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international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday December 19, 2005 - 22:11 by Des Dalton
RSF support for Basque prisoners who went on hunger strike earlier this year in pursuit of the right to political status. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Monday December 19, 2005 - 12:08 by A correspondent writes
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Want to tell the UN how seriously Ireland takes its duty to fight torture? In case you missed your opportunity, here it comes knocking again. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday December 18, 2005 - 23:35 by Jonah
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Sister Ardeth Platte, O.P., a member of the Dominican Religious Order of Grand Rapids, Michigan and of the Jonah House Community in Baltimore, Maryland, is scheduled to be released from Federal Prison in Danbury, CT, on Thursday, December 22. Sister Ardeth has completed her sentence of 41 months of incarceration, and now faces three additional years of supervised probation. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Saturday December 17, 2005 - 19:48 by Jim
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For more than a year now members of the Labour Party in the North Inner City have been protesting outside the Accident and Emergency in the Mater Hospital ... read full story / add a comment 
national / animal rights Saturday December 17, 2005 - 19:30 by Mick
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Members of the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade staged a protest outside Brown Thomas on Friday evening against the sale of fur. A Garda arrived and threatened to arrest the activists whose only crime was to protest against the barbaric and cruel fur trade. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Saturday December 17, 2005 - 17:34 by anon
South Korean Farmers stand tall and break into convention center where trade talks are happening. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Saturday December 17, 2005 - 17:28 by Edward Horgan
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Peace activists, Edward Horgan, Mary Kelly, Tim Hourigan, and Deirdre Morgan, will meet the Oireachtas Joint Committee for Foreign Affairs on Tuesday 20 December 2005, at 11.30 am. This is an open public meeting. The main topic will be the US missuse of Shannon airport. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment Friday December 16, 2005 - 17:36 by Paul Baynes
A shorter article on this theme was published in Ireland From Below magazine - this is an expanded and original (unpublished) account. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday December 16, 2005 - 17:28 by Shinner
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Sinn Féin has revealed that a member of the party in Belfast, Denis Donaldson, was expelled last night after it was uncovered that he had been working as a British agent. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday December 16, 2005 - 16:17 by Shane Foran
Cyclists call on minister to promote cycling as a viable transport mode and to replace discredited policies with measures based on best practice ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Friday December 16, 2005 - 16:15 by israel watch
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A leading Israeli manufacturer that considers the Israeli Defense Force and the Israeli Police as “highly esteemed customers” has been awarded a €2.5 million (£1,691,750) contract to supply ballistic helmets to the Irish Defence Forces. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday December 15, 2005 - 13:17 by iosaf
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a few seperate developments have caught my eye in the global and local area of children and rights this morning. & I hope the readership see how they come together. Chavez, Uribe, UNICEF, birth certs and Barnardos. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday December 15, 2005 - 11:05 by Justin Morahan
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The Rossport Five have won the Irish Phenomenon of 2005, six per cent ahead of Eddie Hobbs. Behind them came, IRA decommissioning, The McCartney sisters and Cork. On the Tubridy show, Mícheál Ó Seighin paid tribute to all associated with the five winners and said that the Rossport 5 and Eddie Hobbs were not very different ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Wednesday December 14, 2005 - 18:11 by True Believer
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Minister tries his best to figure why torture convention complaints not investigated. You have an opportunity to assist. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday December 14, 2005 - 12:51 by Sonic Youth
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A deal has been reached on Irish Ferries-it is now in the hands of the membership. This report is from the Irish Times. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday December 13, 2005 - 18:24 by Derek O Halloran
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Speaking today outside the Dail, US anti war activist Cindy Sheehan said that the use of Shannon airport by the US military made Ireland complicit in the Iraq war. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday December 13, 2005 - 11:29 by Michael
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Ms Justice Macken will begin giving the High Court judgement in a few moments in the case of Eoin Dubsky v- Government of Ireland. **MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW AS NEWS COMES IN** ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday December 13, 2005 - 00:47 by Mik W
On December 9th 2005 Irish people from all walks of life who care about people been treated with decency and honesty in the workplace took to the streets to protest Irish ferries attempt to introduce slavery into Ireland. The protest was more akin to a people marching toward justice rather then the carnival like anti war demos of recent years. The march in Dublin was my first of view of how Irelands labour movement looks when mobilized and it looks good. Imagine what we could achive if the leaders of that movement woke up and fought for the people they are supposed to fight for? What follows is my account of the march. I am a memeber of the IBOA however the opinions given in the article are entirly my own. ... read full story / add a comment |
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