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dublin / housing / news report Thursday October 31, 2013 11:37 by Nico   text 4 comments (last - friday november 01, 2013 19:20)   image 5 images
A fire broke out this morning at around 2am in Tom Kelly Flats, Charlemont Street, leaving many people trapped inside their homes.

Residents in the 3rd – Block were woken to the yells of “Fire!” by a concerned neighbour in the adjacent block, as the blaze quickly engulfed the main hall and stairway. read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday October 30, 2013 23:56 by anti-war   text 1 comment (last - thursday october 31, 2013 00:18)   video 1 video file   2 attached files
Demonstration at Shannon Airport Roundabout on the 2nd Sunday of every Month. Next Demo is Sun 10th Nov

End the Afghan War 2001 - 2013

Supported by Peace & Neutrality Alliance and ShannonWatch read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday October 30, 2013 17:57 by Anthony Ravlich
Global ethical human rights will give the Lost generation of Youth a future. It really is a macabre understanding of peace and human beings when it is seen that only absolute control to crush potential is the way to achieve peace. In fact, in my view, it creates slaves and dangerous States which are not held to account. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday October 30, 2013 05:21 by Dublin Basque
Stall to express solidarity and to disseminate information. A CHANCE TO BE A PART OF THE SOLIDARITY read full story / add a comment
antrim / arts and media / press release Monday October 28, 2013 19:35 by Turing
A Riot of Our Own: A Symposium on The Clash in Belfast: Call for Papers
University of Ulster, Belfast Campus, Northern Ireland
June 20-21 2014

In the 1970s, with the Troubles at their height, touring musicians were usually unwilling to play in Northern Ireland. One of the few international acts prepared to break what was in effect the cultural boycott of the region was The Clash. In October 1977, the iconic punk band was scheduled to open the Get Out of Control tour with a concert in the Ulster Hall in Belfast city centre. A few hours before the group was due to take the stage, however, the gig was cancelled for reasons that remain disputed and sparking chaotic scenes that are often recalled as amounting to a ‘riot’. Shortly before Christmas, The Clash made good on their promise to return to Belfast and played a legendary concert in the McMordie Hall at Queen’s University. read full story / add a comment
The CABHAIR Swim in December 2010 - s'no joke!
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Monday October 28, 2013 19:25 by Sharon.   text 16 comments (last - sunday january 05, 2014 14:51)   image 16 images
The CABHAIR organisation will , for the 37th consecutive year, hold a sponsored swim in Dublin (Inchicore) on Christmas Day 2013. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday October 27, 2013 23:59 by Seana Sperling
Some in the U.S. are fearful of speaking out against the wars and social injustice because of the surveillance state.

Since the beginning of the new millennium some people have been guarding their words as if they were in a Communist country. When George W. Bush came into power in 2001 and after the tragedy of September 11th, we became engaged in another war. Mainstream media was almost completely silent on the negatives of a War on Terror.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday October 27, 2013 14:38 by John
Asking the Commission, to encourage cooperation between the Member States (according to Art 156 TFEU) aiming to explore the Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) as a tool to improve their respective social security systems. read full story / add a comment
Target areas for fracking are: County Clare, County Limerick and North of Co. Kerry
clare / environment / event notice Sunday October 27, 2013 13:02 by anti-fracking   text 5 comments (last - friday november 15, 2013 18:41)   image 2 images
Important notice to all residents of south & west Clare.

The future survival and well-being of all residents of west and south County Clare is about to be decided on how the two single most important issues of our time are decided. (1) The internal divisions of the Cap Reform Payments in Ireland as a result of the 2013 CAP reform recently agreed in Brussels .Failure to achieve a fair and equitable division of these subsidies will result in the disappearance of at least 30% of the existing farming community and the elimination of many business in the rural towns and villages of Co.Clare.The UFA National Officers will present at this public information meeting the options for a fair and equitable distributions of the new payments facts and figures. Be aware the future of family farming as we know it is at stake here. read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-capitalism / event notice Sunday October 27, 2013 12:52 by anon   image 1 image
MARXISM 2013 A Festival of Ideas and Resistance Hosted by the Socialist Workers Party will be held from Fri 15th - Sun 17th Nov 2013 in the Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Sunday October 27, 2013 00:11 by Seomra Spraoi   text 1 comment (last - monday october 28, 2013 21:09)   image 2 images   1 attached file
The Dublin Squatters are back and they're here to present: Squat's the Craic? Films screening, live music, DJs, food, leaflets and zines, crafts, fun and a chance to talk about what we never talk about: Squat's actually happening in Dublin! Bands from 9pm: Noise Magot; Lynched; Intergalactic Nun; Pope Nixon. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday October 25, 2013 22:12 by Brian Clarke   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Lethal Allies a book on British Government Collusion in the sectarian murders of ordinary innocent Irish people in British Occupied Ireland is written by leading journalist Anne Callwallader and produced by the Pat Finucane centre focused on the ethnic cleansing of the Glenanne Gang which still operates in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
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galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday October 25, 2013 17:29 by Jam   text 1 comment (last - tuesday november 05, 2013 23:53)   image 6 images
No to State Racism
No to Irresponsible Media Reporting
End Racial Profiling. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday October 24, 2013 13:36 by José Antonio Gutiérrez D.   text 1 comment (last - sunday october 27, 2013 11:41)
Over the last couple of days we have witnessed massive media hysteria about the case of Maria, a young girl supposedly abducted by a Roma couple in Greece. DNA tests and Lombroso-style racial profiling [1] have come into action in a case that has stirred the irrational anxiety that feeds racism and bigotry. Beyond the fact that child abduction is a serious issue, the "whiteness" and "blondeness" of the alleged victim have been emphasised together with the "Roma" condition of the alleged culprits. Let us remember that this is taking place in Greece, a country where blatant racism (as expressed by Golden Dawn) is on the rise, so there are good reasons to be cautious about this whole case. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday October 23, 2013 13:47 by anon
A glossy Shell PR roadshow was disrupted and shut down in Oxford, UK recently in solidarity with the struggles in Rossport and elsewhere. read full story / add a comment
Night talk on Brazil
international / environment / event notice Wednesday October 23, 2013 11:02 by Latin American Solidarity Centre (LASC)   image 1 image
Whilst James Newton and Sam Clements were filming in Southern Brazil they heard about the extraordinary work of US missionary Sister Dorothy Stang, a nun with a price on her head. For over 20 years she had been fighting to preserve the Amazon rainforest, while helping peasant farmers live sustainably. Inspired by a mere five-minute call to Sister Dorothy, they set off on a 2500-mile journey to find her. Little did they know of the dangers ahead, or that Sister Dorothy would later be killed by hired gunmen. The Student, the Nun & the Amazon is a film about the work of Sister Dorothy made shortly before her death.

More info at: www.studentnunamazon.com.

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cork / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday October 22, 2013 21:43 by Ned Ludd   text 1 comment (last - sunday october 27, 2013 16:31)
Academics Kieran Allen and Brian O'Boyle,have written a new book to offer a critique of current economic policies.

The book, which is entitled Austerity Ireland, is based on detailed factual evidence to show that austerity policies have failed.

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People gather at the site of a drone strike on the road between Yafe and Radfan districts of the southern Yemeni province of Lahj August 11, 2013. (Reuters)
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday October 22, 2013 13:41 by Turing   text 1 comment (last - thursday april 09, 2015 13:08)   image 1 image
A new report by Human Rights Watch once again confirms that Hellfire rockets lack selectivity and exterminate women and children more often than they hit Al-Qaeda associates. Last month the UN urged the US to reveal data on civilian drone casualties.

The prominent human rights organization has released a detailed 102-page report on the US drone attacks and airstrikes in Yemen against militants of the Al-Qaeda wing in the country simultaneously with another human rights organization Amnesty International issuing a report on US drone strikes in Pakistan.

Basically, the HRW report has maintained an already widely-known fact that civilians die too often in reported ‘surgical’ strikes which is unacceptable even by the ‘law of war. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / environment / press release Monday October 21, 2013 23:06 by anon   image 1 image
The labeling "Responsibly Farmed" on farmed salmon in Irish Supermarket Chains is a complete contradiction. Why you may ask? In the nutshell, science has proven the negative impacts Salmon Farms have on native species of juvenile sea trout and salmon. It is far from Responsible to place a salmon farm on any coastline in the direct migratory path of native species. Salmon farms have proven to be connected to the mass decline of sea trout and salmon in many river systems around the world. Lets not forget the famous sea trout collapse in Connemara after they placed salmon farms along the West Coast of Ireland back in the 80's. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / environment / other press Monday October 21, 2013 19:58 by T   text 5 comments (last - wednesday october 30, 2013 16:18)   image 1 image
The latest news from Dublin City Council is that they plan to cut down 300 mature trees in order to improve Merrion Square park. Apparently it is all in the name of giving it a facelift!

The council don't seem to realize that one of the most attractive features of the park is the 300 or so mature trees. Do they not realize it is a tourist attraction as it is? Who knows what their logic is but some lucky Tree Surgeon company is going to get a big windfall here which begs the question. Were the advisers behind this outlandish decision people who were going to gain by it in some way ?

The story has been reported widely in the last week or so in the press. read full story / add a comment
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