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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
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday January 18, 2010 13:28 by Marcas MacCaoimhin
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Bohemian FC will hold a fundraising night for the people of Haiti in the Phoenix Bar, Dalymount Park, Phibsboro this Friday, 22nd January. read full story / add a comment 
international / gender and sexuality / news report Sunday January 17, 2010 20:35 by Zwischengeschlecht.org
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Discriminating, unfair and harmful treatment of intersexed athletes ("hermaphrodites") in women's sports has a long and painful history. The "suspected" athletes' dignity and human rights keep getting violated on a regular basis by both of the ruling international sports bodies, the International Olympics Committee (IOC) and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), as well as by their subsidiaries and affiliates. Until today, the governing bodies keep on denying their responsibilities and refusing dialogue, as well as seemingly reacting only when forced by public pressure, and if so pro forma only. Case in point: The IOC's attitude with regards to their syposium on "'ambiguous' gender cases" ending in Miami today. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / crime and justice / news report Sunday January 17, 2010 19:59 by John Ayres
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Kevin Flanagan protests out side the GPO in Dublin, highlighting the lack of response from the government after the 3 reports have been published. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / event notice Sunday January 17, 2010 13:07 by Archbishop Michael Desmond Hynes OMD PhD
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The workshop will address the Theme of “Back to Basics - A Plan for Survival trying to establish what this downturn can entail and does it or does it not exist? As well we shall look at the changing patterns of over the years, government policies in dealing with economic and social survival and see what conclusions can be made and/or what recommendations can be made for a better environmental and healthy society for the betterment of all the populous. read full story / add a comment
galway / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Sunday January 17, 2010 11:51 by donkylemore
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Privileged officers of the State getting generous pensions, having taken an oath to the State or to their profession have chosen to go on strike in a wave of rolling industrial actions which set out to subvert some of the most essential services in the State. In other circumstances this would be deemed sedition . Should legal rather than disciplinary action be taken against members of both groups if is is suspected that they are in breach of their contracts? read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday January 16, 2010 17:41 by Freda H & Ronan OD
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Successful Israeli boycott actions were held across Dublin today by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign and several other organisations. read full story / add a comment 
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday January 16, 2010 17:08 by Fintan Lane
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A large number of Palestine solidarity activists gathered in Cork city centre today to stage pickets outside stores that sell Israeli produce. This was part of the national boycott Day of Action, with similiar protests held across the country. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday January 16, 2010 12:56 by Sharon.
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After a peaceful Civil Rights march on January 30th , 1972 - from Creggan to Free Derry Corner - units of the British army Parachute Regiment opened fire with automatic rifles and shot dead 13 unarmed civilians , injuring many more.... read full story / add a comment |
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