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international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Monday January 25, 2010 23:39 by José Antonio Gutiérrez
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Anyone judging from the huge numbers of troops mobilised to Haiti could reasonably believe that this is a country in the middle of a brutal civil war instead of a nation hit by a deadly earthquake. While the Media has been feeding constantly news of murder, mayhem, and gangsters supposedly in control of Haitian streets, together with calls for a “strong arm” and “security” to make possible the delivery of relief, the reality seems to be quite another. Medical and Food assistance has been largely delayed by a cobweb of inefficiency, bureaucracy and negligence and not for “security” issues. In the meantime, hungry and thirsty Haitians have been largely looking for their beloved ones under the rubble with their bare hands. Very few doctors and relief agencies have dared to go to the streets of Port-au-Prince, where precious assistance –currently stockpiling in the airport- is much needed. read full story / add a comment 
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Monday January 25, 2010 21:33 by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin
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Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 June 1977 read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday January 25, 2010 13:39 by Shane OCurry
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Saturday 30th January will see the Irish premiere – indeed the first screening in the English-speaking world – of the 1962 film Octobre a Paris [October in Paris] by Jacques Panijel. The film got its first and only screening in Paris in May 1962, immediately after which the film club where it was being shown was raided by Police and the film seized. Other 16 mm copies being screened around France were seized in the following days. Later in that summer Panijel did manage to get Octobre a Paris shown at the Venice Film Festival, but soon after the film would disappear, not to re-surface for over forty years. The film is a first-hand account, using eye-witness testimonies and original footage, of the 17 October 1961 massacre in Paris and the events leading up to it. read full story / add a comment 
national / racism & migration related issues / opinion/analysis Monday January 25, 2010 12:05 by Ronit Lentin (speaking) Andrew Flood (recording/editing)
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This audio is a recording of Ronit Lentin's talk on 'Race and State in contemporary Ireland' given as part of the Better Questions seminar series in Seomra Spraoi last Tuesday. Ronit Lentin brings together the theoretical insights of Foucault, Agamben and Goldberg to explore the deepening relation between race, migration, the state and power in contemporary Ireland read full story / add a comment 
dublin / crime and justice / news report Monday January 25, 2010 10:31 by John Ayres
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The Clerical Abuse Protest continues read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday January 24, 2010 21:20 by Shannonwatch
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A total of 1276 civilian flights were granted permits to carry weapons and munitions of war through Ireland in 2009. The vast majority of these were from American civil airlines, chartered by the US military, and involved flights to or from the United States. Almost all landed at Shannon Airport. read full story / add a comment 
kildare / miscellaneous / news report Sunday January 24, 2010 20:08 by B
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Shell to Sea activists were out in force distributing the group’s new information leaflet on Saturday in Newbridg read full story / add a comment 
wicklow / environment / event notice Sunday January 24, 2010 17:19 by Dublin Sea To Sea
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Dublin Shell to Sea have produced 120,000 copies of a four page leaflet that explains all the facts behind the struggle with a particular focus on the Great Oil & Gas Giveawa read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Sunday January 24, 2010 16:30 by moray bersnihan
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A series of features examining the background to the creation and development of mutant space.ie, an alternative Irish arts resource. The resource is set up to function as a co-op that works on the gift economy principle. In other words rather than use money in exchange for resources members use their own skills and resources as an alternative form of economic exchange. Mutant space is open to everybody and anybody and does not differentiate between the artist and non-artist, professional or amateur, it is about supporting people who have ideas but not the resources to realise them read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage / news report Sunday January 24, 2010 14:11 by Save Newgrange
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A campaign to save Brú na Bóinne from the Slane Bypass has been launched online over the weekend. It is being initiated by members of the National Monuments Forum, which includes Professor George Eogan, Professor Emeritus of Archaeology at University College Dublin. The National Roads Authority has chosen the most damaging route for archaeology and heritage, and Meath County Council has gone ahead and issued CPO orders for the route, without even waiting for the An Bord Pleanala oral hearing. A petition will be launched shortly, calling on Minister Gormley to deliver on his promise of a new National Monuments Act, and calling on UNESCO to place Brú na Bóinne on their List of World Heritage in Danger. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / crime and justice / news report Saturday January 23, 2010 09:44 by John Ayres
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Protestors joins the EGM of Bishops at the National Seminary of Ireland, Maynooth. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday January 22, 2010 18:36 by Chicherin
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As unrest continues in Iran, Yassamine Mather writes on the divisions within the ruling Theocracy and how the "Reformists" fear that that the revolt will result in genuine revolution. Full text at link. More than two weeks after the demonstrations of December 27 2009, the political repercussions of these events, and the reaction to the anger and radicalism of the protesters, continue. Clearly now no-one, from the government to the ‘reformists’, to the revolutionary opposition, has any doubt that the current protests are no longer about who should be the ‘president’ of the Islamic Republic, but represent a serious challenge to the very existence of the religious state. read full story / add a comment 
national / eu / press release Friday January 22, 2010 15:42 by PBPA
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In a statement the People Before Profit Alliance (PBPA) has condemned a recent ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which means that VAT will now be imposed on all local authority services for which there is a charge. read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media / news report Friday January 22, 2010 01:13 by M 50
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After he allegations that he had been having an extra marital affair with Waterford PR executive Monica Leech, Martin Cullen said some of his colleagues did not want to be associated with him. The former Progressive Democrat and current Fianna Fáil TD claimed that that his children had been subject to bullying and He said he had felt like running down Kildare Street shouting: 'I am innocent. I am innocent'. He described the experience as being like 'waking up every day and being raped'. Monica Leech received a payment of 1.9 million euro from a newspaper in libel damages after remarks made on RTE about her relationship with Cullen were repeated in print. RTE settled with her for a payment of €250,000. The Minister lodged proceedings separately but has not yet acted on them. By contrast, the average payment from the redress board (which was to compensate people for, in some cases, literally being raped every day) was €60,000. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday January 21, 2010 22:35 by Bohemian FC
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As a community initiative Bohemian FC is inviting members of Dublin's African communities to watch next Sunday's (31st January) final of the African Cup of Nations at Dalymount Park, the home of Ireland's champions. read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage / feature Wednesday January 20, 2010 18:00 by Andrew Flood
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As predictions for the death toll from the Haitian earthquakes rise over 200,000, ABC News have reported that planes carrying medical equipment and relief supplies are having to compete with soldiers for the valuable slots at Port-au-Prince airport which was taken over by the US military after the quake. Since the start of the great anti-slavery republican insurrection nearly 220 years ago, Haiti has been presented as a dangerous place incapable of running its own affairs and requiring foreign intervention. Yet the reality is its people were the first enslaved population to deliver themselves from slavery and also carried out what was only the third successful republican insurrection on the planet. The threat of this good example was rewarded with centuries of invasion, blackmail, the robbery of Haiti's natural resources and the impoverishment of its people. This articles summarizes that history of intervention and the resistance to it in order to put into context what is happening in Haiti after the quake read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday January 20, 2010 16:37 by Kev
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On Saturday, January 16th, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) and supporters held boycott actions across the country, asking shoppers not to buy Israeli goods in solidarity with the people of Gaza who are still being starved by the Israeli government. Along with the IPSC, the following groups supported the Boycott Day of Action: Anti-War Ireland, éirígí, Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS), ICTU Trade Union Friends of Palestine, Irish Anti-War Movement, Palestinian Rights Initiative, Sinn Fein and UNITE Trade Union. read full story / add a comment 
wexford / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday January 19, 2010 19:00 by Kev
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On Saturday, January 23rd the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) and our supporters holding a boycott Israeli goods action in Wexford town. We will be asking shoppers not to buy Israeli goods in solidarity with the people of Gaza who are still being starved by the Israeli government. read full story / add a comment 
kilkenny / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday January 19, 2010 18:52 by Kev
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Form a Human Chain over a bridge to show solidarity with the people of Gaza. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday January 18, 2010 19:44 by Michael Gallagher
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At a well attended press launching in Dublin, human rights activists Andy Storey, Dennis Halliday and Benny McCabe outlined some of the history over the last ten years since Shell arrived in Erris, County Mayo, Ireland. read full story / add a comment |
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