|
Upcoming Eventsno events match your query! New Eventsno events posted in last week
Blog Feeds
The SakerA bird's eye view of the vineyard
Public InquiryInterested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
Human Rights in IrelandPromoting Human Rights in Ireland
Lockdown Skeptics
|
national / history and heritage Monday September 03, 2007 - 10:11 by Brian
 1 comment (last - friday august 08, 2008 - 11:11)
This is a theory which attempts to shed light on the obscure origins of the Irish Rebellion of 1641. ... read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues Saturday September 01, 2007 - 09:34 by Sean Crudden
1 comment (last - tuesday september 11, 2007 - 18:59)
Increasingly the patient is no longer seen as a passive recipient of medical treatment. Attempts are being made, at least at an ideological level, to involve patients more in the design of medication and to lend some weight to what patients really think of medication and how it is affecting them. Naturally there are life saving chemicals like penicillin, insulin and cytamen (for vitamin B12) but there is a plethora of more optional drugs on the market not least a whole cabinet of neuroleptic drugs. From my own observations as a patient for over 30 years attending clinics and hospitals throughout that period it is unclear whether many of these drugs have an authentic role in (a) preserving life or (b) in improving the quality of life of the patient. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday August 29, 2007 - 16:30 by Susan Isabella Sheehan-Repasky
6 comments (last - monday september 03, 2007 - 17:58)
In our disposable society, what value do we place on our ancestors? ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday August 28, 2007 - 09:19 by Gerald
6 comments (last - friday august 31, 2007 - 08:46)
Can the Olympics take place in a country with no respect for human life ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday August 28, 2007 - 09:12 by T. H. Ledwidge
The conviction of Michael McKevitt was far from the finest hour of our judicial system. The latest revelations leaves no doubt that he was unfairly tried and convicted through the pages of the print media long before he appeared in Court. Under such circumstances, the media and Mr Mooney in particular must have the moral courage to undo the damage done in this case. ... read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights Wednesday August 22, 2007 - 10:03 by Bernie Wright
15 comments (last - wednesday october 31, 2007 - 17:07)
I have just heard that the American Humane Association has awarded a "Humane award" to a 900-cow factory farm because they slaughter cows with compassion. Despite the fact that each birthed calf is separated from her mother, they rationalize by calling themselves humane. Despite the fact that each and every one of their cows ends up hanging upside down with her throat cut in a slaughterhouse, they now call themselves humane. Some people might argue that there is such a thing as humane slaughter.I disagree completely. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday August 20, 2007 - 10:38 by Davy Carlin
10 comments (last - thursday october 04, 2007 - 19:26)
The Murph - Turf, and beyond ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday August 17, 2007 - 20:33 by Jolly Red Giant
3 comments (last - sunday august 19, 2007 - 14:33)
Aer Lingus and government betrayal - Unions must act now! There was palpable anger at a meeting of Aer Lingus workers at a meeting in Shannon Airport where Aer Lingus Chief Executive, Dermot Mannion, officially announced the move from Shannon to Belfast. Workers jeered, heckled and booed Mannion during his speech and many workers walked out of the meeting when Mannion indicated that he would not answer questions from the workers. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Thursday August 09, 2007 - 15:38 by C.
Having had our bags stolen in Belfast many years ago, we got invited to Anderstown social club by some fellas who had tried to stop the snatchers and we went to the club. It is a memory etched onto my brain and says something important about community memory and retaining those places for the upcoming generations of this Our Island. Politically naive southerners like myself did not know the North of Ireland, nor where it was 'safe' to go , back in the nineties; but you learn quickly enough. our hiking trip coincided with some appalling tragedies and personal dangers that are largely gone. The London type taxis Which were 50p were operating and some drivers were being sniped on call-out. ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Wednesday August 08, 2007 - 13:41 by Emer McGann
1 comment (last - sunday august 12, 2007 - 12:31)
Rooming in’ involves the care of a newborn infant in a cot near the mother’s bed instead of in a nursery during their hospital stay. This has very many positive advantages for the mother and baby in terms of bonding and getting to know the new baby’s routine in the early days of its life and also the instant availability of the mother for feeding, a recognised bonding time be it bottle or breast. Rooming in also has many advantages for maternity hospitals in terms reduction in requirements for nursery spaces in hospitals and therefore, reduction in numbers of staff required to supervise the nurseries and take care of the infants. Most Irish maternity hospitals operate a full rooming in policy but the question is - Do Irish Maternity Hospitals support rooming in? ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Monday August 06, 2007 - 10:25 by I. Greene
10 comments (last - wednesday september 19, 2007 - 17:57)
Not only are obstacles being placed in Michael McKevitt’s path depriving him of the right to defend himself in the Omagh Civil action, but a clear stitch-up is emerging ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday August 04, 2007 - 18:21 by Cuban Libertarian Movement
* Interview by the Russian newspaper SITUATION from libertarian collective Autonomous Action www.avtonom.org regarding the current political picture in the island. A Spanish translation was published in El Libertario #50, Venezuela, 2007. For more info go to: www.mlc.contrapoder.org.ve -cuban anarchist website- and www.nodo50.org/ellibertario ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Friday July 27, 2007 - 13:29 by MikW
Set in the DDR in 1984, actors, stasi, writers and politicians display some of the best and worst vestiges of humanity against a backdrop of dimly lit deserted streets, grey buildings and fenced in feelings. Stasi agent Wiesler a loyal servant of the party and the state believes writer Georg Dreyman to be not so loyal, a crime in the stasi agents eyes. Wiesler gets his chance to nail the writer when the corrupt and seedy Minister Of Culture decides he wants Dreyman to be found guilty of anything. The politicians motives have nothing to do with love of party or state. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday July 26, 2007 - 16:25 by Con Carroll
13 comments (last - thursday august 09, 2007 - 21:39)
first they came for the Jews, I didn't speak out I was not a Jew. then they came for the Communists. I didn't speak out. then they came for people with disabilities. I didn't speak out. then they came for me. no one spoke out for me. ... read full story / add a comment
meath / history and heritage Wednesday July 25, 2007 - 23:41 by Susan Repasky
The following has been sent to newspapers in Ireland and the US regarding the arrest and subsequent imposition of conditional bail agreement on seven protesters against the construction of the M-3. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday July 22, 2007 - 20:24 by Cutter
14 comments (last - saturday august 11, 2007 - 09:32)
The Six One News tonight was followed by a Consumer Soap Opera 'Docu' special on the intimacies and murder of the O Reilly Marriage. Serious Reporters discussed with alacrity the 'ins' and 'outs' of the case. This is because RTE are consumer driven shite and incapable of Opinion and analysis. -They like to give the public what it wants- This kind of mentality drives US Consumer TV where Newsreaders burn reports on Paris Hilton. When did RTE last analyse Geo- political movements GM/ECO/. It has become popcorn TV for the Great brainwashed Irish Nation. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday July 19, 2007 - 15:54 by herself
1 comment (last - thursday july 19, 2007 - 21:07)
I have a problem with many activists- those who go on about social justice such as socialists often ignore environmental issues, likewise Greens and environmentalists tend to think social justice issues aren't that important- they are after all usually middle class..... ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday July 19, 2007 - 13:30 by David Michael
13 comments (last - tuesday july 31, 2007 - 12:15)
With four people now imprisoned and the bulldozers about to desecrate sacred land of Tara some say this might be the end-but it couold be the beginning. Where do we go from here? ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday July 19, 2007 - 08:37 by Undercover reporter
3 comments (last - tuesday july 24, 2007 - 13:00)
Multiple well functioning A&E's to close across Ireland, why? ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / miscellaneous Wednesday July 18, 2007 - 13:04 by all corked up
Just a note that the song I used over the images was written by Buffy Saint Marie and referrs to the Native Indian land and Energy protests in North America. ... read full story / add a comment |
|
|
