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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday August 12, 2008 16:00 by Andrew Smith
A protest is taking place in Dublin City to highlight the issue that Ireland's Youth do not have a sufficient say in Government on matters involving them (Bullying, Drugs, Mental Health) read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / press release Tuesday August 12, 2008 15:09 by Bernie Wright
 2 comments (last - thursday august 14, 2008 03:05)
Many areas have to be tackled in our efforts to end Greyhound racing in
Ireland. However none more vital than stopping the annual sports capital
grants from the Irish government. These have amounted to 105,000,000 euro
since 2001.As we are in a recession now surely Hospitals or the elderly
would be more deserving causes. Contacting and appealing to Bord na gCon to stop the slaughter and suffering of Greyhounds that is inherent in racing is like asking the butcher to become vegan, maybe harder. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Tuesday August 12, 2008 14:45 by The Contaminated Crow
Short reports on five environmental controversies based on reports in the local papers. read full story / add a comment
longford / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday August 12, 2008 09:13 by Margaret O'Regan
12 comments (last - wednesday august 13, 2008 21:31)
A black woman was handcuffed and arrested at Longford Railway Station yesterday evening at about 6 pm for not paying her fare on a bus or train. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday August 12, 2008 01:53 by DM
4 comments (last - monday august 18, 2008 22:04)
Mobilise immediately against the proposed introduction of college fees and protest outside the Dept of Education, Marlborough Street, Dublin at 1pm on Wednesday. read full story / add a comment
fermanagh / miscellaneous / press release Monday August 11, 2008 21:28 by Richard Walsh
The DUP's Gregory Campbell has been questioned about the removal of the National Flag in County Fermanagh. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Monday August 11, 2008 15:56 by jmstipe20
5 comments (last - friday august 15, 2008 16:00)
Oration delivered by the Vice President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton at the annual Richard Goss commemoration St Patrick’s Cemetery, Dundalk, Co Louth on Sunday August 10.: read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Monday August 11, 2008 13:15 by Anarchist Prisoner Support
4 comments (last - saturday august 16, 2008 14:15)
Amadeu Casellas is a well known anarchist prisoner. Amadeu spent already 25 years in jail, in fact he's the most veteran prisoner in Catalonia. He joined many collective protests, hunger strikes, rebellions, etc and suffered many tortures and reprisals as a direct consequence of his permanent confrontational attitude towards the system. Now Amadeu thinks that it's time to be released, but the prison authorities don't want to release him, so he decided to take a step forward again and started an indefinite hunger strike. Amadeu said that the only options are freedom or death. He's already at the sickbay of Quatre Camins prison and his health is going worse everyday. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Monday August 11, 2008 09:00 by Gegentypus
15 comments (last - wednesday september 10, 2008 10:03)
A controversial viewpoint that sees the recent "enthusiasm" for Gaelic language schools in working class areas as just another manifestation of insularity and... whisper it.... racism. read full story / add a comment
wicklow / animal rights / event notice Monday August 11, 2008 00:29 by Laura Broxson
SAY NO TO ANIMAL CIRCUSES! read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday August 10, 2008 23:52 by Richard Walsh
RSF/RPAG have condemned the sentencing of a Republican prisoner to solitary confinement in Maghaberry Gaol. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / press release Saturday August 09, 2008 19:14 by Richard Walsh
1 comment (last - monday august 11, 2008 15:05)
RSF have called for new Irish language mobile phones to be made available throughout the country. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Saturday August 09, 2008 16:00 by shane mc loughlin
2 comments (last - tuesday august 12, 2008 02:47)
Michael Casey, a former chief economist today wrote an article in 'The Irish Times' entitled "Killing the myth that Ireland's wealth has poisoned its values" in which he attempting to dispel the 'myth' that wealth has poisoned Irish peoples values. In response, he is most certainly correct in believing that wealth cannot 'determine' a societies derision of values, but neglects to paint a clearer understanding of how wealth and values converge. In response, it could be argued that wealth opens the door to new 'negative' value thinking as it can close the door to others. Furthermore, as I will show, some of his own comments in the article require further careful consideration. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Saturday August 09, 2008 10:25 by Ciaron
9 comments (last - friday october 17, 2008 06:51)
Walking through the streets of Dublin, Ireland, after the Paul Kelly's gig http://www.paulkelly.com.au/ last night, I thought I should write this reflection. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / press release Saturday August 09, 2008 01:03 by Bernie Wright
HUNT BREAKFAST WAS A DOG”S DINNER Fox hunters get toasted as breakfast seminar loses keynote speaker and gets infiltrated. A seminar organised by the Hunting Association of Ireland to address the ‘vegan agenda/animal rights threat’ has been described as ‘farcical and ill-informed’ by the Alliance for Animal Rights (AFAR), one of the leading animal rights groups in Ireland. The organiser of the event Mr Gavin Duffy was left with a large dose of egg on his face when Padraig Walsh, President of the IFA, who was billed as a keynote speaker at the event, vehemently distanced himself from the agenda of the Hunting Association of Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / news report Friday August 08, 2008 21:57 by pat c
1 comment (last - saturday august 09, 2008 11:33)
Kobra Najjar, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery has lost her final appeal for amnesty. Iranian women’s rights activists working on her case saythat Kobra has exhausted all domestic legal remedies and that her execution by stoning could happen any time. Kobra is a victim of domestic violence who was forced into prostitution by her abusive husband in order to support his heroin addiction. He was murdered by one of Kobra’s “clients” who sympathized with her plight. Kobra has already served 8 years in prison as an accessory to her husband’s murder. The man who murdered her husband also served 8 years in prison and was free after paying blood money and undergoing 100 lashes, while Kobra faces imminent stoning to death for adultery - the prostitution her husband forced upon her. Yet another example of Iranian justice. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Friday August 08, 2008 20:19 by Richard Walsh
RSF have suggested that the flying of the Union flag in the 26-Counties may be linked to M. Sarkozy's comments... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Friday August 08, 2008 19:02 by James R
An article on Argentina's assembly movement several years on from the perspective of someone there as a tourist of the pickets, published in Totally Dublin this month and available online at http://soundtracksforthem.com/blog/?cat=204 read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Thursday August 07, 2008 23:03 by Candle in the Wind
In Italy in 2007 there were twice as many workplace deaths and 8 times as many road deaths as murders. But the government is focusing all its energy on combating crime read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday August 07, 2008 19:01 by Arnold Capp
Idealists and utopians would claim that this phenomenon is the beginning of the disentanglement of the public sphere and political debate from the traditional dominance of political parties, big business, corporate media and vested interests who dictate what can and cannot be discussed, what is relevant and what is news-worthy. The political participation of the ordinary citizen could eventually be conducted entirely through electronic means. Instead of representative government it is suggested in the future technology will enable all citizens to engage in the ongoing political debate. The pattern whereby citizens vote at the end of each government term with paper ballots could be replaced with a form of direct democracy. History would have turned full circle as a global village like the ancient Greek city states would decide its priorities bypassing the traditional power structure of wealth and power. But is this realistic? read full story / add a comment |
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