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national / environment Wednesday March 07, 2012 - 23:44 by indigoshaman
 3 comments (last - saturday march 10, 2012 - 07:51)
Teagasc, the agriculture and food development authority in Ireland, have applied for a licence to grow Genetically Modified potatoes in Ireland. Their application arrived on 27/2/2012 and the public has until 27/3/2012 "to make representations" about the application. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday March 06, 2012 - 20:52 by Rossport Solidarity Camp
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Between the 20th and 24th of February 2012, 19 campaigners were tried at a 'special sitting' of Belmullet District Court, for alleged offences arising from protest against the Corrib gas project. Most of those tried were for Section 8 and 9 of the Public Order Act. Section 9 is obstructing 'the free passage of a person/vehicle’ in a public place and section 8 is failure to obey the directions of a Garda. Overall the judge came down very heavily on the defendants. The hearings began only one week after public criticism from the minister for Justice Alan Shatter against what he called “protest tourism”. One campaigner received a prison sentence and three others received suspended sentences. Fines for all cases totalled €8350. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Monday March 05, 2012 - 21:40 by GALWAY ALLIANCE AGAINST WAR
5 comments (last - thursday march 08, 2012 - 19:34)
The Galway Alliance Against War has learnt that the British military display team, the Red Arrows, will perform during the Volvo Ocean Race Finale in Galway on July 1st. Another “war outfit” has also been invited, but has not yet confirmed. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Monday March 05, 2012 - 18:58 by Lurgan
As new details emerge which show that eight armed undercover British soldiers were targeting Sam Marshall at the time of his death in March 1990, a book to be launched this week will reveal further details. The murdered man's relatives say , "As a result of information and facts concerning Sam’s killing which we have discovered in recent times, we are now convinced that members of British state forces, including British military intelligence and the Special Branch, were directly involved in the planning and commission of his murder. We also believe that British government ministers are aware of that fact. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / environment Monday March 05, 2012 - 10:54 by CDC
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Today (4/3/12) the CDC in cooperation with residents in Charlemont Street continued to work on a communal garden for the area. Spokesperson for the CDC and Charlemont Street resident Tony N commented: ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Sunday March 04, 2012 - 17:28 by john lagan
13 comments (last - tuesday may 15, 2012 - 16:23)
Successive Irish governments have overseen the fluoridation of public water supplies since the practice commenced in 1964. This form of mass medication is supposed to benefit the nation's teeth. Today 97% of Europe's water supply is fluoride free, including Northern Ireland, as this practice has been widely discredited. Eire remains the only country to fluoridate its entire public water supply. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Thursday March 01, 2012 - 20:00 by koindim
1 comment (last - thursday march 08, 2012 - 16:45)
We are a group of citizens who have come together from a variety of political backgrounds with a common purpose: the pressing need to articulate a coherent and persuasive critical voice that will be heard loudly both inside and outside Greece. ... read full story / add a comment |
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