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offsite link The Saker blog is now frozen Tue Feb 28, 2023 23:55 | The Saker
Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog.? We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below).?

offsite link What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

offsite link Moveable Feast Cafe 2023/02/27 ? Open Thread Mon Feb 27, 2023 19:00 | cafe-uploader
2023/02/27 19:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of

offsite link The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
Pepe Escobar for the Saker blog A powerful feeling rhythms your skin and drums up your soul as you?re immersed in a long walk under persistent snow flurries, pinpointed by

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Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

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Human Rights in Ireland
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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link News Round-Up Fri Feb 07, 2025 19:31 | Toby Young
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link The Censorship Only Goes One Way Fri Feb 07, 2025 17:02 | Dr James Allan
Our new censors tried to ban a video of a Christian bishop being stabbed by a Muslim extremist. But would they have done the same if it was a far-Right assailant attacking a Muslim? Of course not, says Prof James Allan.
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offsite link Miliband?s Net Zero Plans Torpedoed by UK?s Top Offshore Wind Developer as ?rsted Axes Major Project... Fri Feb 07, 2025 15:14 | David Turver
Ed Miliband's Net Zero plans have been torpedoed by the UK's top offshore wind developer as Danish company ?rsted axes a number of major projects as part of a 25% cut to its investment plans.
The post Miliband’s Net Zero Plans Torpedoed by UK’s Top Offshore Wind Developer as ?rsted Axes Major Projects appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Democrat Lawmaker Gets Sterilised Because of Trump Presidency Fri Feb 07, 2025 13:13 | Will Jones
A Democrat lawmaker in Michigan has undergone a sterilisation procedure to avoid becoming pregnant while Donald Trump is in office. Because nothing says "I'm not a hysterical woman" quite like ripping out your womb.
The post Democrat Lawmaker Gets Sterilised Because of Trump Presidency appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Former Royal Marine Cleared of Race Hate Charge Over Southport Protest Video Fri Feb 07, 2025 11:00 | Dr Frederick Attenborough
In a victory for free speech, ex-Royal Marine Jamie Michael has been cleared of racial hatred after posting a video calling for peaceful protest following the Southport attack. The jury took just 17 minutes to acquit him.
The post Former Royal Marine Cleared of Race Hate Charge Over Southport Protest Video appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday December 10, 2003 16:11 by allen   text 5 comments (last - wednesday december 10, 2003 17:35)
“Inequality and poverty have increased significantly under this coalition government,” the Labour spokesperson on Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Willie Penrose has said following the release of an ESRI report which shows that relative poverty has more than doubled since 1994. read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 10, 2003 15:27 by Mags   text 10 comments (last - tuesday december 16, 2003 11:05)
Many people on here will be familiar with the statements of Willie Soffe, the manager of Fingal County Council. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / press release Wednesday December 10, 2003 01:06 by John Cunningham   text 5 comments (last - monday april 26, 2004 05:38)
San oíche Dé hAoine seo  chugainn déanfaidh an Eite Chlé i nGaillimh iarracht scéal saoil an scríbhneora Pádraic Ó Conaire a shaoradh ón ngreim scornaigh atá ag an Aicme Cheannais air le fada. Déanfaidh Coiste Uí Chonaire comóradh dátheangach ar shaothar Phádraic Uí Chonaire ag a 8 a chlog san oíche Dé hAoine, 12 Nollaig, in Áras na nGael, Sr. Doiminic.

Léireoidh Diarmuid de Faoite cuid dá sheó aonair faoi Ó Conaire, léifidh scríbhneoir radacach eile as Gaillimh, an file Rita Ann Higgins, cuid de scríbhinní Phádraic agus roinnt ábhair léi féin. Tabharfaidh Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh léacht i nGaeilge faoin gConaireach (seo é an fear a scríobh leabhar faoi Mháirtín Ó Cadhain le gairid). Labharfaidh an staraí ar chúrsaí saothair, an Dr. John Cunningham, faoi Ó Conaire i mBéarla.

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international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 09, 2003 22:58 by Robert Looby
The private detective with the torturous personal life is a standard cliche of modern television and cinema. But he was also to be found sleuthing away behind the Iron Curtain. Similarly, devious intellectuals and honest sincere workers have thrived on both sides of the divide. This article compares the effects of communist censorship on popular culture with the effects of market pressures on modern popular culture, finding some striking similarities. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / news report Tuesday December 09, 2003 20:05 by John Meehan
Democracy and Public Services in Europe (DAPSE) Seminar :
Chairperson :
Ailbhe Smyth, Women’s Education Research and Resource Centre, University College Dublin

Speakers :
Franz-Josef Stummann, Executive Secretary, Assembly of European Regions
Barry Finnegan (ATTAC Ireland, interim convenor of the Irish Social Forum)
Bernadine O’Sullivan (former president, Association of Secondary Teachers’ in Ireland (ASTI)

This is a personal report by John Meehan. Other people who attended the event are welcome to add comments clarifications and corrections. read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Tuesday December 09, 2003 18:12 by Campaign activist   text 1 comment (last - friday december 12, 2003 17:51)
On 12th December the High Court will be hearing the test case of 3 Finglas
residents in relation to non-payment of the Bin Tax. read full story / add a comment
wexford / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday December 09, 2003 17:59 by Yellowbellied worker
Staff in sections of Wexford County Council are to be balloted for all-out strike action in support of a colleague who was made redundant last month. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 09, 2003 16:50 by Rightteous pragmatist   text 3 comments (last - saturday december 20, 2003 23:28)
It is in destroying jobs that the economy improves and makes it possible for the standard of living of all Americans to increase. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 09, 2003 16:41 by Cormac Cahill   text 2 comments (last - friday december 12, 2003 01:39)
In relation to the meeting of the Legal Advisory Group (LAG) at UCD last week in a bid to reform the libel laws in Ireland and also to debate the introduction of a press council, statutory or self-regulated. It is of the utmost importance to journalism in Ireland that the libel laws are reformed and a press council to suit this be implemented. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / press release Tuesday December 09, 2003 16:40 by Ailín   text 7 comments (last - thursday december 11, 2003 20:34)
"Republican Sinn Féin refutes in the strongest possible terms the attempt by the 26 County Justice Minister, Michael Mc Dowell to take our good name by attempting to associate our organisation with criminal activity, in a report carried on RTÉ radio's 'News At One' programme, today (Tuesday Dec 9). The only activity engaged in by Republican Sinn Féin and its members is legitimate political activity, as we have done for almost the past 100 years, the centenary of our foundation is in 2005." read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday December 09, 2003 15:26 by Inaki
Date: 12 December 2003

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: Teachers Club (room 2) 64 Parnell Sq. West

The event will be a public presentation of the situation of the political prisoners currently being held in Spanish and French prisons as a consequence of the political conflict between the Basque Country and the Spanish State. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 09, 2003 02:42 by Chris Donoghue   text 2 comments (last - tuesday december 09, 2003 09:54)
As Irish troops prepare to enter Liberia some news companies in Ireland have portrayed the country as still being at war. This is untrue and positive steps are being taken everyday to maintain permanant PEACE in the West African State. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Monday December 08, 2003 19:43 by Anthony Coughlan   text 2 comments (last - thursday december 25, 2003 21:57)
"This is crossing the Rubicon, after which there will be no more sovereign
states in Europe with fully-fledged governments and parliaments which
represent legitimate interests of their citizens, but only one State will
remain. Basic things will be decided by a remote 'federal government' in
Brussels and, for example, Czech citizens will be only a tiny particle
whose voice and influence will be almost zero. ; We are against a European
superstate."

- Czech President Vaclav Klaus, Mlada Fronta Dnes, 29-9-2003 read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday December 08, 2003 18:22 by Fintan Lane   text 2 comments (last - monday december 15, 2003 00:20)
I need to give some background to why this letter is dated. Fintan wrote and sent this letter out to me on December 2nd, to be put out before the blockade. It arrived in my letterbox today, December 8th. Other letters he has sent have arrived within 24 hours of sending. The prison censors must have made a conscious, politically motivated decision to delay the sending of this one, as it encourages people to attend December 6th and make it a success. I doubt that the delay is the fault of An Post, given the speed with which Fintan's other letters have been delivered. We know the blockade was indeed a success, but I thought it appropriate to post this letter up verbatim regardless, because we wouldn't want to buy into attempts to silence an anti-war prisoner. Instead, let's use this as fuel to spark the planning of the next blockade.
Deirdre Clancy (Pitstop Ploughshares). read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / news report Monday December 08, 2003 17:28 by no verse today   text 5 comments (last - monday december 12, 2005 12:58)
with the words "I think the chapter of terrorism in Greece is finally over," Michalis Tsinisizelidis, political science professor at Athens University has led reaction to the long awaited trial in the wider english speaking world. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday December 08, 2003 16:34 by joe   text 4 comments (last - sunday december 14, 2003 00:51)
Deputy Joe Costello, has called on the government to withdraw the European Arrest Warrant Bill, 2003, the Committee and Report Stage of which is due to be completed in the Dail this week, following the discovery that two distinct and conflicting versions of the Bill had been published. read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / press release Monday December 08, 2003 16:29 by pat c   text 9 comments (last - tuesday december 09, 2003 16:43)
Dublin Campaign Against the Bin Tax

Bertie Heckled in Bin Tax Protest

8th December 2003

The Dublin Campaign Against the Bin Tax today held a protest at Binns Bridge
in Drumcondra to highlight the ongoing opposition to the Bin Tax and double
taxation. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / press release Monday December 08, 2003 15:12 by Dermot Looney (Oifigeach Forbairt)
University College, Dublin Students' Union (UCDSU) is organising a picket of tonight's meeting of Dún Laoghaire / Rathdown County Council in protest at the 3-month delay in grant payments to UCD students. At the end of the college term last Friday, a significant number of students from the County region had still to receive grants that were initially meant to arrive in September. read full story / add a comment
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