but the jury were unable to reach a verdict. There still are a number of outstanding charges aganist protestors and several civil cases aganist the Garda, sources assure us that the garda will settle the majority of civil claims out of court. ... read full story / add a comment
national / racism & migration related issues Thursday April 21, 2005 - 00:15 by veeg
21 comments (last - sunday may 29, 2005 - 00:34)
Promises made yesterday by the Department of Justice turned to dust this morning as confusion continued at two Dublin city-centre asylum-seeker hostels which have been the focus of hunger-strike protests for the last week. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism Wednesday April 20, 2005 - 18:19 by Barry Finnegan
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While national governments within the EU, and the EU Commission itself, have the legal right to say ‘yes’ to the planting of Genetically Modified Organisms (i.e. GMO crops), it remains the case that ‘regions’ - in Ireland’s case this would be both counties and provinces - have the right to hold referendums and ban GMOs. This process has now started in Ireland with 1,000 GMO-Free Zones being declared by the GM-free Ireland Network. It is a massive first step. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday April 20, 2005 - 16:14 by James R
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From fast food outlets, to assembly lines, from corner shops to hyper markets there is one common relationship. That is the relationship between boss and worker. Those of us that have to sell our time as workers enabling us to pay rent, buy food and engage in leisure activities have nothing in common with those who buy our time. Those of us that sell our time are the employee class. Those that buy our labour are the employing class. These two classes have nothing in common. ... read full story / add a comment |
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