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international / environment / news report Saturday February 27, 2016 02:22 by CHASE
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The Dutch company Indaver operates an incinerator in Duleek, Co. Meath and have lodged planning permission for another incinerator in Cork Harbour. In light of this the explosion of their plant in Netherlands today has significance for us here. 60 firefighters rushed to control an explosion at Indaver’s flagship Antwerp facility today (26 Feb 2016) in what was described by local fire services as a ‘municipal disaster’ as they shut down the nearby road tunnel and requested residents close doors and windows. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday February 26, 2016 22:46 by ipsc
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What Is Happening in Palestine? PALESTINE BINDS US Invites you to a seminar, “What Is Happening in Palestine?” Massacre? Uprising? Ethnic Cleansing? read full story / add a comment 
national / environment / press release Friday February 26, 2016 21:03 by kiff
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SOLID NATIONAL OPPOSITION TO FRACKING. 35% of General Election candidates nationally have committed to supporting legislation to ban fracking. Details of party responses are as follows: read full story / add a comment 
national / politics / elections / press release Friday February 26, 2016 13:12 by 1 of Indymedia
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14 new off shore licenses issued in the dying days of a government – sound familiar? ?#?fracking? 2011 As the election squabble sideshow grabs the headlines, ownership of Irish natural resources is being handed over to foreign corporations The Government has awarded oil and gas licences to companies including oil majors Eni, Exxon and Statoil, allowing them to explore for hydrocarbons off the coast of Ireland. read full story / add a comment 
national / economics and finance / press release Thursday February 25, 2016 23:04 by pbp
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The Sunday Business Post ran a story claiming that vulture funds who bought up the loan books of Irish financial institutions are likely to step up pressure for payment after the general election. The report in the Sunday Business Post is a terrible warning of what is to come. Far from years where we enjoy a new ‘fiscal space’ there is more economic turmoil ahead. US vulture funds were encouraged to come into this country to buy up debt at incredibly low prices. The debts of both mortgage holders and small business enterprises became another opportunity for profit making. read full story / add a comment 
national / politics / elections / feature Wednesday February 24, 2016 18:26 by T
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The election cycle has come around yet again it is time to take a look at some of the issues being discussed and more importantly those not discussed and have a quick look at the economy. For this election there are more independents going up than ever before, although people should be warned that a certain fraction of them are closet FFers and FGers so if it is change you are looking for, they may not be the candidates to vote for. Sometimes people seemed to assume Independents tend to be more to the Left. There is no inherent reason this should be the case and statistically one would expect them to evenly spread to the Left and Right. So if voting for an Independent then be sure you have checked what they really stand for and their previous record if any. read full story / add a comment |
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