|
Upcoming Eventsno events match your query! New Eventsno events posted in last week
Blog Feeds
Anti-Empire
The SakerA bird's eye view of the vineyard
Lockdown Skeptics
Voltaire NetworkVoltaire, international edition
|
national / arts and media / news report Wednesday December 09, 2009 10:48 by Andrew
 3 comments (last - saturday february 06, 2010 15:45)  6 images  2 audio files
Today will see the greatest budget attack on workers in Ireland in a couple of decades with services and pay being slashed. Many unions and other organisations have called protests outside the Dail from the early morning to the late evening. WSM members will be taking part in these protests throughout the day and providing live updates, photos and video from them via our twitter account. During the 24th Novemeber strike we provided 70 updates from the picket lines throughout the day using this method. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday December 09, 2009 10:44 by UD
1 comment (last - thursday december 10, 2009 13:00) 1 image
Aminatou Haidar is now three weeks drinking sugar-water at Lanzarote airport because her papers were stolen by Morocco. The Spanish government has little to say on the issue of a Peace-activist and Nobel recommended woman dying on their doorstep and Morocco presses ahead with whatever attracts them in the Western Sahara. http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/17393/fedissah-pre...ation read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday December 08, 2009 21:17 by Seán Ryan
3 comments (last - sunday january 31, 2010 22:52) 2 images
Yesterday, on Monday the 7th of December, Mr Robert Ševcik was in the Richmond Court to conclude a marathon hearing that had spilled into a second day. Mr. Ševcik an animal rights activist, was answering to four charges, ranging from threatening, insulting and abusive behaviour, under the Public Order Act, to failing to produce his passport upon demand, under the Immigration Act. All of these charges arose out of a protest at Barnado's Furriers on Grafton st. close to the Molly Malone statue, on the 18th of October, 2008. It was a case littered with perjury, a missing garda sergeant and a mysterious garda inspector. Nonetheless, at the end of the case, the judge accepted Mr Ševcik's evidence and he walked out of the court, with each and every charge dismissed. VegaPlanet: http://www.vegaplanet.org/ Aliberation: http://aliberation.vegaplanet.org/ How long shall we continue to allow this rotten State continue its attempt at snuffing out the most basic and fundamental of rights? read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday December 08, 2009 16:10 by Freda H
1 image
On Wednesday 9th December 2009 at 6.30pm members of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign and concerned residents of the Dublin 15 area will hold a peaceful and unobtrusive protest against the presence of Israeli-made products in the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Tuesday December 08, 2009 01:36 by Plebian
17 comments (last - thursday march 25, 2010 21:17) 2 images
Pat Kenny's radio show has long been a platform for the most kookiest of deniers, and it is quite clear where his own views are on the subject. In fact, the only thing that appears to get him more, eh, heated, is somebody with the temerity to mention the use of progressive taxation! Particularly when as an alternative out of the current economic crisis... So, I thought he'd yet again play it somewhat cagey (as in hiding his bias against the overwhelming consensus) but clearly give Plimer an easy time of it, however, Kenny just let the mask slip very, very visibly. The 'debate' would be Kenny & Plimer vs Gibbons and 99.9% of the peer-reviewed science. Kenny treated Plimer with kid gloves and then called Gibbons an “apostle” for climate change. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday December 07, 2009 21:41 by James McB WSM personal capacity
6 comments (last - wednesday december 09, 2009 11:41) 2 images
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
1 image
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
4 comments (last - sunday march 19, 2017 17:16) 1 image
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
3 comments (last - tuesday december 08, 2009 18:54) 2 images
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
5 comments (last - monday december 07, 2009 21:55) 1 image
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
1 image
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
1 image
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
2 images
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
4 comments (last - monday december 21, 2009 16:36) 1 image
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
1 image
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
1 comment (last - sunday december 06, 2009 07:44) 8 images  3 video files 1 audio file
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
2 comments (last - sunday december 06, 2009 17:05) 1 image 1 video file
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
1 image
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
1 comment (last - friday december 04, 2009 16:53) 1 image
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
5 comments (last - tuesday january 26, 2010 08:20) 3 images
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 |
|
|
