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kildare / miscellaneous Tuesday January 31, 2006 - 23:18 by The Good Shepherd
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Percy Podger prsently imprisoned for 90 days for nonviolent anti-roads direct action! ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Tuesday January 31, 2006 - 19:10 by Student
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Ahern is coming out to UCD this Thursday at 10:30am to open a new wing of the science building. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 30, 2006 - 19:18 by Tadhg
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Protesters gathered at Leinster House to meet a delegation from Shell including former Dutch Premier Wim Kok when they met with Mayo TD's last week, including Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Monday January 30, 2006 - 16:14 by iosaf
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Finland like Ireland is a neutral state with a small population whose economic and social transformation is felt by its citizens to be thanks to its membership of the European Union. It has re-elected Tarja Halonen as President for the next 6 years. Her re-election ought be of interest to Irish readers, as her candidacy was completely supported by the Finnish Left Alliance party "Vasemmistoliitto" which founded in 1990 campaigns on a political platform of the "new global left" ; a party that promotes the ideals of the French Revolution - liberty, equality, and fraternity - in addition to peace and environmental values and is a member of the "Nordic Green Alliance" in the European parliament. Finland will thus suceed Austria (another neutral) as president of the European Union in July 2006 as a socialist state to take part in the G8 Russia conference on "energy security". ____________________________________________________________________ ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / anti-war / imperialism Monday January 30, 2006 - 12:22 by John C
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The Fianna Fail selection convention for Galway West was abandoned yesterday. According to the headlines, the reason for the abandonment was the refusal of delegates to accept a head office ruling that only three candidates should be selected. The precise circumstances of the abandonment, as reported in the Irish Times however, indicate that it was not quite that simple. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Sunday January 29, 2006 - 14:35 by RobbieS
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Sport & Control, DIY Gaelic, the State in Anarchism, Shattered illusions in Iraq, the sham of title, Media and mystification, ... read full story / add a comment
meath / environment Sunday January 29, 2006 - 02:41 by Michael O'Callaghan
2 comments (last - sunday may 20, 2007 - 06:32)
The German company BASF Plant Science GmbH (an affilate of the giant transnational chemicals and drugs company BASF) has notified the EPA of its intention to deliberately release GMO potatoes into the environment 9km south of the Hill of Tara, on a 2 Ha plot at Arodstown, Summerhill, Co. Meath. The site is located 2km north of the R156 road between Dunboyne and Summerhill (approx. OS grid reference: N 885 500). If given the go-ahead, this would be the first Irish release of GMO crops since protestors ended Monsanto's GMO beet trials in 1998. The Notification submitted by BASF does not appear to include plans for any environmental impact assessment. Farmers, environmental groups and consumers have expressed total opposition to this unwanted experiment which would terminate Ireland's economically valuable GM-free status. The deadline for related public submissions to the EPA is 5pm on 22 February 2006. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Saturday January 28, 2006 - 20:51 by Peter O'Donnell
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Gerry McGeough, who campaigned for the fascist. Justin Barett in the European elections, appeared on WBAI's Radio Free Eireann today. RFE is hosted by John McDonagh, the representative of Republican Sinn Fein in New York. McGeough said that informers were not now even getting a rap on the knuckles. He said an appalling vista presented itself. He appealed to RFE not to let people like Niall O'Dowd off the hook. O'Dowd, said McGeogh, is an empty vessel. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Friday January 27, 2006 - 22:09 by iosaf
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a Brief report on the issues raised at "the Civil Society and Drugs conference" organised by the directorate-general Justice, Freedom and Security of the European Commission which has just closed in Brussels, Belgium. ENCOD (European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies), is a platform of 120 Civil Society Organisations from 24 European countries. ENCODs coordinator, Joep Oomen, says: "By keeping the citizens away from the decision-making forums, they thought they could hide the truth about the war on drugs: that is a costly, failing and counter-productive affair." ... read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum Friday January 27, 2006 - 20:04 by Barry Finnegan
4 comments (last - wednesday february 08, 2006 - 22:53)
Its been just over a year now since the last ISF so maybe we should have another one this year. There has been lots of activism since then and the movement for global justice [or whatever we are called] has a lot to link up about. On top of that the ESF is back this year, this time in Greece. Is anyone bothered? A crowd of us think that people should get together and talk about it. Here's the proposal: The first ISF Working Groups meeting of 2006 is on Thursday 9th February from 7.30 to 9.00pm NB Change of venue: THE TEACHERS CLUB, PARNELL SQ., DUBLIN 1 . A few Dublin-based activists who worked with the ISF Working Groups for the 2003 and 2004, 1st and 2nd ISFs thought it would be good idea to hold a meeting, talk about the following points (below) and see where we go from there. If you would like to come, please read the WSF Charter Of Principles first and see if you are interested, available at: http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/main.php?id_menu=4&cd_language=2 ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday January 26, 2006 - 23:22 by ANTIFA
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Grand Belial's Key is an American Black Metal band, formed in 1992 by guitarist Gelal Necrosodomy and vocalist Lord Vlad Luciferian. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday January 26, 2006 - 18:19 by Jim
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A group of students occupied the offices of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Council today calling for grants to be paid on time. They were also calling for an increase in the income thresholds so that more students can avail of grants. The council security who were initially irate calmed down after calling the Gardai who were in no mood to take on the students. The activists have been promised a meeting with senior council officials next week. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday January 26, 2006 - 14:57 by Khalid
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Defence lawyers for Saddam Hussein Wednesday distributed copies of a lawsuit against President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair for destroying Iraq. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday January 25, 2006 - 18:35 by smash WEF, smash NATO
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This weekend the WEF (World Economic Forum) will take place in Davos, Switzerland. Protest and direct action against it already started... Next weekend the NATO "Security"- Conference will take place in Munic, Germany. Also in Munic, protests and direct action already started.... ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday January 25, 2006 - 17:53 by Jim
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As T.D.s returned from their holidays today well over 100 people demonstrated against deportations. There was a large contingent of Somalian protestors in addition to members of Residents Against Racism and other groups. Joe Higggins, Joe Costello, Aengus O Snodaigh and Michael D Higgins were amongst the speakers at the Dail. At the department of Justice several very good female speakers addressed the crowd who were singing as they marched through the streets. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday January 25, 2006 - 15:25 by Dilin O Deamhas
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The wriggling continues as the screw turns on Fianna Fail & PD complicity, civil service silence and Gardai 'followin orders to do nuthin' in breaches of The Nurnberg Principles and international laws against torture. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday January 25, 2006 - 11:14 by Gumshoe
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A week after an Irish Times report revealed that he reversed national waste policy after private meetings with a wannabe incineration operator, Environment Minister hands a second success to industry lobbyists. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday January 25, 2006 - 01:40 by Dr. Coilín Oscar ÓhAiseadha
At a peace conference in Kuala Lumpur last month, the Kuala Lumpur Global Peace Forum of concerned peoples from all five continents, "outraged over the frequent resort to war", made a declaration to criminalise war. "Killings in war are as criminal as the killings within societies in times of peace," the signatories, including two former Assistant Secretaries General of the United Nations, declare. "Public servants and professionals, in particular in the medical, legal, educational and scientific fields, must promote peace and campaign actively against war," they declare, and this doctor wholeheartedly agrees. Finally, the Forum resolved to establish a permanent Secretariat in Kuala Lumpur to implement the initiativeand to seek the cooperation of NGO's worldwide to achieve its goals. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday January 24, 2006 - 22:16 by Eoin Dubsky
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At a nuclear submarine base in Brittany on Friday, Chirac announced the fruits of France's Atomic Energy Commission contract with HP in Galway. They've made "usable" tactical nuclear weapons, and first-strike policy to use them against non-nuclear states and nuclear states alike (though of course they wouldn't use them against the nuclear states). ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Tuesday January 24, 2006 - 15:37 by Dáil Observer
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Independent T.D.s are to call on the Government to reject the proposed EU Services Directive. Concerned that this Directive, which is backed by EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevey, would have serious negative implications for workers' rights and public services, Independent T.Ds, Marian Harkin, James Breen, Paudge Connolly, Jerry Cowley, Tony Gregory, Seamus Healy, Joe Higgins, Finian McGrath, Paddy McHugh and Catherine Murphy have initiated a Dáil debate on this issue on Wednesday 25th January. The text of their motion is as follows: ... read full story / add a comment |
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