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dublin / arts and media / event notice Thursday May 29, 2008 13:07 by CL
The School of Creative Arts Annual Graduate Exhibition gathers every year thousands of professionals, family members, students and people curious about art in general.
This year, the one-week long exhibition will be officially launched by Eugene Downes, CEO of Culture Ireland, on Thursday 5 June (by invitation only). It will then open its doors to the public on Friday 6 June 2008 at 2:00 pm. read full story / add a comment
dublin / housing / press release Thursday May 29, 2008 12:10 by Rita Fagan and Dr John Bissett

Residents of St Michael’s Estate appealed today to John Gormley, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, to step in and sort out the PPP regeneration mess left behind by Dublin City Council and McNamara after the collapse of five PPP Regeneration Projects. read full story / add a comment
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday May 28, 2008 22:48 by Kate O' Hara
This is an article about what life is like for refugee children living in a direct provision centre in Sligo. It highlights parents' fears about the sexualisation of their children because they are witness to adults having sex under the cramped conditions of the centre. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday May 28, 2008 17:06 by paul o toole   text 2 comments (last - friday may 30, 2008 14:02)
Amnesty Report-Rendition Uninterrupted. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday May 28, 2008 14:46 by Rory Hearne   text 1 comment (last - friday june 06, 2008 14:12)
Defend our Health Services read full story / add a comment
cork / environment / event notice Tuesday May 27, 2008 20:05 by EDA Cork
Ethical Development Action (EDA), a Cork-based development group, is hosting a one-day conference to examine the role of biofuels in food security. The conference will be held on Friday 13th June 2008 at the Gresham Metropole Hotel, Cork, Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday May 27, 2008 15:12 by Ciaron   text 6 comments (last - monday december 07, 2009 07:23)
"Folksinger, Storyteller, Railroad Tramp Utah Phillips Dead at 73"
Nevada City, California:
Utah Phillips, a seminal figure in American folk music who performed extensively and tirelessly for audiences on two continents for 38 years, died Friday of congestive heart failure in Nevada City, California a small town in the Sierra Nevada mountains where he lived for the last 21 years with his wife, Joanna Robinson, a freelance editor.
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national / eu / opinion/analysis Tuesday May 27, 2008 12:11 by Howard Holby   text 1 comment (last - tuesday may 27, 2008 18:09)
In the former parts of this study it has been demonstrated that the pro-Lisbon European political class has transformed the system considered “parliamentary democracy” into constitutional dictatorship. The parliamentary offices of the elected have become ineffective as democratic institutions and are maintained for a purpose opposite of democracies: to serve the interests of a small political oligarchy.

In this part we examine how a "yes" vote on the Lisbon Treaty and the consequent loss of national sovereignty would determine our future.

Denying the loss of national sovereignty as the main implication of ratifying a treaty that is “to provide the legal basis for consolidating and further developing the Union’s action in the field of economic, social and territorial cohesion” is merely a dishonest act of arbitrarily omitting the appropriate dictionary definition of a given concept. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday May 26, 2008 18:18 by pat c
On Saturday - Sunday, 14-15th June 2008 Hands Off the People of Iran will hold a weekend school, in University of London Union, Malet Street to discuss issues regarding the threat of war, sanctions and various aspects of the opposition to the the rule of the theocracy, inside Iran.

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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday May 26, 2008 15:12 by Miriam Cotton   text 6 comments (last - friday may 30, 2008 14:41)
A surprise awaits John Bolton, one of the chief architechts of the illegal invasion of Iraq, at the Hay book festival this Wednesday. read full story / add a comment
dublin / housing / event notice Sunday May 25, 2008 18:25 by Housing is a right
Tenants angered that a multi millionaire developer has pulled out of regeneration plans for 5 marginalised communities because he wouldn't make enough money out of it. Join the protest Monday 6pm City Hall dame St. Be there and make some noise. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Sunday May 25, 2008 09:15 by Howard Holby   text 6 comments (last - saturday may 31, 2008 07:13)
The transformation of democratic rule of law into a law to support an EU-federalist oligarchy is however far from getting the whole picture of Europe’s current and projected political system. In this part we compare the main features of the political system of Ireland known as “parliamentary democracy” with the basic criteria of democracy identified by experts of political theory [11] by reconciling two complementary widely accepted democracy-indexes: of Polity and Freedom House. After matching the observations of the system in Ireland with the two essential features of parliamentary democracy, which fill the word “democracy” with its actual meaning - meaningful elections and political freedom -, we find that these are converging to a zero value in Ireland under the overwhelming pressure of Lisbon.
(In order to keep one reading unit within a reasonable length we would prefer to post the three parts of the article as separate publications.)
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international / miscellaneous / other press Sunday May 25, 2008 01:27 by D. Flanagan   text 5 comments (last - wednesday june 04, 2008 11:50)
A report in the Sunday Business Post links Libertas to Rettet Osterreich, an Austrian rightist political group. Rettet Osterreich held a rally in Vienna on March 12 which was attended by the neo-nazi National People's Party. read full story / add a comment
antrim / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Saturday May 24, 2008 12:03 by Paddy Meehan   text 9 comments (last - wednesday may 28, 2008 19:47)
Meeting to discuss organising against Bush's visit

6pm Wednesday 28th May
Socialist Party Offices
13 Lombard St read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday May 24, 2008 11:57 by nicola
Cork's third annual gay pride parade takes place today read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday May 24, 2008 10:50 by nicola
Cork pride week runs from Sunday the 25th of May until Monday the 2nd of June read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Saturday May 24, 2008 08:38 by mission possible
"ntergalactic tyrants beware: the boys in blue are after you"

Anyone who thinks the police aren't interested in diversity will be amazed by the links they have built with Scientology

Interesting article by Marina Hyde in today's "Guardian" follows up explosive recent allegations that the cult of Scientology has infiltrated police in the City of London and community groups in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Friday May 23, 2008 21:21 by Adam Johannes
UK government spending £14 billion on building a huge, privatised Military Academy in Wales to train the latest recruits to the 'war on terror' and any foreign militaries prepared to pay for the privilege. Paid for by our taxes, the profits will pour into the coffers of the arms companies like RAYTHEON hired to run it. For more info. And the 4 main parties in Wales support it. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / news report Friday May 23, 2008 17:38 by Barry Finnegan
During the current Lisbon referendum campaign, numerous politicians, business and think-tank leaders and spokespersons have repeatedly asserted that EU Member States, including Ireland, have a veto on whether or not the EU signs up to a WTO free-trade deal on agricultural goods. This is not true. An international free-trade agreement that consists exclusively of agricultural and other ‘manufactured’ goods, cannot be vetoed. It can only be decided on by a ‘qualified majority’ vote by the EU Council of Ministers. Additionally, the automatic veto on free-trade agreements in essential public services, which Member States currently enjoy, is removed under the proposed Lisbon treaty, reports Barry Finnegan.* read full story / add a comment
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