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national / crime and justice Tuesday July 31, 2007 - 19:47 by Time Elapsed...
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The Law Reform Commission has today in the height of the balmy Irish Summer released a PDF doc. on the removing of conviction from personal record -after time lapse- The time mentioned in the report http://www.lawreform.ie is seven years. The time lapse being pertinent , but no mention of the the crime. Being Pernickety here but surely the type of crime removed from record is important too. Some sexual offences, for instance carry only six month sentences, such as custodial time for down-loading internet child porn. The issue of paedophilia and its sentences does not come into the report but constraints will be placed on the people who have been imprisoned for crime in sensitive areas such as in 'The Care of Children' ... read full story / add a comment 
derry / rights, freedoms and repression Monday July 30, 2007 - 14:55 by Catalan Solidarity
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Members of the Catalan Solidarity: Ireland Committee erected a mural in Derry’s Bogside following a week of events designed to create greater awareness of the continuing fight for self-determination and independence by the people of Catalonia from 300 years of Spanish and French occupation. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice Saturday July 28, 2007 - 11:05 by Caller
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The images of the assault of a young woman campaigner at one of the 38 archaelogical sites on the route of the Proposed M3 by members of a private company; and the criminalisation of those campaigners who have given time and energy to forwarding awareness of the ecological and heritage implications of the bi-section of the Gabhra Valley necessitates inquiry. John Gormley has stated that his hands are tied and he can do nothing 'unless something new comes up'. Well ,his hands may be tied but they have not been placed in handcuffs for asserting the individuals right to protest. He has not been jailed for conscientous objection. I am calling on John Gormley to meet with the eight people who have been criminalised and to speak to them about the brutal attacks that we have witnessed on this newswire. The concerns of the campaigns regarding the liscensing of the 38 sites, the abuse of mandate by Minister Roche and the failure of his Dept to engage with the issue. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism Friday July 27, 2007 - 14:00 by Mick Hall
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There are important lessons for the Irish Left to learn from the outcome of the recent General Election in the south of Ireland. Not least if the left is to build support and gain momentum at the Ballot box, it must offer its core electorate policies that give hope to Society and especially those within it who are less well off economically. The Left need to collectively draw up a program that advocates re-unification, greater freedom's and democratic accountability, full employment, fairness in the work place, a sustainable environment; affordable homes, and a re-distribution of wealth which brings to an end the massive chasm that has opened up between the wealthy and the majority of the Irish people during Bertie Ahearn's period in office. ... 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
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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
dublin / miscellaneous Thursday July 19, 2007 - 12:41 by Ann-Marie
16 comments (last - friday august 03, 2007 - 16:23) 5 images
Public Meeting for Critical Mass held on tthe 18th July 2007 partially in response to recent discussions of Critcal Mass on Indymedia to highlight and discuss the criticisms and strengthen Critical Mass in Dublin. ... 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 
national / consumer issues Saturday July 14, 2007 - 15:04 by Sean Crudden
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The dilemma for The Progressive Democrats now is whether to try to ride out the storm with the old crew or to change course under a new leadership? ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Tuesday July 10, 2007 - 21:11 by ipsiphi
3 comments (last - friday july 13, 2007 - 17:46)
In the last while attention on this site has been brought yet again to the suicide crises & adjacent mental health issues amongst our young. We've read much & been directed to yet other sites and resources who like most of us want to do our bit to tackle the problem. There seems to be growing concensus that the nasty hard approach just isn't working. Yet we've still got some work to do in appraising what that means & how it ought influence contemporary anarchist & friends activism, conversation, chit-chat & attitude. It goes without saying the judicial, penal & educational policies and frameworks of both the Irish state & Irish society have a role to play. But lest we get diverted into learning a list of "warning signs" & "indicators" of those dealing with the various psychological or emotional challenges which may lead to suicide I thought to bring it back to primary school. S-p-e-l-l-i-n-g. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday July 09, 2007 - 14:14 by Ed
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The failed terrorist attacks in the UK have prompted another debate about the causes of such violence – and the ways to end it. Anyone who seeks to lay some of the blame at the door of western governments must expect a torrent of abuse from right-wing commentators and the “Cruise missile Left”, reinforced by a useful collection of house Muslims and renegade jihadists keen to put the spotlight on factors within the Muslim world that are beyond the influence of US / UK elites. ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Monday July 09, 2007 - 01:57 by Aoife Kavanagh
4 comments (last - sunday july 22, 2007 - 12:14)
In 1941 a bill was brought before the Dail which would make trade unions pay for licences to negotiate on behalf of their members. Without a licence workers and their unions could be sued by employers for loss of profits if they went on strike. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice Monday July 09, 2007 - 01:32 by W.
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Recent arrests of protestors, both north and south of the border, has shown that political policing is alive and well within our society. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / environment Monday July 09, 2007 - 00:44 by Chekov Feeney
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For the first time in their history, the Irish Green party is in government. The deal that they struck with Fianna Fail has been criticised in many quarters as a “sell-out” – and with some justification, since the Greens have changed sides on the issue of Shannon airport’s use by the US military, the conflict between Shell and the residents of Rossport and the decision to route the M3 motorway through the lucratively re-zoned lands of Fianna Fail supporters, who happen to live near Tara. On these, and other issues, the Greens switched, overnight, from a position of opposition, to jobs in a government that is implementing them - with force when necessary. ... read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum Thursday July 05, 2007 - 18:15 by iosaf
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No-one has put a street value yet on the 110 kids seized by lifeguards and customs guards today off the Dun Laoighaire coast. Nor has the Taoiseach made a facine statement to the Dail on the increase in irresponsible use of leisure craft in our waters. But analysts like me are quick to point out the links on safety issues as the suicide prevention exercise organised by the Royal St George Yachtclub under the smokescreen title "junior regatta" occured on the same day 11 teachers ran rather than walked down the stairs of the National musem of Natural History causing it to collapse. Ambulances were obviously stretched to the limit and headshots today went untreated. ... read full story / add a comment |
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