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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Monday June 19, 2006 - 13:37 by Dominic Carroll   text 41 comments (last - tuesday june 20, 2006 - 18:20)   image 5 images
19 June 2006 12:08: RTÉ news has reported that "Charges against 32 men who took part in a demonstration at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin have been withdrawn by direction of the Director of Public Prosecutions." ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Saturday June 17, 2006 - 17:25 by Chris Murray   text 15 comments (last - tuesday june 20, 2006 - 13:10)
The Planning and development Bill yesterday passed with copious Government
amendments thru the Seanad.

http;//debates.oireachtas.ie/DDebate.aspx/=sen20060516

On the day of the burial (with full military honours) of a certain ex Taoiseach. Mr Dick Roche
TD sought to bury the statutory undertaker and replace it with the undertaker in relation to
the judicial process by the objector.

... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Friday June 16, 2006 - 01:02 by Revolt Video   video 1 video file
Pallaskenry 5 at the High Court 12/06/06 ... read full story / add a comment
RIP Raymond Devos (1922 - 2006)
international / arts and media Thursday June 15, 2006 - 20:53 by iosaf   text 1 comment (last - friday june 16, 2006 - 17:49)   image 1 image
Raymond Devos the Belgian born, French resident & Francophone Cartoonist, Comedian, Political (& national) satirist has died of a brain hemorrhage today.

He was a very funny man who's humour & wit crossed borders & langauges.
He will be sorely missed. . Everyone who met Raymond Devos liked him. His jokes were both simple & intelligent. He'll be sincerely missed. He made many friends, most of whom will want to attend his sudden funeral. He won lots of important awards for being funny & clever but won't get a state funeral from either France of Belgium. Raymond Devos was in no common sense of the word a popular man. & sincere with it.

He rose to acceptance of his extraordinary talent through circus acts & written puns of astounding complexity. In 1956 He worked with Jean Luc Godard on the movie "Pierrot le Fou".

... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday June 15, 2006 - 14:27 by Edward Horgan   text 4 comments (last - friday june 16, 2006 - 14:51)
Shannon airport is being heavily used today by the US military to move troops to and from the Middle East. Between 9am and 10am there were three troop carriers, World Airways, ATA, and North American at the airport with over 500 troops on board, and likely to be carrying about 500 M-16 automatic rifles, and the same number of 9mm automatic pistols, and assorted munitions.
Military prisoners in shackles may also have been on board, as this is a regular practice by the US military.
Also at the airport was an executive jet, that has been reported as making frequent visits to RAF bases, N750JJ. Further investigation is called for, but this is unlikely to come from the Gardai, who have ignored the vast majority of complaints, or requests for searches of US aircraft, made to them so far.
Nevertheless, I made the statement of complaint and request for aircraft to be searched which is included below.
... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 15, 2006 - 12:37 by laure akai
In the past week, two major actions took place in Warsaw. The Equality (gay pride) Parade and an Occupation of the Ministry of Education. Both actions were also actions against the growing poer of the far-right. ... read full story / add a comment
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galway / animal rights Wednesday June 14, 2006 - 17:57 by Stephan Wymore   text 25 comments (last - tuesday september 19, 2006 - 21:08)   image 3 images
Today's demonstration in Eyre Square Galway was again a huge success and kick started our latest nationwide campaign to end the use of animals in circuses.

Apart from receiving attention from all media sources in Galway and a magazine we reached hundreds of people today including three new volunteers signing up to help ARAN's campaigns. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Wednesday June 14, 2006 - 16:44 by Rory Hearne   text 2 comments (last - monday june 19, 2006 - 12:16)
Crisis in the health service: a legacy of Charlie Haughey

Even Mary Harney admitted recently that the health service is in crisis. At the heart of it is, what the Health Strategy in 2001 stated, the bed capacity crisis and the urgent need to put back 3000 public hospital beds. ... read full story / add a comment
Boycott Killer Coke campaign
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday June 14, 2006 - 16:32 by Jim   text 6 comments (last - thursday june 15, 2006 - 17:21)   image 2 images
Interview with UK students Against Coke activist Claire Hall who is coming to Ireland this weekend to speaking at the Connolly Festival. Lara Coleman from London based Colombia Solidarity who has just returned from Colombia where she worked for two months with Sinaltrainal will also be speaking. The meeting will take place at 11.30 in the Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square this Saturday June 17th
... read full story / add a comment
Joan Hayes & Breda Clarke - Strong & Defiant.
limerick / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday June 13, 2006 - 23:24 by Niall Harnett   text 11 comments (last - thursday june 15, 2006 - 00:59)   image 31 images
"Mass clearances during the Irish Famine were made possible by the landlords' use of the infamous bailiffs - The Crowbar Brigade. Their actions combined with the presence of police were likely to quell any thought of serious resistance by tenants / indigenous people who 'must be taught by the strong arm of the law that they have no power to oppose or resist'." http://www.nde.state.ne.us/SS/irish/unit_3.html

Well, is that right?

Limerick County Council brought in their own Cro-bar Construction Brigade accompanied by An Garda Síochána again this morning in a staged attempt to push the polluted River Deel water pipeline past the 'white line', which was held again this morning by local residents, mostly women, including Orla Kaiser's mother Joan Hayes and Tom Clarke's wife Breda Clarke. Joan and Breda showed no fear in a powerful statement to Gardaí, Limerick County Council and national media, saying they are prepared to go jail if necessary, with Orla, to defend their rights and their Spring Water. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday June 13, 2006 - 21:58 by Tobie*   text 7 comments (last - friday december 14, 2007 - 20:50)
There was been a change in work visa policy effect a weekago today - of course no one on these visa's were informed of this immidiate change in policy

"Policy on Exchange Visitor, Student or Working Holiday Visa Programmes

The purpose of these Exchange Programmes is to allow persons into the state for Working Holiday, Visit or Educational purposes for a specified period at the end of which they must return home.

The policy whereby persons on a Working Holiday Visa could transfer over to a work permit has now been discontinued with effect from Tuesday 6th June 2006." ... read full story / add a comment
Street Graffiti from Cork, Ireland.
cork / miscellaneous Tuesday June 13, 2006 - 15:09 by Noise Hacker   text 16 comments (last - saturday june 30, 2007 - 22:44)   image 59 images
(Massive shouts from the Noise Hacker to all Cork graffiti heads). ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday June 13, 2006 - 13:23 by Fintan Lane   text 28 comments (last - friday june 16, 2006 - 01:37)
Just received word that Bertie Ahern may be holding a press conference at 12.30pm today.

It appears that a rumour is doing the rounds that cleaning staff at Shannon airport have seen a man in shackles aboard a US aircraft.

This is sketchy information and it's unclear what, if anything, might emerge. A case of watch this space, methinks. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday June 13, 2006 - 12:40 by MG   text 131 comments (last - friday june 23, 2006 - 20:19)   image 5 images
Obituaries have been written for a very long time for the inevitable death of Charles J Haughey. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday June 12, 2006 - 21:13 by Liam Mullen   text 5 comments (last - thursday june 15, 2006 - 03:30)
Professor Noam Chomsky casts a cold eye on world affairs, the Danish cartoon issue, Iran and the war in Iraq, and the dangers of living in a nuclear age.

The anti-war critic, Noam Chomsky, recently said the Danish cartoon issue wasn’t a matter of press freedom, nor indeed a conflict between the West and the Islamic world, but an attack, by and large, by the Danish government on the Muslim minority living in Denmark. He was giving an exclusive report to myself when I was working with Griffith College radio recently. ... read full story / add a comment
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limerick / rights, freedoms and repression Monday June 12, 2006 - 10:26 by Bleach Lough Spring Water Retention Group   text 4 comments (last - monday june 12, 2006 - 19:57)   image 1 image
- 2 local farmers ( Donal O’Brien and Patrick Culhane), one of whom is now critically ill in the Regional Hospital Dooradoyle.
- County Councillor Noreen Ryan.
- Orla Kaiser, a mother of 2 young babies
- Tommy Clark, old age pensioner.

Support our 5 neighbours.
Our neighbours are going to jail today to retain our natural spring water supply.
PLEASE SUPPORT THEM TODAY AT THE HIGH COURT, DUBLIN, 11AM
and/or
COME TO THIS EVENING'S RALLY
Outside PALLASKENRY CHURCH at 9PM this eve.
"Water is not a commercial product like any other but,rather, a heritage which must be protected, defended and treated as such" EU Directive 2000/60/EC Page 1(1).

THIS IS YOUR TOWN, YOUR WATER-SUPPLY AND YOUR FRIENDS. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday June 12, 2006 - 05:43 by Bob Nichols   text 1 comment (last - monday june 12, 2006 - 13:05)
11PM Eastern - 2PM ......Three Hour Special ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Monday June 12, 2006 - 04:54 by Michael Gallagher   text 1 comment (last - friday october 19, 2007 - 10:16)
Make of this what you will. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Sunday June 11, 2006 - 12:58 by Fintan Lane   text 15 comments (last - friday june 16, 2006 - 18:06)
The fourth plenary meeting/gathering of anti-war activists took place in the Teachers' Club, Parnell Square, Dublin between 2.30pm and 5.30pm on Saturday, 10 June. The meeting was facilitated by Deirdre Clancy of the Pitstop Ploughshares and Anti-War Ireland.

What follows is my personal report and reflections. The minutes should be posted soon. I'm fairly sure that I'll forget things, so, please, do add additional information if you were at the meeting. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Saturday June 10, 2006 - 07:26 by Cabbage   text 3 comments (last - monday june 12, 2006 - 16:22)
An hilarious attempt was made to knock over the 60ft spy pole in the cabbage patch park off Kevin St. tonight. The pole with its two spy cameras and satellite communication disc was erected about two weeks ago to the outrage of local residents (it's there to deal with anti-social behaviour apparently, and to what cost?). ... read full story / add a comment
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