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international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday June 11, 2005 - 15:56 by Brian Nugent
 20 comments (last - tuesday january 15, 2008 - 08:46)  2 images
"I believe that spies, the security services, in the world generally, are becoming increasingly powerful and that our civil liberties are being eroded." Justin Keating. This article is an attempt to put flesh on those bones. I attempt to list some of those agencies active in Ireland, to list some of the powers they can and do use to make life difficult for those that cross them and to look at some of the technology they have access to. I put in two appendices too that hopefully show the controlling role of those agencies in Irish paramilitary groups and some international comparisons to this type of intelligence agency support for 'terrorist' groups that they are ostensibly opposing. An Orwellian island in an Orwellian world! ... read full story / add a comment 
national / environment Saturday June 11, 2005 - 11:53 by Tom Paine
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In the running; Branson, Lord Browne (BP), Exxon. Shell,O'leary (Ryanair),Geldoff and Bonhoff. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Friday June 10, 2005 - 15:48 by Ed
At the end of March, 2005, an injunction was granted to Shell (SEPIL) by the High Court restraining the defendants from refusing to allow pipe-laying on their lands. As of Tuesday last the period of injunction ended with the commencement of the legal proceedings proper, but again the high-profile Shell legal team managed to obtained a deferral for several further weeks. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday June 08, 2005 - 15:38 by Davy Carlin
9 comments (last - saturday june 25, 2005 - 20:39)
I reprint an article I had written a few years ago that was carried in the main Northern Newspapers at that time. -Friends over the last weekend yet another two young men took there own lives in my local area. This is a growing tragedy that I must admit that when reading of such increasing growing deaths, it brings a lump to my throat.. For oneself I would have thought that those involved in the conflict would have found it more difficult to adjust {and many have}. Yet it seems teenagers and those in their twenties {the children of those at the forefront and brunt of the war} are finding it even more difficult. This is a situation that needs to be addressed and addressed urgently and many good community activists along with parents of those deceased are campaigning actively on this. The situation is getting worse and I believe that all support that can be, should be forthcoming to such campaigns, both in the forefront and in the background on this matter., ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday June 08, 2005 - 03:24 by paul o toole
12 comments (last - friday june 10, 2005 - 17:13)
Irelands best, lies to the world. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Sunday June 05, 2005 - 19:46 by iosaf mac d. the ipsiphi
3 comments (last - sunday july 24, 2005 - 11:55) 2 images
It has long been observed that on their non-banking days, people generally have more time to pursue their liberty & happiness, do their neverland things, enjoy the fruits of their labour, spend time with their family, relations, kids, friends. Some garden, some do long division sums, some protest, some even vote, some worry about themes of the day like War, Europe, Terminology, or indeed the themes of the immediate season - bird migration, global warming, Europe, War, sport or those which never go away such as Europe, War, whatever you understand by "babalon". ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / consumer issues Sunday June 05, 2005 - 17:55 by A. Kaffir
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national / politics / elections Saturday June 04, 2005 - 15:21 by John McDermott
1 comment (last - sunday june 05, 2005 - 11:58) 1 image
I want to get out of this place. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday June 04, 2005 - 13:01 by Sean Crudden
It is interesting to consider in the abstract some of the principles which may apply to community development work and to see how these ideas sit with our own organisations. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Thursday June 02, 2005 - 18:27 by SP Member
6 comments (last - friday june 03, 2005 - 11:16)
Despite the comments by German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder following the defeat of the EU constitution in France and Holland, the German political establishment is in crisis. The potential now exists for the establishment of a new broad left formation. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / environment Thursday June 02, 2005 - 17:31 by via stunned
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international / anti-capitalism Thursday June 02, 2005 - 01:36 by paul o toole
20 comments (last - wednesday june 08, 2005 - 02:51) 1 image
Bono's answer to a question about his friend Tony Blairs attack and murder of 100,000 Iraqi people at the Meteor awards in dublin last year...anyone can make a mistake.... ... read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media Wednesday June 01, 2005 - 16:21 by saoririseoir
17 comments (last - sunday june 12, 2005 - 04:18) 1 image
The best television and newspaper ratings go to light entertainment. Looking at the news, it’s easy to understand why. It’s nicer to feel happy, albeit brain-dead, than depressed and powerless; though the two are not mutually exclusive. Most of us take for granted the whole concept of ‘news’, so much so that the question ‘what is news?’ almost seems ridiculous. Yet, when we reflect honestly on the unaccountable agenda-setting power of news editors over everyday conversations in parks, pubs, the canteen etc., we can only conclude that news has a tremendous influence over the thought of the public, and the question becomes more obvious, as does its variant; ‘who decides what’s news?’ News editors are deciding what we should think is important, and in doing so, defining each of our situations for us, as well as the situation of the World around us. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday June 01, 2005 - 06:27 by Astrid Essed
3 comments (last - wednesday june 01, 2005 - 11:04)
The publication of the photographs of Saddam Hussein by the Sun is not only a flagrant violation of the 3th Geneva Convention, it also violates the human right on dignity of every prisoner of war, regardless of the crime ... read full story / add a comment
cork / miscellaneous Tuesday May 31, 2005 - 22:29 by Niall Meehan
14 comments (last - wednesday february 22, 2006 - 18:36) 1 image 4 attached files
A history of the discussion on this matter can be found on the following web pages: What Is The Dispute about Kilmichael and Dunmanway really about? Response to History Ireland Interview: Peter Hart replies on Tom Barry and Kilmichael (but not Dunmanway) Audio Report: 'Political Culture in Cork' - a talk by Brian Murphy Peter Hart interview with Brian Hanley from History Ireland
international / arts and media Tuesday May 31, 2005 - 20:54 by Back seat poet
Poetry Ireland reclaimed from the hands of the ivory tower dwellers and Arts Council acolytes!!!!!! ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday May 31, 2005 - 20:17 by b Duggan
7 comments (last - wednesday june 01, 2005 - 23:37) 1 image
I was watching a news article on RTE 30th May 2005 about drunken street violence in Dublin. It rekindled a question that has always been in my mind, "what about an alternative to alcohol". It is clear that Irish citizens desire some kind of recreational substance, the most socially accebtable being alcohol. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Sunday May 29, 2005 - 19:29 by Eoin Dubsky
16 comments (last - saturday june 11, 2005 - 01:31) 3 images
Everyone in the house is getting ready to go out and vote. Polling stations in our area (Bagneux, one of the last two Communist towns left in Paris's former "red belt" suburbs) are closing at 9 or so. Nina and I (we're engaged - did I say?) are then off for a non-party with some friends. I can't vote here, but I've been following some of what others have been saying here, and would like to share a few observations with you. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Sunday May 29, 2005 - 15:48 by Thomas Gorman
23 comments (last - tuesday may 31, 2005 - 20:26)
Having become alarmed at the rising crime rate more than two years ago I decided to build a website to highlight the problem. In that time almost nothing has been done to address the problem. How much more mayhem do we have to put up with before our elected representatives finally get around to doing their jobs? ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Saturday May 28, 2005 - 13:21 by Anthony Coughlan via imcer
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Two false statements on the EU Constitution in today's Irish Times - ... read full story / add a comment |
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