|
Upcoming Eventsno events match your query! New Eventsno events posted in last week
Blog Feeds
Public InquiryInterested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
Human Rights in IrelandPromoting Human Rights in Ireland
Lockdown Skeptics
Voltaire NetworkVoltaire, international edition
|
national / health / disability issues / opinion/analysis Friday January 05, 2007 20:21 by Sean Crudden
 5 comments (last - wednesday september 26, 2007 20:37)
The name "National Disability Authority" had a certain ring about it when it was set up in 2000 A.D. It seemed as if a strict teacher was being appointed to the task of preventing disabled people from being bullied any longer. However the fear now materialises that "authority" is the last thing disabled people want in their lives. Indeed most people are uncomfortable with the idea of authority and we all resent people who set themselves up to tell us what we can and cannot do. A cynical observer might conclude that the NDA has morphed into an organisation which colludes in the oppression of disabled people? read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday January 05, 2007 06:19 by jack rider
The Whitehouse is in damage control over the bungled execution of Saddam Hussein. The hurried execution backfired in the worst possible way; a vanquished leader should never be allowed to continue his work from the ‘grave’. Anthropologists are familiar with appeasement rituals and ceremonies for the dead, which are common to numerous cultures. In the wake of Saddam’s bungled execution these curious rituals begin to make sense. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / event notice Friday January 05, 2007 02:17 by Robbie
3 comments (last - monday january 08, 2007 20:37)
Thurs Jan 11th marks the 5th anniversary of the first victims of Guantanamo prison camp, and people from all over Ireland will be holding a vigil at the US Embassy in Ballsbridge, Dublin, between 4:30-6pm to demonstrate our strong feelings towards inhuman acts by the US government, and to express our concerns and shame that the Irish government has turned a blind eye to CIA flights going through Irish airports. We should have some spare props, but people are encouraged to make/bring their own to add to the colour and diversity. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Friday January 05, 2007 01:15 by reabhloid dearg
2 comments (last - sunday august 12, 2007 13:46)
Colm Maguire joined the INLA during the 1980s and was active in the cause of national liberation and socialism. Through his resistance, Colin found himself imprisoned in Portlaoise were he was to later die after being involved in numerous protests against conditions. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Wednesday January 03, 2007 22:30 by d'other
The disappearance of Julio Lopez, an aging former political prisoner and important state witness in the trial of a former police investigator found guilty of human rights abuses electrified the social movement in Argentina back in November. Despite mobilisations and the appearance of graffiti demanding action from the Kirchner government all over the capital, there are now further hints of present day dirty tactics by police connected to the former dictatership. On the same day that Spain resolved to arrest former police officer and alleged death squad leader Rodolfo Almiro, a second disappeared witness in trials against military officers - Luis Angel Gerez - suddenly reappeared. This reappearance comes amidst widespread claims that hundreds of threats have been made against human rights and social movement activists in the capital and across the country, as usual Upsidedownworld.org has the latest... read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday January 03, 2007 21:15 by Porco Dio
Rape Crisis Centre Benefit - 80s Nite @ Porco Dio Thur 11 Jan. Kennedys, Westland Row read full story / add a comment
down / crime and justice / other press Wednesday January 03, 2007 10:21 by Gerry Rice
2 comments (last - sunday february 18, 2007 20:05)
I just accidently became involved in what has turned out to be the biggest house-building fraud in this so-called United Kingdon when I purchased one of these totally defective and criminally and illegaly built dwellings in 1976. This fraud has now been successfully covered up by all the political parties in Northern Ireland for 30 years. The British Government even allowed the lawful findings of the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints to be overturned to protect the corrupt cover-up of this fraud by Down District Council. The 'catholic' SDLP has led the cover-up in Down District Council. Gerry Rice. Gerry Rice. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday January 02, 2007 15:16 by Sean
Just Books Benefit Night read full story / add a comment
national / environment / event notice Tuesday January 02, 2007 12:55 by m.m.mccarron
Place: Buswell's Hotel, Marlborough St., Dublin Day: Thursday Date: 4 January 2007 Time: 5.00pm read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 02, 2007 12:55 by Danny McGrain
23 comments (last - thursday may 17, 2007 10:57)
The British and Irish Communist Organisation were a Maoist influenced group who in the 1970s were almost unique in supporting Ulster Unionism. They were prolific publishers and claimed an influence over large numbers of both left and right wing individuals. During the 1990s the core members of the group have embraced a neo-nationalist position and become prominent in debates on Irish historical revisionism. read full story / add a comment
limerick / miscellaneous / event notice Monday January 01, 2007 21:41 by limerick Sinn Fein
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Saturday December 30, 2006 13:25 by IPC
For several months the town of Oaxaca, capital of the Mexican State of the same name, has been the center (of a movement) of important struggles which have undergone (or suffered) repeated attacks by the forces of repression (police, army and paramilitary) with many victims: at the end of November the toll was 22 dead and 34 disappeared. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / press release Saturday December 30, 2006 00:30 by Miriam Anderson
10 comments (last - friday september 21, 2007 23:52)
'Pet' or companion animals are left out in the cold by politicians as there is no government minister with responsibility for their protection and welfare. This has implications for all 'pet' owners as well as abandoned animals and the groups that rescue them. While Ireland has led the way in relation to other issues, we are way behind the rest of Europe when it comes to the treatment of our animals. In order for us to truly take our place among the 'civilised' countries of the world, this needs to be addressed now. read full story / add a comment
antrim / environment / other press Thursday December 28, 2006 21:55 by Richard Murphy
A few months after her resignation from the Bush administration when her department was linked to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff , former US Interior Secretary Gayle Norton has taken a new job with Royal Dutch Shell. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday December 28, 2006 18:25 by Liam Lynch
43 comments (last - monday january 08, 2007 21:15)
At 6pm this evening (Thursday 28th January 2006) a statement on behalf of Gerry Adams will be released. It will call for the SF Árd Comhairle to meet and recommend that a Special Árd Fhéis on policing be convened. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday December 28, 2006 17:28 by gníomhaí
7 comments (last - monday january 08, 2007 16:05)
Let's face it- statistics bore most people (unless you're a nerd like myself). Statistics also tend to go over most peoples' heads esp. nowadays with the state of the world (in most ways) getting worse. People also feel disempowered, that individuals can't make any difference. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday December 28, 2006 09:27 by Die Ford Die!
4 comments (last - thursday january 04, 2007 19:11)
Gerald Ford, the first of two unelected leaders of the US (George W Bush was the second) has died. The man was infamous for pardoning the war criminal Richard Nixon and for his part in the cover up of the Kennedy assassination to allow the smooth transfer of power to Lyndon Johnson who facilitated the military industrial complex to thrive from the Vietnam War profits. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / press release Wednesday December 27, 2006 22:11 by Fred Johnston - Manager
Macdara Woods, Aosdána poet and co-editor of Cyphers magazine, will read for the Western Writers' Centre on January 26th at the Imperial Hotel, Eyre Square, Galway, starting at 8pm. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / press release Wednesday December 27, 2006 20:33 by RYS
Controversial Rate Your Solicitor website gets its one millionth hit on Christmas Day read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday December 27, 2006 05:17 by budgie
11 comments (last - tuesday january 02, 2007 14:39)
The puppet judiciary of occupied Iraq today announced that Saddam Hussein would be hanged within 30 days. Saddam is presently being tried for the mass murder of Kurdish villagers but the judiciary insisted that he MUST be executed regardless of any other proceedings. This decision is a ‘just in time’ corporate-style decision – just in time for what the uninformed reader would ask? Just in time to save America from incrimination for supplying the chemical weapons and expertise required to kill the innocent Kurdish villagers – that is the REAL NEWS of the day! read full story / add a comment |
|
|
