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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday February 07, 2010 16:06 by Shelver
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Judge Rory MacCabe is due to hear 14 Shell to Sea related cases scheduled for next Tuesdays sitting of Castlebar circuit court. The stakes are high: Five people are appealing prison sentences imposed last year, and may go directly to jail if they lose their appeals. Despite the vindication of the campaign by An Bord Pleanála - who in November rejected over half of Shell's latest on-shore pipeline route on safety grounds – those who have rightly campaigned against the project over the years continue to be dragged before the courts, and may well be unjustly imprisoned after Tuesday’s court in Castlebar. Shell, along with the Government, Gardaí and judiciary would like the event to pass silently, people to go to prison quietly and serve as an example of what can happen if you stand up for your rights. This is a summary of the cases to be heard, as a reminder of how unjust the situation in Mayo still is. read full story / add a comment 
galway / arts and media / event notice Sunday February 07, 2010 16:03 by Western Writers
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French poet Colette Wittorski reads from here work in Charlie Byrne's Bookshop, Middle Street, Galway on Thursday, February 18th, at 6pm. Admission free. She will read from 'Northern Lights,'a dual-language collection of her work with translations read by Fred Johnston, published by Lapwing Poetry. Le poète français Colette Wittorski récitera de son oeuvre dans la Librairie de Charlie Byrne, la Middle Street, Galway, jeudi, le 18 février, à 18.00. Entrée gratuite. Elle récitera de 'Northern Lights/ l'Aurore boréale,' une collection de langue duelle avec des traductions lues par Fred Johnston. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Saturday February 06, 2010 18:16 by RSC
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Shell to Sea members have challenged Ministers Ryan and Ó Cuív to ensure the dismantling of 92 metres of pipe which has been laid onshore at Glengad without any planning, as stated by An Bord Pleanála [1]. They also called for the resignation of Bob Hanna of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG), within Eamon Ryan's Department, for his completely inappropriate attempt to unduly influence the board at a time when the application is under consideration and the board is not accepting submissions. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / press release Saturday February 06, 2010 12:55 by Mairtin Og Meehan
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The REPUBLICAN NETWORK for UNITY (RNU) spokesperson, DANNY MCBREARTY, responding to the concerns of nationalist residents of areas targeted for Orange sectarian parades, asks” whether the DUP has been given ’product’ in the form of changed procedures designed to ease the way for Orange feet to march down nationalist roads.” read full story / add a comment
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national / environment / opinion/analysis Saturday February 06, 2010 06:48 by carbonman
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How the Irish Taxpayer is being misled into the necessity of a carbon tax by an agenda of false and exaggerated science by influential scientists and environmental catastrophists. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Friday February 05, 2010 19:09 by José A. Gutiérrez
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On January 28th, we had the chance to have a telephone talk with Camilla Chalmers, from the Plateforme Haïtienne de Plaidoyer pour un Développement Alternatif (Haitian Platform in Defence of an Alternative Development, PAPDA), in Port-au-Prince. Here we transcribe the questions and answers we could exchange in spite of the natural difficulties of communication in these circumstances. We believe his opinions represent a contribution to understand what’s really going on in Haiti, they contradict the official version of the media and give us a very precise notion of the type of solidarity that the Haitian people need –and that we should not fail to give. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday February 05, 2010 15:45 by libcom
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Less than 24h after the announcement of the hardest austerity measures in the history of the greek republic, strikes have erupted in the public sector. read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media / event notice Friday February 05, 2010 15:02 by Fred Johnston
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Renowned Irish-harper PAUL DOOLEY will perform at the Pádraig Ó Moráin reading, Saturday, March 27th, at Gort Public Library read full story / add a comment 
national / animal rights / press release Friday February 05, 2010 13:17 by Bernie Wright
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Re. Misinformation about the Greyhound Industry being fed to Senators Segment of discussion:DENIS O DONOVAN FF.. A trainer may have a number of bitches on his premises for the sole purpose of racing. Such a person would be licensed by the IGB, the Irish Greyhound Board, and upon the conclusion of a racing career the owners take charge of his or her greyhound. In such cases, the trainer is not managing greyhounds for the purposes of breeding per se. Some of these points are very valid and should be considered. It should also be remembered that under current coursing rules and regulations, all stud dogs and brood bitches are DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid, profiled. There is a register of all matings and litters born, the adult greyhound name and transfers of ownership etc. These points should be borne in mind. read full story / add a comment 
cork / miscellaneous / event notice Friday February 05, 2010 11:58 by Alan M.
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The e life and times of Howard Zinn: the historian, activist, and author of several classics including "A Peoples History of the United States". read full story / add a comment 
national / education / opinion/analysis Thursday February 04, 2010 17:54 by Speakers: Mick & Laurence Editing: Andrew
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Recording of the Better Questions seminar at Semora Spraoi, February 3rd 2010. read full story / add a comment 
galway / arts and media / event notice Thursday February 04, 2010 15:01 by Fred Johnston
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Journalist, poet and counsellor for Gort festival. read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday February 04, 2010 14:15 by John Jefferies
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The death has been announced today of Tomás Mac Giolla, former President of the Workers Party, TD for Dublin West (1982-1992) and Lord Mayor of Dublin (1993-1994) read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Wednesday February 03, 2010 23:05 by éirígí PRO
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The only people that are going to stand up for working class communities are those communities themselves. Don't wait for someone else to do it. Join the protests against the cutbacks. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday February 03, 2010 16:18 by Dermo
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Members of WSM and Organise gathered on a bright afternoon light of a cold Janaury day, in the leafy surburbs of Booterstown, Dublin, outside the German Embassy to protest recent Berlin District Court Decision to stop the Free Workers Union (FAU - Freie Arbeiterinnen- und Arbeiter-Union) from being able to call itself a Union. read full story / add a comment 
cork / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday February 03, 2010 14:30 by Alan M.
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Approximately 40 people packed in Solidarity Books in Cork to hear Elsie Haas (a Haitian film-maker and journalist, based in Paris) and Jose Antonio Gutierrez (of the Latin American Solidarity Centre in Dublin) talk about the political and economic history of Haiti and how the recent US intervention in the country, following the earthquake, is just a continuation of the UN-led occupation since 2004, following on from 200 years of occupations and imperialism. read full story / add a comment 
galway / arts and media / event notice Wednesday February 03, 2010 14:28 by Fred Johnston
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Violinist Yuki Nishioka will accompany the Clare Three-Leggéd Stool writers' group in a reading as part of the third The Forge at Gort festival, organised by The Western Writers' Centre - Ionad Scríbhneoirí Chaitlín Maude - Galway in O'Grady's Restaurant and Bar, Gort, Co. Galway at 4.30pm, Saturday, March 27th. Admission is free. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday February 03, 2010 11:32 by Amnesty Comms
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A former Guantánamo detainee, joined by human rights lawyers as part of a tour of European cities, will call on Ireland to put pressure on EU member states to accept former prisoners for resettlement. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Tuesday February 02, 2010 09:33 by Kev
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On Saturday 30th January Auschwitz survivor Dr. Hajo Meyer, Dr. Haidar Eid of the Islamic University in Gaza and Sara Kershnar of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) addressed a standing room only crowd of over 140 people in the Central Hotel in Dublin. The public meeting, entitled “The Misuse of the Holocaust for Political Purposes”, was organised by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) as part of a high profile speaking tour hosted by IJAN and the Scottish PSC. read full story / add a comment 
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday February 02, 2010 00:39 by Kathy Bradley
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In addition to incinerators at Ringaskiddy, the a toxic dump at Haulbowline and a long list of other indignities Cork Harbour is suffering it is now under attack from another direction. The state body responsible for electricity distribution since 2006, Eirgrid are going ahead with plans to install a submarine power cable between Aghada and Cuskinny Bay. Cork Harbour's motto “a safe harbour for all” is quite laughable for the marine life and the flora and fauna of the area who seem to be excluded from this pledge. read full story / add a comment |
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