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national / politics / elections / other press Friday January 25, 2008 15:14 by C Murray
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The Taoiseach gets Friday off. Its a long-standing tradition that was facilitated by the Labour Party in exchange for speaking time in the Dail. The images on the Newswire of the Women's Protest in Belfast caught my eye, given the Health and social problems that are becoming evident in Dolphin's Barn, because someone gave Ms Harney 16 Billion Euros to continue to implement her Health Policy which is to close down hospitals in areas that have high populations of young children. Its called 'amalgamation'. read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous / news report Thursday January 24, 2008 23:59 by Barry
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A young antifascist skinhead activist , Jan Kucera , has been brutally slain during a clash with a number of neo nazis in the small town of Pibram , just outside of Prague in the czech republic . Tensions between fascists and anti fascists have been high in that area since the successful mobilisation in November in which anti fascists and anarchists physically prevented neo nazis from staging a despicable rally in the centre of Pragues historic Jewish quarter to mark the anniversary of the nazis Kristalnacht pogrom against the jews of Germany during the 1930s . read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage / news report Thursday January 24, 2008 21:12 by tarapiXie
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We had decided to have our breakfast on the henge this morning. As I drove towards the N3 a low loader carrying a digger was driving towards Lismullen. Approx 10 protestors arrived in Lismullen, some from the road and some from Rath Lugh. Security were present during the entire time we were there. 2 protestors were assaulted within a few minutes of arriving. I tried to block the fuel coming out of the Lismullen carpark but Mark Cleary kept pushing me out of the way and the fuel tractor got away. Steve from Kildare, one of the security men assaulted another protestor, he was pulled from the fence and thrown onto the ground head first, and hurt his neck. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / arts and media / opinion/analysis Thursday January 24, 2008 20:23 by Rudiger
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Shell recently launched another cynical attempt to buy off opposition to their Corrib Gas project by offering grants to community groups that will be closest to Bellanaboy and their proposed raw gas pipeline. read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / news report Thursday January 24, 2008 18:34 by sHell watcher
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In Davos today, Shell's Chief Executive has said energy demand growth this year would be higher than last. "I look at the energy industry, and of course we look at the total economic climate, but we don't see any reason for panic," Jeroen van der Veer told reporters at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. read full story / add a comment 
national / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Thursday January 24, 2008 10:19 by Terry
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Meath, Heritage Capital of Ireland? Balloon is Full of Hot Air in more ways than one. read full story / add a comment 
galway / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday January 23, 2008 20:13 by Niall Farrell
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The Galway Alliance Against War will hold a public meeting at Liam Mellows statue Eyre Square this Saturday at 1.30pm. The main speaker will be Rhuhel Ahmed a former Guantanamo prisoner. On the day, GAAW intends to dress Liam Mellows in an orange boiler suit to highlight the unimpeded use of Shannon airport by the CIA torture flights. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday January 23, 2008 18:59 by NMI
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Here are some pictures and a two-minute video of the end of the protest in support of the people of Gaza, held in Dublin this lunchtime read full story / add a comment 
antrim / housing / news report Wednesday January 23, 2008 17:35 by Ciarán Ó Brolcháin
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Residents of the Village area of South Belfast held a protest yesterday (Tuesday 22 January) outside Stormont against the housing conditions in which many people are forced to live and against the inaction of the Department of Social Development and NI Housing Executive in dealing with these problems. read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice / other press Wednesday January 23, 2008 11:42 by C Murray
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I have received over two years consistent appeals by Women's Writer's Unions for aid in advertising repressions of Women Writers , some of the appeals have gone on the Newswire; and some have been passed on to to groups where the campaign would be more effective. The plight of the writers has not in that period alleviated and some are in dire situations. This morning another one arrived, an archive update of the 2007 Women's Day attempt to highlight the cases of imprisoned Women Writers and activists. All their names are familiar, Amnesty, Human Right's Watch, Reporters Without Borders, International Women In Media Federation, Committee for the Protection of Journalists and PEN Women's Union have advocated on their cases. Links to the ongoing cases of Journalist and activist repression:-between Women's day 2007-2008. read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday January 22, 2008 21:56 by SP Online
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The January 2008 issue of The Socialist (#31) now online at the Socialist Party website. See below for contents. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 22, 2008 21:40 by Mark A. Nolan
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The healthcare system, upon which people in Ireland depend, is an apartheid system. Simply put, some lives are worth more than others. Rare attempts at reform have been stymied by historic, chronic underspending and vested interests. This legacy has forced the vast majority of working people to take out private health insurance and has laid the foundations for a neo-liberal push towards an American-style system of private medicine. read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday January 22, 2008 18:14 by TD
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Besides the wanton murder of nearly 40 Palestinians the past week, the vicious Israeli blockade of Gaza has also snuffed out the lives of five patients, including three babies in the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City - according to Dr Raed al-Arani, a surgeon and spokesman for the hospital, they either died from hypothermia or from power cuts interrupting their vital oxygen supplies at home. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday January 22, 2008 17:18 by Shell 2 Hell
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Last Sunday in solidarity with the people of Rossport, Ógra Shinn Féin held a protest outside the offices of Statoil Ireland in Dublin. The protest was to highlight the continue involvement of Statoil, a Norwegian state industry, in the theft of Irish natural resources and endangerment of the Rossport community, through dirty deals with Shell and the 26 county government. read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday January 22, 2008 17:09 by Republican Youth
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Young Republican delegates from across Ireland and representatives of International youth movements mobilised in Dublin this weekend to take part in a packed and upbeat Ógra Shinn Féin National Congress. Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams delivered the main address and helped launch Ógra’s new drugs and alcohol campaign called N.A.R.C. (Not Another Ravaged Community) campaign. The Sinn Féin President told the assembled; Comhdháil Náisúnta, that the Lisbon treaty was a bad deal for Ireland. “The Lisbon Treaty, like many of the treaties that went before it, does not deliver reform, efficiency or democracy. It is a bad deal for Ireland. We deserve and can achieve better.” read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday January 22, 2008 14:35 by S.Cat
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At around lunchtime in Europe, when we're grabbing sandwiches or sitting down to plates of pasta or green salads (or skulling pints in the Stag's Head) the financial markets in Wall Street open. Usually they react to the morning's trading in the European markets, and so US traders seeing falling prices as a buying opportunity can offset a downward trend. Yesterday however, the holiday for Martin Luther King meant the falls on the global markets went from bad, to worse, to unbelievably bad, while in America the boys in the sharp suits were at home celebrating racial diversity and civil rights. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday January 22, 2008 14:14 by tom eile
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Five of Nato’s top strategists have issued a” radical manifesto” urging the alliance’s member states to prepare for nuclear first strikes in order to counter fanatics who , they claim , are bent on destroying the West’s “way of life” . The vehement language of the manifesto has puzzled some commentators . Robert Cooper, an influential shaper of European foreign and security policy in Brussels is quoted in the Guardian article as saying "Maybe we are going to use nuclear weapons before anyone else, but I'd be wary of saying it out loud." The 150 page manifesto will be delivered to the Pentagon over the next ten days . It is issued at a time of crisis for NATO whose conventional forces face the prospect of defeat in Afghanistan . According to the Guardian, it was written following discussions with active NATO commanders and policymakers, many of whom are unable or unwilling to publicly air their views. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday January 21, 2008 22:31 by Catalan Solidarity: Ireland Committee
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E-news service of the Catalan Solidarity: Ireland Committee January 2008 E-news service No.10 1. Introduction 2. Day of the Catalan Freedom Fighter: January 26th 3. HAPPY REBEL BIRTHDAY: January 26th, 7th anniversary of Rescat 4. 7 Years without Zigor & Diego 5. Solidarity with the victims of reprisal in Alacant & Perpignan 6. Catalan Prisoner Solidarity 7. Trial of the 4F Case Begins 8. Declaration in Tarragona for burning the Spanish King’s picture 9. The Student Union of the Catalan Countries (SEPC) in Defense of an Education in Catalan 10. The Spanish ex-minister of Defense openly incites the practice of torture 11. Xmas Rallies of Solidarity For Prisoners 12. Who We Are! 13. Subscription Details read full story / add a comment 
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday January 21, 2008 16:17 by Ciarán Ó Brolcháin
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Friends and supporters of Comfort Adefowoju and her family staged a vigil outside Belfast City Hall at lunchtime today in a last-ditch effort to have the British Home Office overturn its decision to deport them to Nigeria. read full story / add a comment 
derry / miscellaneous / press release Monday January 21, 2008 16:04 by sdlpyouth
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SDLP Youth spokesperson this morning led a demo in Dungiven to highlight the lack of delivery by Sinn Fein Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy MP. read full story / add a comment |
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