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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday April 24, 2008 18:22 by Liz C
 6 comments (last - tuesday may 06, 2008 23:44)
Comhlamh hosted a meeting on the implications of the Lisbon Treaty for Global Development. This was a really good discussion with a very high level of informed debate. Presentations were given by no and yes advocates and specialists in trade, aid and development. The format was 10 minutes for each speaker followed by clarification questions and then a general question and answer session. The purpose of the discussion was to bring up issues around the impacts of the Lisbon Treaty, particularly on Global Development, including aid and trade. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / other press Thursday April 24, 2008 17:22 by David Manning and Miriam Cotton
6 comments (last - thursday may 01, 2008 18:17)
"Above all, perhaps, the story [of the Irish Hospital's Sweepstake] underlines what journalism must continue to combat: censorship, state secrecy and the unwarranted power of an influential few." [Stephen Dodd writing in 2003 in the Sunday Independent, one of only a handful of mainstream articles on the issue] [1] Journalist Joe MacAnthony details his experiences of working within the Irish mainstream media. From the early heady days in his time with the Irish Times, where 'scandal thrived in house', to the wage cuts and ostracism following his exposure of Ray Burke's dealings. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday April 24, 2008 17:12 by Seabhcan
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New Libertas supporter, Ulick McEvaddy is an arms dealer. His company, Omega Air, supplies planes, pilots and fuel to the US miltary in support of the Iraq war. In the past, he has called for Ireland to join NATO. What is his, and Libertas' motivation in opposing the Lisbon Treaty. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday April 24, 2008 16:18 by K. Harris
2 comments (last - thursday may 01, 2008 19:50)
Is the world really fighting a war against terror? Or has it become a war against our own freedoms? read full story / add a comment
international / environment / press release Wednesday April 23, 2008 22:58 by peacehq
1 comment (last - thursday april 24, 2008 21:37)
Footprints for Peace (Australia), with the active support of the French network for nuclear phase-out, will walk from London to Geneva (April 26 - July 18) via France for a nuclear-free world. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 23, 2008 20:15 by Ruairí Ó Brádaigh
5 comments (last - friday april 25, 2008 21:46)
“How do we move from here to the position of Ireland’s national independence with the essential unity of the country and its people achieved? How do we combat the threat to our separate identity so that we survive as a distinct people to cooperate with the former colonised nations and advance the cause of humankind in general? How do we progress towards building the Democratic Socialist Republic? read full story / add a comment
down / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday April 23, 2008 19:41 by Richard Walsh
A Newry RSF member was approached by MI5. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday April 23, 2008 14:11 by tomeile
19 comments (last - thursday may 01, 2008 13:08)
Hillary Clinton ratcheted up the threats to Iran on Monday ahead of the Democrat Party’s decisive primary election in the state of of Pennsylvania. Delivering a well-prepared response on ABC's Good Morning America program to a loaded question about what she would do in the event of Iranian nuclear attack on Israel, Clinton warned , "In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them. That's a terrible thing to say but those people who run Iran need to understand that because that perhaps will deter them from doing something that would be reckless, foolish and tragic." read full story / add a comment
donegal / crime and justice / event notice Wednesday April 23, 2008 00:34 by Setanta
For years, members of the public have suffered at the hands of our state services, and from our 'trusted' legal profession. In the months to come, meetings are planned like this one in Jacksons Hotel, where you can have your say, and voice your opinion on any problem that you may have with the powers that be. read full story / add a comment
armagh / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday April 22, 2008 23:50 by Richard Walsh
RSF protesters were refused entry to a so-called "public meeting" in Silverbridge, Co. Armagh. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday April 22, 2008 20:12 by Eugene Mc Cartan
Honour Ireland most outstanding Marxist thinker, patriot, revolutionary leader, trade union organiser, writer and poet James Connolly and all the leaders and volunteers of the 1916 Rising. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday April 22, 2008 19:56 by Eugene Mc Cartan
Annual James Connolly Memorial Lecture. Saturday 10th May, Guest Speaker: Carolus Wimmer Vice-president Latin Americian Parliament International Secretary Communist Party of Venezuela. Venue Teachers Club, Parnell Square West. 2-00pm. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday April 22, 2008 13:48 by David L
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A pro-Israel pressure group is orchestrating a secret, long-term campaign to infiltrate the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia to rewrite Palestinian history, pass off crude propaganda as fact, and take over Wikipedia administrative structures to ensure these changes go either undetected or unchallenged. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / press release Tuesday April 22, 2008 11:12 by Michael O'Callaghan
European farming organisations, consumer cooperatives, and Non Governmental Organisations representing 50 million citizens from all 27 EU member states said today that relaxing EU laws on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) would not solve the problem of animal feed cost increases which have hit the continent’s livestock and dairy industries. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday April 22, 2008 11:07 by Stuart
1 comment (last - wednesday april 23, 2008 12:00)
Ireland has not yet implemented the EU Directive on data retention, a set of measures full of controversy and conflicting interests. The latest draft towards an Irish implementation expands Garda powers to request data on subjects charged with offences attracting a MAXIMUM sentence of 6 months, as opposed to the previous draft in which a MINIMUM sentence of 5 years. Such a broad power would include activists charged with public order offences (obstruction, refusing to move on, placarding), permitting access to the time, number and duration of phone calls and lists of websites visited and IP addresses of data packets sent. read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday April 21, 2008 22:59 by Philip Ikurusi
Henry Okah and Edward Atatah are undergoing trial in secret and this is a call for a fair and open trial. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday April 21, 2008 20:29 by Kieran O'Sullivan
22 comments (last - tuesday may 06, 2008 07:27)
On Tuesday April 29th at 8pm the IAWM will host a meeting about Ireland and the arms trade. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Monday April 21, 2008 15:33 by O. O'C.
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The National Platform EU Research & Information Centre has a series of guides and explanations to the Treaty of Lisbon now online and updated regularly (checked by authorities in legal and Constitutional law.) These are freely available for open distribution and use. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday April 21, 2008 13:09 by Sarah Lundberg
With Belfast Poet Gerard McKeown and Roscommon poet Kieran Furey. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday April 21, 2008 13:02 by Sarah Lundberg
Last Wednesday Series Reading and Open Mic - featuring Seven Towers Writers - Oray Ryan, Noel O Briain, Doog Wood and Steve Conway as well as regular readers and all new voices welcome. read full story / add a comment |
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