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galway / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 12, 2010 01:02 by donkylemore
On the 61st anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. - (UDHR) I quote Oscar wilde more than all the others; he more than anyone would have appreciated this charter . It is just that it is not binding .it is not a law. It is aspirational ; but it is inspirational . You don’t need to read it through. The language is turgid in places. Its meant to endure . After 60 years the wording may seem esoteric .but if you re read it , ask yourself ; how else could this be written to relate to all society. I believe it is written for all the children of the womb of the Universe . But , I will confess that I quote Oscar not only because he is one of the most quoted people in the history of English language . read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday January 11, 2010 11:48 by Amnesty International - Ireland
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Marking the eighth anniversary of the opening of Guantánamo Bay detention centre, Amnesty International Ireland has criticised the Government’s lack of progress in carrying out a promised review of the law on searching suspected renditions flights. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / event notice Monday January 11, 2010 10:30 by Michael Murphy
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Joe Higgins MEP for the Dublin Region, would like to invite you to participate in the meeting below which he is convening in response to the Government declaring that household water charges will be reintroduced. Green Party Environment Minister Gormley has stated that a general installation of water meters will begin this year in preparation. Water Charges would be just another stealth tax to inflict further burdens on ordinary working people in response to the crisis in Irish capitalism. Minister for Social Welfare Hanafin said that if the charges had not been abolished in 1996, each household could now be paying up to €700 each year. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / news report Monday January 11, 2010 07:30 by Rose Kelleher
This is a story about problems of security faced by former members of the royal Nepali family. A former princess was threatened and the perpetrators are being brought to justice in Kathmandu This article covers the details of the court case. read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / press release Monday January 11, 2010 00:44 by Makhno
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Sinn Féin has confirmed that Killian Forde is to defect to the Labour Party on Monday and calls it a betrayal of Sinn Féin voters and Sinn Féin workers. read full story / add a comment
galway / environment / opinion/analysis Sunday January 10, 2010 21:34 by donkylemore
While we all agonise about whether our Industry , Agriculture , and all Human activity and endeavour may be responsible for Climate Change there is a theory that cosmic radiation could be responsible for inordinate cloud cover - both Global warming and cooling may be explained by the formation of cloud cover due to solar wind particles which gather about them clouds. Maybe its a cop out . But Maybe not read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Sunday January 10, 2010 19:04 by Oswald Bastable
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John Gormley may be striving to secure salt supplies from abroad but meanwhile salt is being exported from Ireland! read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Sunday January 10, 2010 06:13 by Donkylemore
Cowen seems more beaten by the day. The easy clichéd sound bites gone. He appears hunched, shuffling; or frozen in fright like the deer in the head lamp, He has inherited a terrible legacy , but one which he contributed to its making in very substantial manner.The game is up Like Brown in the UK - he too is unlucky, unpopular, lingering in from day to day, never knowing the moment to go to the country. read full story / add a comment
dublin / politics / elections / other press Saturday January 09, 2010 01:36 by Ronnie
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The only place he is going is out of Sinn Fein. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / event notice Friday January 08, 2010 14:09 by MichaelY
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Teachers Club - Parnell Square - Dublin read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Friday January 08, 2010 08:42 by John Hurson
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Report on the "Viva Palestina Humanitarian Aid Convoy". On Wednesday January 6th, 2010, 517 volunteers in 200 vehicles delivered humanitarian aid to the stricken region of Gaza. Despite many obstacles, they completed their journey which started out from London on December 6th. read full story / add a comment
cork / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Thursday January 07, 2010 17:51 by Alan M.
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8pm, Friday, 15th January in Solidarity Books, 43 Douglas Street. This is the story about how 5-6 full time activists, and 20 or so part time union activists succeeded in organising thousands of workers across 6 hospitals in Las Vegas, a city in the middle of a desert, with no history of union organising. It is rare that you find out the nuts and bolts of how people bring about change on the ground, and there is a lot to think about in his talk. While Cork is a long way from Las Vegas, there are things here that we, as activists, need to learn about. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday January 07, 2010 17:41 by tomeile
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Police arrested Slovak national, Stefan Gonda, on Tuesday after he had unwittingly brought plastic explosives into Ireland three days earlier on a plane. He was later released without charge . The pilot of the Danube Wings plane had been informed before take off from Poprad-Tatry airport in eastern Slovakia that the explosive material was on board , but decided to carry on with the plane’s scheduled flight . Slovak chief of border police Tibor Mako said the explosives had been attached to the straps of the man's backpack “to test security at Slovakia’s Poprad-Tatry Airport.” read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Thursday January 07, 2010 04:21 by Fintan Lane
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The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) has received word from the Irish participants on the Viva Palestina aid convoy that they crossed the border at Rafah and arrived in Gaza shortly after 7pm (Irish time). This is exactly one month after the convoy set off on its journey and despite concerted efforts by Egypt to obstruct its progress. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday January 06, 2010 17:04 by Fintan Lane
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) has learned in the past few minutes that the Gaza aid convoy is finally at the Rafah crossing in Egypt and will cross into Gaza this evening. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday January 06, 2010 08:32 by TD
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These are the contents of two emails from Alice Howard of Viva Palestina 6:50am UK, Wednesday January 06, 2010 James Jordan, Sky News Online Controversial MP George Galloway has been involved in scuffles with Egyptian police as a group of pro-Palestinian activists tried to get a relief convoy into the Gaza Strip. According to medics 55 people were injured after the 520 activists broke down the gate at the port in El-Arish to protest against an Egyptian decision to ship some of the goods through Israel. They blocked the two entrances to the Sinai port with vehicles and clashed with police who used water cannon to control the protests. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday January 05, 2010 22:58 by KSI
On December 24th, more than 80 people related to the BDP (Peace and Democracy Party), as well as human rights defenders and members of NGO’s were arrested across Turkey read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday January 05, 2010 21:11 by Fintan Lane
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In the past hour, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) received the following urgent updates from the port of Al-Arish in Egypt, where the Gaza aid convoy, which includes several Irish people and three Irish vehicles, is currently surrounded by riot police. It is unclear how the situation will unfold, though the convoy was meant to travel into Gaza tomorrow, with its much-needed humanitarian aid. The first report is by text from Tyrone man John Hurson. The second report is from Kevin Ovenden, one of the chief organisers of the convoy. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Tuesday January 05, 2010 19:20 by Shannonwatch
Comments by the Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern that the annual security bill at Shannon for US military traffic is justified (Irish Examiner, 4 Jan) shows scant regard for the lives or human rights of the people of Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill of more than 3 million euro a year is spent facilitating occupying forces that cause ongoing fear, suffering and violent civilian death in both countries. And while the movement of troops is estimated to have been worth around 7 million euro to the airport in 2009, for this we have abandoned all traces of neutrality, international humanitarian law and respect for human rights. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Tuesday January 05, 2010 19:12 by Contaminated Crow
A mast, two quarries, two power plants, a sports venue and turf-cutting read full story / add a comment |
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