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dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Tuesday January 21, 2003 15:29 by IMC Editorial Group
The increase to the bin tax in Dublin was passed last week in extremely unusual circumstances .
Three
Labour party councillors were absent some with excuse; a Fine Gael councillor broke with his party whip
and voted for the increase.
clare / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday January 21, 2003 03:02 by IMC Editorial Group
Saturday January 18th saw around 2000 people protesting the Government's
facilitation of US Military use of Shannon Airport in the buildup to a
possible war with Iraq. A plethora of reports/opinions/photos and videos
focusing on the protest have been published on Indymedia Ireland. Here is a
selection:
Video Summary of the Day A Collection of International and Mainstream Reports Reports from people present at the Protest (1) (2) Photos (1) (2) (3) (4) Opinion Pieces: Time to Widen the Campaign / The need for grassroots Anti War activity and not an Anti War Movement Oddities: Who is the Snoop? / Belly of the Beast (1) (2) (3) Comment on this article here
clare / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday January 15, 2003 03:06 by IMC Editorial Group
On the coldest night of the year so far, the 4/5 January, a Peace Camp was
established at Shannon Airport. The Peace Camp kicked off with a 24 hour
Women’s Peace Camp
and quickly began to draw a huge amount of attention
from the
National Media .
The Green Party and the Labour Party have put their shoulders to the wheel on the issue and both are calling for the suspension of US military use of Shannon Airport. Debates on the legalities of US military use of Shannon broke out of the Indymedia ghetto, got an extensive airing on National TV and Radio, and ended up on the front pages of UK and Irish Sunday Newspapers. It remains to be seen if the debate that has taken place will make an impact on the size of the upcoming protests at Shannon Airport (18th Jan) and in Dublin (15 Feb). These protests have been arranged to coincide with global days of anti-war action. Obviously feeling the pressure, Brian Cowen has released a statement to the media which characterises the extensive US military use of Shannon in the buildup to a possible war in Iraq as ‘business as usual’. Meanwhile Tim Hourigan and others are maintaining their close watch on US Military use of the airport and they continue to inform the authorities of their findings. Tim Hourigan appeared on Prime Time on Tue 14th Jan. The fact that he did not (as expected) appear in a live Debate with Brian Cowen has caused some controversy.
dublin / miscellaneous Friday January 03, 2003 03:25 by IMC Editorial Group
On Thursday, 2nd January blockades were raised at Carrickmines Castle due to the presence of heavy equipment,
contrary to the agreement between the Carrickminders and the archaeological contractor, Valerie J. Keeley Inc.
At 8 a.m., approximately 20 protestors who had stayed the night were joined by local residents and the media to greet the archaeologists. The Carrickminders took down the blockade when they received assurances from company representatives that the large JCB digger would be removed from the site and all of the backfilled areas would be uncovered again before the end of the dig. At 3pm Friday the blockades were raised again by locking the gate at the entrance of the Castle's site in S. Co. Dublin. This was due to the archaeologists moving a large digger out the Castle yard to the south side of the enclosure using it for Archeology work. In a statement the Carrickminders said they would "allow archeological excavations to continue but will peacefully prevent large diggers and machinery from entering the sensitive archeological site. The peaceful blockade will continue Monday and until such time as the digger as removed completely from the Castle site." See photos of the blockade The Carrickminders site for up to date information and how to help.
clare / anti-war / imperialism Sunday December 29, 2002 03:08 by IMC Editorial Group
The monitoring of Shannon Airport continues with new reports of foreign planes in the Aer Lingus
colours and the establishment of a Womens No To War camp.Much coverage has been given to previous actions at Shannon but the trial notes of Eoin Dubsky for spray painting a plane at the airport are also well worth a read. As well as Eoins notes, Tim Hourigan contributes an excellent commentary on what is turning out to be a court test of whether activists have a "lawful excuse..." for actions which resist the war. After a long day of testimony with 13 people taking the witness stand, and a detailed legal submission by the defense, the case has been adjourned until next year. |
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