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national / politics / elections / other press Thursday July 12, 2007 00:32 by John Mc Anulty
Andrew Johnson

Prior to the recent Dail election, the one constant prediction had been of very large gains for Sinn Fein. In the event, the party made a modest gain in its vote share, from 6.5% to 6.9%, a credible gain in absolute votes from 120,000 to 140,000, but failed to win any new seats and suffered the high-profile loss of Sean Crowe in Dublin South-West. read full story / add a comment
cork / arts and media / event notice Wednesday July 11, 2007 15:33 by siobhan   text 1 comment (last - thursday july 12, 2007 10:06)
get down to this field in cork- cheap booze, bitchin kitchin eateries and music from 11 bands over the two days for €20.

Saturday= Sausage fest (the lads) 5 bands play
Saturday night- sleep in yer tent or WHOEVERS..
Sunday = Lady Picnic in the field + 6 bands play

Details of bands and phone number for more info on link below read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday July 11, 2007 14:48 by infoLASC
Club Sandino returns to White Horse Inn, Burg Quay, on the 21st of July, to celebrate the 28th Aniversary of Sandinista Revolution.
There will be World music by Dj Don R and Live Nicaraguan music by Jayro Gonzalez.

Entrance is a mere €10 (€5 concessions), doors open at 9pm and we have an extension til 2am.

Don't miss it! read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday July 11, 2007 13:27 by Paul Lynch
Sinn Féin are urging everyone to join with the Dun Laoghaire community
in a
March and Rally to 'Save and Upgrade St. Michael's Hospital'.

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international / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday July 10, 2007 23:35 by Brian Wardlow
Video Discussion about Irish Republican issues censored, ignored, or misrepresented by the mainstrem media. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Tuesday July 10, 2007 21:11 by ipsiphi   text 3 comments (last - friday july 13, 2007 17:46)
In the last while attention on this site has been brought yet again to the suicide crises & adjacent mental health issues amongst our young. We've read much & been directed to yet other sites and resources who like most of us want to do our bit to tackle the problem. There seems to be growing concensus that the nasty hard approach just isn't working. Yet we've still got some work to do in appraising what that means & how it ought influence contemporary anarchist & friends activism, conversation, chit-chat & attitude. It goes without saying the judicial, penal & educational policies and frameworks of both the Irish state & Irish society have a role to play. But lest we get diverted into learning a list of "warning signs" & "indicators" of those dealing with the various psychological or emotional challenges which may lead to suicide I thought to bring it back to primary school. S-p-e-l-l-i-n-g. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday July 10, 2007 15:30 by io   text 8 comments (last - sunday november 04, 2007 14:38)
We don't know at what stage the branch davidian group of fundamentalist christians of mount Carmel in Waco, Texas crossed the line of extremism. Most people don't remember what the suspected crime was which brought the US federal agencies complete with tanks and psychological weaponry to lay seige to the compound & demand its leader David Koresh to surrender. Was the illegal fully automatic weapons which neighbours professed to hear or the rumours that Koresh had taken unto him as wives all the females (some barely adolescent) in the compound to mother his children? Few will tell you that the Oklahoma bombing of a Federal social security office by Timothy Veigh & others as revenge for the Waco massacre was first atttributed to Islamic fundamentalists. We now know the FBI regretted the crises as soon as the charred remains of the children were brought out of the rubble. Musharraf's attack on the Lal Masjid or Red Mosque of Islamabad is comparable. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / press release Monday July 09, 2007 21:59 by Bernie Wright   text 43 comments (last - sunday february 28, 2010 14:30)
Surely a pet dog cannot be taken from someone purely because he is a certain breed, especially if he is under proper control and has not done anything wrong. If Dublin City Council can get away with this unfair proposition then what will come next?. This situation must constitute discrimination at the very least.

The very idea that DCC are responsible for dogs who bite people on council property is wrong surely?. It was my understanding that owners are responsible for the actions of their pets. If a person falls off a ladder in a Council house are the Council responsible for that too Besides being indiscriminate , this proposition is unenforceable. Where will the dogs be taken to and by whom?. Who will rehome them??? How long will they be kept and where?

There is already legislation already in place against dog fighting, if this law was enforced we would not have this problem.

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galway / arts and media / event notice Monday July 09, 2007 19:29 by Over The Edge
Readings by Margaret Cullagh, Susan Millar DuMars & Kevin Higgins will open the Westside Arts Festival/Over The Edge Summer Open-Mike on Wednesday 25th July at 7pm. Susan Millar DuMars will MC the event. Anyone who has a poem or story they want to share is welcome to take part. Each reader will have a three minute slot; but there is no limit on the number of readers. If you come along and sign up for the open-mike, you will definitely get to read. read full story / add a comment
down / environment / press release Monday July 09, 2007 11:16 by Florence Mutesasira
Christian Aid's Cut the Carbon 1,000 mile march from Northern Ireland to London will launch from Bangor Marina at 12 noon on Saturday, 14 July 2007. The march will highlight the devastating impact global warming is having on millions of poor people in developing countries. read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Monday July 09, 2007 01:57 by Aoife Kavanagh   text 4 comments (last - sunday july 22, 2007 12:14)
In 1941 a bill was brought before the Dail which would make trade unions pay for licences to negotiate on behalf of their members. Without a licence workers and their unions could be sued by employers for loss of profits if they went on strike.
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international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday July 09, 2007 01:06 by Joe King   text 3 comments (last - thursday july 12, 2007 00:48)
A recent WSM public meeting in Dublin about anarchism saw something a bit different; members of Fine Gael turning up to defend capitalism. We were told it’s a great system and the rich are simply enjoying the rewards of hard work. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday July 09, 2007 00:57 by Pat Garret
An Post workers have been on the receiving end of a series of substantial blows which have held down pay rates and undermined rights with regard to status.The late 1970’s and early 1980’s saw strikes and protests by the workers to improve conditions, but recent years have seen management back on the offensive. read full story / add a comment
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Monday July 09, 2007 00:31 by D_D
Working women in Dublin and Belfast during the Second World war read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / press release Sunday July 08, 2007 23:51 by reabhloid dearg   text 3 comments (last - friday september 28, 2007 10:49)
Sunday World Dirty Tricks And Strabane Sinn Fein read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / news report Sunday July 08, 2007 15:48 by Maurice Ross   text 2 comments (last - monday july 09, 2007 13:32)
The Green Party leadership have requested all their Councillors and TDs to vote with an inspector present to make sure they vote for Fianna Fail candidates. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / press release Sunday July 08, 2007 13:19 by Stop the New Round Coalition
Trade ministers of the G4 countries (the European Union, the United States, Brazil and India) are meeting in Potsdam, Germany, this week try to stitch together a trade deal to which each of them could agree.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday July 08, 2007 09:39 by peptide
The mainstream press is full of stories but for ONE BIG exception; a FAILURE the proportions of which promise to sear the pages of history. The criminal intervention and the consequent holocaust and humanitarian disaster that is Western Interventionist Iraq! The media is at pains to avoid this story for obvious reasons -- it participated in the original ruse and deception upon which a full-scale military invasion was launched. The list of war criminals includes the name of Rupert Murdoch as he clearly carries equal responsibility with Bush, Cheney, Blair, Howard and the conservative forces that support them. War crimes arrests must therefore extend to Murdoch and other responsible parties – Murdoch is damned by his own words, delivered in numerous speeches and addresses to fellow conservative criminals. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday July 08, 2007 01:22 by Miriam Anderson   text 78 comments (last - friday november 30, 2007 21:52)
Many family pets are at risk of being destroyed following the decision by Dublin City Council to ban all dogs listed under the Control of Dogs (Restriction of Certain Dogs) Regulations, 1991.

ANVIL Ireland has condemned this move. Spokesperson, Miriam Anderson stated “this decision appears to have been made in the absence of any informed discussion with rescue or welfare groups. The fact that Dublin City Council has referred to all of these breeds as “dangerous dogs” implies a total lack of understanding of both the breeds in question and the existing legislation”. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Saturday July 07, 2007 13:59 by Ronoc   text 2 comments (last - saturday august 25, 2007 13:26)
If Queen Elizabeth I had lived in the 20th Century. she would have been viewed with the same horror as Hitler and Stalin. read full story / add a comment
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