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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday March 22, 2008 19:07 by Cael
 26 comments (last - monday april 14, 2008 22:11)
In Athens, election of officials was not practiced because it was thought to favor the wealthy and powerful. Giving decision-making power to elected officials was thought to take away the power of the people and effectively make the state an oligarchy, that is government by an elite group read full story / add a comment
cork / miscellaneous / event notice Saturday March 22, 2008 17:41 by Seán Ó Murchú
clare / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday March 22, 2008 16:27 by John Lannon
You are invited to join a vigil at Shannon airport on 23 March 2008 from 5 PM to 6 PM to show your opposition to the involvement of Shannon airport in international networks of torture, enforced disappearances and secret detentions. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Saturday March 22, 2008 15:23 by Cael
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It seems to me that we have well and truly returned to the days of Michael Davitt and the Land League. Where huge numbers of people are being bled dry by a small group of Landlords. And what do these latterday Landlords do with their ill gotten gains? Like the Landlords of old, they take the money out of the country. The Landlord class in Ireland have bought overseas land and buildings to the sum of 1.2 trillion euro - that right 1200 billion euro. read full story / add a comment
limerick / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday March 22, 2008 15:01 by Cael
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ATTEMPTS by some members of Limerick City Council to place obstacles in the way of the new regeneration boards must be condemned, a spokesman for Republican Sinn Féin said this week. read full story / add a comment
kildare / eu / event notice Saturday March 22, 2008 11:55 by The Workers' Party
A public meeting will be held in Leixlip on 27th March under the title Lisbon - A Treaty Too Far read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday March 22, 2008 03:06 by Seán Ryan
Next Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Canada will begin to hear arguments about the legality of Guantanamo Bay, where Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen has been held since 2002, when he was 15. read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / event notice Friday March 21, 2008 20:34 by Joe Hickey
Sinn Féin 1916 Easter 2008 commemorations Honour Ireland’s patriot dead — Wear an Easter Lily and attend your local Easter commemoration read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Friday March 21, 2008 19:29 by Jonnie
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When: 7pm to 10pm, Thursday, 3 April Where: Ulster People's College, 1 Lower Crescent, Belfast (just a short walk from the ADM venue) Speakers include: Donnacha DeLong, NEC New Media rep Jason Brannigan, Organise! Chekov Feeney, Workers Solidarity Movement read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday March 21, 2008 17:43 by KevinT. Walsh
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Contemporary Irish society is more divided than it has been for a long time - or so it was written last week. read full story / add a comment
sligo / miscellaneous / event notice Friday March 21, 2008 13:43 by Chris Mac
Sinn Fein in Sligo have announced they are holding a number of events to commemorate the 92nd anniversary of the 1916 rebellion on Easter Sunday 23rd March read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday March 21, 2008 13:07 by D. Rongbech
A New Yorker who was a witness at the scene of the World Trade Centre bombing in 1993 has filed documentation in the Supreme Court that the Ministry for Justice here suppressed evidence in her claim for asylum. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday March 21, 2008 12:33 by Edward Horgan
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The EU Commission, no less, has critisised Ireland and some other EU states for failure to respond to the Commissions concerns on rendition and other matters. In the meantime, executive jets associated with CIA rendition flights are being refuelled several times each week at Shannon airport. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Friday March 21, 2008 07:49 by James R
Army Sergeant Ronn Cantu is serving his second tour in Iraq. He's also a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. Last year, he rose to prominence as a rare outspoken troop against the war and occupation when he spoke live from his base in Iraq, to America's radical online radio network Democracy Now. Then he described how he was scared out of his mind during the interview for expressing opinions the military machine simply did not want the public to hear. This time round, in an interview for another radical media outlet, we chatted over Myspace, about how he is utilizing the internet to organise against the occupation from its front line, just as the Winter Soldier events were getting closer. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Thursday March 20, 2008 18:00 by Nikita
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The Connolly Youth Movement is organising a picket of the Shell station on the Finglas road for Saturday the 29th of March at 12pm. read full story / add a comment
mayo / crime and justice / news report Thursday March 20, 2008 16:54 by Rudiger
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Rundown on the Shell to Sea cases that were held on the 12th March in Belmullet court. read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / press release Thursday March 20, 2008 16:17 by Console Snowdrop
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Console's Snowdrop Campaign in aid of Ireland's Suicide Bereaved will be back by the Minister for Mental Health. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / event notice Thursday March 20, 2008 16:07 by Niall OB
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Anyone going to the Green Party Convention in the Fairways Hotel in Dundalk? read full story / add a comment
national / environment / press release Thursday March 20, 2008 13:31 by Brian Guckian
PRESS RELEASE For Release 20/3/2008 KILKENNY and Wexford County Councils could face possible legal action under EU law in relation to the proposed Kilkenny Inner Relief Road and N25 New Ross Bypass schemes, for failing to evaluate more sustainable transport alternatives, according to Mr. Brian Guckian, an independent Dublin-based transport researcher. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / other press Thursday March 20, 2008 12:09 by Laura Broxson
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Thursday, March 20, 2008 Mink farm targeted by animal rights group By: Joe Barrett read full story / add a comment |
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