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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday November 25, 2006 17:47 by Jay Dooling
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Loyalist Michael Stone’s attempt to disrupt Stormont’s proceedings demonstrates the critical need for a renewed commitment towards peace by all parties and governments involved in the recent assembly talks. The convicted killer brazenly stormed into the Stormont building where politicians were debating the restoration of the assembly. Stone was armed with a gun, a knife and several makeshift bombs. read full story / add a comment 
galway / arts and media / press release Friday November 24, 2006 22:32 by Conor
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Academic, author and activist Denis O’ Hearn spoke in Galway last night (Thursday) at the launch of his most recent book, ‘Nothing But an Unfinished Song’ read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / press release Friday November 24, 2006 22:04 by Martin Hogan
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Why was the proposed M3 routed so close to the historic site of Tara when the government knew it would cause massive delays, controversy, additional costs and lengthy legal actions? Was it in the public interest? read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday November 24, 2006 15:17 by Citizen
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RTE breach their opinion poll guidelines and fail to publish a key poll finding Shell to Sea deplores the selective and biased account in today’s Irish Independent of the RedC opinion poll. There is an inaccurate and disgraceful manipulation of the opinion poll findings. This represents a new low in media misrepresentation of the issues. It appears that RTE has breached its own guidelines on conducting opinion polls. Particular care must be taken when joint polls with other organisations are planned. If for example the costs of a poll are shared with a newspaper, programme makers must be aware that the same constraints of impartiality do not apply to newspapers as apply to RT and that the high-lighting of particular data in the newspapers may reflect on the impartiality of RTE … Programme-makers must be wary of the possibility of data from polling and its interpretation being used in a partisan or propagandist way (RTE Guidelines) read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday November 24, 2006 14:55 by xtic
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RTE breach their opinion poll guidelines and fail to publish a key poll finding read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday November 23, 2006 16:56 by Internationale
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For the months November and December the A.R.I.S.E campaign focusses on Political Policing and Political Prisoners, both Republican and International. At the recent National Congress Ogra passed a motion in support of Native American prisoner Leonard Peltier. We must now honour that motion and as part of the A.R.I.S.E campaign, act to FREE LEONARD! The following is a letter from Leonard: read full story / add a comment |
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