|
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 / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday February 23, 2010 - 12:34 by orangecitadel
Recent media reports have cited Dolores Kelly, the SDLP Assembly representative for the Upper Bann constituency (and the Garvaghy Road) as having claimed that people were ‘very frightened and anxious that a parade down the Garvaghy Road is a price Sinn Féin is prepared to pay for the devolution of policing and justice’. What does Dolores know? ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Monday February 22, 2010 - 13:54 by Joe Galvin
 2 comments (last - monday february 22, 2010 - 21:35)
The resignation of Willie O'Dea has again led to criticism of the Green Party, despite it being another failure on the side of Fianna Fáil (FF). ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday February 20, 2010 - 14:20 by Peter Mulholland
9 comments (last - monday april 05, 2010 - 13:55)
After finally being forced to accept that Orange parades have kept up ‘an exclusive society in civil and military life, exciting one portion of the people against the other... [leading to] breaches of the peace and bloodshed’ the Grand Master of the Orange Order in Ireland met with ‘several influential members’ to arrange for the immediate dissolution of that sectarian organization. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Friday February 19, 2010 - 11:27 by Gavin Gleeson
3 comments (last - saturday february 20, 2010 - 17:41)
Joe Stack recently committed suicide by crashing an airplane into the IRS offices in Austin, Texas. He left a manifesto describing the long path which had finally led him to this decision. ... read full story / add a comment
As another RTÉ personality stands for Fine Gael, we discover that George Lee was on Leave of Absence
national / arts and media Thursday February 18, 2010 - 16:43 by Paul Larkin
2 comments (last - friday february 19, 2010 - 14:55)
Article looking at the broadcasting ethics (or lack of same) of RTÉ and the slanted political make-up of personalities and news coverage ... read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous Sunday February 14, 2010 - 20:53 by donkylemore
16 comments (last - wednesday february 24, 2010 - 17:13)
Lets face it . The GP is now little more than the bordello of Irish politics. You pay - the harlot performs. She does so at the whim of the punter.And repeats it just so long as he pays. The manner of their Machiavellian march into Dail Eireann under Gormley rather than Sergeant amply demonstrated their lust for the whiff of power- principals were for losers. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous Saturday February 13, 2010 - 11:45 by donkylemore
6 comments (last - thursday february 18, 2010 - 19:13)
If Ms de Burca's allegations are to be believed as written her unbridled personal column in today's Irish Times, it would seem that not only have the Greens lost their moral compass ; they have buried it under a host of erstwhile worthy principles. In these circumstances t'would be well were the Green's to bury this current arrangement of their party system and try to reform themselves rigorously before they attempt to resurrect themselves , with any credibility. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday February 10, 2010 - 00:14 by Paddy Hackett
1 comment (last - wednesday february 10, 2010 - 07:22)
The little piece below touches on the materialist conception of history. And it hints at how it renders relativism and positivism unjustifiable as philosophies of science. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday February 04, 2010 - 12:55 by Amnesty International - Ireland
Israel’s latest response to the UN on its investigations into alleged violations of international law by its forces in Gaza a year ago is totally inadequate, Amnesty International said today. Crucial questions about the conduct of attacks in which hundreds of civilians were killed and thousands were made homeless are not credibly addressed in Israel’s update to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Monday February 01, 2010 - 15:14 by donkylemore
1 comment (last - monday february 01, 2010 - 21:23)
As Tony Blair's evidence to the Iraq invasion inquiry , Old Labour ' statesman said yesterday he didnt believe a word of his rambling fiction. Did he really get away with this with his lying by increments, his obscenely flawed rhetoric. His false claims re Saadam and WMD.. the notion of a rogue state ..- the real rogue stat in the region. And do the Brits reall give a dam anyway, as integrity has only an inconvenience and only had £ shop currency. The whole inchoate gibberish. - from the man who felt the hand of history on his shoulder. Yo ! Blair- as GW Bush would have said. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Monday February 01, 2010 - 08:47 by Paul Larkin
Stephen Collins' attack on the GFA in Saturday's Irish Times ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday January 29, 2010 - 14:34 by Peter Mulholland
This article argues that the DUP's attempt to link policing and justice to Orange parades is a threat to human rights in Northern Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday January 28, 2010 - 15:54 by Amnesty International - Ireland
Amnesty International Ireland has accused the Irish Government of giving misleading answers to United Nations researchers who yesterday published a detailed report on the use of secret detentions in the name of counter-terrorism. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Thursday January 28, 2010 - 15:54 by Sean Crudden
Finghin Collins struck one absolutely perfect note in the Brahms. His playing is robust, articulate; his left hand played its part wonderfully. His body language offers the greatest assistance to the listener. The National Concert Hall presented Finghin Collins last night in a solo recital on the piano one of The Irish Times Celebrity Concert Series 2009/2010. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 18, 2010 - 11:39 by Amnesty International - Ireland
Amnesty International has gathered testimony from people still struggling to rebuild their lives following Operation “Cast Lead”, which killed around 1,400 Palestinians and injured thousands more. Israel must end its suffocating blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has left more than 1.4 million Palestinians cut off from the outside world and struggling with desperate poverty, Amnesty International said today, one year on from the end of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday January 17, 2010 - 19:41 by donkylemore
Unless the muscle of the US and its government can be turned around and Obama starts listening to his emissary George Mitchell and to a lesser degree Ms Clinton there will be no real change either in Gaza , the border crossings or any hope of Israeli compliance with International Justice and humanity. Neither can any advancement towards a 2 state solution be even conceived until the Israelis agree to Jerusalem being the Capital City for both Israel and Palestine. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / politics / elections Thursday January 14, 2010 - 15:05 by donkylemore
where to the Greens now . the party of probity and ethical standards in high places will they seek to have Lowry removed or will they continue to linger on in power with FF with Lowry's guarantee to follow the govt. whip/ ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Wednesday January 13, 2010 - 20:14 by Ruairí Ó Conghaile
11 comments (last - monday january 18, 2010 - 16:35)
A brief look at Irelands lost history of genocide and slave trading. A call to re-engage the spirit of revolution that burns deep in the contemporary Irish psyche and use this common heritage to take serious consideration of once again uniting the Island of Ireland. Peace and unity within the borders of our own land. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Tuesday January 12, 2010 - 14:49 by Diego Connolly
Big Increases in Dole Payments for Ireland’s Wealthy ... read full story / add a comment
galway / crime and justice Tuesday January 12, 2010 - 01:02 by donkylemore
On the 61st anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. - (UDHR) I quote Oscar wilde more than all the others; he more than anyone would have appreciated this charter . It is just that it is not binding .it is not a law. It is aspirational ; but it is inspirational . You don’t need to read it through. The language is turgid in places. Its meant to endure . After 60 years the wording may seem esoteric .but if you re read it , ask yourself ; how else could this be written to relate to all society. I believe it is written for all the children of the womb of the Universe . But , I will confess that I quote Oscar not only because he is one of the most quoted people in the history of English language . ... read full story / add a comment |
|
|
