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clare / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday January 29, 2003 03:00 by IMC Editorial Group
A local peace activist was arrested this morning after attempting to disarm a US military plane parked at Shannon Airport.
Mary Kelly entered the airport last night and succeeded in damaging the nose of the plane with a hatchet before she was apprehended. Mary said that she felt compelled to act after the statement last weekend from the Transport Minister that he was allowing the transport of munitions through Shannon and because the Gardai were not doing their job, investigating and preventing illegal military use of Shannon, properly. Her actions, while controversial, have been supported by the Shannon Peace Camp and by Green Party leader Trevor Sargent and again highlight the US military's use of Shannon airport in the buildup to war on Iraq. A protest against US military use of shannon has been called for 6pm this evening, January 29th at the Dáil by the IAWM
national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday January 28, 2003 02:54 by IMC Editorial Group
Much material being published on Indymedia Ireland at present focuses on the buildup to a war on Iraq, the Peace Camp at Shannon Airport and various forms of anti-war organising in the leadup to a national demonstration on 15th Febuary in Dublin.
Anti-war meetings have been held or are planned at Galway, Sligo, Limerick, Wexford, Dublin, Dun Laoghaire, Rathmines, Ballymun, Fairview, Maynooth and UCD while the anti-war film 'Paying the Price - Killing the Children' is being shown at Lahinch and Tuamgraney in Co. Clare. A Walk for Peace from Bunratty Castle to Shannon is also planned. Opposition to the war and to the use of Shannon airport by American forces is also growing among politicians as Labour, the Green Party, and Republican Sinn Fein have come out strongly against American use of Shannon. A Dáil Private Members' Motion on on the use of Shannon Airport by US Military has also been tabled and unions have put forward their own anti-war motion from IAWM. Meanwhile a Muslim leader in transit to the US has been jailed in Shannon, and the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior has blockaded a UK military port.
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galway / environment Tuesday January 21, 2003 15:29 by IMC Editorial Group
On Saturday February 1st a 24 hour vigil
is planned in
defense of the 90 or so trees in Eyre Square. The vigil is part of a
campaign launched on
14th January to save the trees. One of the trees under threat was planted to
celebrate Galway becoming a 'Nuclear Free Zone'.
The Galway Environmental Alliance have been raising awareness of the threat to the trees since 1999 and are involved in this latest initiative to secure a future for them. Almost one thousand people have sent submissions to the City Council asking that the trees be incorporated into the Eyre Square enhancement plan. This has been ignored by the City Authorities. Popular disssatisfaction with the imposed plan to chop down the majority of the mature trees and replace them with saplings is reflected by the hundrds of coloured ribbons attached to them by objectors to the plans for their future.Comment on this article here
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 |
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