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national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday September 03, 2004 00:45 by William Martin Murphy   text 12 comments (last - wednesday september 08, 2004 00:15)
Titled "Biting The Hand That Feeds Them" the so-called "security editor" of the Irish Independent turned his hand from retyping Garda press-releases to fanning the flames of hysteria against immigrants. His story is posted below. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / news report Thursday September 02, 2004 16:43 by John O'Neill   text 1 comment (last - sunday september 12, 2004 01:12)
An extremely rare brooch has been discovered along with the remains of a 10th century woman, aged between 25 and 35, during an archaeological excavation at a site in Finglas village in north Dublin.

The site is due for development and has been delayed for a few weeks. A number of local people are raising their concerns about the proposed apartments proximity to the ruins of St Canices Church. They are asking for advice and assistance from anyone that has had experience in campaigning against similar developments. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday September 02, 2004 12:23 by pat c
A fresh attempt to ban a documentary film about the Israeli army's invasion of a West Bank refugee camp has failed. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday September 02, 2004 11:54 by redjade   text 4 comments (last - wednesday september 08, 2004 00:08)
this is Iran-Contra II - watch this story develop read full story / add a comment
louth / environment / event notice Thursday September 02, 2004 08:15 by Sean Crudden
Planning is getting underway for the fifth annual winter workshop of the present series being organised by Cooley Environmental and Health Group. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday September 02, 2004 01:37 by Donal   text 20 comments (last - wednesday september 08, 2004 23:06)
According to the Israeli Prison Service, more than 2,900 Palestinian prisoners have joined the open-ended hunger strike that began on 15 August. The Palestinian Authority quotes a slightly higher figure. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / news report Thursday September 02, 2004 00:54 by john mcdermott   text 1 comment (last - thursday september 02, 2004 16:21)
The building frenzy countrywide is bringing huge profits to well connected farmers and speculators.The ordinary people are now organizing to fight back, read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday September 01, 2004 19:41 by John Cunningham   text 1 comment (last - thursday september 02, 2004 20:28)
Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli gaols have been on hunger strike for several weeks.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040822/wl_nm/mideast_hunger_dc

The Galway branch of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is running a public information meeting on the hunger strike (and on non-violent resistance generally) on Friday night, 3 Sept, at 8 pm in the Ardilaun Hotel, Taylor's Hill. There will be two speakers:
Dr Kathleen Cavanaugh of the Centre for Human Rights, NUI, Galway (recently returned from Palestine) will speak on the Israeli penal system, about the status of the hunger strike, and about the condition of the hunger strikers.
Eoghan MacCormac, Sinn Fein member and former hunger striker, will discuss the use of fasting as a form of non-violent protest. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday September 01, 2004 17:50 by Mary La Rosa
Ambiguity: Mordechai Vanunu; a lawyer in Israel representing Dimona employees; two solutions for nuclear waste that give us alternative viable energy; a portable nuclear weapons detection system since 1999; blackmail and extortion; another dead scientist and the closing of the National Lab in Los Alamos read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Wednesday September 01, 2004 17:21 by iosaf   text 4 comments (last - monday june 27, 2005 19:04)
yet they went and like many other workers took up legal arms to guard Westerners. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday September 01, 2004 12:53 by Lasc
A chance to spend two days familiarising yourself with current issues facing Latin America and ways of acting in solidarity with Latin American grassroot movements. read full story / add a comment
cork / bin tax / household tax / water tax / news report Wednesday September 01, 2004 12:52 by Kevin   text 16 comments (last - sunday july 02, 2006 20:02)
Non-payment of bin charges remains very high despite the Council’s bullying tactics and the introduction of a ‘pay or we won’t collect’ policy read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Wednesday September 01, 2004 12:34 by pat c
A report on how an art find of 90,000 works saved from Stalin are now in danger of perishing. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / news report Wednesday September 01, 2004 02:46 by Rasta4i's   text 2 comments (last - friday september 03, 2004 01:34)
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday September 01, 2004 01:19 by Michael Hennigan
On Tuesday, August 30th a scathing report detailing allegations of 'self-righteous, and aggressive looting' by Lord Conrad Black and his associates who controlled Hollinger International, the former owner of the UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper was presented to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday September 01, 2004 00:06 by sharp   text 2 comments (last - monday september 13, 2004 02:42)
As a protestant who used Maysfield leisure centre, the decision to close Maysfield leisure centre appears blatantly sectarian against the nearby catholic community close to the centre and protestants who chose to use the centre because of its convenience. read full story / add a comment
cork / environment / event notice Tuesday August 31, 2004 19:48 by GG Cork
A Night of WILD Music and Dance

Fundraiser for CHASE anti-incinerator campaign read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / other press Tuesday August 31, 2004 15:16 by Michael Hennigan
Burglaries have fallen internationally because with the significant fall in the prices of goods such as televisions and VCRs, the returns from a fence simply doesn't merit the risk. By getting an education, an individual both increases the returns from legitimate and illicit activity. read full story / add a comment
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