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international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday October 09, 2008 - 17:36 by Mac Gall
United Nations language rights body asks French state to change its policy and practice towards the Basque language and to assist its speakers through facilitating teaching and broadcasting in the languages. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday October 09, 2008 - 17:21 by Mac Gall
On 16th September the Spanish State banned yet another socialist and pro-independence political party -- the ANV/EAE (Basque Nationalist Action). In the same month it jailed prominent members of the Amnistia movement. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday October 09, 2008 - 17:08 by Mac Gall
This month, a Canadian court refused to hear a habeas corpus writ to challenge the continuing detention of Basque refugee Iban Apalaoza Sancho and the state's plans to deport him to Spanish jurisdiction. The court ruled that the country's Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not apply to residents in Canada who are not citizens. Iban is now on hunger strike in protest and the 17th has been set by the Canadian authorities for his deportation. The Dublin branch of the Irish Basque Committees called for support for protests it plans for the same day. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday October 09, 2008 - 09:18 by Amnesty1 3 comments (last - friday october 10, 2008 - 10:00)
Amnesty International Ireland has welcomed the unanimous vote at Shannon Town Council on Tuesday night in support of a system of inspections for suspected rendition flights traveling through Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Wednesday October 08, 2008 - 23:01 by Martin O'Neill 8 comments (last - tuesday october 14, 2008 - 14:16) 3 images
Boa Fortune at Greenock ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday October 08, 2008 - 20:07 by Saoirse 2 images
"Alarming concern has been expressed for the continuing medical condition of republican prisoner Aidan Hulme in Portlaoise Prison. Following a visit from a doctor it was observed that Aidan's toes on his injured leg had turned black giving rise to fears of possible gangrene. The doctor relayed to the Prison Governor that Aidan should be seen by a consultant in this field as a medical imperative. The Governor has stated that Aidan's case would be prioritized but as of yet no decisive action has been taken. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / consumer issues Wednesday October 08, 2008 - 19:19 by Metero Customer 7 comments (last - friday october 10, 2008 - 16:05)
For those who have a monthly bill from Meteor, then watch for the little added on charges.... ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday October 08, 2008 - 17:10 by Unison democrat
"Unison members will be outraged that, at a time when they should be concentrating all their efforts on defending our jobs and our pay, the Unison leaders are, instead, spending time organising witch-hunts against shop stewards." Pat Lawlor ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday October 08, 2008 - 14:19 by J.Carax 1 comment (last - tuesday october 14, 2008 - 12:03) 1 image
Fianna Fail TD and Minister of State Martin Mansergh was due to speak last night at a LawSoc debate in UCD. The Campaign Against Fees (ad hoc name) had called for a anti-fees demo to greet him. However, a half an hour before he was due to speak, word reached us that Martin had pulled out! ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / housing Tuesday October 07, 2008 - 18:19 by Paula Geraghty 8 comments (last - saturday january 16, 2010 - 07:49) 16 images
Protests continue outside Dublin City Council by communities by communities betrayed by property developers. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Tuesday October 07, 2008 - 18:01 by Michael Murphy 3 comments (last - friday october 10, 2008 - 20:15)
There have been some exploratory discussions among some groups on the left about the possibility of a left slate of candidates for the local elections in 2009. The text below is an article from the October edition of "the Socialist" outlining the Socialist Party's attitude to this issue for those interested. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Monday October 06, 2008 - 14:24 by TD 14 comments (last - tuesday october 28, 2008 - 22:11) 6 images
"Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French. It is wrong and in-human to impose the Jews on the Arabs" (Mahatma Gandhi) "I believe that Gandhi's views were the most enlightened of all the political men of our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence for fighting for our cause, but by non-participation of anything you believe is evil" (Albert Einstein) In weather, more the revenge of Gaia than ultra bad, after their testimony at the Galway Inter-Faith Alliance organised; A Commemoration of the Life and Work of Mahatma Gandhi, three Palestinians joined Free Palestine Campaign activists at their Shop Street info stall last Saturday, Dr. George Rishmawi, Director of Siraj, Center for Holy Land Studies, Dr. Mohamed Altawil, Dr. of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, UK and Tareq Natsheh of the Palestine Progressive Youth Union. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Sunday October 05, 2008 - 17:34 by Contaminated Crow
Water extraction, waste, quarrying and some court reports ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism Saturday October 04, 2008 - 22:24 by Andrew 5 comments (last - tuesday october 07, 2008 - 13:53) 1 video file
Seomra Spraoi, the Dublin social center project, is back once again. This afternoon I visited and splashed some paint on the walls of the new premises at 10 Belvedere Court, 1 lane North of Mountjoy square. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / arts and media Friday October 03, 2008 - 17:47 by Mark 1 comment (last - friday october 03, 2008 - 23:44)
We're looking for strong hi-res images from the Mayo struggle, to add to our 'Shell's Wild Lie' exhibition (http://www.artnotoil.org.uk/gallery/v/Shell/). Faces of those involved are good, but so are land/seascapes from the struggle etc. Please write to [email protected] if you might be able to help. Thanks, Mark PS. We'd love any other images to consider, Shell-related or beyond, for the main Art Not Oil gallery, and here's some info we've sent to artists asking them to respond to the production of the Shell-sponsored 'Oedipus' in London: ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Friday October 03, 2008 - 17:03 by Paula Geraghty 1 comment (last - friday october 03, 2008 - 17:07) 7 images
Hundreds attended a mass meeting organised by the INTO, the Irish National Teachers Organisation last night at the RDS, a part of the ongoing campaign to highlight the fact that primary school classes in Ireland are still the second most overcrowded in the EU. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday October 03, 2008 - 16:09 by Justin Morahan
Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire of the Peace People was among a party of internationals waiting in Larnaca, Cyprus recently for a sea-worthy boat to take them to Gaza with food and medicines. The venture has been postponed because near deals with boat owners fell through repeatedly and also because of high seas. However the 22 people involved including five Palestinian doctors, intend to return to Gaza and invite others to join them Here is the full text of a statement by Mairead Maguire concerning the venture. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday October 03, 2008 - 15:29 by Paul O'Mahony 1 video file
A Concern video on rising food prices in Kenya has notched up over 100,000 views ... read full story / add a comment |
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