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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Wednesday July 12, 2006 19:37 by Jim
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The Living Wage Campaign was lauched today in City Hall. It is calling for a Living Wage of 10 euro an hour as the minimum rate that any employees of companies awarded public contracts should be paid. Crumlin based Cllr. Eric Byrne has submitted a motion to Dublin City Council calling for contracts only to be given to companies that pay a Living Wage. The campaign launch was supported by Mick O Reilly of the ATGWU, Jack O Connor of SIPTU, Labour Youth, Joanne Delaney and Pat Rabbitte T.D. leader of the Labour Party. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / arts and media / press release Wednesday July 12, 2006 14:19 by Lee Welch
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Archipeligo and Other Stories 27 July - 30 September 2006 Preview 27 July 6-8pm Four is pleased to present Archipeligo and Other Stories, an exhibition of new work by Ciaran Walsh. Walsh's work plays with imagined geographies and popular culture references to explore notions of escapism, confinement and the sense that perfection is always elsewhere. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Wednesday July 12, 2006 12:38 by Graham Ó Maonaigh
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Labour Youth have called given their full support to the Living Wage campaign that demands that all City Council contracts are awarded only to companies that pay a Living Wage of at least €10 an hour, as proposed by Cllr Eric Byrne in a motion to Dublin City Council. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday July 11, 2006 10:20 by Sean O'Neill
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The tarnishing of the name of a dead mother by the Provos is yet another example of their corner of the mouth approach to the truth read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday July 10, 2006 18:17 by RSF
SUPPORT THE POWs read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / press release Monday July 10, 2006 17:07 by G8press
Two Germans who had taken part in a “cycle caravan” to St. Petersburg were arrested along with a Russian read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Monday July 10, 2006 14:38 by David L
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The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) will tomorrow mark the second anniversary of the landmark International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that Israel’s wall in the West Bank is illegal. The IPSC will pay a visit to the Department of Foreign Affairs to deliver some 5,000 petitions collected in recent months by its Dublin and Limerick branches. The petitions will be handed in at 12.30pm, preceded by a ceremonial signing of the petition by a number of politicians from various political parties, including Senator Brendan Ryan of Labour. read full story / add a comment 
meath / environment / press release Monday July 10, 2006 13:36 by Muireann Ni Bhrolchain
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Despite Minister Roche's assurances, the planning permissions are beginning in the Gabhra Valley, right in the middle beside the proposed interchange. Who said the Valley would not be swallowed up by development and the road hasn't even started yet. Everyone can object to this. read full story / add a comment 
cork / environment / press release Sunday July 09, 2006 21:24 by Quentin Gargan & Clare Watson
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IMMINENT ARRESTS AND PRIVATE INJUNCTIONS Dispute escalates and West Cork Farmers maintain resolve to keep overhead pylons out ESB TO SEEK FURTHER HIGH COURT INJUNCTIONS MONDAY read full story / add a comment 
national / history and heritage / press release Saturday July 08, 2006 13:51 by Siobhan Rice, PRO
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TaraWatch, the group campaigning to save the Tara archaeological complex, has made a decision shelve pland to join other protesting groups in setting up a political to run in the 2007 general election. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / press release Saturday July 08, 2006 02:36 by Fred Johnston
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The Western Writers' Centre, (Ionad Scríbhneoiri Chaitlin Maude) perserved through numerous Arts Council rejections of grant-aid applications. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / press release Friday July 07, 2006 13:39 by G8press
Today the international Anti-G8 Bike Caravan will arrive in St.-Petersburg. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Friday July 07, 2006 11:31 by David L
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Speaking at a press conference hosted by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC), elected representatives from Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Labour condemned Israel’s escalation of the crisis in Palestine, including their jailing of Palestinian elected representatives. They commended the IPSC demonstration this Saturday, 8th July at 2pm at the Central Bank in Dublin as a way of highlighting the humanitarian crisis Palestinians face. Aoife Daly from Amnesty International warned of ‘Gaza verging on a humanitarian catastrophe.’ read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / press release Friday July 07, 2006 11:00 by Kevin Wingfield
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Roland Denis, a former Minister of the Hugo Chavez government in Venezuela, will be speaking at three locations in Ireland. He is a guest speaker at meetings organised by the Socialist Workers Party. The locations are: * Cork: 11 July 8pm Victoria Hotel, Patrick St *Dublin 12 July 8pm ATGWU Hall 55 Middle Abbey St * Galway 13 July 8pm Foster Court Hotel, Foster St read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / press release Thursday July 06, 2006 23:50 by poetry news
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Galway-poet Kevin Higgins has three new poems on the July issue of http://www.nthposition.com including the highly political 'Page From The Diary Of An Officially Approved Person' In the same issue Higgins reviews recent poetry collections by Colette Nic Aodha and Michael S. Begnal read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday July 06, 2006 09:57 by Siobhan
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A demonstration will take place on Kildare Street, outside the houses of the Oireachtas, at 10.00 AM this morning, Thursday July 6th. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday July 05, 2006 21:59 by RSF
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Support the POWs read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Wednesday July 05, 2006 14:54 by FG
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Leaflets, website and meeting read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday July 05, 2006 11:44 by Des Long
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All the coverage in relation to the commemoration of the Somme mask the real intent of the politicians and the failed Good Griday Agreement read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Tuesday July 04, 2006 14:47 by Admin
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Five peace activists from the pacifist Catholic Worker movement (www.catholicworker.org) return to Dublin's Four Courts this Wednesday July 5th for their third trial in 16 months. The five defendants - Ciaron O'Reilly, Deirdre Clancy, Karen Fallon, Damien Moran and Nuin Dunlop face two charges of 'criminal damage without a lawful excuse' arising out of their non-violent disabling of a US Navy plane in the early hours of February 3rd 2003 at Shannon airport, six weeks before the outbreak of the Iraq war. The maximum sentence they face, if convicted, is 10 years imprisonment. read full story / add a comment |
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