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national / public consultation / irish social forum / opinion/analysis Saturday February 27, 2010 23:37 by Risteard Ó Faoláin
Bíonn a lán scannal ag baint leis na hEaglaise le déanaí. Mo thuairm, faoi stad na hEaglaise anois. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday February 27, 2010 18:46 by Kev
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Today Saturday 27th February 2010, members and supporters of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign took to the streets of Dublin asking consumers and retailers to boycott Israeli Apartheid products in solidarity with the Palestinian people who continue to suffer incalculable misery at the hands of the Israeli state. The action marked the beginning of international Israel Apartheid Week. read full story / add a comment
kildare / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Saturday February 27, 2010 10:26 by Saoirse
During a visit to the striking Green Isle workers in Naas Co Kildare on February 26 -where he met with the two hunger striking workers Jim Wells and John Guinan (February 26)- the Kildare based President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton pledged the strikers the continued support of Republican Sinn Féin and repeated his call for a boycott of all Green Isle products while the dispute continues. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday February 26, 2010 22:03 by Paula Geraghty
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Today, the Irish Anti-War Movement (IAWM) will held a protest (Friday 26th Feb) at 5pm outside the Dail to demand the government impose sanctions on Israel in response to the outrage where seven falsified Irish passports were used to facilitate the assassins of senior Hamas figure, Mahmoud Al Mabhouh, in Dubai. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday February 26, 2010 11:11 by Mick O'Broin
The announcement of new legislation to create a directly-elected mayor of Dublin is yet another sign of the increasing political importance of the city a globalised world. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday February 26, 2010 02:49 by Paula Geraghty
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A small group of people picketed the US embassy in Ballsbridge in solidarity with Haitians and to call for troops out and end the military occupation of Haiti. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Thursday February 25, 2010 19:38 by Contaminated Crow
Reports from down the country from August 2008 to December 2009 show consistent opposition to proposed waste facilities from local residents, including opposition to attempted expansion of existing facilities and co-location of facilities with existing waste facilities. While opposition to landfilling and incineration has continued, it has been joined by opposition to other activities of the waste disposal industry, including waste storage, transfer and recycling facilities and biological waste treatment facilities, including objections to sludge disposal, whether by land spreading, drying or sea disposal. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / arts and media / news report Thursday February 25, 2010 16:25 by DCTV
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On the 6th March 2010 DCTV is launching its latest TV series - The Pedal Project, consisting of 3 hours of material filmed in Dublin, London and Amsterdam. A fast paced, visually and musically polished piece looking at cycling culture and how to create cycling friendly cities the series will be simultaneously broadcast on television and released on the internet. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday February 25, 2010 09:49 by Fintan Lane
IRELAND-PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN PRESS RELEASE, 25/2/10 IPSC WELCOMES MICHAEL MARTIN'S VISIT TO GAZA TODAY read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Thursday February 25, 2010 09:32 by Dave Donnellan
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A recent interview with Eoin O'Leidhin who was jailed yesterday for non-payment of a fine incurred during a protest in Rossport, Co. Mayo. Eoin is one of a number of local residents who have been targeted by the authorities for expressing their concern over safety aspects of the controversial Shell gas pipeline in Mayo. The decision to lay the high pressure production gas pipeline by Shell close to human dwellings was made without any consultation with local residents and has no planning permission. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday February 25, 2010 02:19 by PRO
Preas Ráiteas ó RNU/RNU Press Release read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday February 24, 2010 19:08 by Amnesty International - Ireland
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The Government must adopt a coordinated approach if it is serious about improving its track record on mental health, according to a report launched today (24/02/10) by Amnesty International Ireland. The Missing Link: coordinated Government action on mental health was launched by Minister for Mental Health and Disability John Moloney TD at a press conference this morning. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday February 24, 2010 19:07 by Niall Harnett
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Eoin O'Leidhin has joined fisherman Pat 'the Chief' O'Donnell at Castlerea prison today. Eoin was convicted of Section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 for 'failure to comply with the directions of Garda' at a protest outside the Shell site Glengad on 30th August 2008. Garda Sean Cunnane, who likes to ham it up as he whinges to the courts, convinced Judge David Anderson that Eoin's behaviour was a crime. The short video below shows the true flavour of the occasion. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Wednesday February 24, 2010 15:56 by Jim Monaghan
What the Irish people need are jobs at home not war abroad. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Wednesday February 24, 2010 12:49 by Paddy/Alessandro (recorded by Andrew)
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This is an audio recording of a Better Question discussion if the ideas of the French left philosophers Jacques Ranciere and Alain Badiou. A fifty minute introduction is given by Paddy Bresnihan and Alessandro Zagato followed by about forty minutes of discussion about the presentations. read full story / add a comment 
cork / consumer issues / press release Tuesday February 23, 2010 22:21 by anarkitty
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Our guest speaker this month is Graham Strowts, who will be speaking about the concept of the Food Forest and Perennials read full story / add a comment 
dublin / crime and justice / news report Tuesday February 23, 2010 19:42 by John of the Ayres Family
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Archbishop Diarmuid Martin met with survivors of abuse to respond to their letter addressed to the Pope. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Tuesday February 23, 2010 19:09 by Contaminated Crow
Three windfarms, two telemasts, a sewage plant and turfcutting read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday February 23, 2010 13:45 by john throne
California students and workers taking strike and other action in up to 100 locations state wide. Support coming from across the US and world wide. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday February 23, 2010 12:34 by orangecitadel
Recent media reports have cited Dolores Kelly, the SDLP Assembly representative for the Upper Bann constituency (and the Garvaghy Road) as having claimed that people were ‘very frightened and anxious that a parade down the Garvaghy Road is a price Sinn Féin is prepared to pay for the devolution of policing and justice’. What does Dolores know? read full story / add a comment |
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