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tipperary / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday March 31, 2010 - 18:57 by Paula Geraghty
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Anger was palpable on the streets of Clonmel, particularly directed at Martin Mansergh, local Fianna Faíl politician and Mary Harney, who was described as 'an excuse for a human being'. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday March 31, 2010 - 13:05 by Freda H & Kev
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On the evening of Tuesday 30th March 2010 the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) in Dublin commemorated Palestinian Land Day by holding a solidarity picket outside the GPO on O'Connell Street from 5 - 7pm, during which hundreds of leaflets were distributed. The picket was attended by over thirty members and supporters of the IPSC, in a colourful and lively display of solidarity which brought a certain vivaciousness to O'Connell Street on such a dismal evening. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday March 31, 2010 - 11:40 by Fintan Lane
Yesterday, the Free Gaza Movement, bought a 1,200 tonne cargo ship at an auction in Dundalk, Ireland. The vessel had been impounded a year ago following an inspection by the International Transport Federation (ITF) which found that its’ owners had exploited it’s Lithuanian crew members - not paying their wages and subjecting them to humiliating treatment. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday March 31, 2010 - 10:31 by Residents Against Racism
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Despite driving rain and sleet, two hundred people marched through Dublin yesterday to protest against the death of human rights for asylum seekers. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday March 30, 2010 - 16:42 by Paula Geraghty
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Video from a protest called by the Labour party to close down the Clontarf Head Shop from March 20th 2010. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday March 30, 2010 - 13:14 by Paula Geraghty
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The Restaurant Workers Action Group, established by the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, staged a protest on Monday, 15 March at 1:00pm at Supermacs on OConnell St. in Dublin. Supermacs is part of the Quick Service Food Alliance, an industry group mounting a legal challenge to the JLC (Joint Labour Committee) system which sets wages for the restaurant industry. ... read full story / add a comment 
Court rules Garda Supt. M. Larkin responsible for Violation of the Rights of Shell to Sea activists.
mayo / environment Tuesday March 30, 2010 - 13:13 by Niall Harnett
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On Thursday 25th March 2010 at Belmullet District Court, charges against 9 Shell to Sea protesters were withdrawn or dismissed by Judge Gerard Haughton, because the '9' had been unlawfully detained following their arrest and they were not brought to court 'as soon as practicable', amounting to a 'conscious and deliberate violation of their constitutional rights'. In the 'test' case of Mr Eoin Lawless, potentially effecting all of the 9, the court ruled that the accused was/were held for an unreasonable amount of time before being charged, they were denied 'station bail' and were unreasonably delayed before being brought to court to allow them to apply for release on bail. Barrister Leo Mulrooney, acting for the 9, had put it to Garda Superintendent Michael Larkin that he had failed in his duty to vindicate the rights of the prisoners, and when asked to account to the court for his inaction, Judge Gerard Haughton expressed dissatisfaction with Supt. Larkin's explanation. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism Tuesday March 30, 2010 - 09:05 by Kevin Doyle
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Supporters of Solidarity Books in Cork climbed Carrantuohill on Sunday as part of a fundraiser for the bookshop and meeting space. ... read full story / add a comment 
roscommon / environment Tuesday March 30, 2010 - 08:33 by Dave Donnellan
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As Pat O'Donnell continues his prison sentence in Castlerea prison for his opposition to the Shell Corrib gas project a group of supporters held a solidarity protest outside the prison on Saturday. ... read full story / add a comment 
Major new Irish Exposé into Israeli Blood Diamond Industry, IPSC says: "reform the Kimberly Process"
international / consumer issues Monday March 29, 2010 - 22:35 by Freda H, Zoe L & Kev
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The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) today expressed its shock and dismay at revelations unearthed by Limerick-based researcher Seán Clinton in his recent exposé on the role of Israel in the global diamond industry. Mr. Clinton’s article, published last night on the respected Electronic Intifada website (http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11170.shtml), highlights how the industry deceives the public by playing up benefits accruing to poorer countries through the Kimberly Process – the stated aim of which is to eliminate ‘blood diamonds’ - while simultaneously hiding the fact that Israel, a state that has militarily occupied Palestine for more than 40 years, is the world’s biggest beneficiary of the diamond industry. ... read full story / add a comment |
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