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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday September 15, 2009 18:32 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - wednesday september 16, 2009 02:19)   image 1 image
Striking workers from Coca Cola, Green Isle Foods and Dublin Port to join TUF protest outside Leinster House .

Coca Cola, Green Isle Food and Marine Terminals strikers are to be among the contingents of workers at the Trade Union Federation (SIPTU & NEETU) protest outside Leinster House on Wednesday, September 16th at 1pm. The workers at Coca Cola HBC Ireland have been on strike for four weeks and have been sacked while out on strike. The Green Isle Food workers have been out for three weeks and the Marine Terminals workers have been on strike for ten weeks. In all these cases strike breakers have been brought in to do their work and court injunctions sought to minimise the effect of pickets. read full story / add a comment
Oops we accidentally mixed in live bird flu with our seasonal flu vaccine
national / anti-capitalism / other press Tuesday September 15, 2009 11:38 by SavedByFerrets   text 62 comments (last - tuesday june 12, 2018 00:44)   image 4 images   video 3 video files
Baxter have secured an immunity from liability from the Irish government in the event that their rushed to market swine flu vaccine has "unforseen" problems. Essentially If your kids die or get sick as a direct result of taking their vaccine then tough luck read full story / add a comment
No 2 Lisbon
kildare / eu / news report Monday September 14, 2009 23:37 by Bazra B   text 11 comments (last - tuesday september 29, 2009 12:44)   image 3 images
A DIY ‘No 2 Lisbon’ poster has just been unveiled today read full story / add a comment
Shannon Peace Vigil 13 Sept 09 - Peaceniks among the Chaos
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday September 14, 2009 23:30 by Edward Horgan   text 5 comments (last - sunday september 20, 2009 23:08)   image 4 images
The monthly peace vigil at Shannon on Sunday 13 Sept took place on a beautiful Indian Summer's day when nature seemed to be at peace with itself.
However, a closer look inside the airport fence showed very few civilian planes, with Aer Lingus cut backs on Shannon services, Air France/CityJet about to abandon its Shannon Paris route, and Ryanair also planning schedule cutbacks.
There was plenty of military activity however, with four warplanes surrounded by Gardai and Airport Police. read full story / add a comment
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national / eu / news report Monday September 14, 2009 23:10 by Paula Geraghty   image 8 images
'As feminists and pro-Europeans from the community, politics, trade unions, academia, the media, and entertainment we reject the Europe proposed by the Lisbon Treaty and call on women to Vote No Again. ' read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Monday September 14, 2009 17:47 by Joe 90   text 1 comment (last - tuesday september 15, 2009 12:01)   image 1 image
On Tuesday we are holding a lunchtime protest at the Deutsche Bank , in the IFSC . As supporters know , the bank owns a 49% stake in Peel Ports (the owners of MTL). Deutsche Bank is located immediately behind Connolly Station in the IFSC . We are aware that our previous protest here was not well received by tne bank so this is a timely return. They do not want the attention!

Tuesday 15th September

Deutsche Bank , IFSC.

12.30 PM

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national / miscellaneous / news report Monday September 14, 2009 16:45 by Allen Meagher   image 1 image   video 1 video file
The campaign to save Community Development Projects from cuts has gone from 0-60mph in the space of a week. read full story / add a comment
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international / eu / news report Monday September 14, 2009 14:29 by DSF   text 4 comments (last - monday september 21, 2009 15:57)   image 6 images   video 1 video file
Speaking during a Sinn Féin canvass in Dublin city centre today Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams yesterday urged voters to reject the Lisbon Treaty '”in order to build a Fairer Ireland and a Better Europe”.

Membersof the party distributed leaflets in Dublin city centre asking people to reflect on why they were being asked to vote again. Responses varied, with most people saying they were going to vote the same way they did last year. However a worrying number of people were confused by the government's campaign on the treaty, and were unclear on the status of the so-called guarantees. read full story / add a comment
And no reductions for sharing either!
national / housing / news report Monday September 14, 2009 14:25 by PoorPerson   text 12 comments (last - tuesday september 22, 2009 13:10)   image 1 image
Single persons seeking rent allowance can now look forward to being net 7-8% worse off than previously was the case thanks to new rates.
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Stop NAMA
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday September 12, 2009 20:41 by Labour Party   image 1 image
The Labour Party are organising a protest against NAMA on Wednesday Sept 16 outside Leinster House at 1pm. read full story / add a comment
They are a nation & their language is spoken by ten million. But this referenda was only supposed to include a few thousands.
international / eu / opinion/analysis Saturday September 12, 2009 19:55 by susan Boyle   text 6 comments (last - saturday september 19, 2009 01:14)   image 3 images
In what could have seemed like a typical storm in a tea-cup about a fortnight ago & in my opinion didn't merit comment or reporting then, a village consultation in Catalonia has evinced EU parliament cross party condemnation of the Spanish state. The leaders of the EU conservatives, socialists, greens and liberals have expressed their concern at the continued operation of the Spanish Falange party. Manfred Weber leads the conservative block in the EU parliament he has said "this demonstration celebrates a brutal and inhuman totalitarian system in which thousands of European died and it must be stopped" or Bernhard Rapkay leader of the German socialists in the EU "we must punish any European who uses fascist symbols".

What could have caused that?

The story really is extraordinarily interesting, ironic, though provoking & of interest to Welsh, Scot or any referendum voter. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / eu / press release Saturday September 12, 2009 18:29 by Daithi Byrne   image 2 images
Sinn Féin and Dublin Ógra Shinn Féin in Lucan and Clondalkin held a day of action against the re-run of the Lisbon Treaty. Pickets were held at the constituency offices of Green party TD Paul Gogarty and Fianna Fail TD John Curran. Two large banners were erected on both offices by Ógra activists, which invited large support from passers by. read full story / add a comment
Almeida top right
international / miscellaneous / news report Saturday September 12, 2009 15:52 by IshtarCelt   text 5 comments (last - thursday october 08, 2009 11:26)   image 4 images   video 1 video file
One of the original protagonists of the Cuban revolution, Juan Almeida Bosque, has died of heart failure at the age of 82, according to state media.

Almeida was one of several vice-presidents in the Council of State under Raul Castro.

He was the only black commander in the Cuban leadership.

From a poor Havana neighbourhood, Almeida was in the group of guerrillas led by Fidel Castro which eventually seized power in Cuba in 1959. read full story / add a comment
Leafetting and being hassled inside
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday September 12, 2009 14:16 by David L   text 10 comments (last - tuesday october 13, 2009 15:38)   image 4 images
As part of the international campaign of boycott against Israel, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign today launched an action against Dead Sea Products, an Israeli cosmetics firm which has a stall in Jervis Centre in Dublin. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Saturday September 12, 2009 12:20 by Gregor Kerr   text 2 comments (last - saturday september 19, 2009 14:30)   image 2 images
NAMA is nothing short of straight class robbery – robbery from ordinary workers in order to shore up the property developers and big bankers who got us into this mess in the first place. It can be described as unfair, it can be described as immoral but in reality it’s naked capitalism at work. read full story / add a comment
The authors
dublin / arts and media / news report Friday September 11, 2009 12:27 by Andrew   text 1 comment (last - wednesday september 30, 2009 00:32)   image 4 images   audio 1 audio file
Last night saw the launch of a new history of the Offical IRA and the Workers Party called ‘The Lost Revolution’ by Brian Hanley and Scott Miller. Over 250 people including many ex and current members of the Workers Party as well as members of just about every other left and republican group crammed into the hall for the launch. This is an audio recording of the introduction to the book given by Diarmaid Ferriter followed by each of the authors speaking about the book. read full story / add a comment
Oughterard
galway / arts and media / event notice Friday September 11, 2009 01:25 by Over The Edge   image 1 image
As part of Oughterard’s Culture Night event the poets of the Advanced Poetry Workshop at Galway Arts Centre will take to the stage in the Lake Hotel Oughterard at 8pm on the 25th September.
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national / animal rights / news report Thursday September 10, 2009 22:54 by ARAN   text 1 comment (last - friday september 11, 2009 21:14)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
Kicking off a visual demonstration outside Harold’s cross stadium and working our way with the help of local activists in Northern Ireland down through Cork city, campaigners and supporters of Animal Rights Action Network held peaceful protests and tabling events to highlight the cruel greyhound racing industry in Ireland. During a week of action from August 24 to 30 we worked hard to get the facts out to the general public about the cruelty and exploitation of greyhounds in the racing industry. Over the week and during the month of September ARAN will be working hard to raise awareness of the Irish campaign to abolish cruel greyhound racing and to educate people about the horrors of what gentle greyhounds endure before, during and after their racing lives. read full story / add a comment
ban hare coursing
tipperary / animal rights / news report Thursday September 10, 2009 20:24 by Bernie Wright   text 3 comments (last - friday september 11, 2009 15:08)   image 3 images   video 2 video files
An allegation that the offices of the Sporting Press in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, which describes itself as the “official organ of the Irish Coursing Club (ICC), has been raided within the past few days by the Garda Fraud Squad has been leaked by Coursing supporters. This allegation is contained on an Internet chat forum called the “Greyhound Knowledge Forum”.

In the course of an exchange of views and comments by forum members, mainly in relation to Minister John Gormley’s upcoming decision on whether to grant a hare-netting license to the ICC, a person calling himself “Vinny Grennan” refers specifically to the presence of the Fraud Squad in the Sporting Press offices in Clonmel.

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Climate Camp meeting
dublin / environment / event notice Thursday September 10, 2009 19:37 by campdublin   image 2 images
Dublin Climate Camp meeting - all welcome read full story / add a comment
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