|
Upcoming Eventsno events match your query! New Eventsno events posted in last week
Blog Feeds
Anti-Empire
The SakerA bird's eye view of the vineyard
Lockdown Skeptics
Voltaire NetworkVoltaire, international edition
|
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday January 18, 2016 16:05 by Una Feely
 1 image
Rare visit by international peace activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Professor Jeff Halper, to Cork, Limerick and Dublin. Dr. Jeff Halper (below) will speak and launch his new book ‘War Against The People – Israel, the Palestinians and Global ‘Pacification’ at the following locations in Ireland: Tuesday, January 19th at 8pm Clarion Hotel Cork Wednesday, January 20th at 7.30pm, The Absolute Hotel, Limerick Thursday, January 21st at 7.00pm, The Academy Plaza Hotel, Dublin read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Monday January 18, 2016 12:38 by right2water
1 image 1 attached file
Campaign warns public opposition to water charges will be reflected in ballot boxes The Right2Water campaign has announced details of local events planned for Saturday January 23rd to highlight the campaign’s ongoing demand for the abolition of water charges. Nearly 30 different events are planned in a range of locations from Cavan to Dublin to Cork. read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / other press Monday January 18, 2016 12:03 by 1 of Indymedia
 2 comments (last - wednesday february 10, 2016 09:57) 3 images
This article by David Gibney from the Right2Water website has been republished here in light of the upcoming water charges protest on this Sat 23rd Jan in advance of the election due in the next few weeks. It highlights the scam and lies around Irish Water and how it is fully intended to privatise it. If and when the TIPP agreement is signed between the EU and USA, privatisation will be unstoppable not just for our water but for all services right across the board. THERE are three obvious agendas behind the imposition of domestic water charges. If you were to believe the government spin, you’d think it was about conservation. But the three real reasons are: Shifting the burden of paying for water from commercial enterprises to households; Giving tax breaks to the wealthy while imposing water charges on everyone else; and Lining up the future privatisation of our water industry. There are a number of ways we can prove the conservation argument is a farce. The first and most obvious is through direct comparison with other countries that already have domestic water charges in place. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Saturday January 16, 2016 16:38 by Fusion Sundays
1 image
International Stalls, World Street-Food, Interactive Workshops, and Live Music read full story / add a comment |
|
|
