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national / housing / news report Friday November 28, 2008 14:40 by Paul Bowman
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The official story is that the origins of the current crisis lie in the collapse of the US subprime mortgage market - i.e. poor people not paying their mortgages. Although this may have been the trigger event, it is not the real cause. The real cause lies in pyramids not houses. Specifically the enormous debt pyramid built up by the Western countries, particularly those following the Anglo-saxon economic model - which, unfortunately for us, includes Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Friday November 28, 2008 14:30 by Alan MacSimoin
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Big Business doesn’t like what’s happening in South America. The election of reforming governments in Peru and Ecuador might have been a bearable irritant but that Chavez guy in Venezuela has really got up their noses. In Bolivia sections of the local ruling class got so riled up that they tried to overthrow President Morales in September. The US ruling class, in collusion with local bosses, is trying to destabilise political and economic reforms. As they see it, too much is going to workers and peasants, and not enough into their own coffers. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday November 26, 2008 13:54 by MichaelY
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Monday, Dec 8th Wynns Hotel - Dublin read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Monday November 24, 2008 20:47 by Sean Matthews (pc)
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Ulster British National Party in disarray following the leakage of its membership details read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Sunday November 23, 2008 19:32 by Hilary
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Political Quiz: You were the Fianna Fáil Minister for Finance during the last few years. There is a massive economic crash landing happening because of your policies, which focused economic activity on selling houses to each other rather than building up things like education, culture, home grown industry etc. What do you do now? 1.Make the poor pay- strip funding from pensioners, students, schoolkids and the under-priviliged. 2.Blame the international situation. 3.Blame the people who voted against Lisbon. 4. Put your hands up, admit your mistakes, and invest in basic services which will make the recession a bit more bearable for everyone. (hint- this is Fianna Fáil remember...) Anyway, at least he's not Enda Kenny. read full story / add a comment
dublin / education / news report Saturday November 22, 2008 01:16 by Paul
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In the first Free Education for Everyone protest in Trinity, around 150 students turned up to send a clear message of opposition to fees to Batt O’Keeffe, the Minister for Education. However, in the second SU leader betrayal of the week, the Students’ Union President, Cathal Reilly welcomed O’Keeffe to the college with a handshake and a smile. read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday November 21, 2008 21:06 by GAAW
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The Galway Alliance Against War marked the 7th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan yesterday, Thursday 20th November and called on the Irish government to withdraw Irish troops from this occupied country. Ireland’s involvement in this conflict does not stop at Shannon airport. Irish officers are presently working alongside NATO forces in Kabul and some of those soldiers are known to come from Galway’s Liam Mellows barracks. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Friday November 21, 2008 16:20 by Moilligh Síos
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Ógra Shinn Féin National Organiser Barry McColgan has called upon young people in particular to take caution on the roads in the run up and over the Christmas period. According to Mr. McColgan the Christmas and New Year period are peak times for road traffic collisions. read full story / add a comment
cork / miscellaneous / press release Thursday November 20, 2008 18:23 by Fianna
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Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams will address young Republicans as they converge in the Rebel County this December for Ogra Shinn Fein´s Comhdhail Naisiunta. The Comhdhail Naisiunta will take place in the UCC Campus, Cork City from the 5 – 7 December and will also include debate and discussion, attendance from international guests, workshops, a campaign launch, the premier screening of new DVD, a massive Rebel Night and much more. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Thursday November 20, 2008 17:11 by Conor Farrell
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Prairie Dawgs play in Krugers, Howth Village on Saturday 22nd November. Free Admission. All donations and proceeds go to Focus Ireland homeless agency. Dont Miss this Exciting Opportunity to see this acclaimed live 9 piece Bluegrass/Country Band!!! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Thursday November 20, 2008 13:51 by Niamh Nic Carthaigh
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Hundreds of thousands of people are on the run, fleeing a war that rages in eastern Congo, in the provinces of North and South Kivu. They are frightened. Many are sick or wounded. Others have been harassed or raped, or have had everything they own stolen. The people of the Kivus are in a critical condition. The destiny of everyone in this region is shaped by the war. The story of their struggle to survive needs to be told. Today, November 20, humanitarian medical aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is launching an international multimedia campaign, entitled Condition: Critical – Voices from the war in eastern Congo. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / press release Saturday November 15, 2008 13:00 by Ploughshares
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Hammers employed in the Pitstop Ploughshares disarmament of a U.S. Navy War Plane in Feb 03 at Shannon Airport www.peaceontrial.com go on display at Project Gallery, Temple Bar/Dublin, from Nov 15-Dec 19. The exhibit by Dublin artist Seamus Nolan is part of a broader exhibition by the Goethe Institute "If you Could Change the Wolrd at Last 1968-2008" read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / event notice Friday November 14, 2008 22:38 by Sharon McDonagh
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Invitation Olive Planting Program - February 2009 A program for Civil International Solidarity with Palestinians Invitation to the Olive Planting Program 7th - 16th February, 2009 read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday November 13, 2008 21:19 by a-films
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More than a year after their homes were destroyed during the battle between the Lebanese army and the militant islamist group Fatah al-Islam, the majority of the refugees from Nahr al-Bared in North Lebanon find themselves in a difficult situation. Not able to return to their homes, stuck in pre-fabricated housing units and often unemployed, many of them feel frustrated and hopeless, only sometimes seeing a glimmer of hope. read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday November 13, 2008 17:07 by TD
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What next for the Campaign, now that the new Corrib Gas Forum set up by Eamon Ryan and Éamon Ó Cuiv will not “revisit existing consents and permissions given to the project”? What next, when "Governments around the world are waking up to the reality that natural resources are soveriegn assets and that it is entirely within the rights of the state to readjust taxation and royalty deals in times of windfall revenues or supply concerns" (Michael McCaughan, The Price of our Souls, Gas, Shell and ireland) read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / feature Tuesday November 11, 2008 21:52 by Seomra Spraoi
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Seomra Spraoi opens new autonomous social centre. Seomra Spraoi is back. After 10 long Seomra-less months a new home has been found, and work is underway to transform the space into a fully functioning social centre. A lot has changed since being forced from our last space. We've been pretty busy too. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Tuesday November 11, 2008 08:24 by remember Ken Saro-Wiwa
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Thirteen years ago today, on November 10th 1995, nine men from Ogoni land were hanged at Port Harcourt prison Nigeria. They had been tried in a military court by the Nigerian dictatorship. One of the men, the famous human rights campaigner Ken Saro Wiwa had been a particular thorn in the side of the Shell oil company, which found itself unable to operate in parts of the Niger Delta because of the work organisating people to peacefully resist against their destructive activities. In stark proof of who controlled Nigeria at the time, his family had been told by Shell executives that he would be spared if he would help the company. Saro Wiwa preferred to die with honour. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / press release Friday November 07, 2008 12:51 by Allen Meagher
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Changing Ireland’ has become the greenest magazine in Ireland. While we're celebrating, we are shocked to find ourselves leading the way. “‘Changing Ireland’ finds is now ahead of a range of popular commercial magazines that weigh down the shop-shelves with paper from virgin forests and inks derived from heavy chemicals. We should be following their lead into a greener world, not showing them the way,” said editor Allen Meagher. ‘Changing Ireland’, Issue 27, is the publication’s first ‘green issue’. The new edition is now on the web: www.changingireland.ie and the paper version is due out from Monday, Nov. 10th and it is available in Eason’s or directly by contacting ‘Changing Ireland’. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday November 06, 2008 19:35 by Ciaron O'Reilly
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"Democracy is Coming to the U.S.A." clip -Leonard Cohen http://noolmusic.com/yahoo_videos/leonard_cohen_-_democ...y.php I've been in Glasgow the past few daze catching to my godson Seanoidh and his parents Brian and Babs. I met B & B when I accompanied my friend Richard, who had just been deported from Genoa as he was trying to make his way to the G8 2001 demonstration, down to the Italian embassy in London to register our protest at the killing of Carlos, read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / news report Thursday November 06, 2008 15:56 by Hilary
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The United States of America took a giant step in the last week in the field of civil rights and human development when a man with Offaly ancestry was chosen to lead the nation. While there is no legal bar against people from Offaly or their descendants holding high office in the U.S., many were surprised that voters were able to overcome the widespread prejudice against the county. Men from Offaly (known as BIFFO's) have often encountered a "glass ceiling" whereby they would be trusted with a glass, but not a pint. read full story / add a comment |
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