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offsite link What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

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offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

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offsite link News Round-Up Wed Feb 05, 2025 01:58 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link Starmer Hands Prisoners 6.6% Pay Rise at Cost of ?4.4 Million Tue Feb 04, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer has handed prisoners a 6.6% pay rise at a cost of ?4.4 million despite depriving 10 million pensioners of their winter fuel allowance because money is so tight.
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offsite link EU Plans to Let States Deport Failed Asylum Seekers and Criminals in Reform to Refugee Convention Tue Feb 04, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
The EU is drawing up a plan to overhaul its 1951 Refugee Convention that prevents countries from rejecting asylum seekers at their borders in a belated effort to address Europe's exploding migrant crisis.
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offsite link How Afraid Should we be About the Government?s Plan to Come up With a Legal Definition of ?Islamopho... Tue Feb 04, 2025 15:00 | Sam Bidwell
The prosecution of a man for burning the Qur'an shows how Islamic blasphemy codes are becoming embedded in criminal law. Coming up with a legal definition of 'Islamophobia' will accelerate this process, says Sam Bidwell.
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offsite link US to Stop UNRWA Funding and Withdraw from UN Human Rights Council Tue Feb 04, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order today withdrawing the US from the UN Human Rights Council and removing all US funding for the Gaza agency UNRWA.
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dublin / crime and justice / news report Thursday December 09, 2004 10:49 by CW   text 1 comment (last - sunday december 12, 2004 13:53)
As the Guardian wins access to court files relating to Alvis (now owned by BAe systems) having had Indonesian Dictator Suahrto's daughter on the pay role. As surveillance & dodgy activity appears to be stepping up around the Pit Stop Ploughshares awaiting trial in Dublin. It may be worth revisiting what gone before.

The following web site has been set up dealing with the infiltration by a private intelligence agency hired by BAe to infiltrate the moderate "Campaign Against the Arms Trade" and the radical Liverpool Catholic Worker & Bread Not Bombs Plowshares support.

Good to know this stuff, not to be paralysed by paranoia but to remain "wise as serpants, gentle as doves". read full story / add a comment
louth / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday December 08, 2004 22:41 by Brian Vernon
... But first back to Iraq. "Saddam sealed his fate when he decided to switch to the euro in late 2000 (and later converted his $10 billion reserve fund at the UN ... read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday December 08, 2004 21:50 by Orla Ni Chomhrai
TOKIE LAOTAN BENEFIT WITH SEAN TYRRELL, ETC. Thurs. 9 December, Richardson's Eyre Square. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday December 08, 2004 18:28 by pc
Anti-war protestors are today celebrating a Court of Appeal ruling which held that the police acted unlawfully in detaining them for 2½ hours without arrests. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 08, 2004 18:13 by Michael Hennigan   text 2 comments (last - thursday december 09, 2004 17:08)
In November, significant Revenue data on tax reliefs was issued in response to Dáil Questions from Deputies Joan Burton, Richard Bruton and Paul McGrath.

Last week, as if it was all a revelation to him, the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said that 'the game is up' for those who have paid little or no tax through availing of the many reliefs/schemes, which are undermining the taxation system. On Friday last, Mary Harney jumped on the bandwagon and said that individuals who earn more than €200,000 should pay a minimum of 20% in income tax. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday December 08, 2004 16:35 by Stuart White
The Latin America Solidarity Centre (LASC) is an initiative for development education, campaigning solidarity and culture, linking Latin America and Ireland. LASC runs Latin American Spanish classes with an emphasis on exploring Latin American development issues and culture through it's language. We run beginners classes for those who might want to travel or volunteer to the region and 'false' beginners classes for those who have some experience in learning the language already. read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice / event notice Wednesday December 08, 2004 14:37 by Residents Against Racism   text 10 comments (last - friday december 17, 2004 13:56)
A protest has been called for Thursday 16th of December by Residents Against Racism on the issue of the continued deportation of parents of Irish children. The protest will gather at the Central Bank, Dame Street, at 12.30 for a march on the Dáil.
All welcome read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday December 08, 2004 13:29 by Lasc   text 11 comments (last - sunday may 29, 2005 17:32)
Below is the text of an open letter to Siptu re the threats made by Anne Speed and Jack McGinley to run a campaign against the Colombian union Sinaltrainal. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Wednesday December 08, 2004 01:15 by John Meehan
A representative of the Colombian trade union Sinaltrainal recently visited Scotland; the campaign to extend the Coca Cola Boycott was supported by the Scottish Socialist Party ; more details at this link :

http://www.scottishsocialistparty.info/archive/2003_11_30_newsarchive.html#107061684601531358 read full story / add a comment
antrim / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday December 08, 2004 00:54 by jon
An Iraqi Doctor Dr Ismael Khan will be speaking at Queens at 1pm in Room 210

Peter Froggatt centre on Thursday December 9th, this Thursday.



Dr Ismael Khan is from Fallujah and has worked as a medical doctor there for

the last year. During the initial phase of the war he was chief of junior

doctors in Baghdad, dealing with the devastation caused by the war.



He will give an eyewitness account of the attack on Fallujah, earlier in the

year and the situation in terms of the occupation and its effect on ordinary

Iraqi people.



Queens Students Against The war

Public Meeting

Eyewitness Account

Fallujah



Speakers Dr Ismael Khan (from Fallujah)

Lee Gordon - Independent Journalist



1pm Thursday December 9th

Room 210 Peter Froggatt Centre read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday December 08, 2004 00:36 by Greek CO's   text 1 comment (last - wednesday december 15, 2004 14:53)
We are asking you to send protest letters (or protest at Greek embassies) to support Greek Conscientious Objector at high risk to be jailed! read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday December 07, 2004 16:25 by IAWM
This Thursday and Friday people in Belfast and Dublin and others who can get there, will have the opportunity to hear an extraordinary account of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq from the point of view of a medical Doctor and journalist based in the city of Fallujah. read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / news report Tuesday December 07, 2004 16:02 by Donal Mac Fhearraigh   text 12 comments (last - saturday january 01, 2005 00:16)
The High Court this morning ruled in favour of a case appealed from the
Circuit Court on behalf of the Dublin City Campaign Against the Bin Tax.
In this landmark case, Justice Lindsay found that the City Council illegally
applied bin charges for the years 2001/2002, on the basis that they defied
their own criteria and failed to provide incentives for re-cycling. read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday December 07, 2004 15:59 by Colm OConnor   text 1 comment (last - monday december 13, 2004 23:44)
Cork Anti-War Campaign will host a public meeting next Monday 13th Dec. entitled 'Shannon Airport- A Year On' The meeting will take place in Tigh Fili, MacCurtain Street at 8pm. read full story / add a comment
galway / racism & migration related issues / event notice Tuesday December 07, 2004 15:28 by Terry (reposted by)   text 3 comments (last - saturday december 11, 2004 15:15)
Galway City Hall Dec.13 Monday 6.30-7pm, deputation of asylum-seeking
mothers (some of whose children have been born in Ireland, and who have
been given deportation notices) requesting council to pass a motion
against use of Citizenship Bill to deport families with Irish-born
children. read full story / add a comment
dublin / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 07, 2004 15:07 by Commuter NOT Customer   text 11 comments (last - monday january 24, 2005 22:15)
As a regular commuter from Celbridge it has become apparent that the level of service has gradually deteriorated over the past month. After a series of 1 hour waits at the bus stop I phoned the controller for the 67 route this morning. He informed me that the service is getting progressively worse but there is nothing that can be done about it. Previously when a bus was running so late as to miss its departure time, another bus was sent from the garage to cover it. This is no longer possible, as an application has to be made to the Department of Transport, because running extra buses can be construed as anti-competition. Effectively then, any attempt by Dublin Bus to stick to its timetable is deemed as unfair to private operators! A similar thing happened on No Car Day, when Dublin Bus tried to lay on extra buses.
Can it be merely coincidence that this downgrading of the 67 coincides with plans by Mortons (Circle Line) to introduce a "full" service from Celbridge in the New year? read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / other press Tuesday December 07, 2004 14:27 by pat c
The Brazilian government has "threatened" to break the patents on as many as five of the 15 antiretroviral drugs it provides to patients through its National STD/AIDS Programme in order to produce less-expensive generic medicines. read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday December 07, 2004 13:26 by Martin O'Sullivan

Venue: Town Hall, Galway

Date: Friday 17th December to Saturday 18th December

Tickets €5/€3on sale now at the Galway Amnesty Shop, 2-3 Middle Street.

For more information see http://www.amnesty.ie/content/view/full/3266/ read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday December 07, 2004 13:21 by Martin O'Sullivan
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN GALWAY
Venue: Town Hall, Galway

Date: Friday 17th December to Saturday 18th December

Tickets €5/€3on sale now at the Galway Amnesty Shop, 2-3 Middle Street.

For more information see http://www.amnesty.ie/content/view/full/3266/ read full story / add a comment
international / eu / other press Tuesday December 07, 2004 13:18 by thinking if i have no number have i a name?   text 4 comments (last - wednesday december 08, 2004 22:48)
Tony Blair and Jose Maria Aznar have enjoyed a private breakfast at 10 Downing Street London.

according to today's print edition of La Vanguardia.

Tony Blair is the Privy Lord Councilor of HMG of the UK and Northern Ireland.

Jose Maria is life president of the PP of España and ex prime minister of HMG of Spain. read full story / add a comment
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