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national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday January 05, 2008 21:34 by Edward Horgan
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The 2008 Shannon peace camp takes place on Sunday 6 Jan 2008. This is the fifth aniversary of the original Shannon Peace Camp set up on 6th Jan 2003, and which lasted for almost 5 weeks. It ended when a high court injunction was got by Aer Rianta/Shannon airport against 21 individuals including yours truly preventing us from traspassing on Aer Rianta property, which included the site of the peace camp. This injunction came after the damage to a US military plane by Mary Kelly and a few days later by the Catholic workers FIVE. Mary Kelly has been convicted of criminal damage, but is appealing this conviction. The Catholic Workers were acquitted by a jury in Dublin in July 2006, who reached a unanimous verdict that they were not guilty of criminal damage to the US warplane, even though they admitted doing considerable damage to it. Their successful defence was that their action was justified in order to prevent this warplane and other US warplanes from killing innocent people in an unlawful war in Iraq. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday January 05, 2008 21:00 by Donal Mac Fhearraigh
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For those not living in Derry, it has been hard to find out what is happening in relation to the trial of the Raytheon 9. The trial process is dragging on in a way that is very unfair to the defendants, their families, and the Derry Anti War Coalition (DAWC). The Nine are charged with affray and criminal damage and, if found guilty, could face long prison sentences. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday January 05, 2008 17:43 by éirígí
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Dozens of demonstrators today descended on Bertie Ahern's Drumcondra constituency office to let him know that Elizabeth Windsor is not welcome in Ireland. read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / news report Friday January 04, 2008 01:23 by Shell to Sea
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Today is January 4th 2008. On this day in 1993, 300,000 people in Nigeria marked the United Nations Year of Indigenous Peoples by protesting against Shell's activities and the environmental destruction of Ogoniland in the Niger Delta. 2008 was supposed to be the deadline for the ending of gas flaring by Shell in Nigeria, but the company now says that this deadline will not be met. read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / press release Wednesday January 02, 2008 13:31 by Mark Cantwell
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On December 22nd 2007, itison.tv was launched with it's first project, Tara Saga. Tara Saga is now the third working title for a documentary project about the ancient site of Tara in Co. Meath, Ireland. The project was spurred by the controversial development of a motorway through this ancient landscape. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Wednesday January 02, 2008 11:36 by Geoffrey Cooling
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Behind the current drugs problem is an underlying moral social issue. read full story / add a comment |
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