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offsite link Why is it Illegal to Burn a Koran But Fine for Pro-Hamas Protesters to Destroy a Union Flag? Mon Feb 24, 2025 15:21 | C.J. Strachan
Why is it illegal to burn a Koran but fine for pro-Hamas protesters to destroy a Union Flag? Why is one a "public order offence" and the other not? Because in two-tier Britain the one rule is that you can't upset Muslims.
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offsite link Meltdown in the Scholarly Kitchen Mon Feb 24, 2025 13:00 | Dr Roger Watson
"Censorship!" cry the censorious Left as the Trump administration clamps down on wokery in publicly-funded research. Dr Roger Watson fact-checks the latest dubious claims from the DEI industry about book and word "bans".
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offsite link Merz Warns of End of NATO as Incoming Chancellor Set to Defy Washington by Forming Coalition With Ge... Mon Feb 24, 2025 11:38 | Will Jones
Friedrich Merz has warned of the end of NATO as the incoming German Chancellor is set to defy Washington by teaming up with the losing Left-wing parties, including the extreme Greens, and freezing out surging AfD.
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offsite link Trump?s Cuts to USAID May Force Stonewall to Make Half its Staff Redundant, LGBT Organisation Claims... Mon Feb 24, 2025 09:00 | Toby Young
Trump's freeze on foreign aid has left Stonewall in the lurch, with US funding for its LGBTQ+ projects drying up, and up to half of its "shell-shocked" staff facing the chop.
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In a world reshaped by Putin and Trump, the Daily Sceptic's Energy Editor explains how a thaw between Russia and the US could change the global energy game, sidelining Europe and lifting the Global South.
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dublin / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday February 26, 2010 11:11 by Mick O'Broin
The announcement of new legislation to create a directly-elected mayor of Dublin is yet another sign of the increasing political importance of the city a globalised world. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Thursday February 25, 2010 19:38 by Contaminated Crow
Reports from down the country from August 2008 to December 2009 show consistent opposition to proposed waste facilities from local residents, including opposition to attempted expansion of existing facilities and co-location of facilities with existing waste facilities. While opposition to landfilling and incineration has continued, it has been joined by opposition to other activities of the waste disposal industry, including waste storage, transfer and recycling facilities and biological waste treatment facilities, including objections to sludge disposal, whether by land spreading, drying or sea disposal. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Thursday February 25, 2010 17:37 by Citizen X   text 9 comments (last - friday march 05, 2010 11:15)
Former CIA man, Phillip Giraldi, reports on AntiWar.com about blowback from the Israeli operation - and confirms that visitors to Israel should now assume that they are at increased risk of identity theft for black-ops. Joseph Fitznakis of Intelligence News reports on the Irish angle - an Israeli Spy in Dublin is thought to have stolen the identities of Irish people, while using existing yet unused addresses - including that of a property belonging to Albert Reynold's brother. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday February 25, 2010 09:49 by Fintan Lane
IRELAND-PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN

PRESS RELEASE, 25/2/10

IPSC WELCOMES MICHAEL MARTIN'S VISIT TO GAZA TODAY read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday February 25, 2010 02:19 by PRO
Preas Ráiteas ó RNU/RNU Press Release read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday February 24, 2010 20:45 by Ali Leahy
This course is aimed at people with an interest in global development issues who want to find out ways that they can take action for a fair and equitable world from Ireland. This includes, but is not limited to, those who have lived or volunteered overseas and want to:

- Explore that experience and how to use it as a springboard for continuing their involvement in working for a better world;
- Continue to support those they have met and worked with while overseas;
- Consider how to make lifestyle choices based on their principles and values;
- Learn about development work happening in Ireland;
- Network and share experiences with others.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday February 24, 2010 19:08 by Amnesty International - Ireland   text 4 comments (last - monday march 01, 2010 11:37)
The Government must adopt a coordinated approach if it is serious about improving its track record on mental health, according to a report launched today (24/02/10) by Amnesty International Ireland. The Missing Link: coordinated Government action on mental health was launched by Minister for Mental Health and Disability John Moloney TD at a press conference this morning. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Wednesday February 24, 2010 15:56 by Jim Monaghan
What the Irish people need are jobs at home not war abroad. read full story / add a comment
dublin / gender and sexuality / event notice Wednesday February 24, 2010 15:17 by Dorothy Gale
FEMINIST OPEN FORUM

Public Meeting

‘Sex Trafficking and Prostitution – The Irish Situation’

Panel and Discussion 7.30pm The Central Hotel, Exchequer St, Dublin 2 read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday February 24, 2010 13:31 by Sean   text 7 comments (last - saturday march 20, 2010 11:20)
Cuba Dissident dies on hunger strike in Cuban jail. Amnesty prisoner of conscience Orlando Zapata Tamayo 'unrecognisable' after 85-day fast over beatings
Full text att link read full story / add a comment
cork / consumer issues / event notice Tuesday February 23, 2010 21:58 by anarkitty
For this meeting our guest speaker is Graham Strowts who will be speaking about the idea of the Food Forest and Perennials read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday February 23, 2010 20:54 by Seven Towers Agency
1.15 on Friday 19th March
Chapters of Parnell St, Dublin 1 read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday February 23, 2010 20:28 by Seven Towers Agency
Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, Dublin 1
6.30 on Thursday 11th March read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Tuesday February 23, 2010 19:09 by Contaminated Crow
Three windfarms, two telemasts, a sewage plant and turfcutting read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Tuesday February 23, 2010 18:37 by Socialist   text 15 comments (last - saturday february 27, 2010 06:21)
In a new three part article, Paul Murphy examines the claim that the worst is over for the Irish economy, highlighting some of the key pitfalls that will face the Irish economy in the coming years read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday February 23, 2010 15:40 by MichaelY
Friday March 5th 2010
7.30 Wynns Hotel, Lr Abbey St m Dublin
Goretti Horgan, one of the nine, will speak at the meeting.
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday February 23, 2010 14:14 by eirigi
As part of its recently launched ‘Different Name – Same Aim’ campaign éirígí is to hold an anti-PSNI protest outside of the British Embassy in Dublin at 2pm on Saturday, February 27th. The protest follows on the back of a similar protest in west Belfast on Monday last (February 8) which was attended by more than fifty people. (Opposing British Repression)

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international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday February 23, 2010 13:45 by john throne
California students and workers taking strike and other action in up to 100 locations state wide. Support coming from across the US and world wide. read full story / add a comment
laois / education / event notice Tuesday February 23, 2010 12:55 by RachelLYCS
Spend two days in Co. Laois in March learning how to relate important global themes with the issues you are dealing with on the ground here on Ireland. Empower your participants to understand how the world works and to stake a stance! read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday February 23, 2010 12:34 by orangecitadel
Recent media reports have cited Dolores Kelly, the SDLP Assembly representative for the Upper Bann constituency (and the Garvaghy Road) as having claimed that people were ‘very frightened and anxious that a parade down the Garvaghy Road is a price Sinn Féin is prepared to pay for the devolution of policing and justice’. What does Dolores know? read full story / add a comment
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