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mayo / environment / news report Thursday August 26, 2004 20:17 by Terry
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The story of Shell's on shore gas terminal development in Erris, Mayo, and proposed explotiation of the Corrib Gas Field. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / other press Thursday August 26, 2004 19:48 by Road fodder
There has been a dramatic drop in the number of speeders caught. This coincides with an increase in the number of road deaths. The Garda say it's because their manpower is spent minding Bush and EU leaders. The DoT says everything is fine and that speeding has decreased (when actually the DETECTION of speeding has decreased). read full story / add a comment
dublin / politics / elections / event notice Thursday August 26, 2004 19:45 by A Librarian
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Bad Thoughts is a community discussion group hosted by Bad Books Library. This discussion will be hosted by Michael, a journalist up to date with Latin American politics. Check out our website for more details. read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday August 26, 2004 19:33 by David McCarthy
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Many thanks to Indymedia for allowing space on your web site to raise awareness about this ongoing crisis. Two days from now, August 27th, is Cork City Council's deadline for receiving submissions on the accommodation needs of Travellers over the next 4 years. Was it naivety or a calculated move to advertise seeking submissions at the one time of the year when Travellers (and Traveller organisations) are not around? The following was submitted today by the Traveller Visibility Group. If anybody else is in a position to make a submission, the person to write to is Jim Beecher, Housing Section, Cork City Council. The e-mail address to use is [email protected] and please copy your submissions to [email protected] Traveller Visibility Group Submission to Cork City Council Regarding the four-year Traveller Accommodation Programme 2005 – 2008 Definitions In this submission, the following terms are used. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday August 26, 2004 18:52 by Donegal Travellers Project
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday August 26, 2004 16:48 by paul c
who have committed no offence other than crossing or trying to cross a border without papers read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday August 26, 2004 16:32 by Terry
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This essay argues that the conflict in the Persian Gulf is conditioned by the needs of American capitalism, and thus whether a Democrat or a Republican, a war hero or a draft dodger, sits in the Oval Office, it will make no difference to the propensity of the American state to commit acts of mass violence. An argument which is held up as a true by the record of Clinton, a man who recently received adulation in Dublin, yet whose administration slew far more than that of either Bush Snr. or Jnr. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday August 26, 2004 16:21 by pat c
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. agents have raided the homes of five people who allegedly traded hundreds of thousands of songs, movies and other copyrighted material over the Internet, Attorney General John Ashcroft says. Agents raided residences in Texas, New York and Wisconsin early on Wednesday and seized computers that they suspect were involved in a nationwide file-trading network. (Honestly this is not a joke. Can you imagine it? Armed Federal Agents kicking in your door because of this??? pat c) read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Thursday August 26, 2004 15:36 by pat c
ABUJA (AFP) Aug 25, 2004 The Nigerian Senate has ordered Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell to pay 1.5 billion dollars (1.2 billion euros) compensation for damages caused by nearly 60 years of exploration in the Niger Delta, a Senate document said Wednesday. read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday August 26, 2004 13:28 by Jim
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A representative of the Irish Coast Guard went on West Cork 103FM radio this morning and launched an attack on a long-running campaign to restore public access to the Old Head of Kinsale. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday August 26, 2004 13:08 by Eoin Dubsky
The American Conservative -- not a hippy zine -- includes a great article this issue about Bush's so-called "coalition of the willing". "In short, Mr. Bush has done more to electrify the international Left and give it a sense of common purpose than anyone since Che Guevara. That’s true coalition building—just not the kind Washington had in mind." read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday August 26, 2004 12:46 by pat c
Blair impeachment campaign starts A campaign to use age-old powers to impeach Tony Blair for misleading the public over the Iraq war is being launched by a group of MPs on Thursday. US President Bill Clinton famously escaped an impeachment attempt over the Monica Lewinsky scandal. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Thursday August 26, 2004 00:35 by Ladyfest
Ladyfest benefit gig with Life After Modelling, Tremors, Estel and Kid Blunt in the Voodoo Lounge this Friday, 27 August. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday August 25, 2004 19:00 by Martin O'Sullivan
Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Tuesday 14th September 2004 at 8pm Emer Mayock, Flute, Fiddle, Uilleann Pipes with Donal Siggins, Bouzouki, Guitar; Robert Harris, Percussion; Traditional and New Music. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Wednesday August 25, 2004 18:33 by Colombia solidarity
Like all things, the truth comes out eventually, although slowly. Uncle Sam’s leading exponent of the “War on Drugs and Terror” in the Western hemisphere is a blood thirsty fascist drug trafficker repressing political opposition in Colombia. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday August 25, 2004 17:54 by eekk
His aides say the Ayatollah is calling on Iraq's 60 per cent Shia majority to converge on the holy city, now in the 18th day of a bloody stand-off between militia loyal to the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and US and Iraqi forces at the Imam Ali mosque, one of Shia Islam's holiest places. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / press release Wednesday August 25, 2004 15:49 by Rick Lines
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The Irish Penal Reform Trust is pleased to announce the launch of its new website. www.iprt.ie is Ireland’s most comprehensive internet resource on prisons and prisoners’ rights read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday August 25, 2004 14:34 by pat c
BRITAIN’S leading black music awards were in disarray last night after two reggae stars under investigation for inciting homophobic violence were nominated despite assurances that such artists would be excluded. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Wednesday August 25, 2004 14:29 by pat c
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A WOMAN who became the victim of a hate campaign after she was mistaken for Maxine Carr has threatened legal action against her tormenters. Irene Lyttle, 25, claimed that her ordeal began when she moved into a new house in East Kilbride last month. Neighbours became convinced that she was Maxine Carr, the former girlfriend of the Soham murderer Ian Huntley. read full story / add a comment
national / sci-tech / news report Wednesday August 25, 2004 10:34 by vinnie
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