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galway / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday January 17, 2010 - 11:51 by donkylemore
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Privileged officers of the State getting generous pensions, having taken an oath to the State or to their profession have chosen to go on strike in a wave of rolling industrial actions which set out to subvert some of the most essential services in the State. In other circumstances this would be deemed sedition . Should legal rather than disciplinary action be taken against members of both groups if is is suspected that they are in breach of their contracts? ... 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
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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
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 11, 2010 - 11:48 by Amnesty International - Ireland
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Marking the eighth anniversary of the opening of Guantánamo Bay detention centre, Amnesty International Ireland has criticised the Government’s lack of progress in carrying out a promised review of the law on searching suspected renditions flights. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / environment Sunday January 10, 2010 - 21:34 by donkylemore
While we all agonise about whether our Industry , Agriculture , and all Human activity and endeavour may be responsible for Climate Change there is a theory that cosmic radiation could be responsible for inordinate cloud cover - both Global warming and cooling may be explained by the formation of cloud cover due to solar wind particles which gather about them clouds. Maybe its a cop out . But Maybe not ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday January 10, 2010 - 06:13 by Donkylemore
Cowen seems more beaten by the day. The easy clichéd sound bites gone. He appears hunched, shuffling; or frozen in fright like the deer in the head lamp, He has inherited a terrible legacy , but one which he contributed to its making in very substantial manner.The game is up Like Brown in the UK - he too is unlucky, unpopular, lingering in from day to day, never knowing the moment to go to the country. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday January 03, 2010 - 19:09 by john throne
26 comments (last - friday june 10, 2016 - 13:18)
These comments are from a number of Comrades mainly from a CWI and IMT background. But we think they will find an echo with Comrades from many other left backgrounds. We have concluded that the internal life of just about every left group is unhealthy, overly centralized, too top down, even we would go so far as saying to some extent undemocratic. We believe that the internal lives of these groups draw from the period when the Bolshevik party was degenerating and being taken over by Stalinism and along with that became negatively influenced by many decades when they were isolated from the mass workers movement. The recent crisis in the IMT is a reflection of these false methods of organizing which are common to just about all revolutionary left groups. We try to discuss this here. We look forward to hearing from Comrades. See our Learning From the Past link and our blog address. John Throne. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday December 30, 2009 - 06:17 by Conor. M
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“Cowardice asks the question - is it safe? Expediency asks the question - is it politic? Vanity asks the question - is it popular? But conscience asks the question is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular; but one must take it because it is right.” Dr Martin Luther King Jr ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / anti-capitalism Wednesday December 30, 2009 - 00:50 by RedFlag32
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Don't get stuck into a fake discourse of humanitarian emergency - Slavoj Zizek. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage Sunday December 27, 2009 - 23:38 by Brian
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Every secret of art, every subtlety of knowledge, and every diligence of healing that exists, from the Tuatha De Danann had their origin. And although the Faith came, these arts were not driven out, for they are good.(1) ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / education Wednesday December 23, 2009 - 11:44 by Brendan Butler
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Has the term 'religious ethos' any substance in fact .If it is claimed to be a major factor in the life of a school then let it be evaluated in terms of outcome just as we have league tables in terms of academic achievement. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment Saturday December 19, 2009 - 10:16 by Damien Moran
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international / animal rights Friday December 18, 2009 - 23:18 by Thomas Janak
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The first part of this full-length interview went out on http://www.thedigitalhubfm.com globally and on 94.3fm all over Dublin's inner city on December 18th 2009 ... read full story / add a comment
international / housing Monday December 14, 2009 - 00:26 by kraaker
4 comments (last - friday december 18, 2009 - 08:37)
A pamflet about the new anit-squat law and what is expected to happen when it is passed. PDF file attached. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday December 10, 2009 - 15:47 by Brendan Guilfoyle
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That ICTU has singularly failed public sector workers is absolutely indisputable – the events of the last few weeks have only served to show in the most gruesome manner the appalling state of the current “leadership”. Every time our Union negotiators open their mouths they further discredit the public service, conceding ground, kicking to touch on industrial action and giving the government yet more ammunition to attack us with. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday December 09, 2009 - 17:48 by Sean Clinton
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Israeli blood diamonds will be forever ....on your conscience. As the Christmas season approaches the Israeli government can look forward to another bumber inflow of revenue to its exchequer funded by consumers the world over who unwittingly purchase Israeli blood diamonds. Few people are aware that Israel is the world's largest producer of cut and polished diamonds. ... read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights Wednesday December 09, 2009 - 00:00 by Thomas Janak
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international / anti-capitalism Thursday December 03, 2009 - 15:20 by Feudal castrato
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Today is the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster . At the Union Carbide pesticide plant in the Indian city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on December 3, 1984. Around 12 AM, methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and other toxins were released, resulting in the exposure of over 500,000 people. Estimates vary on the death toll - the official immediate death toll was 2,259, which rose greatly over time. ... read full story / add a comment |
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