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cork / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday December 04, 2007 22:51 by Alan
Cork Women's Right To Choose is holding a workshop on abortion rights and reproductive rights in Isaacs function room, MacCurtain street, from 4 pm-6pm

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galway / anti-war / imperialism / press release Tuesday December 04, 2007 15:47 by doug f   text 5 comments (last - saturday december 15, 2007 14:03)
The Galway Alliance Against War has issued a statement in relation to the
announcement by the organisers of the Salthill Air Show to cancel next year’s event. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday December 04, 2007 15:46 by Sarah Lundberg
Dublin novelist, playwright and poet Oran Ryan and Oklahoma born, Galway based poet Quincy R Lehr will read in Chapters of Parnell St at 1pm Friday 21st December.

Oran's novels The Death of Finn and Ten Short Novels by Arthur Kruger are published by Seven Towers. Quincy R Lehr's collection The Perfect Joke will be published by Seven Towers in 2008. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday December 04, 2007 14:42 by Sarah Lundberg
Dubli based New Zealand poet Ross Hattaway will read in Chapters of Parnell St, Dublin 1 at 1pm on 17th December. Ross' collection The Gentle Art of Rotting was published by Seven Towers in 2006.
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday December 04, 2007 14:39 by Sarah Lundberg
Poet, playwright, producer, director and actor Noel Ó Briain will read in Chapters of Parnell St, Dublin 1 at 1pm on 17th December. Noel's collection, Scattering Day, 21 Sonnets and Other Poems, was published by Seven Towers in 2007. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday December 04, 2007 12:46 by Sarah Lundberg
Hugh will read in Chapters of Parnell St Dublin 1 at 2pm on Wed 12th December. Hugh's collection Planting a Mouth was recently published by Doghouse. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday December 04, 2007 12:38 by Sarah Lundberg
Kildare poet Liam Aungier will read in Chapters of Parnell St, DUblin 1 at 1pm on Monday 10th December. Liam's collection, Apples in Winter, is published by Doghouse. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday December 04, 2007 12:33 by Sarah Lundberg
Poet and broadcaster Catherine Ann Cullen will read in Chapters of Parnell St at 1pm on Firday December 14th. Catherine Ann's colelctionA Bone in My Throat was recently published by Doghouse. read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday December 04, 2007 12:25 by Paddy   text 7 comments (last - wednesday december 05, 2007 15:29)
SP Public Meeting
Classroom Assistants Betrayed!
Where to Now?

8pm Wed 5th Dec
Socialist Party Offices
13 Lombard St read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday December 04, 2007 12:20 by Sarah Lundberg
Seven Towers Christmas in Dublin readings presents Galway based novelist, poet and founder of the Wester Writers Centre, Fred Johnston reading from his recently published collection The Oracle Room in Chapters of Parnell St, Dublin 1 on the Friday 7th December at 1pm.

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kerry / arts and media / event notice Tuesday December 04, 2007 11:16 by Sarah Lundberg
Seven Towers Christmas Reading Series
welcomes
Seven Towers and Doghouse Writers
Ross Hattaway, Quincy Lehr, Noel Ó Briain, Tommy Frank O’ Connor, Margaret O’Shea, Oran Ryan, J W Sexton, Eileen Sheehan

Seven Towers and Doghouse Books are delighted to announce an exciting evening of quality Irish writing in Ruebens of Tralee at 6pm on Saturday 8th of December.
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tipperary / arts and media / event notice Tuesday December 04, 2007 11:11 by Sarah Lundberg
After stepping "into the ring with the big boys" witht the launch of his debut CD, Chisty is Dead, singer songwriter Kris Finnerty is delighted to return to Lonergans of Clonmel where he previously played during the Clonmel Junction Festival.

Kris will play in Lonergans on Sunday 16th December 2007 at 8.30pm.

Admission is €10 and 77c from each ticket sold will be donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland in honour of Kris' two cousins who have this disease.

This is an exciting event for Kris and for Seven Towers.

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dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday December 04, 2007 11:05 by Sarah Lundberg
After "stepping into the ring withthe big boys" on the launch of his Debut Album CHisty is Dead, singer songwriter Kris FInnerty shares the bill with country/bluegrass band The Prairie Dawgs at this exciting pre-Christmas event in the Madison Bar, Rathmines, Dublin 6 at 8.30 on 5th December 2007

The Admission is €7 and for each gig ticket sold 77c will be donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland.

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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday December 04, 2007 10:00 by tomeile   text 7 comments (last - tuesday december 04, 2007 16:08)
Today, two campaign groups are publishing their groundbreaking research on the extent of military involvement in British universities . Seventy per cent of the projects investigated were sponsored by three industry leaders: BAE Systems, RollsRoyce and the controversially privatised research group QinetiQ.
The report, Study War No More, has been produced by Campaign Against Arms Trade and the UK branch of the Fellowship for Reconciliation, a long-established interfaith peace group with headquarters in New York state.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday December 04, 2007 09:37 by Irish Basque Committees   text 3 comments (last - tuesday january 15, 2008 21:50)
All of the arrested are welknown grassroots activists and the Spanish National Court's decission has shocked Basque people. The majority of Basque political parties, trade unions and social organizations have spoken out against this attack. 25,000 people took to the streets just 24 hours after the arrests started. read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday December 04, 2007 00:55 by Cork WSM
Franciscan Well

North Mall

8.30pm-late

Saturday, 15th December read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday December 04, 2007 00:47 by Cork WSM
2 Great Magazines! 1 Great Launch!

The RAG - Issue 2

Red and Black Revolution 13 read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Monday December 03, 2007 23:03 by Nick Folley   text 5 comments (last - tuesday december 11, 2007 12:00)
For those following the Hidden History on Coolnacrease below is published a transcript of the Joe Duffy Liveline programme of Nov 6th 2007 on RTE. It features Jack Lane and Tom Carew. There is also a link to the transcript of the previous day's Liveline where the same topic was duscussed.

I have tried to give the discussion verbatim where possible, but due to sound quality and the natural cadence of conversation, on occasion it wasn't possible to catch every word. Where I have some doubt about the actual words, I have used [ ?] read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday December 03, 2007 20:03 by Ciaron O'Reilly   text 1 comment (last - wednesday december 05, 2007 10:30)
Aspects of living in Dublin 2002-07 reminded of my formative years in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. A marriage of police corruption with the denial of basic civil liberties and routine deaths in custody. Times that produced some pretty good music. "Pig City" was an '83 punk single by anarchist friend Tony Kniepp, recently it became the title of a book about the Brisbane music scene under Joh and a few months it was a reunion gig. Download the recent radio show on the link below.... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday December 03, 2007 17:46 by Kieran O'Sullivan
Caoimhe Butterly will be speaking around the country on the following dates:
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