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offsite link Gender Pay Gap Goes Into Reverse Amid ?Crisis of Masculinity? Sun Mar 02, 2025 19:00 | Richard Eldred
Young women now out-earn men by ?2,200 as a "crisis of masculinity" leaves boys struggling to keep up in education and work, with men falling behind in everything from grades to pay.
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Australia is watching our "unmanaged decline" with a mix of dismay and pity, says Simon Heffer in the Telegraph. It seems Britain's decline isn't just obvious at home ? it's blindingly clear from 11,000 miles away.
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Zelensky's global PR tour has made him one of the most obnoxious political figures in recent memory, says Eugyppius, and his recent train wreck of a meeting with Trump will have historians dissecting it for decades.
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Northumbria Police has apologised to Newcastle United fan Linzi Smith after a baseless hate crime probe into her trans-critical social media posts got her banned by the club.
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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Monday May 16, 2005 19:04 by Niamh Nic Carthaigh   text 1 comment (last - monday may 16, 2005 19:17)
The damage done: Aid, death and dogma

The 2005 Christian Aid Week report exposes the devastating impact unrestricted ‘free’ trade is having on poor communities in developing countries and calls on governments to end their support for a ruthless orthodoxy that stretches back quarter of a century. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday May 16, 2005 18:52 by inspection
Similarly to what happened the last two years, a group of inspectors crossed the wire fences of the future headquarter of the NATO Response Force in Valencia (Spain) in order to claim for its closure and return to the population, inspite of a strong deployment of police forces. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Monday May 16, 2005 17:47 by SP
The latest issue of The Socialist is now on line at www.socialistparty.net read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday May 16, 2005 14:01 by Justin Morahan
Peace activists will symbolically decommission "Weapons of War" and hand in a letter to the Offices of Invest Northern Ireland asking why £900,000 of Peace money was given to a missile development Company called Thales. read full story / add a comment
meath / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday May 15, 2005 23:51 by Con Connor   text 1 comment (last - friday december 09, 2005 22:16)
On Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd June we will have the Full Moon on the Summer Solstice celebrated on Tara as we express our right of free association and assembley for spiritual purposes at our ancesteral temples.

Druidschool has set up Tara Pilgrimage 2005 - to lift the priests curse on Tara and to replace it with a Celtic Druids Blessing. We will do this over a 24-hour event from Sunrise on Tuesday 21 to Sunrise on Wednesday 22, which will also include Moonrise and Moonset.

We will lift the curse (8pm Tue) with drumming; barefoot dancing with the crystal fire from the pilgrim's quartz's and then with many others - we will offer a Celtic Druids Blessing for Tara.

Please bring some small kindling, dress in layers and bring a blanket. Bring some rock quartz to this Tara Pilgrimage and take a different piece home. The above ceremonies are free and open to all.

Details on the link below under Tara na Rí. read full story / add a comment
meath / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday May 15, 2005 23:33 by Con Connor
Full Moon, 23rd May 2005, Monday, Tara. This is the last Full Moon “Ritual of Protection” by Druidschool before the Full Moon Summer Solstice Tara Pilgrimage 05 on 21/22 June. We will start our sacred fire by 8ish and finish by ten. Meet on the gravel patch beside the Rath of the Synods at 8pm. We will use our native Celtic Irish language during this ceremony with explanations in English. All are welcome to attend this free and open ritual ceremony on Tara. We ask that you bring some wood from your hedge or local forest for the sacred fire. Our intention is to express our freedom and our desire is to protect Tara and Save Tara Valley for the future generations. The valleys and hills beside the Spiritual Jewel of Tara are its Landscape Setting. This holistic understanding is what we wish to protect. We wish to preserve and protect this huge intact complex of temples that surround Tara. More details on the May Moon and the Solstice Moon and Druidschool are in the link below. read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / other press Sunday May 15, 2005 23:18 by John Meehan   text 2 comments (last - tuesday may 17, 2005 15:28)
Two articles on the recent General Election in England and Scotland can be found at this link :

http://212.67.202.147/%7Eivnet05/index.php3

Terry Conway looks at the outcome in England, and assesses the result achieved by RESPECT - the best electoral performance achieved by a party standing to the left of the Labour Party since 1945, when the Communist Party gained two seats.

Alan McCombes looks at the "disappointing" result achieved by the Scottish Socialist Party. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Sunday May 15, 2005 14:48 by Sl   text 1 comment (last - thursday june 30, 2005 01:57)
The owners of the Sellafield plant (the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority) want to permanently close the THORP reprocessing facility (scene of a recent huge leak) - partly in order to make building new nuclear power stations easier! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday May 15, 2005 02:16 by Daithí Mac Lochlainn   text 1 comment (last - sunday may 15, 2005 06:29)
The White House announced this morning that President George W. Bush will speak to the 2nd annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast next Friday, May 20th at the Washington Hilton in Washington DC. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / event notice Saturday May 14, 2005 19:08 by Kyriakos
From the 20th to the 22nd of May, in the Theology Department of Aristotle’s University of Thessaloniki, will take place an organising meeting of the DISSENT! Network for the preparation of the mobilisations against the G8 summit which will take place in Scotland during July 2005. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Saturday May 14, 2005 17:24 by Ronan from CYM   text 1 comment (last - saturday may 14, 2005 17:57)
The CYM are calling on all left organisations and individuals to come out and join the demonstration at Coca-Cola Headquaters on Baggot Street at 1pm-2pm on Thursday. read full story / add a comment
national / racism & migration related issues / news report Saturday May 14, 2005 12:06 by ARC   text 4 comments (last - monday may 16, 2005 13:58)
Residents Against Racism have been shortlisted for a MAMA multicultural group award. The MAMA awards are presented in two categories, multicultural and media. RAR have been nominated in the multicultural group category. The award is for groups "who have excelled in the promotion and celebration of cultural diversity on the island of Ireland". The awards are run by Metro Eireann and this years will be the 4th annual event. The chair of the Judging panel is Niall Crowley of the Equality authority and includes, amongst others, Fintan O'Toole, and Gerry Stembridge. The awards are taking place in Cork on May the 29th.

http://www.metroeireann.com read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Friday May 13, 2005 22:30 by RS/CCNWON   text 2 comments (last - saturday may 14, 2005 10:21)
"The public interest demands we determine who is ultimately responsible for these abuses." read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday May 13, 2005 17:51 by paul sherlock
Government wastes taxpayers money on military overflights read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Friday May 13, 2005 16:21 by Tim   text 16 comments (last - tuesday may 17, 2005 11:38)
Revelations in this week's Village magazine raise serious questions about Willie's motivations for supporting Ireland's role in the invasion of Iraq. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Friday May 13, 2005 15:22 by caf
Irish taxpayers continue to foot the bill for U.S. military flights using Irish airspace and for landing at Shannon read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / other press Friday May 13, 2005 14:55 by mms
Ireland Esso Wildlife Challenge Awards at a ceremony in the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday May 13, 2005 12:11 by Joseph Anderson, Berkeley, California, USA   text 8 comments (last - tuesday may 17, 2005 10:47)
I thought that “Never again!” meant never again for all humanity — not just never again for European Jews. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday May 13, 2005 11:39 by Louise   text 3 comments (last - monday may 16, 2005 18:37)
The media’s reaction to President Bush’s speech this week in Riga, Latvia, wherein he strongly denounced the injustice perpetrated on half of Europe 60 years ago at the Yalta Conference. It was a Yalta that President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill agreed to the Soviet takeover of half of Europe. What followed was nearly 50 years of repression, killing, and, of course, the Cold War. read full story / add a comment
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