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national / crime and justice Wednesday June 24, 2009 - 00:44 by I. Greene
On 8 June 2009 Mr Justice (Sir) Declan Morgan delivered the judgment in the marathon Omagh civil case. The judgment delivery ended the year long hearing leaving more questions unanswered than answered with its content less than convincing. The burden of proof in civil cases is based on the laws of probability and in this case Mr. Justice Morgan stretched the probability rule well outside the boundaries. The judgment in its entirety contained multiple ambiguities and inevitably the defendants will appeal. One can only assume that Mr Morgan is a highly intelligent man by the very fact that he has recently been elevated to the office of Lord Chief Justice, however this particular judgment may come back to haunt him. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Tuesday June 23, 2009 - 14:13 by Socialist Party
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Analysis of Local and European elections and the aftermath. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday June 22, 2009 - 23:40 by John
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While in Cobh today, we also met some of the local fishermen who still manage to work despite years of depredation by the pharmaceutical industry in the harbour. We passed on to them copies of this letter printed here which we encourage anyone else with any contacts whatsoever in the fishing community to use to communicate to the the situation to other fishermen. I am also looking for information regarding the state of the fishing industry in Ireland over the last 60 years. I am coming to understand that our fishing rights have been given away as surely as our oil and gas over a longer period. I am convinced that these issues have to be linked in the common consciousness. A significant difference being that fishing, done right is a renewable resource. It ain't being done right now. The sea is being f**ked and so are the fishermen. If only ye could stand together lads. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 18, 2009 - 14:14 by Davy Carlin
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In Solidarity ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / politics / elections Monday June 15, 2009 - 19:52 by Ray
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Labour Councillor Jim Mc Garry has been elected as Mayor of Sligo at the Council AGM this afternoon. The voting alliance between Fine Gael, Fianna Fail and Labour which elected Cllr Mc Garry was harsly criticised at this afternoon’s meeting of Sligo Borough Council. After all the speculation, there will be no left-wing alliance on the Council, despite the fact that seven of the 12 councillors elected onto the new council are from left-wing parties. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Monday June 15, 2009 - 15:21 by Davy Carlin
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Racist attacks on Lisburn Rd Belfast Questions need to be answered by police Accusations of ‘police inaction’ and ‘feeding misinformation’ to media ... read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage Saturday June 13, 2009 - 01:02 by Daniel James
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Is a decline in the glorification of Irish heroes and the use of the Irish languge just a fad or a worrying, long-term trend on the part of the Gaelic Athletic Association? The disappointing latter may well be true. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Thursday June 11, 2009 - 10:06 by rebels yell
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European Election OR Sectarian Head Count 2009? Sinn Féin's sitting MEP Bairbre de Brún created Northern Ireland electoral history by topping the poll with 126,184 votes. However, both the Dublin and Irish governments will tonight be pondering nervously about the future of their landmark Good Friday Agreement (Sunningdale Mark II). ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 11, 2009 - 09:47 by Paddy Hackett
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In his article in the The Sunday Business Post David McWilliams dishonestly fails to reference a main source for his article called Moral of the Mayan Meltdown ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 11, 2009 - 09:07 by Marie O'Connor
The severing of women's pelvises in childbirth for doctrinal rather than medical reasons must rank as one of the biggest health scandals in the history of the State, second only to the contamination of the human blood supply. Only an independent inquiry into symphysiotomy can close this final, shameful chapter in the story of institutional abuse in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday June 09, 2009 - 00:28 by Union Member
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Indymedia readers will be familiar with the work of Frank Connolly- He is the closest thing we have had to a good investigative journalist in this country for many years. The Corrib Gas report, Quarryvale and most recently his untangling of the corrupt mess that emerged from the incestuous nature of the Galway Tent, Dublin Docklands and the Anglo Irish Bank are just a few examples of why we need vocal independent and committed people like him to help us try to hold our political elites to account. It might seem surprising that someone with his track record would write an unreservedly supportive article about Siptu’s recent performance under the stewardship of Jack O Connor, under whose leadership the union has accepted the inevitability of attacks on workers as the first and maybe only solution to a crisis that could disenfranchise a generation. Remember the day of action that was called off? The Pensions levy? ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday June 07, 2009 - 20:17 by Sean Matthews(personal capacity)
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The brutal sectarian murder of voluntary community worker Kevin McDaid in Coleraine has again exposed the ugly face of sectarianism in Northern Ireland and the fallacy of the so-called peace settlement. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Friday May 29, 2009 - 11:30 by Ishmael Lemass
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The latest opinion polls continue to reveal a decline in support for Fianna Fáil, traditionally Ireland’s most successful political party. Disapproval of the coalition FF/Green Government’s performance is at 84%, a staggering indicator of dissent. Yet FF – the Soldiers of Destiny - retain support from some 20% of the electorate. Apparently not all who are dissatisfied will vote against the party.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday May 27, 2009 - 17:28 by Gregor Kerr
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Since the publication of the Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse last week, we have heard a litany of so-called apologies and calls for the religious orders responsible for the running of what should rightly be described as child labour camps to ‘face up to their responsibilities’. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday May 20, 2009 - 23:35 by A Freeman
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No prosecutions of clerical child abusers? ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday May 20, 2009 - 14:34 by Roger Yates
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Gary Francione, US law professor, animal rights philosopher and founder of Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach explains why human and nonhuman rights are perfect together. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Monday May 18, 2009 - 14:48 by Diarmuid Breatnach, personal capacity
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Despite revolutionary socialist idealogues stating the right of nations to self-determination and the duty of socialists to offer solidarity, most of the non-Republican Irish Left have ignored the Basques. With political, social and cultural organisations banned and their activists arrested and often tortured and then jailed for long prison terms (765 convicted political prisoners), the pro-independence Basque Left movement is entitled to socialist and anti-imperialist solidarity. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday May 07, 2009 - 22:34 by Tara L
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The major problem with the sex- trafficking issue in Ireland is legislation ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Tuesday May 05, 2009 - 10:05 by Paul Bowman
At the beginning of April, the G20 group of major world economies met in London. Media attention focused as much on the confrontation between police and demonstrators outside the conference as on what was going on between the suits inside. The London police were their usual charmless selves and even managed to kill an uninvolved man, Ian Tomlinson, on his way home from work. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday May 03, 2009 - 16:30 by Michelle Clarke
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What can we, the plain people of Ireland, contribute to the Theorists, Government politicians, the Bankers, the professions, the economists - to those who have constructed NAMA. These are the people we must learn to trust and if this is so, we the plain people of Ireland must be able to contribute our views, in a collective way, as part of the people grassroots press. The common sense view is free and this is about democracy. ... read full story / add a comment |
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