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national / miscellaneous Sunday August 17, 2008 - 19:22 by shane mc loughlin
The discussion on reintroducing third level fees has certainly begun. But has the debate gone wide enough? Are we unduly focusing in on third level education funding without orientating the debate amongst wider budgetary issues? ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Friday August 15, 2008 - 23:42 by Larussa
 23 comments (last - thursday january 01, 2009 - 20:45)  1 image
Over the past week English-language press, newspapers and TV, have been blaming Russia for the recent events in the Caucasus. Here are some pictures for comparison. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Friday August 15, 2008 - 12:03 by Mark C
7 comments (last - sunday august 17, 2008 - 22:06)
My wife was pregnant with twins this time last year and it got me thinking about Avril Monaghan, the woman who died, pregnant with twins, in the Omagh bombing. This is a short piece that I wrote at the time, remembering that tragic day in general, and those hugely unfortunate twins in particular. I'm sharing it here to commerorate these people on the tenth anniversary of their deaths. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday August 14, 2008 - 19:51 by john throne
28 comments (last - wednesday august 20, 2008 - 23:10) 2 images
The US puppet regime in Georgia thought it could retake S. Ossetia and Abkhazia. It underestimated the revival of Russian power. Now its US and Israeli military has been crushed and the regime is in tatters. This represents a change in world relations. Russia has now shown it is prepared to intervene militarily beyond its borders. This will mean that the russian minorities in the former Soviet republics will become much more assertive. this in turn will mean that the governments of these countries will have to pay more heed to Russia. And the sige of Bush only able to wring his hands in china while his boy was getting whipped in Georgia will strengthen all Anti uS forces worldwide. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday August 12, 2008 - 14:14 by John McCoy
8 comments (last - saturday october 18, 2008 - 11:02) 2 images
The Association Of Electrical Contractors Ireland (AECI) have attemped to put the blame for the bad deal for Employers under the current Electrical REA on the other Employers Body Involved in The Electrical Registered Employment Agreement. ... read full story / add a comment 
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday August 10, 2008 - 16:23 by Sean Matthews(personal capacity)
4 comments (last - saturday august 16, 2008 - 18:53) 1 image
When it comes to ‘spin’, ‘bling’ and ‘mantra’ Sinn Fein are masters in disguise and a mouthpiece of New Labour ... read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media Sunday August 10, 2008 - 10:00 by Jim O'Brien
1 comment (last - sunday august 10, 2008 - 10:58) 3 images 1 attached file
Maybe it is not the sort of anti government story Sir Anthony would want. Minister Martin Cullen padding around in his first class pajamas on his first class flight to China has vanished, replaced by: "Cabinet opposed to across-the-board pay rises By RONALD QUINLAN ACROSS-the-board pay rises look like an increasingly unlikely outcome from the national pay talks as the Government attempts to rein in inflation and protect employment as the economic downturn continues." ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Sunday August 10, 2008 - 02:33 by Concerned
4 comments (last - tuesday august 12, 2008 - 09:40) 2 images
Disinterred Bodies ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Saturday August 09, 2008 - 16:00 by shane mc loughlin
2 comments (last - tuesday august 12, 2008 - 02:47)
Michael Casey, a former chief economist today wrote an article in 'The Irish Times' entitled "Killing the myth that Ireland's wealth has poisoned its values" in which he attempting to dispel the 'myth' that wealth has poisoned Irish peoples values. In response, he is most certainly correct in believing that wealth cannot 'determine' a societies derision of values, but neglects to paint a clearer understanding of how wealth and values converge. In response, it could be argued that wealth opens the door to new 'negative' value thinking as it can close the door to others. Furthermore, as I will show, some of his own comments in the article require further careful consideration. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday August 09, 2008 - 10:25 by Ciaron
9 comments (last - friday october 17, 2008 - 06:51)
Walking through the streets of Dublin, Ireland, after the Paul Kelly's gig http://www.paulkelly.com.au/ last night, I thought I should write this reflection. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday August 09, 2008 - 00:49 by FactSeeker
32 comments (last - thursday august 14, 2008 - 17:58) 3 images  2 video files  1 audio file
Amidst the fog of war, and lack of media on the ground, it's anybody's guess as to what is actually going on there at the minute. It is claimed that Russian aircraft attacked military and other targets in Georgia (Russia denies any such attacks happened, and Georgia claims to have shot down some of the aircraft) and a large number of Russian tanks has crossed the border. Each side claims the other fired the first shot. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday August 07, 2008 - 23:41 by Mark C
10 comments (last - monday july 27, 2009 - 18:23) 1 video file
The mainstream media continues to broadcast sanitised images from embedded reporters that have passed through the official channels in order to lessen the effects of the brutality of the so-called "War on Terror". Below is a collection of images gleaned from the web that show the reality of the "War on Terror", the human cost. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday August 07, 2008 - 19:01 by Arnold Capp
Idealists and utopians would claim that this phenomenon is the beginning of the disentanglement of the public sphere and political debate from the traditional dominance of political parties, big business, corporate media and vested interests who dictate what can and cannot be discussed, what is relevant and what is news-worthy. The political participation of the ordinary citizen could eventually be conducted entirely through electronic means. Instead of representative government it is suggested in the future technology will enable all citizens to engage in the ongoing political debate. The pattern whereby citizens vote at the end of each government term with paper ballots could be replaced with a form of direct democracy. History would have turned full circle as a global village like the ancient Greek city states would decide its priorities bypassing the traditional power structure of wealth and power. But is this realistic? ... read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum Thursday August 07, 2008 - 01:26 by Anthony Sheridan
5 comments (last - tuesday august 12, 2008 - 04:13)
The recent GAA controversy involving Kerry captain Paul Galvin and the ongoing DCC/Fyffes scandal are both indicative of how wrongdoing is dealt with in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday August 06, 2008 - 11:10 by brendan butler
1 comment (last - wednesday august 06, 2008 - 13:57)
The NGO Peace alliance is joined woth the International Committee of Human rights -Swiss section to encourage people who do not wish to be represented by their governmwent represenratives to use their own personal initiative and join up and register with with www.boycottceremony.com ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Tuesday July 29, 2008 - 14:31 by Tracy Donegan
1 comment (last - tuesday july 29, 2008 - 17:17)
Irish women are often starved in labour despite there being significant benefits to eating - and significant risks to being starved. Why hasn't Irish medical care caught up with the 21st Century? Should women eat and drink freely in labour ? Read on..... ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / gender and sexuality Sunday July 27, 2008 - 20:42 by Belfast WSM
3 comments (last - monday august 04, 2008 - 13:50)
“Where pride once mobilised, it now marshals that consensus as our anger and frustration into a range of diversionary shopping opportunities. The battle is no longer about(if it ever has been) equality and acceptance, but liberation and simply survival as human beings against a system galloping towards the abyss.” ... read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues Saturday July 26, 2008 - 11:44 by soldierofdestiny
There is great trepidation among farmers that their stranglehold on the price of basic foodstuffs within the EEU is under threat from Peter Mandelson ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Monday July 21, 2008 - 07:46 by Niall Harnett
15 comments (last - tuesday august 12, 2008 - 15:45) 2 images
I write this letter to you the Fishermen of Erris, to your association, and to you all as individuals, and as men, in the light of Shell ‘intransigence‘, as you put it, and the arrival of Shell’s pipe-laying ship ‘the Solitaire’ off our shores. It seems Shell have hit a right nerve with you guys and you’re very correct to be reacting with the defiance you’re adopting … again and at this time. I’m sure you’re considering certain legal action to protect your fishing rights in Broadhaven Bay and beyond, and very good grounds indeed you have to do that, and succeed. But I wouldn’t be relying on that alone, if things don’t work out like! If the law makers are making laws for Shell and Shell only, those ‘laws’ should be disobeyed in any case. And we’re all well very aware of some of the bold and important stances you’ve already taken in the part you play in the hard fight against Shell and the Irish Government for the protection of Erris, it’s families, communities and it’s environment on and off shore. ... read full story / add a comment 
antrim / miscellaneous Sunday July 20, 2008 - 18:41 by Sean Matthews(personal capacity)
11 comments (last - tuesday september 01, 2009 - 20:40) 5 images
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