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international / arts and media / other press Friday June 29, 2007 19:58 by morning joe
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Today a few things happened - Iraq, London, Poverty etc.., But for some reason US TV network MSNBC wanted to lead their news hour with a Paris Hilton story. You know the vapid girl who went to jail (not prison) and suffered attention deficit disorder, read the bible but couldn't remember her favourite passage.... Watch this video as Mika Brzezinsk refused on air to lead with the story saying she wanted Iraq first and then tried to burn her script. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VdNcCcweL0 read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Friday June 29, 2007 12:37 by Western Writers' Centre
Galway’s Westside Library are hosting two well-known writers for a reading on Tuesday 24th July, starting at 6.30. Admission to the readings is free. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / press release Friday June 29, 2007 10:37 by AIMS Ireland
“Every woman deserves to have her mother in the delivery room with her” I remember reading these words on rollercoaster.ie years ago from a young scared Irish woman due with her first baby. Her heartfelt plea for help…her desperation for ANY suggestion ….of ANY possible way that she could persuade her maternity hospital to make the exception to the rule and allow her mother and husband in with her for the labour and birth. Likewise I remember the replies of other women…women who have gone through it before…women who dripped with cynicism because they too would have liked this choice but knew what her outcome would be. The pain, confusion and fear of that sad, sad post have stayed with me over the years. Unfortunately it looks like very little has changed for women in some areas of Ireland . While many maternity units around the country are receptive of additional birthing partners and Doulas, the Dublin hospitals remain unresponsive. AIMS Ireland has decided to look deeper into this issue. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Friday June 29, 2007 09:44 by finch
Many articles have been written on the tactic of pervasive and continuous debt as a form of economic social management. However, few financial ‘wizards’ and politicians understood the ramifications of such a tactic. To meet regular needs average people have been forced to borrow at rates never before seen. As a result of the created necessity to borrow large amounts and the ease of obtaining large loans, a rapid increase in loan defaults is occurring. Perhaps statistical information on the ‘spike’ in long term debt servicing and mortgagee defaults highlights the failure of the debt strategy. Hailed at the time as the optimum method of economic and social management, today it is proving to be just another strategy of big business appropriating more at the expense of EVERYTHING and everyone else. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Friday June 29, 2007 03:48 by Fred Johnston, Manager
Acclaimed novelist Niall Williams will give a two-day Creative Writing workshop in Galway - read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Thursday June 28, 2007 21:47 by greendublin2007
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After recent denials of interest in Green Party leadership it emerges John Gormley has been soliciting support for the last week. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday June 28, 2007 13:13 by A Free Press
Josh Wolf is a minor cause celebre in the USA. As a freelance-journalist/blogger/indymedista he had taken video of a lot of demonstrations. One particular demonstration saw the police subpoena a video tape from him in order to attempt to prosecute someone in a black bloc that allegedly assaulted a police officer. Josh refused and went to jail for longer than any other journalist in US history. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Thursday June 28, 2007 12:59 by Fred Johnston, Manager
Renowned activist and playwright Margarette D'Arcy will read for the Western Writers' Centre at The Imperial Hotel, Eyre Square, Galway, on Thursday, August 16th, starting at 8pm. Admission is €8 and €5 read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Thursday June 28, 2007 12:52 by Fred Johnston, Manager
Matt Kirkham, whose 'The Lost Museums' collection has garnered considerable praise, reads on Friday, August 10th, at The Imperial Hotel, Eyre Square, Galway, for the Western Writers' Centre. read full story / add a comment |
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