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galway / rights, freedoms and repression Friday September 29, 2006 - 21:57 by TD
 4 comments (last - monday october 02, 2006 - 17:30)  7 images
This evening, from 6 to 7.20 PM, 15 Shell to Sea activists picketed the Westside Shell Service Station and we were much heartened by the unstinting support and warmth of the passing motorists, joggers and pedestrians - except for one pathetic creature shouting; "Get a job" and "Hippies" (true). Galway Shell to Sea were/are most appreciative of Sinn Fein and Socialist Party Young Turks who swelled and graced our ranks. ... read full story / add a comment 
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression Friday September 29, 2006 - 04:45 by Northern Line
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"Human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want, [and this] has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people" - Universal Declaration of Human Rights ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday September 29, 2006 - 00:08 by Ciaron
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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday September 28, 2006 - 20:43 by TD
7 comments (last - monday october 02, 2006 - 15:44) 6 images
Today, in the High Court, before Justice Ms Mary Laffoy, Shell EP Ireland made its contemptible attempt to drop its legal action against the beleaguered Rossport landowners. Last year it was the big stick of State and Big Oil intimidation that sought to cow the legitimate concerns of the Erris community in the form of Cloverhill gaol, today, it was the rotting carrot, the Trojan Horse, that was the cynical ploy of ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday September 28, 2006 - 19:57 by Foolish European Mother
11 comments (last - wednesday february 18, 2009 - 09:39)
In Harreveld youth prison in the Netherlands children are raped. Inspection youthcare decided to investigate only after parents got this out in the news. They only decided that no new children should be put in this jail. . It is not just children that did something wrong that are placed in jail in the Netherlands. BJZ a company that keeps children after they take them from their parents and that are paid by the government, also places children in jail because it is a cheap solution and their goal is to make as much monies out of children as possible. Judges in the Netherlands look away and allways decide in favour of bjz and children are thus used as tools to get monies. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Thursday September 28, 2006 - 05:51 by cool j
Just a quick note to say that while holidaying in Italy 2 weeks ago i picked up a copy of the "International Herald Tribune" which contained an article about Shell's persistant illegal over charging in the European Bitiumen(road dressing) market. A number of oil companies were fined but Shell received by far the largest one for its particualry bad record on the matter ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday September 27, 2006 - 19:06 by Brother mine.
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Nineteen Nigerian men have been hunger-striking in the Westwood Court hostel in Tralee Town centre for a period of two weeks. local reports say that the hunger-strike was postponed at one stage but is back on. The Kerryman and the Kingdom have published interviews with the men over the period. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Wednesday September 27, 2006 - 16:27 by Joe
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An interview with a member of the Workers Solidarity Movement who is at the Rossport Solidarity Camp and has been joining the pickets preventing Shells attempts to resume work this week. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / environment Wednesday September 27, 2006 - 14:14 by Starstruck
3 comments (last - tuesday may 06, 2008 - 19:05) 11 images  1 video file
You may not have noticed but last Friday the 22nd of September was international CarFree day. In Ireland the Governemnts usual inaction was unsurprising and the streets of Dublin were logjammed with fume-spewing motor vehicles as always. At 6.30pm that evening there was a bikeride through the city streets to celebrate self-propelled transport,the chance for a cleaner city and alternatives possible to break our dependence on oil. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday September 26, 2006 - 23:38 by Shell to Sea
5 comments (last - thursday october 05, 2006 - 15:46) 9 images
Many people gathered in Dublin this evening to express solidarity with the community in North West Mayo who are under siege from Shell and the Irish government. Protesters gathered at three sites- Statoil on Ushers Quay, Shell in Donnybrook, and the Headquarters of Shell E & P Ireland on Leeson Street. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Tuesday September 26, 2006 - 19:54 by Qasim Rajpar
Asian Development Bank and World Bank should accept the responsibility of deaths and disaster in Badin and Thatta districts of sindh southern province of Pakistan because of serious design faults in the Tidal Link canal of the Left Bank Outfall Drain [LBOD] and announce compensation for the deaths of more than 300 people, displacement of more than 5000 people and degradation of thousands of acres of land before launching any new mega project in the coastal districts. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday September 26, 2006 - 13:21 by Court reporter
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Today, at the commencement of the trial of Owen Rice in Court No. 2 Galway District Court, judge Mary Fahy had three anti-war activists and members of Owen's support group escorted from court by Gardai for excercising their democratic right to take notes in court. ... read full story / add a comment
louth / miscellaneous Tuesday September 26, 2006 - 12:29 by natassja
Louth County Council have refused to reserve sites for secondary schools in the Drogheda area for future pupils. The planned development proposes to cater for over 20,000 people and yet there will be no educational facility for people of secondary-school-going age to attend. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Monday September 25, 2006 - 23:16 by Che
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DCC are maneuvering fast to maintain the poster ban, the one that hasn't been lifted, despite a vote from the Council demanding that it be lifted. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Monday September 25, 2006 - 17:15 by Text: Ruth & Terry Photos: Terry & Niall
16 comments (last - tuesday september 26, 2006 - 16:11) 10 images
At 15.40pm three cops, one plain-clothes, two uniform, D reg car, were at the Shell to Sea picket H.Q. trailer filming. These police are now (16.05pm) at gate 2 of the Ballinaboy site. They are filming Shell to Sea activist Maura Harrington on the public road, when questioned why they said it was routine, the cop filming does not have identification numbers on his uniform. We got word today at 12 mid-day that the media have been informed by Shell that Shell intend to attempt access to the Ballinaboy former refinery construction site tomorrow. There is an increased police presence in Erris as of last Friday. The following is a report and photos from the picket today – photos from the 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. period. ... read full story / add a comment
monaghan / rights, freedoms and repression Monday September 25, 2006 - 16:26 by Anon
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There are reports on the radio that the Ceann Comhairle and Pat the Cope Gallagher were unable to get out of ministerial cars to open the Monaghan Bypass due to a convergence by the Monaghan Hospital protest Group. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Monday September 25, 2006 - 02:31 by Noise Hacker
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dublin / arts and media Sunday September 24, 2006 - 15:20 by Sean Crudden
The Nigel Kennedy concert in The Helix last night was the third in a series of concerts in the Irish Chamber Orchestra's "Festival of Strings." The program will be repeated tonight in the University Concert Hall, Limerick. Further concerts in the series will take place in Dublin, LImerick, Rathkeale, Inis Oirr and Birr in October. These latter concerts will feature Katherine Hunka director/violin. ... read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights Sunday September 24, 2006 - 11:42 by Robert A./Will Potter
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SEPTEMBER 2006. To show our support for the SHAC 7 in USA we destroyed over 70 advertising signs for the Courtney Vegas so called 'American' circus from Wexford in Ireland. This circus now in Balgriffin uses animals in its acts and we have vowed to continue removing their advertising until they stop dragging animals around Ireland. Two MEAT RETAILER directional signs were taken and butchered in retaliation for the dead animals slaughtered for profit and sold in his shop in Dublin. >>Till all are free... >Animal Liberation Front. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Sunday September 24, 2006 - 03:40 by participant
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Over 500 people turned out today for a great march against the US/UK war on Iraq and Afghanistan. Starting in Parnell Square it made its way down O'Connell where the suppport of passers by was occasionally made clear by cheers of support, up Dame Street and back down to the island on O'Connell St where we were all corralled during the speeches. It isn't clear why the organisers agreed to this corralling because it meant that almost no-one could see the speakers. Speakers were generally interesting - great to hear the Raytheon 9 spokesperson - but mostly were the same people who speak at every IAWM march or variations of same. Overall a good demo and fair play to the organisers. Shannon next on October 28th for the demo called by Antiwar Ireland! ... read full story / add a comment |
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