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dublin / arts and media / event notice Sunday September 28, 2008 14:34 by Sarah Lundberg
As a sports columnist for a Dublin daily, journalist Eamon Carr watched the unfolding drama of the 2002 World Cup finals firsthand in Japan. Yet against the intense public spectacle of media attention following the controversial departure of Ireland captain Roy Keane, Carr followed his own private journey - a lifelong quest to visit the shrines and places of the famed poet Matsuo Basho, recognized master of haiku. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Saturday September 27, 2008 20:43 by Over The Edge
03 Oct, 2008 The Huston Film School and the Burren College of Art presents a symposium on commonality and difference in the arts 11am - 5.30pm (Bus departs NUIG Quadrangle and Huston School of Film at 10am). Burren College of Art, Newtown Castle, Ballyvaughan. Speakers include: Timothy Emlyn Jones, Kevin Higgins, Emmet Kiernans, Mary McPartlan,, Aine Phillips, Rod Stoneman, Larry Thomas. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Saturday September 27, 2008 20:23 by Contaminated Crow
Water extraction, wind farm, telemast. rehabilitation at last at Gortmore and latest from the National Miners Group read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday September 27, 2008 14:41 by New York City Labor Against the War (NYCLAW)
It was Mr. Obama who seemed more aligned with President Bush's current policy of authorizing American special forces to cross the Afghan-Pakistan border into Pakistan's tribal areas that Al Qaeda and the Taliban have used as a sanctuary. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Saturday September 27, 2008 12:55 by Martin O'Sullivan
Public meeting Financial meltdown - the end of capitalism? Wednesday October 1st 8pm Smyth’s pub Fairview Speaker Melisa Halpen read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday September 26, 2008 17:29 by Irish Film Institute
The theme of the year-long campaign marking the 60th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights informs our six-week evening course this term. With a range of titles covering aspects of human rights, the Anniversary is an ideal opportunity for us to engage with filmmakers and human rights practitioners on the significance of this genre of filmmaking. Our course will feature six documentaries, previously unscreened in Ireland. Each evening, a special guest from the world of film or human rights will speak on the film and their own work. The course will be of interest to IFI members and friends, film enthusiasts, human rights workers and all who are interested in challenging and provocative cinema. read full story / add a comment
kildare / environment / press release Friday September 26, 2008 12:07 by Miriam Mulcahy and Anne Davidson
In a major decision released on 23rd September, the Information Commissioner Emily O'Reilly has directed Kildare County Council to turn over to the Hill of Allen Action Group documents concerning planning at Roadstone's quarry that the Council has fought to keep secret for more than a year. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / press release Friday September 26, 2008 00:43 by Ciaran Long
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IRISH SHAC DEMO AT 12-30 on MONDAY 29th September 2008.to unite with SHAC Global Day of Action against NYSE, NYSE Euronex and their shareholders - Monday 29th September 2008 NYSE Global Day of Action ===================== read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Thursday September 25, 2008 19:28 by n
Frightening. This is the Feedback Loops that Worry Anyone Interested in Global Warming. It was like an August Day today On My Fagbreaks. Not Very Normal. All These Distracting Crises! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday September 25, 2008 15:43 by tomeile
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With the prospect of financial meltdown across the world , the crisis in American ruling circles over how to grab Iranian oil supplies takes on new urgency . John Bolton , neo-con ex US ambassador to the United Nations , writes in today's New York Daily News on the choices an incoming US president will face - either “regime through support of the widespread discontent across Iran with the mullahs” , or “ the targeted use of force against Iran's nuclear program." read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday September 25, 2008 15:41 by Maryam Namazie
The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain presents its first international conference: Political Islam, Sharia Law, And Civil Society Date: Friday 10 October 2008 International day against the Death Penalty Time: 10am-6pm (Registration begins at 9am) Venue: Conway Hall 25 Red Lion Square London WC1R 4RL (Closest station: Holborn) read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday September 25, 2008 09:24 by John Jefferies
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According to an article in today's Irish Examiner a Cork based company, Cubic Telecom, is supplying the US military with what it describes as "innotive mobile phone SIM cards" which the US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq are currently testing. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday September 24, 2008 18:05 by Con Carroll
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Photographic exhibition read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Wednesday September 24, 2008 16:46 by Eugene Mc Cartan
Seminar/ Seimineár Is “social Europe” dead? ECJ judgements and workers’ rights read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday September 23, 2008 18:52 by The Oh-Aissieux
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The storytelling club that "knows no boundaries and succumbs to few taboos" is delighted to offer another evening of innovative and international storytelling, featuring a new adaptation of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. With The Oh-Aissieux and guest performers, Adam Wilson and Michael Phelan. Library Bar Extension, Central Hotel, Exchequer Street, Dublin 2. On Tuesday 30 September 2008 only. Doors 7.30. Show starts 8pm sharp. Admission EUR5, concessions EUR2. Book to avoid disappointment. Text names to 086 060 3818. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday September 23, 2008 17:22 by Johnjo
Lots of negative comment on McAleese' visit to Romania read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday September 23, 2008 13:18 by Cailean Bochanan
The latest editorial from Inthesenewtimes offering an opinion on the unfolding great bank robbery. read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-capitalism / event notice Monday September 22, 2008 21:55 by anarkitty
Thursday the 25th September starting at 8:30 sharp in the Victoria Hotel, Patrick Street, Cork read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Monday September 22, 2008 16:17 by Soundmigration
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At this stage its unsurprising in the least to read Royal Dutch Shell propoganda being presented as "journalism" by the Irish Independent and its stable mate, the Sunday Indo. Most readers of this site will be only too aware that the paper's owner 'Sir' Tony O Reilly has a very practical and profitable interest in the vast amounts of oil and gas of the West coast of Ireland. However even by the hack standards of journalism, and right wing opinions, that grace the paper, yesterdays piece by Maeve Sheehan suggest not just the usual biased and unnuaced 'presentation of facts' but has an almost willful ignorance of the facts on the ground. Combined with a willingness to present Shell and Police PR without any simple background checks or colloratory evidence over such an 'extensive' (read: its got a big word count) this article would be most useful for any who sought a practical example of what Noam Chomsky describes as the 'manufacturing of consent' read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / event notice Monday September 22, 2008 00:41 by kevin
Thursday 25th September, 8pm, Shamrock Pub (upstairs) Finglas Village read full story / add a comment |
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