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national / miscellaneous Sunday September 14, 2008 - 19:16 by Gregor Kerr
 3 comments (last - monday september 15, 2008 - 23:34)
In June of this year the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) wrote to its members in all primary schools in the Republic announcing that a National Rally on the issue of class size would take place on Saturday 4th October. Posters were included for display in schools and staff reps were urged to begin the process of building a delegation of teachers and parents to represent their school at the rally. Last week another communication arrived in schools from INTO head office. This informed members that the 4th October rally “will not proceed… as previously indicated.” Here Gregor Kerr, a member of the Dublin City North Branch of the INTO (writing in a personal capacity) analyses why the union leadership have backed off from the rally, asks whether they really have the bottle for a fight on this issue, and urges a grassroots campaign to deliver victory on the issue. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Friday September 12, 2008 - 14:22 by godzilla
2 comments (last - saturday september 13, 2008 - 23:01)
Obama has lost in ten of the last 12 opinion polls for the United States presidential election, 2008. His margin has between a 6point loss in the first week of September and a 4point loss in the last three days. Those who know how the USA voting public works blame this losing streak on Palin. It certainly seems to make sense as of the 57 US nationwide polls carried out thus far Mc Cain has only won 12. Jonathan Freedland in today's "Guardian" represents well the disbelief of European journalists & to a great extent intellectuals that the voters of the USA, those enfranchised alone to make a decision which affects us all seem about to deride our faith & hope of the change Obama promised. I on the other hand believe that the opinion poll data only confirms how little Europeans as well as US Democrats understood one of the most important socio-historical shifts in US citizens' perception of their own institutions & government. I argue that they've finally realised the importance of their vice-president. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday September 12, 2008 - 10:17 by solidarity seeker
Is there anyone else out there feeling the same trepidation that I am feeling over the direction that the current NJC pay dispute has taken? ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday September 11, 2008 - 11:08 by Park Life
At the elaborately staged 60th anniversary celebration of the establishment of the North Korean Stalinist State, the "Dear Leader", Kim Jong IL was conspicious by his absence. It is believed that he may have suffered a stroke (Kim is alleged to enjoy cigars, booze and teenage girls while his devoted subjects make do eating grass). At the edge of 66, Kim, like 72 year old John McCain, is no spring chicken and the demise of his personal brand of socialism is sure to end relatively soon if the rumours of his ill-health are unfounded. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday September 10, 2008 - 17:07 by John McCoy
7 comments (last - wednesday september 24, 2008 - 16:22)
In 2005 a delegation from AECI addressed a JOINT OIREACTAS COMMITTEE ON ENTERPRISE AND SMALL BUSINESS. The purpose of this Presentation was convince the government to give Statutory Powers to the Private Limited Company EPACE. Epace is an organisation which AECI has now left. Outlined below are some of the statements made by AECI in that presentation. ... read full story / add a comment
cork / environment Saturday September 06, 2008 - 23:03 by Stuart
Inside the Boole building at UCC last month Government representatives of Departments of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Trade minister Billy Keleher, executives from global corporations Dow, Monsanto and B.P. , Patent Lawyers and trade mark agents, members of the scientific research community, delegates from the pharmacuticle industry and the world bank. Outside between 30 and 40 people representing stake holders of Planet Earth P.L.C. including organic farmers, Irish seed savers, Brown Envelope Seeds, G.M. Free Ireland and the Socialist Party. Cost to you or me to be inside €810. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Saturday September 06, 2008 - 10:57 by Ciaron O'Reily
6 comments (last - monday october 20, 2008 - 15:13)
Gary and I shared many a police cell in the '70's & '80's and many a backyard barbie in the '90's and norties. In '77 Gary brought his experiences from the north of Ireland to our movement in sunny redneck facist Queensland that resisted the state suspension of civil liberties (3,000+ arrests '77-81 for merely marching, leafleting picketing, gathering publicly in groups of more than 3 people..Nuts?....you had to be there!) ... read full story / add a comment
wicklow / environment Thursday September 04, 2008 - 21:21 by Mr.Peter Brady Alias.
21 comments (last - sunday september 14, 2008 - 20:24)
This is our first statement. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday September 04, 2008 - 02:08 by John Mcoy
The TEEU Has Reliased That They Have Pushed The Boat Out Too Far and The Cosy Cartel They Have Spent Years Building Up Is About To Fall Down With A Bang. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Sunday August 31, 2008 - 21:23 by James
Some things in life are pretty obvious. One is that you don’t attack a heavily armed gang that outnumbers you 30 to 1. So what was Georgian leadership thinking when it ordered an attack on South Ossetia? There can be no question that they thought they would be able to defeat Russia. There are, after all, limits to human idiocy. ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Monday August 25, 2008 - 14:01 by Henk Ruyssenaars - Foreign correspondent
2 comments (last - wednesday july 29, 2009 - 01:39)
The EU 'presidents' and prime ministers keep betraying the 490 million people in the 27 EU countries. To avoid another defeat, the managers of the EU decided not to hold any referenda at all, but the referendum in Ireland could not be avoided. The Irish European Affairs minister Roche however, said the Irish had to vote in another referendum. Until they vote Yes? ... read full story / add a comment
wicklow / environment Sunday August 24, 2008 - 20:29 by Mr.Peter Brady Alias.
THIS IS OUR FOURTH STATEMENT. ... read full story / add a comment
wicklow / environment Tuesday August 19, 2008 - 20:55 by Mr.Peter Brady.
This is our third statement. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday August 17, 2008 - 19:22 by shane mc loughlin
The discussion on reintroducing third level fees has certainly begun. But has the debate gone wide enough? Are we unduly focusing in on third level education funding without orientating the debate amongst wider budgetary issues? ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Friday August 15, 2008 - 12:03 by Mark C
7 comments (last - sunday august 17, 2008 - 22:06)
My wife was pregnant with twins this time last year and it got me thinking about Avril Monaghan, the woman who died, pregnant with twins, in the Omagh bombing. This is a short piece that I wrote at the time, remembering that tragic day in general, and those hugely unfortunate twins in particular. I'm sharing it here to commerorate these people on the tenth anniversary of their deaths. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Saturday August 09, 2008 - 16:00 by shane mc loughlin
2 comments (last - tuesday august 12, 2008 - 02:47)
Michael Casey, a former chief economist today wrote an article in 'The Irish Times' entitled "Killing the myth that Ireland's wealth has poisoned its values" in which he attempting to dispel the 'myth' that wealth has poisoned Irish peoples values. In response, he is most certainly correct in believing that wealth cannot 'determine' a societies derision of values, but neglects to paint a clearer understanding of how wealth and values converge. In response, it could be argued that wealth opens the door to new 'negative' value thinking as it can close the door to others. Furthermore, as I will show, some of his own comments in the article require further careful consideration. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday August 09, 2008 - 10:25 by Ciaron
9 comments (last - friday october 17, 2008 - 06:51)
Walking through the streets of Dublin, Ireland, after the Paul Kelly's gig http://www.paulkelly.com.au/ last night, I thought I should write this reflection. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday August 07, 2008 - 19:01 by Arnold Capp
Idealists and utopians would claim that this phenomenon is the beginning of the disentanglement of the public sphere and political debate from the traditional dominance of political parties, big business, corporate media and vested interests who dictate what can and cannot be discussed, what is relevant and what is news-worthy. The political participation of the ordinary citizen could eventually be conducted entirely through electronic means. Instead of representative government it is suggested in the future technology will enable all citizens to engage in the ongoing political debate. The pattern whereby citizens vote at the end of each government term with paper ballots could be replaced with a form of direct democracy. History would have turned full circle as a global village like the ancient Greek city states would decide its priorities bypassing the traditional power structure of wealth and power. But is this realistic? ... read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum Thursday August 07, 2008 - 01:26 by Anthony Sheridan
5 comments (last - tuesday august 12, 2008 - 04:13)
The recent GAA controversy involving Kerry captain Paul Galvin and the ongoing DCC/Fyffes scandal are both indicative of how wrongdoing is dealt with in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday August 06, 2008 - 11:10 by brendan butler
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The NGO Peace alliance is joined woth the International Committee of Human rights -Swiss section to encourage people who do not wish to be represented by their governmwent represenratives to use their own personal initiative and join up and register with with www.boycottceremony.com ... read full story / add a comment |
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