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international / crime and justice / feature Thursday June 30, 2011 23:34 by indyjourno
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The Force Research Unit (FRU) was a covert military intelligence unit set up by the British Military of Defence sometime between 1979 and 1981. Its motto was ‘Fishers of Men’. Its remit was to recruit and run double agents in the paramilitary groups in the 6 counties. At its peak the FRU had up to 80 officers and about 100 support staff dealing with hundreds of informers. The FRU were in collusion with loyalist paramilitaries during the 1980’s and 90’s that led to the murder of dozens of catholics including high profile solicitor Pat Finucane. Despite having been exposed in British Tribunals and in the press of collusion with loyalist paramilitary gangs, a rebranded FRU has been involved in illegal operations in Iraq and Libya showing that the British establishment not only knew about the collusion but also actively encouraged it and rewarded those of its officers who were engaged in these activities. read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / feature Thursday June 30, 2011 23:34 by éirígí Sligeach
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Below is the first in a series of articles relating to social welfare within the twenty six counties. Amongst the specific issues dealt with will be cutbacks, 'fraud' and the broken promises and hypocrisy of the Fine Gael/Labour coalition less than 100 days after taking office read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday June 30, 2011 21:36 by GARC
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Over the past few months, the Greater Ardoyne Residents Collective (GARC) have been involved in intensive meetings involving the Catholic Church, CARA, the Parades Commission, the SDLP and a number of other Youth, Community and Political groups. To give our analysis of yearly unwelcome Loyal Order parades through the greater Ardoyne community and the equally unwelcome violence and destruction which they leave in their wake. read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice / press release Thursday June 30, 2011 16:07 by RNU PRO
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Speaking in support of the Loughisland victims, CARL REILLY, Chairperson of the REPUBLICAN NETWORK for UNITY (RNU) said; "The Loughinisland Report will be remembered far longer for Al Hutchinson’s Houdini like twists to escape finding RUC collusion, than for any truths revealed about the victims marked for death by the UVF for watching an Ireland World Cup match. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / gender and sexuality / press release Thursday June 30, 2011 14:08 by Conor, Suzanne, Shane
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The following is the press release about the counter-demo... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday June 30, 2011 11:20 by Residents Against Racism
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Over the last few weeks Residents Against Racism have received numerous complaints regarding a blatant display of Gollywog Dolls in front of a Dublin shop window. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday June 30, 2011 01:02 by Kev
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national / miscellaneous / feature Wednesday June 29, 2011 18:27 by WC
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Sunday Independent journalist Jim Cusack has a consistent track record of writing highly dubious stories, based solely on anonymous Garda sources. In the June 19th edition of the newspaper, he makes a lame but insidious attempt to mitigate the behaviour of the Gardaí in Co Mayo who recorded themselves talking about raping women in their custody last March. He claims to have been shown new video footage, supposedly of the incident on March 31st, and this forms the basis of his article. Unfortunately for him, this footage, if it exists at all, is clearly not a recording of the incident in question. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday June 29, 2011 15:58 by Rossport SC
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Three actions in as many days at the Aghoos site in Mayo as protests against Shell continue unabated. read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice / press release Wednesday June 29, 2011 13:01 by RNU PRO
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REPUBLICAN NETWORK for UNITY Spokesperson, MARTIN ÓG MEEHAN has expressed his disgust at the joint MI5/British Army and PSNI intimidation of Republican families outside Banbridge on Sunday 26 June, 2011. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Tuesday June 28, 2011 08:49 by Kathy Kelly
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Last week, newly-arrived in Athens as part of the US Boat to Gaza project, our team of activists gathered for nonviolence training. We are here to sail to Gaza, in defiance of an Israeli naval blockade, in our ship, "The Audacity of Hope." Our team, and nine other ships' crews from countries around the world, want Israel to end its lethal blockade of Gaza by letting our crews through to shore to meet with Gazans. The US ship will bring over 3,000 letters of support to a population suffering its fifth continuous decade of de facto occupation, now in the form of a military blockade controlling Gaza's sea and sky, punctuated by frequent deadly military incursions, that has starved Gaza's economy and people to the exact level of cruelty considered acceptable to the domestic population of our own United States, Israel's staunchest ally. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / crime and justice / event notice Monday June 27, 2011 23:34 by 1 of Real Democracy Now! Ireland
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Real Democracy Now! Ireland Public Assembly 2pm Dublin City Centre Saturday July 2nd read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / news report Monday June 27, 2011 00:53 by Diarmuid Breatnach
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The 15 M movement in Madrid is a broad one which at one moment raises general slogans of an apparently reformist kind and the next is calling for the capitalists to pay the costs of the crisis it created and for a general strike. It is energetic and coming up with different methods of internal democracy in the neighbourhood assemblies and central coordination and adapting traditional methods of protest. On the 19th streams of people marched from many different areas and met at the Neptuno monument, near the Spanish parliament. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday June 26, 2011 15:34 by Conor, Suzanne & Shane
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Please join us in our demonstration and fight with us for the rights of women and future generations read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Saturday June 25, 2011 15:26 by PRO
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SIPTU, the trade union representing Boots workers held a day of action at the company’s flagship store in Donegall Place, Belfast today (Sat 25th June) to highlight Boots attack on low paid workers despite achieving record profits of over £1 billion last year. Workers held a protest for over 2 hours and handed out thousands of leaflets to bring attention to Boots withdrawal of basic terms and conditions of employment. Mayor of Belfast Niall O'Donnghaile, a former Boots worker attended the protest to show his support. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday June 25, 2011 12:44 by Kev
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On Tuesday 28th June at 6pm the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) will hold a loud and colourful ‘Don’t Dance for Israeli Apartheid’ protest outside Riverdance’s opening night in the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. The protest was called to highlight the shameful fact that Riverdance is scheduled to tour Israel this September. The protest forms part of the international Cultural Boycott of Israel campaign which has seen many stars such as Roger Waters, Elvis Costello, Carlos Santana, Christy Moore and Damien Dempsey refuse to perform in Israel. The Palestinian call for a cultural boycott of Israel – until it ends the occupation of Palestine and abides fully by its obligations under international law – has also been endorsed by over 200 Irish performing and creative artists as well as countless others internationally (See http://www.ipsc.ie/pledge ). read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday June 25, 2011 12:17 by Kev
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This Tuesday 28th June a demonstration will be held in Dublin in support of the Irish Ship To Gaza and the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. The demonstration, which begins at 6pm at the Central Bank Plaza on Dame Street, will call for an end to Israel’s illegal five-year siege of Gaza and for the Flotilla’s safe passage. It will then march to the Israeli Embassy in Ballsbridge. There will be a live phone link-up to the Irish boat MV Saoirse, along with high profile speakers and music plus a stop off at the Gaeity Theatre to link up with the ‘Don’t Dance for Israeli Apartheid’ protest at Riverdance’s opening night (see NOTES below for full details of speakers etc). read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Friday June 24, 2011 18:03 by C
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Yesterday, one Corrib campaigner was hospitalised and several other injured as Gardaí stood by and allowed IRMS to assault and violently remove a group of people that had peacefully sat in front of the doors of the Shell offices in Belmullet. One member of the group had to be brought by ambulance from Belmullet to Castlebar by ambulance after being hit in the back by a IRMS security guard, while another protester was punched in the face by IRMS senior supervisor Derek Bolger. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Friday June 24, 2011 17:58 by Derek Leinster
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In letters to Joe Costello TD and Bethany Home Survivors Chairperson, Derek Leinster (attached), Ruairi Quinn TD, Minister for Education, turned down the survivors' request to have the Home included in the Schedule to the Residential Institutions Redress Scheme. They met the Minister on 24 May last, accompanied by other survivors from the home, and by Niall Meehan from Griffith College Dublin. Inclusion is necessary in order for survivors to apply for compensation for the neglect they suffered in the home that the state was aware of but ignored. read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Friday June 24, 2011 14:14 by SIPTUPR
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Contract cleaners protested outside the Department of Enterprise against proposals to dismantle their Employment Regulation Order (ERO)which sets pay and conditions for their sector. read full story / add a comment |
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