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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday February 22, 2010 21:46 by Morbeg
UCD Student Union Council has called for a referendum in an attempt to repeal the boycott of Coca Cola products in SU outlets, which was put in place by referendum in 2003. When this referendum was passed it made UCDSU the first students union in the world to support the call for a boycott made by SINALTRAINAL a Columbian trade union whose members have been threatened and killed as part of a brutal campaign to stifle trade union activity in their bottling plants in Columbia since the beginning of the1990s. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / press release Monday February 22, 2010 18:07 by Mrs. Charity Sweet
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I have been further arrested on two separate occasions for public expresion of "bollocks" and "blair". Both cases were dropped on the date of trial under somewhat convenient circumstances, the CPS offering no evidence. The first case was dropped the week the Sex Pistols released their 3oth anniversay edition of the album "Never Mind the Bollocks - Here's the Sex Pistols". The second case was to be attended by Lady mary Warnock, picking up the torch of common sense from Professor Kingsley and QC John Mortimer who valiantly defended our right to use that Saxon Age old word of bollocks. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Monday February 22, 2010 17:35 by Lara Hill
"When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race." ~H.G. Wells February Critical Mass will assemble at Grafton st. entrance to St. Stephen's Green @ 17:45 to start the cycle @ 18:00, Friday 26 February. All welcome. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday February 22, 2010 15:24 by OrangeCitadel
Text of Nationalist residents groups' submission to the Northern Ireland Assembly working party on parading issues. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Monday February 22, 2010 13:54 by Joe Galvin
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The resignation of Willie O'Dea has again led to criticism of the Green Party, despite it being another failure on the side of Fianna Fáil (FF). read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Sunday February 21, 2010 21:32 by Laura Broxson
Stop by our information table to sign petitions, pick up a variety of leaflets, and ask us questions! read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Sunday February 21, 2010 20:58 by Seven Towers Agency
7pm on Tuesday 9th March read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Sunday February 21, 2010 20:27 by Seven Towers Agency
At Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St Dublin 1, 1.15pm Wednesday 3rd March read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Sunday February 21, 2010 19:51 by Neil Warner
On February 25th Labour Youthand the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign will be helping Dublin to join in an international day of action highlighting the situation in Palestine with a particular focus on the city of Hebron. A protest will be taking place outside the Israeli Embassy (122 Pembroke Road) at 5.00pm. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Sunday February 21, 2010 17:48 by Jim Monaghan
PANA welcomes the collapse of Dutch government over the Afghan War. The Peace & Neutrality Alliance welcomes the decision of the Dutch Labour Party to collapse the Dutch Government because of Prime Minister Balkenende efforts to refuse to honour a commitment to withdraw Dutch troops from the occupation forces in Afghanistan. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / news report Sunday February 21, 2010 17:42 by Fred Johnston
We must thank the folks at Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Galway, for their efforts for the Colette Wittorski reading there on February 18th, and the Clare Three-Leggéd Stool Poets for their terrific work in organising her reading from ‘Northern Lights’ at Glór, Ennis, on February 20th. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Saturday February 20, 2010 22:34 by Peadar Mac
Republican's from Donegal and Fermanagh erected a memorial to IRA Volunteers who lay in an unmarked grave in Donegal Town since being killed in action during the Battle of Pettigo in June 1922. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Saturday February 20, 2010 20:56 by Timgos
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1000 Architects and Engineers call for new 9/11 Investigation. They cite evidence of demolition at three World Trade Centre Towers. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday February 20, 2010 14:20 by Peter Mulholland
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After finally being forced to accept that Orange parades have kept up ‘an exclusive society in civil and military life, exciting one portion of the people against the other... [leading to] breaches of the peace and bloodshed’ the Grand Master of the Orange Order in Ireland met with ‘several influential members’ to arrange for the immediate dissolution of that sectarian organization. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / news report Friday February 19, 2010 22:06 by Klaus Schenck
Incredibly, the European Commission intends to declare oil palm plantations as forests. The obvious trick aims at wiping aside the worldwide opposition to the destruction of rain forests to use the land for oil plantations – according to the motto: no forest is being lost. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday February 19, 2010 11:27 by Gavin Gleeson
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Joe Stack recently committed suicide by crashing an airplane into the IRS offices in Austin, Texas. He left a manifesto describing the long path which had finally led him to this decision. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday February 19, 2010 10:07 by DS2S
Shell’s decision to suspend key parts of its work on the Corrib Gas project is the beginning of a recognition by the company that its experimental inland refinery project is “not going to work”, according to the Shell to Sea campaign. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday February 19, 2010 00:39 by Amnesty International - Ireland
Amnesty International today criticised Iran for rejecting important recommendations by the United Nations to improve human rights in the country. The Iranian Government was before the UN Human Rights Council this week to defend its track record on human rights and came in for tough criticism from Ireland. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday February 18, 2010 22:46 by DS2S
Dublin Shell to Sea to hold protest in support of Pat O'Donnell read full story / add a comment
As another RTÉ personality stands for Fine Gael, we discover that George Lee was on Leave of Absence
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Thursday February 18, 2010 16:43 by Paul Larkin
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Article looking at the broadcasting ethics (or lack of same) of RTÉ and the slanted political make-up of personalities and news coverage read full story / add a comment |
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