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offsite link The Devastating Ecological Carnage Wrought by Wind Turbines Tue Feb 11, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
Evidence continues to grow that onshore wind turbines are causing heavy ecological carnage, with increasing concern focused on the removal of a vast tonnage of insect life, says Chris Morrison.
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offsite link The Paris Agreement is a House of Cards Ready for the Toppling Tue Feb 11, 2025 07:00 | Tilak Doshi
President Trump can topple the Paris Climate Agreement house of cards by putting energy policy on a sound and rational footing. Indeed, says Tilak Doshi, any nation doing the same would reject the climate change hobgoblin.
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offsite link News Round-Up Tue Feb 11, 2025 01:05 | 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 Nanny State Zealots Won?t Listen to the Facts Mon Feb 10, 2025 19:24 | Abbie MacGregor
Nanny state zealots, in a post-pandemic world obsessed with what's good and bad for us, have ensured all debate remains tilted in their direction using skewed statistics and emotional anecdotes, says Abbie MacGregor.
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offsite link New Health Minister Ashley Dalton Said Women?s Toilets Should be Abolished and People Can Identify a... Mon Feb 10, 2025 17:31 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer's new Health Minister Ashley Dalton previously called for an end to women's toilets and backed people identifying as llamas.
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dublin / crime and justice / news report Friday February 06, 2004 12:24 by Paul McAndrew   text 4 comments (last - friday february 13, 2004 15:26)
(Dublin) The leader of an Irish teen gang has been handed a slap on the wrist after beating a woman over the head with a bottle and forcing her and her partner to move from their home. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / news report Friday February 06, 2004 12:19 by matt   text 28 comments (last - friday february 13, 2004 02:07)
Sinn Féin continues a steady climb in support and now stands at 12 per cent of the national vote, its highest ever in an Irish Times/TNS mrbi poll in the Republic. This compares with 6.5 per cent in the 2002 general election.

Its support in Dublin is now equal to that of Fine Gael and Labour and it is poised to make significant gains in the local elections in June.

Its support is highest among younger voters, urban dwellers, men and the less well off. read full story / add a comment
sligo / consumer issues / event notice Friday February 06, 2004 04:38 by Oliver Moore
Sligo Institute of Technology, Room A0004 tuesday 1.15 .

30 mins presentation, 30 mins discussion.

Paper given by Oliver Moore, Sligo IT PhD candidate. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Friday February 06, 2004 04:20 by Adrian Alienation   text 13 comments (last - thursday february 12, 2004 20:37)
This is the third in a series of reviews of publications produced on the Irish left. As always, I will be concentrating for the most part on a single issue. In this case, issue 17 published in November 2003. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday February 05, 2004 23:34 by stopthenato.org
In order to support the demonstrations against the NATO's security
conference in Munich.

(1) We'd like to launch a massive netstrike against the conference's website:
http://securityconference.de

(2) Spam and mailbonbing against conference's email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

(3) Blocking the telephone lines of Press Office:
Tel. +49 89 31 68 61 41
Fax. +49 89 31 68 61 44 read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday February 05, 2004 21:30 by Righteous Pragmatist   text 11 comments (last - wednesday february 11, 2004 20:58)
that the Bush administration "sexed up" intelligence or pressured analysts to reach conclusions to fit any political agenda. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / news report Thursday February 05, 2004 20:21 by Fergus   text 8 comments (last - monday february 09, 2004 18:25)
The front page of todays Irish Times runs a story on yesterdays announcement by Britain to restrict immigration in an 'enlarged' EU.

Britain is now the fourth of five EU countries to back down on promises made during EU enlargement negotiations in Dec. 2002.

According to todays Irish Times frontpage headline, 'Ireland is now the only EU state not to restrict access'.

However in the article an Irish govt. spokesman commenting on Britains announcement admits that Ireland,
"retained the power on a contingency basis to impose necessary controls should there be a major disruption in the labour market." read full story / add a comment
dublin / public consultation / irish social forum / press release Thursday February 05, 2004 19:58 by Dublin Social Forum
Dublin Social Forum Working Group

Minutes of a meeting held on Thursday 29th January 2004 @ 7.30pm in the
Comhlámh office, 10 Upper Camden St., Dublin 2.

[ NEXT FULL MEETING: Thur. 5th Feb. 2004, omhlámh offices, 10 Upper Camden St., Dublin 8] read full story / add a comment
antrim / crime and justice / news report Thursday February 05, 2004 19:31 by Very Disappointed   text 5 comments (last - saturday february 07, 2004 21:12)
“Former Northern Ireland Lord Chief Justice, Lord Hutton, whose criticism of the BBC in his report into the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly made headlines around the world last week, is to receive an honorary degree from the University of Ulster at this summer’s graduations” (see link). read full story / add a comment
international / environment / opinion/analysis Thursday February 05, 2004 15:51 by David   text 33 comments (last - monday october 25, 2004 20:02)
According to the ecologist magazine, Climate change is going to cause us severe problems unless drastic changes are made NOW and even then it’s a case of damage limitation, not avoidance. The article isn't available on-line (or else it is but i cant find it) but some of its main points are: read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday February 05, 2004 15:10 by Pit Stop Ploughshares
The Pit Stop Ploughshares are facing two charges of criminal damage €2million & €100) arising out of their nonviolent disarmament of a US Navy war plane at Shannon Airport 3/2/03. Sentences carry a max of 10 years. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / event notice Thursday February 05, 2004 13:02 by iosaf   text 3 comments (last - wednesday february 11, 2004 15:36)
His Excellency Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala), will meet with an Taoiseach Bertie in Dublin
on February 9th.
This will be his first extra-territorial official visit. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Thursday February 05, 2004 12:04 by An Taisce
a one-day Conference on 'Education and the transition to a sustainable society' read full story / add a comment
national / sci-tech / news report Thursday February 05, 2004 00:58 by Linus   text 8 comments (last - thursday february 05, 2004 19:20)
The Irish Linux Users Group, the volunteer body of Linux and Free Open Source Software advocates in Ireland, are tonight under siege after, members & their employers were threatened with being contacted after they defended themselves against MyDoom creation claims and refused to remove postings from their mailing list. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday February 04, 2004 20:55 by Al
This Saturday, February 7th, downstairs in Brogan's bar across from Dublin Castle entrance.

See you there! read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday February 04, 2004 18:14 by Fergus   text 3 comments (last - saturday february 07, 2004 18:45)
On Monday, the cuts to rent allowance kicked in.
"It was presented to us as a fait accompli. By then it was already decided" - Dept. of the Environment spokesman.
Government negligence ?
Or is there a method behind the apparent incompetency ? read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday February 04, 2004 16:24 by Mike
The policy of ethnic cleansing pursued by the Armenians in the territory of Armenia has been crowned with an absolute result - today not a single Azerbaijani is living in the territory of Armenia. They were forcibly driven out by means of extremely brutal methods. They were killed by the doctors in hospitals, tortured, beheaded, burnt alive. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday February 04, 2004 15:22 by kv
A Fundraising pubquiz in support for Residents against Racism will take place in Teacher`s Club, Parnell Square at 7.30 on Wed, 11 February.
All welcome, great prizes to be won, raffle!

Residents against Racism was set up to fight against state racism, and to oppose all manifestations of racism. In recent years we have successfully campaigned in support of refugees facing deportation, Garda frame-ups and other forms of harassment from state. read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday February 04, 2004 13:56 by Belfast   text 33 comments (last - tuesday february 10, 2004 12:52)
Anti racism was the issue to bring about sectarian clashes at Belfast city council yesterday read full story / add a comment
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