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dublin / politics / elections / news report Wednesday June 03, 2009 20:26 by Sparky
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Ahead of Friday's poll, two election candidates have been facing quite different problems getting their message out through campaign posters. read full story / add a comment 
national / politics / elections / news report Wednesday June 03, 2009 18:58 by Edward Horgan and Patricia McKenna
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Edward Horgan Resigns from Green Party Veteran UN peacekeeper and human rights activist Dr. Edward Horgan was a prominent Green Party member until he resigned and gave his support for the EU elections to independent candidate Patricia McKenna. Mr Horgan who was a prominent member of the Greens for many years tore up his Green Party membership card during a Green Party press conference saying that the party had not only let their voters down but also members of their own party. Patricia McKenna stated; “I welcome Edward’s support, he has a great track record on highlighting human rights abuses and I am honoured that he is supporting my campaign.” read full story / add a comment 
limerick / animal rights / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 03, 2009 16:36 by John Fitzgerald
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The finding of three mutilated greyhound carcasses this week at a popular seaside resort (Kilteery Pier in County Limerick) shows just how expendable these animals are deemed by their owners once their performance days are over. The likelihood that they were greyhounds bred for hare coursing, judging from their build, should serve as yet another reminder that we are one of the few remaining countries that still permit this depraved and viciously cruel blood sport. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / press release Wednesday June 03, 2009 15:11 by Workers Solidarity Movement
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Anarchist organisation, Workers Solidarity Movement (WSM), has claimed that voting in Friday’s local, European and by-elections is a waste of time. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / press release Wednesday June 03, 2009 11:27 by FG
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PBPA says Vote for Real Change and Give the Government a Bloody Nose Alliance Predicts Gains For Left Independents Attacks On Joe Higgins Show The Establishment Is Running Scared read full story / add a comment 
international / summit mobilisations / news report Wednesday June 03, 2009 01:26 by NO G8
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In 2001 G8 met in Genova. They were violent days of the suspension of civil rights that still weigh on the collective consciousness, along with the memory and sorrow for the death of Carlo Giuliani. They were also days in which the "greatest men of the earth" developed the new creed of liberal globalization as it was a new universal religion. read full story / add a comment 
kildare / politics / elections / news report Wednesday June 03, 2009 00:04 by Bazra B
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Euro Candidate For Sinn Féin Kathleen Funchion, Visits Newbridge read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday June 03, 2009 00:01 by Sparky
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Kurdish protestors have begun a hunger strike and are preparing to camp out in front of the EU's Dublin headquarters tonight to highlight a threatened extradition that they say will lead to the torture of Kurdish leader Remzi Kartal, currently held in Spain, if he is handed over to Turkish authorities. read full story / add a comment |
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