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national / crime and justice Thursday July 12, 2007 - 17:59 by Con Carroll
 14 comments (last - monday july 30, 2007 - 17:37)
If you tolerate this then your children could be next so the song goes ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Thursday July 12, 2007 - 16:09 by Max
5 comments (last - thursday july 19, 2007 - 18:54)
Yesterday the court at Belmullet was full to capacity with many standing as a number of cases related to the controversial Corrib gas project were heard. By now people will be aware of the miscarriage of justice that was the case for “Chief” Pat O’Donnell, his son Jonathan and Enda Carey (more on this below) but there were also a couple of other cases that related to Shell to Sea campaigners. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice Wednesday July 11, 2007 - 23:18 by Edward Horgan
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A heavy garda escort was provided for four African asylum seekers who were being escorted through Shannon airport, loaded on to a Garda 'paddy wagon' and put on a plane back to God knows where, at about 4.30 PM on Wed 11 July 07. Meanwhile, three US warplanes sat on the secured central area of the airfield, with an Irish army protection escort. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Wednesday July 11, 2007 - 20:04 by arpiai
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This is breaking - I just received this info via text message from a Shell to Sea activist: Erris fishermen sentenced to 3 months for 'assault' ... read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice Tuesday July 10, 2007 - 20:52 by A Gardner
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Despite support from Amnesty International and other human rights groups, Anthony Troy Davis,38 is due to be executed within the week by the state of Georgia for the murder in 1991 of Officer Mark Allen McPhail. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Monday July 09, 2007 - 01:06 by Joe King
3 comments (last - thursday july 12, 2007 - 00:48)
A recent WSM public meeting in Dublin about anarchism saw something a bit different; members of Fine Gael turning up to defend capitalism. We were told it’s a great system and the rich are simply enjoying the rewards of hard work. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Monday July 09, 2007 - 00:57 by Pat Garret
An Post workers have been on the receiving end of a series of substantial blows which have held down pay rates and undermined rights with regard to status.The late 1970’s and early 1980’s saw strikes and protests by the workers to improve conditions, but recent years have seen management back on the offensive. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Sunday July 08, 2007 - 15:48 by Maurice Ross
2 comments (last - monday july 09, 2007 - 13:32)
The Green Party leadership have requested all their Councillors and TDs to vote with an inspector present to make sure they vote for Fianna Fail candidates. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Saturday July 07, 2007 - 11:45 by RF
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Saturday 07/07/07 sees the launch of the 777 challenge. This is an amazing world record attempt by Mark Scanlon to be the youngest person ever to successfully complete seven marathons on seven continents in seven consecutive months. The first marathon takes place in San Fransisco on 29/07/07 and the last marathon is 20/01/08 in Mumbai, India. The other destinations along the way are Antartica, Sydney, Longford, Kenya and Buenos Aires. ... read full story / add a comment |
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