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international / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Sunday November 13, 2005 15:15 by iosaf
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36 days to go, and I'm sure many of the readers are like my good self, drawing up the list for Christmas Cards 2005. I enjoy these gradually shortening days and evenings as Winter comes on. The garden becomes more manageable, all the roses are pruned, and flower beds have been dug, I find more time to relax and draw up the list. Of course at this time of year it may number some thousands of names, and then the fun bit comes- Crossing off the names. It is my annual project to "not send" christmas cards to many thousands of people, from both public and private life. & I have noted that they don't send me one either. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-war / imperialism / feature Saturday November 12, 2005 22:43 by K Barry
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Today the Taoiseach was once again doing what he does best –making meaningless but reassuring remarks. In an article in today's Irish Independent Bertie insisted that the US military’s use of Shannon does not make Ireland a potential target of Islamist terror. Whatever the truth of this is Bertie’s longstanding strategy of actively supporting the US military while attempting to portray himself as a neutral party is fooling noone least of all the Pitstop Ploughshares who are now facing yet another retrial. Below is an account of a chance meeting with the Taoiseach and his inimitable political style. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-war / imperialism / feature Saturday November 12, 2005 21:46 by periodical progress towards something or other happening
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Anjem Choudary (also known as Omar Bakri Muhammad), a Muslim cleric born in Syria and who participated in the 1982 revolution against the Syrian Ba'athist regime to be later given political asylum in the UK spoke at a debate in Trinity College on Thursday night. Choudary is well known for his extremist Islamic views and was leader of Al-Muhajiroun, an organisation whose eventual goal was to prepare the way for a global Islamic theocracy. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday November 12, 2005 15:29 by iosaf mac diarmada
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This week the heirarchy of the Roman Catholic Church and its secular powerbase popped up on my radar twice. The Ferns reports was published in Ireland, and the PD Liz O'Donnell TD is to be congratulated on her little speech, which though bitchy did get the point accross. The Spanish heirarchy meanwhile has spent the last weeks pumping up its fans for a march against the Socialists plans for education reform today in Madrid which is to "draw a million". Its the return match after the Bishops drew a million to oppose gay marriage. Two traditionally catholic states who have only recently experienced prosperity, and begun the development of socially open and secular societies dealing with "much the same" problems. __________________________________________ Liz O'Donnell's speech to the Dail, came from a woman who obviously feels she suffered at the hands of "the special relationship" at the heart of the Irish state. I want to reduce read full story / add a comment 
dublin / miscellaneous / news report Saturday November 12, 2005 03:48 by Noise Hacker
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dublin / anti-capitalism / press release Friday November 11, 2005 23:37 by Insurrection
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"Insurrection" is the first issue of what will hopefully be a long running project to provide more free anarchist analysis and theory on the streets of Dublin. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / housing / event notice Friday November 11, 2005 17:04 by Jon Glackin
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No More Deaths on Our Streets Protest Rally Saturday 26 November 3pm Assemble @ Garden Of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin read full story / add a comment 
national / history and heritage / news report Friday November 11, 2005 13:05 by S.Cat
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Will we see a lily at Easter? My grandfather fought in the first world war. He was in the Munster Fusiliers and fought in France and Belgium, and also at Gallipoli. I have no problem with people commemorating the first World War, and the many Irish men and women who were caught up in it. But I do have a problem with the Red Poppy, which is the symbol of the British Legion. As another contributor to this site recently put it: "[The Poppy] is worn to commemorate ALL of Britain's acts of war since the Great Slaughter of 1914-18- and that includes the Black and Tan War, Bloody Sunday, the invasion of Iraq, and the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. If you want to wear a poppy, do so by all means. Just be sure you know what it stands for" So I think it's amazing that a supposedly neutral Internet Search Engine like Google should plaster a symbol associated with the British Army on the front page of its Irish site. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday November 11, 2005 11:49 by Jane Doran
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A Cambodian human rights defender, who came to Ireland to attend a conference, cannot return to his country because Cambodian authorities have issued a warrant for his arrest for signing a statement that criticised a border treaty with Vietnam read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday November 11, 2005 05:33 by observer2
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link to radio.indy video doc of the use of napalm like substance on the civilian population of Fallujah by the U.S military. read full story / add a comment 
cork / anti-capitalism / news report Friday November 11, 2005 00:16 by KD
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About thirty people protested tonight at the Shell Oil Petrol Station in Blackpool, Cork to mark the anniversary of the Shell Oil sponsored execution of the Ogoni activist Ken Saro-Wiwa. The protest was called by Cork Shell To Sea to mark the ongoing resistant and bloody struggle by the Ogoni people in Nigeria against the Shell Oil Corporation. It also aimed to promote the link between the ongoing struggle against Shell Oil in Rossport in Mayo and the international activities of the Shell Corporation which in the case of the Ogoni lands has led to huge environmental damage, resource robbery and repression at Shell’s behest. A huge banner proclaiming Nigeria 1995-Mayo 2005 was hung over the front of the Shell Station. Gardaí were in attendance but did not intervene. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday November 10, 2005 21:29 by Shell to Sea
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Below is the text of the letter which representatives from Ogoni Solidarity Ireland, Afri and Shell to Sea sought to hand in to Shell's Headquarters at Corrib House today, November 10th. The letter was accompanied with a wreath in memory of Ken Saro Wiwa and the Ogoni Eight, who were executed 10 years ago today. At first Shell refused to even respond to us, but eventually they accepted the letter through the gap in the plate glass door at the side of the building. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday November 10, 2005 17:31 by Elaine
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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Thursday November 10, 2005 11:03 by Andrew
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This morning around 60 members of the UCD SIPTU Education branch had a protest at the main gates of the Belfield campus from 8.30 to 9.30. At lunchtime a speak out is being held on the campus (Arts; Theatre A). read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / news report Thursday November 10, 2005 02:26 by rikki
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in november 1995, nigerian writer and activist, ken saro-wiwa, and 8 of his colleagues were executed by the military regime for campaigning against the devastation of the niger delta by oil multi-national shell. yesterday, demonstrators dropped nine nooses infront of the shell uk headquarters on the south bank to highlight the anniversary and highlight the current struggle on the north west of ireland, where shell is set to transform a remote conservation area into an environmental disaster zone with public health and safety implications. read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 09, 2005 20:49 by Kathy Sinnott
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This week, I’m going to venture into uncertain waters by doing my first column on football and by having my say on the great Keano debate. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 09, 2005 18:34 by Henry
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Let us conduct a little logical analysis of Shell's motives at Rossport: read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday November 09, 2005 17:27 by UCD Alliance For Choice
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Youth Defence front "ultrasound" event canceled due to presure from students read full story / add a comment 
dublin / crime and justice / feature Tuesday November 08, 2005 18:22 by Anon Court Reporter
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The CW5's 2 main statutory defences to the charges were ruled out as 'inadmissible' this morning by Judge Donagh McDonagh, who was then rather suddenly forced to 'pull the plug' and send the jury home after his relationship with a certain Mr. Bush was revealed to the Court by defence counsel. read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday November 08, 2005 12:57 by R
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This week the Shell to Sea campaign, Afri and Ogoni Solidarity Ireland are amongst the groups organising commemorations and events to mark the 10th anniversary of the execution of Nigerian poet Ken Saro-Wiwa this week. read full story / add a comment |
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