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national / housing / opinion/analysis Thursday April 20, 2006 20:15 by John Williams   text 7 comments (last - sunday april 23, 2006 16:42)
Asks if there is transparencey in the way Voluntary Housing Projects are run read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday April 20, 2006 19:01 by IRIS
WRITING in the Sunday edition of the Derry Journal journalist and author Éamonn McCann said that in his view, as far as Republicanism was concerned, the most authentic claimants to the political legacy of the 1916 Rising were Ruairí Ó Brádaigh and Republican Sinn Féin. read full story / add a comment
galway / history and heritage / event notice Thursday April 20, 2006 17:54 by JC   text 1 comment (last - thursday april 27, 2006 23:37)
2 day (Fri. / Sat.) of free public lectures at Centre for Human Settlement and Historical Change, NUI Galway

Saturday's programme

10.00. Mary Harris. 'The 1916 rising in the Northern press'

10.50. Henry Goff. 'Wexford has risen': The Easter 1916 rising in Wexford

12.00. Marie Coleman. 'Longford Volunteers and the Rising'

2.45. Maurice O’Keefe. 'Events in Kerry at Easter 1916 –echoes from history'

4.00. Brendan O’Shea. 'The Cork Volunteers and the Rising'

7.30. Seosaimh Ó Cuaig will introduce documentary film Taibhsi na staire dealing with Padraic Pearse & Earl of Dudley relationships with Rosmuc community

8.30. Fergus Campbell. 'The Galway secret society and the 1916 rising'
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galway / history and heritage / event notice Thursday April 20, 2006 17:48 by JC
2 day (Fri. / Sat.) conference at Centre for Human Settlement and Historical Change, NUI Galway. Admission free, all welcome

Friday's programme

3.30. John Cunningham. 'The town of Galway on the eve of the rising'

4.05. Conor McNamara. 'The role of Galway’s loyal citizens in suppressing the 1916 rising'

4.45. Diarmuid Ó Cearbhaill. 'Pearse, Connolly and Seán Mac Giollarnáth'

5.30 OFFICIAL OPENING in James Hardiman Library

8.00. Charles Townshend. 'Easter 1916: conception and planning'
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international / environment / other press Thursday April 20, 2006 16:12 by shellwatcher   text 1 comment (last - wednesday april 26, 2006 15:12)
The Nigerian Delta's troubled waters
By Dan Isaacs
BBC, Delta region, southern Nigeria

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armagh / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday April 20, 2006 15:52 by Davy Carlin   text 6 comments (last - tuesday september 22, 2009 12:57)
Although I have been really busy recently, I though had agreed to be pencilled in to speak at a conference in Armagh city {this from Feb early March} for April 25th. The conference is under the title of ‘ Partners In Pluralism’.

I am unsure if invitation only, but I specifically made a point of pencilling this in as it draws in many strands of our local situation, and so may afford those in attendance a better understanding of various issues as we attempt to move forward.

Should be interesting.

Link {November Diary} attached - details such topics ranging from racism to education, from empowerment to resources and other local specifics etc. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday April 20, 2006 14:35 by Johnny
JOHNNY the Gay Peer Action Group shall launch the '2006 LGBT Hate Crime Report' based on the findings of the 'Stop Hate Related Crimes in Ireland' campaign survey of April - July 2005. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / event notice Thursday April 20, 2006 13:58 by Terence   text 12 comments (last - wednesday april 26, 2006 21:18)
This is a 2 part drama documentary with the first showing on
RTE 1: Sun 23rd at 9:35 pm and part 2 on RTE 1: Mon 23rd at 9:35 pm

This promises to be a reasonably realistic account of how a major accident would unfold in Sellafield and the reactions in Ireland by the people and the government. The first we would hear of it would come as a newsflash over the radio and it poses the question to us all, as to how would we react and what would we do.

We should remember of course there are many precedents for accidents at Sellafield and in particular the most serious was the Windscale fire on Oct 10th 1957 which spread radioactive Iodine over the UK and NorthEast Ireland where it has been suggested the high rate of Down Syndrome in kids born around then in that area, may be related. read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday April 19, 2006 23:44 by Keith Martin- Councillor   text 1 comment (last - monday april 24, 2006 20:40)
CCTV is being mooted for Westport read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday April 19, 2006 23:21 by iosaf   text 1 comment (last - monday may 01, 2006 22:34)
the Bööög, is one of Zurich's treasures, and at the height of that city's Spring festival "Sechseläuten" or 6 bells, the 3.5 meter statue of a snowman whose head is stuffed with explosives is set alight.

A group termed by Swiss press as extremist , calling itself the "1. Mai – Strasse Frei" (loosely translated as "Reclaiming the Streets on May Day"), is reported as sending a letter to the Swiss media claiming responsibility for the theft, saying the 3.5-metre tall snowman "had had enough of putting its head on the line for capitalists".
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday April 19, 2006 22:27 by RSF
Irish Republican Information Service (no. 62)
Teach Dáithí Ó Conaill, 223 Parnell Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
Phone: +353-1-872 9747; FAX: +353-1-872 9757; e-mail: [email protected]
Date: 19 Aibreán / April 2006

Internet resources maintained by SAOIRSE-Irish Freedom

http://www.saoirse.info
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antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday April 19, 2006 19:38 by Ciarán Ó Brolcháin
Déardaoin 20ú Aibreán, 7:30in
i gCumann Chluain Ard
Sráid na Sceiche, Béal Feirste read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday April 19, 2006 19:23 by APS   text 6 comments (last - friday april 21, 2006 04:18)
There was a well attended meeting held last night in Dublin where some of those arrested were present along with representatives from Anarchist Prisoner Solidarity, Anarchist Youth, Revolt Video, Peace Network and other campaigns.

There was a lot of discussion of how best to help those arrested at Baldonnel and future activities to support the 4 ( Details will be released very soon)

The legal support team who have been monitoring the recent events at Baldonnel have appealed for people who were present at Baldonnel to contact them with their accounts of the events.

It is important that people write up their experiences as quickly as possible while events are still fresh in peoples minds

Lots of film footage is currently being scrutinised by the Legal Support Team and we are aware that there is more footage and photos taken that day that may be of use in mounting a substantial defence for the 4.

Would people please forward their statements etc. asap to: weknowitwasyou -at- riseup -dot- net

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national / health / disability issues / news report Wednesday April 19, 2006 19:19 by Kathy Sinnott
For the past 11 weeks our Department of Education and Science and one of our Health Authorities have been in the High court spending millions of taxpayers’ money fighting to ensure that a young boy with special needs no longer gets the education that has been of great benefit to him over the last two years. I do not have to picture the spectacle, I know it well.
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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday April 19, 2006 18:11 by Roger Cole   text 1 comment (last - wednesday april 26, 2006 03:49)
international / sci-tech / other press Wednesday April 19, 2006 16:12 by #
The British Transplantation society has today in a press release condemned China for the practise of organ harvesting from executed prisoners.

China has been reacting slowly to accusations in the West over the last weeks and has introduced new legislation to prohibit the black market in organ transplantion which will take effect in June 2006. read full story / add a comment
kerry / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday April 19, 2006 16:02 by keet
Screening of the dvd 'Testimonies from Falujah' this Thursday 9pm at ClubHeadBangBang in association with Tralee anti-war group. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / other press Wednesday April 19, 2006 13:30 by Tribunite   text 9 comments (last - wednesday april 19, 2006 15:34)
SOCIALIST Party leader Joe Higgins yesterday called for the construction of a "major party of the left" and pledged that his own party would "strive to assist such a development". read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday April 19, 2006 13:08 by Eve C   text 7 comments (last - thursday april 20, 2006 01:02)
An article in yesterday's Glasgow Herald reported Shell’s Scottish subcontractors to have stepped up security at their offices in Aberdeen and the highlands “amid fears of direct action protesters”. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Wednesday April 19, 2006 12:39 by Joe Zacune
Coca-Cola is one of the most recognizable brands in the world. The company claims to adhere to the “highest ethical standards” and to be “an outstanding corporate citizen in every community we serve”. Yet Coca-Cola’s activities around the world tell a different story. Coca-Cola has been accused of dehydrating communities in its pursuit of water resources to feed its own plants, drying up farmers’ wells and destroying local agriculture. The company has also violated workers’ rights in countries such as Colombia, Turkey, Guatemala and Russia. Only through its multi-million dollar marketing campaigns can Coca-Cola sustain the clean image it craves. read full story / add a comment
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