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national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday December 07, 2009 21:41 by James McB WSM personal capacity
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The Garda Representative Association today announced a ballot of their members for possible industrial action. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday December 07, 2009 20:05 by Michael Gallagher
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After a lenghty wait, the DPP has finally recieved the report over the Terence Wheelock custody death from the Garda Ombudsman. The Wheelock family have been critical of the inordinate amount of time it has taken the ombudsman to finish the investigation, as the bulk of inquiries had already been finished late last year and have stated again that this case will go all the way to the European Court of Human Rights.. For the full article go to the Sunday Tibune website: http://www.tribune.ie/article/2009/dec/06/dpp-sent-repo...elock read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice / other press Monday December 07, 2009 17:27 by Buck Owen
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A court has upheld the right of a private citizen to film gardaí. A judge found the person filming to acting lawfully and within his rights, and fined the two members of the Garda Siochána who assaulted him to prevent him filming to have acted illegally. They were given small fines, even though they pleaded not guilty and lied to the court about the nature of the assault. There is no law against filming anyone in a public place in Ireland, and that includes the police. If they don't want to be caught on camera doing something, then they shouldn't be doing it. Lastly, can you imagine what the sentence would be for a protester who grabbed a garda and assaulted him to stop him filming? read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday December 07, 2009 14:47 by PACUB
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As media speculation intensifies that child beneift is to be cut by 10%, members of PACUB (Protest Against Child Unfriendly Budget) will gather outside Buswell's hotel on Wednesday next at 5.30pm. PACUB is urging fellow parents and members of the public who support their campaign against cuts to child benefit to join them. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday December 07, 2009 12:24 by Amnesty Ireland
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Twenty years ago, on 8 December 2009, the Irish Government ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). They refuse to re-ratify it, and have failed to deliver on it for the past twenty years. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Sunday December 06, 2009 22:48 by Grainne
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The Workers Solidarity Movement cordially invites all our friends and supporters to celebrate our twenty fifth birthday party this coming Saturday at 8.30pm in the Central Hotel, Exchequer Street, Dublin 2. read full story / add a comment 
galway / arts and media / event notice Sunday December 06, 2009 14:18 by Over The Edge
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North Beach Poetry Nights 2009 Grand Slam, in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, Galway on Monday 14th December at 9pm. with Guest Poet: Raven (Dublin/San Francisco) and Guest Troubadour: The Reverend Reynold with his irreverent songs. read full story / add a comment 
national / environment / event notice Sunday December 06, 2009 11:18 by Liamo
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On December 12 we will gather in every corner of the world for the largest ever day of climate action. Our message is clear: the world wants a real deal at Copenhagen! 1652 events are already registered in 90 countries. read full story / add a comment 
national / environment / feature Sunday December 06, 2009 01:57 by Kevin Doyle
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The Raybestos Manhattan Corporation moved to Ireland in the mid-70s. A campaign opposing their operations here began almost immediatly. It was a long and protracted struggle but eventually ended in victory. This article examines the campaign against the mulitnational and the lessons that can be learned from it today. read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media / news report Saturday December 05, 2009 17:22 by Fred Johnston
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A project top have three Irish-language poets give their impressions of Galway, sponsored by one of a series of awards from Bus Éireann and Foras Na Gaeilge is launched in Galway City Museum read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / news report Saturday December 05, 2009 09:46 by Social & Climate Justice Caravan
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In front of the international head quarters of WWF (World Wildlife Fund) in Gland-Geneva, participants of the Social and Climate Justice Caravan made their first protest action. Delegates from farming organisations, indigenous and fisher folk from the South denounced the greenwashing carried out by WWF in their respective countries. web: http://www.climatecaravan.org/ blog: http://climatecaravan.wordpress.com/ climate caravan radio: http://radio4all.net/index.php/contributor/4090 Social & Climate Justice Caravan -reader PDF: http://www.climatecaravan.org/images/Caravan_bulletin_0...9.pdf read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights / news report Friday December 04, 2009 22:50 by Bernie Wright
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Dont buy items with feathers/duvets, jackets, hanging decorations, xmas decorations,....etc.. Down is the soft layer of feathers closest to birds’ skin, primarily on the chest area. These feathers are valued because they do not have any hard quills. Products labeled as “down” may contain a combination of these underfeathers and other feathers or fillers. While most down and feathers are removed from birds during slaughter, geese from breeders and ones bred for meat and those on foie gras farms may be live-plucked. , read full story / add a comment 
galway / environment / event notice Friday December 04, 2009 16:31 by Liamo
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Transition Galway meeting to organise local Transition events. All welcome. read full story / add a comment 
galway / arts and media / event notice Friday December 04, 2009 12:07 by The 'Old' De Dannan
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FORMER MEMBERS of the Irish trad supergroup De Dannan are joining forces once again for a charity concert in the Radisson Hotel on Thursday December 17 at 8pm. The concert will feature Alec Finn, Johnny ‘Ringo’ McDonagh, Eleanor Shanley, Jackie Daly, Andrew Murray, Derek Hickey, Mick Conneelly, John Carty, Brian McGrath, John Faulkner, Colm Murray, and Aidan Coffey. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / other press Friday December 04, 2009 00:54 by eireanne
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Ireland is not alone in having its children abused psychologically, physically, emotionally and sexually by the catholic hierarchy. It is particularly unfortunate because Catholicism was so closely linked to politics north and south particularly after 1922 and the de Valera constitution in 1937. No matter how horrified everyone is at this litany of abuse, any criticism of the church leaves one open to Loyalist triumphalism and resentment from practising Catholics who are obviously smarting from the deception and hypocrisy. However some questions have to be asked. read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media / news report Thursday December 03, 2009 19:47 by Darren J. Prior/Mac an Phríora
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Thursday December 03, 2009 17:40 by Andrew
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The cancellation of today's strike is a blow to the developing movement against the cuts on the scale of the cancellation of the March 30th strike at the start of the year. The so called compromise ICTU have been negotiating for is a further blow, it seems designed to drive a wedge between workers and fails to answer the main problem public sector workers have, the inability to take further cuts. But the strike that did happen on 24th November has brought 250,000 workers into their first experience of the power we collectively hold and points towards an alternative read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday December 03, 2009 15:20 by Feudal castrato
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Today is the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster . At the Union Carbide pesticide plant in the Indian city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on December 3, 1984. Around 12 AM, methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and other toxins were released, resulting in the exposure of over 500,000 people. Estimates vary on the death toll - the official immediate death toll was 2,259, which rose greatly over time. read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media / news report Thursday December 03, 2009 15:08 by Fred Johnston
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The Galway-based Western Writers' Centre - Ionad Scríbhneoirí Chaitlín Maude - is hoping to create a literary link between Brittany and Galway. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Wednesday December 02, 2009 23:02 by Gerard Horgan
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After more than three months' deliberation, President Barack Obama has finally decided to commit more than 30,000 US troops to the Afghan war. The ‘Afghan surge’ is to be fast tracked over the next six months with a large bulk of the troops arriving before Christmas. The deployment will cost approximately $1 million dollars per soldier, per year, some $30 billion overall. This price tag is on top of the considerable costs (running into the hundreds of billions of dollars) of keeping over 100,000 US soldiers ‘in-country’, while maintaining other US global military operations as well as the on-going fiasco in Iraq. The combined deployment of US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan is close to 250,000 service personnel, which is augmented by the greatest number of private military contractors/mercenaries ever seen (some 100,000 in Iraq alone). read full story / add a comment |
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