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international / animal rights / opinion/analysis Friday June 22, 2012 19:34 by Ban Hare Coursing
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The horrific practice of live hare coursing in Ireland is kept alive by THREE main financial sponsors: One of them is County Louth-based betting company, Boylesports. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Friday June 22, 2012 02:41 by Emma Purdy
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Charles Taylor’s sentencing to 50 years’ imprisonment on 11 counts of war crimes is undeniably momentous. However, with Sierra Leoneans still suffering abject poverty and remaining in dire need of aid, it must be questioned for whose benefit the costly War Crimes Court really is, writes EMMA PURDY read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 20, 2012 13:33 by Brian Flannery
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In the last number of weeks I have been digging in relation to the newly appointed head of SFI Professor Mark Ferguson. What I have found - seems to be slightly hidden from the Irish taxpayers. It is very subtle but yet constructive. What I have found is completely fact and can be checked on Google and on various newspapers Ireland and UK. The one in particular I found most helpful was the Manchester Evening News. read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice / news report Wednesday June 20, 2012 11:57 by Ban Fracking
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Last week while covering the football in Poland, Pat Kenny's show on RTE radio 1, decided to interview Irish fracker, Oisin Fanning, chairman of San Leon, a company fracking for shale gas in Poland. People contacted the show and demanded the topic recieve balanced coverage and not just a pro-industry rant - eventually RTE agreed to allow Ewa Sufin of the Polish Green Party on air. The usual industry spin and lies being repeated on RTE by Oisin Fanning were exposed by what Ewa Sufin had to say about fracking in her native Poland and why an EU wide ban must be put in place on this industry. Below is a transcript of what Ewa Sufin said - you can listen to Oisin Fanning's interview via the RTE link below - iv starts at 1hr.27m read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum / news report Tuesday June 19, 2012 01:23 by Ben Jackson
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Right now the ingredients for a "perfect storm" are developing in Europe. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday June 18, 2012 00:24 by Truth and Justice 2012
A major public demonstration is to be held in Belfast just days before the British royal visit to the North. The demonstration on Saturday 23rd June will have as its theme “Truth and Justice – not Jubilation” and the organisers say the focus of the protest will be on victims of British state violence. The demonstration will take the form of a silent march, led by a solitary piper, from Dunville Park, Falls Road, at 2.00pm on Saturday and conclude with a rally outside Belfast city hall. The rally will be addressed by speakers from each of the 6 Counties who lost close relatives at the hands of the British state, or who were themselves actual victims of state violence. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday June 17, 2012 13:28 by uli schmetzer
When two Americans raised their fists in the Black Power salute in 1968 no one paid much attention to the third man. read full story / add a comment |
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