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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday December 20, 2007 22:04 by IPSC
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Last weekend members of the Ireland-Paleatine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) were on the streets in Dublin, Galway and Limerick to inform shoppers about the likelihood of unwittingly supporting the apartheid regime in Israel if they purchase diamonds without knowing where they were crafted. read full story / add a comment
galway / environment / press release Wednesday December 19, 2007 19:17 by Brian Guckian
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IT is highly unlikely that there would be any economic justification in investing in sustainable light rail and bus transportation in Galway if the planned Outer Bypass is built, according to independent transport researcher Brian Guckian. read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday December 19, 2007 18:00 by ronanlawlor.org
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Grainne Lawlor, cousin of Irish Backpacker, Ronan Lawlor who is missing in Torres Del Paine National Park has issued a statement outlining her distress as promised extra resources do not arrive. Grainne and Ronan's friend Bernard McCabe are participating in the search and rescue every day. read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / press release Tuesday December 18, 2007 15:58 by TaraTaraTara
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TARA CD RELEASE read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday December 18, 2007 14:58 by Des Dalton
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Republican Sinn Fein Vice President Des Dalton in a statement says that RSF will be campaigning against ratification of the proposed EU constitution in next year's 26-County referendum. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / press release Thursday December 13, 2007 21:39 by Richard Walsh
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Aer Lingus have only self-interest at heart. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday December 13, 2007 19:11 by Richard Walsh
RSF/RPAG have condemned the suggestion that segregation in Maghaberry be ended. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday December 11, 2007 18:51 by Jo ta ke!
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Ógra Shinn Féin recently launched a film at a Basque/Irish Night in Conway Mill Belfast. The film explores the cultural, social and political realities in the Basque country and looks at the current struggle for independence. It is presented by Ógra Shinn Féin activists who travelled to the Basque Country in September to stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with the Basque people and youth movement Segi. read full story / add a comment
fermanagh / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Tuesday December 11, 2007 07:39 by .
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In the latest round in the struggle over Classroom Assistant job evaluation in Northern Ireland NIPSA has called for ICTU to carry out an inquiry in to the process that led to an offer from management been accepted by the trade unions. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / press release Monday December 10, 2007 19:54 by RSF
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"Argos announced profits in 2006 exceeding 8.1 billion euro whilst profits for the first half of this year are up 50%. Despite this Argos are refusing workers a 10 % pay rise, which would bring hourly rates to 9.90 euro. The cost of importing strike breakers is greater for Argos than the pay increase sought by the workers. However the prize for the company in winning this battle would be to break the power of the worker's union in Argos" read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / press release Monday December 10, 2007 12:28 by ALiberation
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Last week, Stephen Sealey, the Brown Thomas Group Buying Director declared by email that his store s policy from February 2008 will be to stock no real fur products. Mr. Sealey confirmed that Brown Thomas will have a Fur Free policy; “from February 2008, Brown Thomas do not intend to stock any fur products. We work with a number of concession partners, and we have communicated this policy to them.” “to confirm we have told all concession partners they cannot sell rabbit fur, or other real fur in Brown Thomas and BT2”. Furthermore, Mr. Sealey added that “the only fur type product that will be acceptable in Brown Thomas is synthetic fur, or leather/suede/sheepskin/shearling.” read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / press release Saturday December 08, 2007 19:08 by RSF
The only effect of the Budget will be to ingrain poverty for many families in Ireland because the rise in social Welfare payments has failed to match inflation and does nothing to further equality, a spokesman for Republican Sinn Fein said today read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Friday December 07, 2007 05:09 by Felice & Jack
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Fr. Steve Kelly SJ, Fr.Louie Vitalie, Betsy Lamb and Fr. Jerry Zawada are presently in prison for their nonviolent resistance at the U.S. military torture training school in Arizona, USA. More background on http://tortureontrial.org/ Consider writing to them......... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / press release Thursday December 06, 2007 22:25 by Moilligh Síos
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A Road Safety Vigil will be held at the GPO, Dublin, on Saturday 15th December at 1pm, Ógra Shinn Féin, Labour Youth and the Young Greens announced today. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / press release Thursday December 06, 2007 08:51 by Domhain Sceadaman
A beleaguered Michael Dan, the Chairman and CEO of security giant Brinks was being tight lipped today after the revelation that his largest shareholders are unhappy about the way that the company is being run. The big shareholders want four of the companies directors sacked. read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday December 04, 2007 20:18 by TJ
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Yesterday evening, the Galway Bin Charges Campaign comprising outraged members of the public, activists from the SWP, SP, Sinn Fein and Galway Alliance Against War vented their anger outside and inside Galway City Council buildings against a proposal that, if adopted, would amount to a front frontal assault on the city's poor, thankfully, conscience prevailed, as such, GBCC wholeheartedly applaudes the city councillors for successfully defending the full waiver on refuse charges at the Budget 2008 meeting on Monday night. Dette Mc Loughlin (SWP), spearhead of the campaign group said it was admirable, decent and right that councillors across party divides stood firmly against the proposed attack on the waiver system. read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / press release Tuesday December 04, 2007 15:47 by doug f
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The Galway Alliance Against War has issued a statement in relation to the announcement by the organisers of the Salthill Air Show to cancel next year’s event. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / press release Monday December 03, 2007 22:50 by Cllr Keith Martin
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Councillor Keith Martin of the Westport Labour Party has said that the proposed "tourism mine" for Mayo is an effort to establish whole-scale Gold Mining in the Vicinity of Croagh Patrick. The company propose to mine for Gold in the Middle of a Designated SAC. read full story / add a comment
galway / housing / press release Wednesday November 28, 2007 17:33 by Franky
A public meeting is to be held in Galway in December to discuss the opening of a cultural and social centre in Galway. A number of local charities and community groups have been invited to the meeting and the organisers are hopeful that it will gain support among these organisations. Independent cultural centres have existed for some years in Dublin and Cork. Now a newly formed association in Galway aims to develop a community orientated and community organised, non-profit, cultural and creative space for Galway. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / press release Wednesday November 28, 2007 09:00 by anonymously
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