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Jack Kavanagh picketing the SIPTU office in Kilkenny
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Monday July 02, 2012 19:31 by Justice Delayed   image 1 image
Jack Kavanagh of Larchfield, Kilkenny is a man who believes himself to have been unfairly treated by SIPTU. He has a long-running grievance concerning payments he believes he is entitled to from his days as a worker with Kilkenny County Council. read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment / news report Monday July 02, 2012 18:47 by C   text 12 comments (last - monday july 16, 2012 13:32)   image 5 images
Today, 2nd of July, thousands of dead Lugworms were found in the sands around Sruwaddacon estuary. read full story / add a comment
Pat Cannon , Dublin  (left) , and Peter McElchar , Donegal.
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Monday July 02, 2012 16:02 by Sharon.   text 34 comments (last - monday july 23, 2012 20:29)   image 1 image
IRA Volunteer Pat Cannon to be remembered in Dublin commemoration. read full story / add a comment
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cork / bin tax / household tax / water tax / news report Sunday July 01, 2012 11:37 by Maggie Goggin PRO/Media   image 1 image
The St Lukes Branch (Cork) is one of a number of local campaign groups in the city that holds regular meetings and is active in the fight againt the Household Tax. Come along and join us! read full story / add a comment
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national / animal rights / press release Saturday June 30, 2012 06:44 by Protecting the Irish Hare   image 3 images
A campaign targeting financial sponsorship of hare coursing in Ireland commences later this week. Without such funding, this cruel activity could not continue. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / animal rights / event notice Friday June 29, 2012 16:09 by ARAN   text 1 comment (last - tuesday july 03, 2012 00:48)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
There is a growing trend of cruelty to animals in Ireland. Irish legislation has failed and continues to fail animals in this country. On Sunday, August 26th 2012 at 1pm Sharp meeting at the Garden of Remembrance, hundreds of compassionate and caring people and other respected groups will join together to peacefully march through Dublin's City centre for a lively and upbeat protest calling for tougher laws to stamp out animal abuse and to recognise animals as sentient beings. Looking away or leaving it to someone else is not an option, and will only prolong animal abuse. read full story / add a comment
Shell's begging bowl retrieved
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday June 28, 2012 19:28 by Crabby   text 3 comments (last - saturday june 30, 2012 17:19)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
Erris Inshore Fishermen's Association (EIFA) gets a dose of the crabs from Shell and were left scratching on Monday last!: Three years too late, EIFA 'fishermen', whose shillings from Shell have run out were back again on Monday on another begging spree. During this begging exercise by EIFA Shell's begging bowl ended up in the depths of the ocean off Ballyglass Pier and deep sea divers were successful in locating the bowl at co-ordinates 54-15-21 N, 09-53-49 W.

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"Ireland outside the euro
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Thursday June 28, 2012 16:55 by Eugene McCartan   image 1 image
PUBLIC MEETING

IRELAND OUTSIDE THE EURO read full story / add a comment
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national / gender and sexuality / event notice Thursday June 28, 2012 10:54 by lgbtq   text 1 comment (last - saturday june 30, 2012 19:29)   image 1 image
As part of the Dublin Pride LGBTQ Festival the annual Dublin Gay Pride Parade takes place on Sat June 30th at 2pm. read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday June 27, 2012 14:11 by Indyjourno   text 6 comments (last - thursday june 28, 2012 17:46)   image 2 images
Earlier today former Provisional IRA commander and current Deputy First Minister of the Stormont Assembly, Martin McGuiness, shook hands with the UK Queen. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / event notice Wednesday June 27, 2012 13:22 by One of No Fracking Ireland   text 5 comments (last - sunday july 01, 2012 02:57)   image 2 images
Enniskillen (No.6 Cafe Merlot) - Monday 2nd July 1pm
Carrick-On-Shannon (Bush Hotel) - Monday 2nd July 8pm
Dublin (Connolly Books, Temple Bar) - Tuesday 3rd July 1pm
Dublin (The Ireland Institute, Pearse St) - Tue 3rd July 7.30 pm
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 President Lugo at the World Economic Forum back in 2010 -src Wikimedia
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday June 26, 2012 12:49 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - wednesday june 27, 2012 00:23)   image 1 image
Yes, brought to you courtesy of Obama. Paraguays democratically elected President was deposed in a parliamentary coup. Shamus Cooke explains how the Obama Administration are responsible. Full text at link.

It's obvious that the President's real crimes are that he chose to ally himself more closely with Paraguay's left, which in reality means the working and poor masses of the country, who, like other Latin American countries, choose socialism as their form of political expression. read full story / add a comment
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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday June 25, 2012 19:34 by Rossport Solidarity Camp   text 2 comments (last - tuesday june 26, 2012 13:53)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
Today the AGM of Mayo Co. council was disrupted by a high pitched grinding noise; a recording of the sounds that came from Shell's compound in Aghoose during the June bank holiday weekend. Local residents aimed to demonstrate how they were ignored when they tried to complain about this disturbance which lasted for four days, and were told the council offices were closed on the bank holiday.
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Complaint, RTE response and Tom Cooper reply attached as PDFs below
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday June 25, 2012 09:58 by Tom Cooper   text 8 comments (last - friday july 06, 2012 10:05)   image 2 images   3 attached files
RTE has upheld a complaint against Eoghan Harris and Gerry Gregg's short television documentary An Tost Fada ('The Long Silence') on two counts (Sunday Times, 24 June 2012 - see article below and letters back and forth to RTE).

The complaint, RTE’s response and reply to RTE are attached here as separate PDF files - right-click and save them to read.

At least one programme mistake resulted from suppression of information.

Other very serious errors in the programme were not addressed by RTE. I have asked RTE to address them and to make a balancing programme. I have also asked RTE to bring back its abandoned policy of using a historical adviser on such programmes.
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national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Monday June 25, 2012 09:18 by En_Pissant   image 5 images
For those of us who like a drink, but don't see ourselves as the type to march around with signs when banksters and politicians rob us and lose us our jobs, but still feel a tear when the anthem is played after the footy, here's a way we can get some relief and at the same time show our disdain for the crooks that helped get us into this bind. Lager louts and those with distended bladders who feel like "you're a nation" still, Here's an effective protest you can believe in! Go with the flow people ;-) read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday June 23, 2012 19:12 by Kev   image 1 image
On Tuesday 26th June, from 5-6.30pm at Dublin’s Spire on O’Connell St, the IPSC will hold a solidarity vigil for three Palestinian political prisoners who are now on hunger strike. One of them is in “imminent danger of death” according to human rights organisations in Palestine and Israel. The Irish media has refused to cover this story and the Irish government has refused to act to save the lives of these men. read full story / add a comment
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mayo / miscellaneous / event notice Friday June 22, 2012 19:52 by RSC   image 1 image
Meitheal Iorrais - a gathering to celebrate and grow community resilience - will be taking place at the Rossport Solidarity Camp in Aughoose, Erris Co. Mayo on the 14th/15th July, 2012

The weekend will include a 'meitheal' at the camp gardens and local farms, workshops, discussions, kids activities, music and fun!
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A flees in terror an Irish coursing event
international / animal rights / opinion/analysis Friday June 22, 2012 19:34 by Ban Hare Coursing   image 2 images
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.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Friday June 22, 2012 02:41 by Emma Purdy   image 1 image   video 1 video file
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
Free Syrian Army: paid for by Saudi Arabia
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday June 21, 2012 13:13 by pat c   text 46 comments (last - friday july 13, 2012 10:05)   image 1 image
The counter-revolution is on the march in Syria. It is important that all socialists realise this and do not end up supporting the imperialists who are waging this war through mercenaries and fundamentalists. Full text at link.

Over the last few weeks Socialist Worker has finally admitted what has been obvious for months: the uprising in Syria is not purely and simply a popular revolution. Editor Judith Orr concedes that there are “competing forces” involved and that the imperialists, together with reactionary Arab regimes, are bent on imposing their own ‘solution’. “But at the same time,” she concludes, “we must support the mass popular revolt from below that aims to bring down Assad’s brutal regime” (June 23).

Back in March Socialist Worker published a highly critical article by Sami Ramadani, who commented that, for the Socialist Workers Party, “Wishful thinking has replaced materialist analysis. We have to recognise that the imperialist-backed Arab counterrevolution has, in the short term, regained the initiative and is on the offensive.” While the protests in Syria “began spontaneously and were mostly led by progressives demanding radical political reform”, it is now clear that, “as in Libya, pro-Nato factions have captured the initiative” (March 24).
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