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dublin / animal rights / event notice Sunday May 25, 2008 17:56 by Laura Broxson
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national / eu / opinion/analysis Sunday May 25, 2008 09:15 by Howard Holby
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The transformation of democratic rule of law into a law to support an EU-federalist oligarchy is however far from getting the whole picture of Europe’s current and projected political system. In this part we compare the main features of the political system of Ireland known as “parliamentary democracy” with the basic criteria of democracy identified by experts of political theory [11] by reconciling two complementary widely accepted democracy-indexes: of Polity and Freedom House. After matching the observations of the system in Ireland with the two essential features of parliamentary democracy, which fill the word “democracy” with its actual meaning - meaningful elections and political freedom -, we find that these are converging to a zero value in Ireland under the overwhelming pressure of Lisbon. (In order to keep one reading unit within a reasonable length we would prefer to post the three parts of the article as separate publications.) read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Sunday May 25, 2008 01:27 by D. Flanagan
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A report in the Sunday Business Post links Libertas to Rettet Osterreich, an Austrian rightist political group. Rettet Osterreich held a rally in Vienna on March 12 which was attended by the neo-nazi National People's Party. read full story / add a comment
antrim / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Saturday May 24, 2008 12:03 by Paddy Meehan
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Meeting to discuss organising against Bush's visit 6pm Wednesday 28th May Socialist Party Offices 13 Lombard St read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday May 24, 2008 11:57 by nicola
Cork's third annual gay pride parade takes place today read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday May 24, 2008 10:50 by nicola
Cork pride week runs from Sunday the 25th of May until Monday the 2nd of June read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Saturday May 24, 2008 08:38 by mission possible
"ntergalactic tyrants beware: the boys in blue are after you" Anyone who thinks the police aren't interested in diversity will be amazed by the links they have built with Scientology Interesting article by Marina Hyde in today's "Guardian" follows up explosive recent allegations that the cult of Scientology has infiltrated police in the City of London and community groups in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Friday May 23, 2008 21:21 by Adam Johannes
UK government spending £14 billion on building a huge, privatised Military Academy in Wales to train the latest recruits to the 'war on terror' and any foreign militaries prepared to pay for the privilege. Paid for by our taxes, the profits will pour into the coffers of the arms companies like RAYTHEON hired to run it. For more info. And the 4 main parties in Wales support it. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / news report Friday May 23, 2008 17:38 by Barry Finnegan
During the current Lisbon referendum campaign, numerous politicians, business and think-tank leaders and spokespersons have repeatedly asserted that EU Member States, including Ireland, have a veto on whether or not the EU signs up to a WTO free-trade deal on agricultural goods. This is not true. An international free-trade agreement that consists exclusively of agricultural and other ‘manufactured’ goods, cannot be vetoed. It can only be decided on by a ‘qualified majority’ vote by the EU Council of Ministers. Additionally, the automatic veto on free-trade agreements in essential public services, which Member States currently enjoy, is removed under the proposed Lisbon treaty, reports Barry Finnegan.* read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / event notice Friday May 23, 2008 15:32 by Sarah Clancy
View all the trailers @ www.myspace.com/galwayafricanfilmfestival Galway One World Centre, Galway Film Society and The Huston School of Film and Digital Media are delighted to bring you Galway's first ever African Film Festival. While this festival offers an opportunity to see new films fom African directors, it will also be a family event with music, food and children's animation. The festival will screen a selection of films from various countries in Africa that will showcase the wealth of talent in African cinema. Like the generations of emigrants from Ireland who enjoyed the culture of their home country in places all over the globe we hope that Galway's Africans will enjoy a glimpse of home and other Galweigans will be presented with a view of the range of cultures and experience the vast continent contains. Due to the funding received from Irish Aid there will be no charge for any of these events, however tickets must be obtained from the Town Hall Box Office. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Friday May 23, 2008 14:49 by Sarah Lundberg
InC assidys of Westmoreland St, 25th June, 7.30pm. Admission Free read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Friday May 23, 2008 14:41 by Sarah Lundberg
Chapters and Verse 1.15 on Wednesday 18th June Chapters of Parnell St, Dublin 1 read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Friday May 23, 2008 14:32 by Sarah Lundberg
1.15 on Wednesday 4th June Chapters of Parnell St, Dublin 1 Admission Free read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Friday May 23, 2008 14:29 by Sarah Lundberg
With Senator David Norris, Ross Hattaway, Noel Ó Briain, Oran Ryan; 6.30pm Thursday 12th June 2008 Chapters of Parnell St, Dublin 1 read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Friday May 23, 2008 14:23 by Sarah Lundberg
In Cassidys of Westmoreland St, Dublin 2 at 7.30pm on Wednesday 28th May. Admission free, all welcome. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Friday May 23, 2008 13:49 by Citizen
This is an examination of the Summary that was sent out to many households; it is presented here with additional in-text commentary also from the public domain, clarifying, questioning, and criticising important aspects of the summary guide. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / news report Friday May 23, 2008 13:47 by Bernie Wright
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“Rodent and bird Glue traps are an extremely cruel method of killing animals. we believe that if people knew the degree of cruelty associated with these devices they would want no part of them. The are illegal under the wildlife act (approved traps, snares and nets) regulations 2003. However the sale or possession of these traps will have to be monitored to eradicate them completely. So far Atlantic,Swords and Murtaghs Co Meath , among other rural stores have removed them immediately when told by us that they were illegal.We appreciate their cooperation.-most are imported and they are also openly for sale still on the internet .AFAR members will be reporting all shops selling them . read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Friday May 23, 2008 13:16 by Howard Holby
One of the main conclusions of our former publication [1] have been that the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty is in effect new elections in Ireland. The issue of the Lisbon referendum is of even higher relevance than parliamentary elections, because the decision on ratifying the Lisbon Treaty is not merely to elect temporary representatives into the next term of the government and the parliament, but - upon transferring the current powers of the nation state of Ireland to the federal state in Brussels – it is a decision on accepting or rejecting the permanent construction of a new federal government and parliament. Without publicising this fact the ongoing government campaign to promote a ‘yes’ vote on the referendum amounts to the deprivation of the voters of their most fundamental democratic right to meaningful elections. The present study offers further evidence for the above statements by revealing the general erosion of democracy in the countries targeted by the Lisbon process. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Friday May 23, 2008 09:41 by isn'er
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The text of an article on the Lisbon Treaty from Resistance no. 6, the May/June issue of the Irish Socialist Network paper, can be found at the following link: www.irishsocialist.net read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Friday May 23, 2008 06:10 by Volteire
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Everything you wanted to know about the Treaty of Lisbon, but were afraid to ask- now in tasty bite-sized morsels. read full story / add a comment |
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