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dublin / anti-capitalism / feature Monday November 01, 2010 21:26 by Andrew
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A larger than expected crowd turned out for last night’s 1% Network Treasure Hunt around the exclusive Aylesbury and Shrewsbury roads in Dublin. In 2006 Shrewsbury Road was the 6th most expensive address in the entire world and it remains exclusively populated by the richest of the 1% who own 34% of the wealth in Ireland. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Monday November 01, 2010 21:26 by éirígí PRO
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éirígí activist Louise Minihan today poured red paint over Mary Harney's clothing in Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin. read full story / add a comment 
national / education / event notice Monday November 01, 2010 18:03 by Aidan Rowe
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Left wing students are appealing for all those on the left who are joining this weeks Union of Students in Ireland demonstration against third level fees to assemble at the Ambassador from 12.15 onwards. read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage / event notice Monday November 01, 2010 17:46 by Carmel Diviney
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Tara campaigners will be handing in the Petition to rebury the remains unearthed from the sacred burial grounds during excavation for the M3 Motorway on Monday Nov 8th 12-2pm. Please join us. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday November 01, 2010 16:30 by Mairtin MacMaolain
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In solidarity with our Latin American sisters and brothers who continue to suffer the deadly wrath of yankie imperialism, there will be a Vigil outside the US Embassy in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, on Saturday 20th November from 1pm-3pm to demand the closure of the School of the Americas, a combat training school for Latin American soldiers, located at Fort Benning, Georgia. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday November 01, 2010 11:08 by Amnesty1
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Mental health services, already cut, are on the chopping block once more. More than 80 organisations, politicians, economists and campaigners are signed up to www.healthrisk.ie to protect our mental health services. Join them and take action. read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice / press release Monday November 01, 2010 10:17 by RNU PRO
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REPUBLICAN NETWORK for UNITY (RNU) Ard Chomhairle member, TONY TAYLOR has condemned recent house raids in Derry which were particularly aggressive by the RUC/PSNI in conjunction with British military personnel. read full story / add a comment 
limerick / politics / elections / event notice Sunday October 31, 2010 16:06 by Limerick Socialist Party
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Joe Higgins will be speaking in Limerick on Tuesday November 2nd at 7.45pm in Pery's Hotel (Glentworth Street) at a public rally launching the Socialist Party's election challenge in the city. The rally, on "Fighting the Cuts & Building the Alternative" will also be addressed by Cian Prendiville, the Socialist Party's first ever Dáil candidate in Limerick. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / arts and media / event notice Saturday October 30, 2010 19:47 by Glór na Móna
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Féile Gaeilge le Bród is back again for another year to showcase the best in Irish language, culture and sport in Upper Springfield. And better still – there’s free entry to every event! This year’s festival will be taking place between Monday 8 and Sunday 14 November. read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media / news report Saturday October 30, 2010 19:00 by Darren J. Prior/Mac an Phríora
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday October 30, 2010 17:52 by Kev
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On Saturday 30th October 2010 the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) held a nationwide awareness-raising day to expose the contamination of the global diamond market with Israeli “blood diamonds” ahead of the annual meeting of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KP) in Jerusalem on November 1st. To launch the Boycott Israeli Blood Diamonds campaign activists from the IPSC in Cork, Galway, Limerick, Wexford and Waterford activists from the IPSC handed out thousands of leaflets and collected petition signatures to while in Dublin, a blood-stained Marilyn Monroe even turned up to endorse the campaign saying "the fact that Israeli diamonds are sold as 'conflict free' means that diamonds can no longer be considered a girl's best friend!" read full story / add a comment 
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday October 29, 2010 20:59 by Paul McAndrew
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Travel Queeries Sat 13th | 4.00pm | Gate Cinema Travel Queeries will screen with Father I Have Sinned Elliat Graney-Saucke Germany | 2009 | 68mins Travel Queeries is a feature-length documentary film that examines the culture, art and activism of radical queers in contemporary Europe. Through personal interviews, documentation of performances, festivals, multi-media arts and community spaces, the film explores queer as a political identity in 21st century Europe, how language and identities translate over cultural and physical borders. read full story / add a comment 
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday October 29, 2010 20:45 by Paul McAndrew
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Stonewall Uprising Fri 12th | 4.00pm |Gate Cinema Kate Davis & David Heilbroner United States | 2010 | 82mins | Digibeta “It was the Rosa Parks moment,” says one man. June 28, 1969: NYC police raid a Greenwich Village Mafia-run gay bar, The Stonewall Inn. For the first time, patrons refuse to be led into paddy wagons, setting off a 3-day riot that launches the Gay Rights Movement. Told by Stonewall patrons, Village Voice reporters and the cop who led the raid, STONEWALL UPRISING compellingly recalls the bad old days when psychoanalysts equated homosexuality with mental illness and advised aversion therapy, and even lobotomies; public service announcements warned youngsters against predatory homosexuals; and police entrapment was rampant. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday October 28, 2010 15:25 by Kev
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This Saturday 30th October 2010 the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) will hold a nationwide awareness-raising day to expose the contamination of the global diamond market with Israeli “blood diamonds” ahead of the annual meeting of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KP) in Jerusalem on November 1st. Activists from the IPSC will be staging stalls and awareness raising actions in a number of cities and towns including Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / gender and sexuality / event notice Wednesday October 27, 2010 19:39 by RAG
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Rag celebrates the launch of our 5th annual magazine with a Queer Anarchafeminist Cabaret. Food, feminists reading magazines, dancing, music fun fun fun fun. read full story / add a comment 
cork / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday October 27, 2010 19:20 by Paul McAndrew
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Fancy Dress Halloween Fiesta City Limits/Comedy Club, Coburg St, Cork More info Wiggle, Ninjabit, Lamp, TarSeer and Hark will play a mix-mash Halloween evening of fancy-dress fun. And to add all proceeds will go to aid and awareness raising for Palestine and the Cork Palestine Link. Worthy cause and a fun night......what more could you ask for? read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday October 27, 2010 17:09 by Anna
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Screening movie: CORAZÓN DEL TIEMPO (HEART OF TIME) The fi lm is set in an autonomous indigenous community in Chiapas, Mexico. It is about is tradition, compassion and the concept of communal living. Original version (Spanish) with English subtitles read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice / press release Wednesday October 27, 2010 10:56 by RNU PRO
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Since his death at Strand Road Barracks, the bereaved family of John Brady has had serious concerns that the Ombudsman inquiry into the death of the prominent Republican while in constabulary custody might produce another McGurk type fiasco, or worse a whitewash, instead of trustworthy findings. read full story / add a comment 
cork / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday October 26, 2010 11:17 by Paul McAndrew
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At Solidarity Books, 43, Douglas Street, Cork (opposite Fionbarra's Pub) suggested donation 2 euro "The Garden" is a brilliant and moving account of the battle for the rights to access land and a way of life in central LA. Telling the story of the largelyHispanic community who farmed 14 acres of once derelict ground when they challenge the interests of greedy developers and various corrupt politicians and community leaders. The film raises crucial questions about liberty, justice, racism, class war and land rights in the US and across the globe. This award winnning film is a must see for anyone concerned with these issues or with an interest in community gardening. Running Time: 80 mins read full story / add a comment 
cork / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday October 26, 2010 11:04 by Paul McAndrew
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Jim McLaughlin lectured in political Geography in UCC for many years. His current research interests are in Political Geography of Race and Racism, Irish Emigration, Irish minority populations Identity politics and ethnonationalism, Gypsies, Travellers and nomadism, Latin American studies History of the social sciences. He has been widely published. read full story / add a comment |
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