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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday October 12, 2006 14:25 by C Murray   text 25 comments (last - saturday april 28, 2007 12:56)
The Council Directive known as the Asylum Qualification Directive 2004/83/EC was required to be transposed into Irish Law on the 10th October 2006.

It was. It is part of the new 'Immigration ,Residence and Protection Bill'

It is an interim measure requiring Transposition into Irish Law , which allows for the subsidiary protection of people regected by definition of refugee status but in danger of suffering serious harm if returned forcibly to their country of origin.

According to Press releases from the Department of Justice, the directive for subsidiary protection in the case of failure of application for refugee status, an applicant can apply for protection under the new directive, it is however, not retrospective.

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international / history and heritage / event notice Thursday October 12, 2006 05:25 by NICO   text 2 comments (last - saturday october 21, 2006 19:20)
Listen - Ask - Learn.

GUEST SPEAKER
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday October 12, 2006 04:10 by B52Two Support Group   text 6 comments (last - thursday october 12, 2006 13:48)
Phil & Toby on trial for going equipped to disarm a B52 at RAF Fairford score hung jury! read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Thursday October 12, 2006 01:29 by Kevin Higgins
The October Over The Edge: Open Reading takes place in Galway City Library, St. Augustine Street, Galway on Thursday, October 26th, 6.30-8pm. The Featured Readers are Yvonne Green, Brendan Murphy & Niamh Ní Lochlainn. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / event notice Wednesday October 11, 2006 21:57 by máire ó gallimh, fadó..   text 1 comment (last - wednesday october 11, 2006 22:29)
we are organising a counter tour to Shell's Wildlife Photographer of the year Exhibition to highlight the crass discrepancy between what shell say, effectively - (that they promote in good spirit cultural and environmental events) and what they do (inflict irrevocable devastion on communities worldwide) with the objective that the Natural History Museum will withdraw them from their pool of sponsorship.. and that ever growing numbers of people will see through the veneer of greenwash they constrew time and again. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday October 11, 2006 21:31 by Eamonn
Artane SWP forum on Islam and the West by Kieran Allen on Thursday 12th October at 8:30pm in the Donnecarney youth and community center beside Donnecarney church. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday October 11, 2006 20:48 by Seán Ó Murchú   text 2 comments (last - thursday october 12, 2006 01:43)
A member of the Republican Prisoners’ Action Group (RPAG) was detained along the roadside in Newry for a period of two-and-a-half hours under the so-called "Prevention of Terrorism Act", causing himself and others travelling with him to miss a meeting which was scheduled to discuss the ongoing protest for political status in Maghaberry Gaol.

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international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Wednesday October 11, 2006 19:19 by MichaelY   text 7 comments (last - friday october 13, 2006 14:26)
PANA, the NGO Peace Alliance and the IAWM oppose Irish involvement in the war in Lebanon read full story / add a comment
international / indymedia ireland / press release Wednesday October 11, 2006 18:28 by mfnw
MakeFilmsNotWar.org is seeking footage from filmmakers around the world for a feature-length documentary called CULTURES OF RESISTANCE. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday October 11, 2006 18:17 by Susan Smith
Memory – Art – Power brings together five leading cultural practitioners who are involved in the field of archiving to explore some of the fundamental questions around memory building. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday October 11, 2006 17:37 by Atheist   text 1 comment (last - wednesday october 11, 2006 19:06)
Religious extremism has reared its ugly head in Kenya as a drunk couple having sex in a mosque are sentenced to jail for having sex in mosque. Their actions were an "affront to religion." read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Wednesday October 11, 2006 15:19 by Terence
In this audio of a talk given by David Ulaneys outlines the current 6th mass extinction which is now well under way. This was the consensus reached by 400 of the worlds leading biologists and ecologists as surveyed by the New York's American Museum of Natural History back in 1998. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday October 11, 2006 13:21 by Melisa   text 2 comments (last - thursday october 12, 2006 14:31)
The Dead Flags,
Hesitancy Dargle
Arch Enemies

and a speaker from the raytheon 9

Thursday 12th Oct
in The Madison in Rathmines,
Doors 7.30pm.

For more information on the Raythoeon 9 - www.raytheon9.org and www.dawc.org
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday October 11, 2006 12:57 by Steve Conlon, Kelly Mackey
The United Nations defines the right to marry as a human right – the definition of a human right being one that applies universally and equally to all humans. read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday October 11, 2006 12:53 by Anti-War Ireland   text 4 comments (last - wednesday november 01, 2006 11:48)
In the wake of the Shannon demo (Saturday, 28th October), the Cork branch of Anti-War Ireland will host a public meeting which will be addressed by two former interrogators at the infamous Abu-Ghraib prison.

Stephen Lewis and Tony Lagouranis both served in Iraq together but rejected the war, along with their friend and fellow interrogator Joshua Casteel (who spoke in Cork during the summer). read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Wednesday October 11, 2006 04:59 by jim travers   text 19 comments (last - wednesday july 18, 2007 19:57)
Have local authorities lost the plot and surcome to the the greed of the building industry by allowing apartments spring up all over the country. When we were told apatments or in lay mans terms FLATS were a thing of the past, why have the authorities allowed the construction of such apartents when the history of Ballymun has show us that in a social context such forms of construction will cause problems in the future. Do local authorities need to look at their proceedures in the allocation of housing to people who want a roof but say to hell with everything else? read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday October 11, 2006 03:29 by Colombia Solidarity Network
The withdrawal of security measures by the Colombian government has placed the life of the President of the mining union, Sintraminercol, Francisco Ramirez. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / other press Wednesday October 11, 2006 02:50 by Pif   text 41 comments (last - tuesday october 17, 2006 15:46)
After being exposed as a associate of the International Third Position McGeough rants on... read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum / other press Wednesday October 11, 2006 02:12 by Michelle   text 1 comment (last - wednesday october 11, 2006 17:32)
with a future 911.” According to the Democracy Now website, on Capitol Hill, Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich is leading a briefing on Wednesday on whether the Bush administration is ramping up for a war against Iran read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday October 11, 2006 02:08 by Solidarity
The jury in the trial of Oxford anti-war activists Phil & Toby has now been out for over 8 hours in deliberation on a verdict. The trial arises from the arrest of Toby and Phil in March '03 as they went equipped to disarm a U.S.B 52 Bomber at RAF Fairford (England). An earlier trial in Bristol of Paul and Margaret who had disabled 10 vehicles specifically designed to reload the B52's at Fairford ended in a hung jury a few weeks ago. read full story / add a comment
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