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national / miscellaneous Monday November 06, 2006 - 14:55 by jim travers
 6 comments (last - monday october 26, 2015 - 13:57)
Since 1997 I have endeavoured to highlight the need to establish an environmenal end of life vehicle disposal network that would comply with an EU Directive on End of Life Vehicles and help clean up the environment for all of our people to enjoy. My plan was to make Ireland the pride of Europe and a leader in the proper environment recycling and disposal of motor vehicles. Despite knocking on many doors, I experienced an old Irish problem of notyet,not yet, not yet. ... read full story / add a comment
kerry / environment Monday November 06, 2006 - 14:02 by Hanshiro
3 comments (last - thursday november 09, 2006 - 15:56)
The Skelligs Rocks, 8 miles off the coast of Co. Kerry, constitute one of only two UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Ireland. However, the Office of Public Works (OPW) is currently engaged in reconstruction work there. On the South Peak of Skellig Michael, an altar, dating probably to the ninth century, has been destroyed by unsupervised workmen. In addition, there has been extensive rebuilding carried out on the main complex, which has led to considerable damage to the original structures. The work has proceeded without an Environmental Impact Assessment; while the Department of the Environment and OPW have argued that, because the Skelligs are a national monument (thus covered by the National Monuments Act 2004) and because the current work is part of an ongoing programme of conservation dating back to the 1980’s, neither an EIA nor planning permission is necessary. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Monday November 06, 2006 - 00:05 by David Alvey
14 comments (last - friday july 31, 2009 - 19:44)
The recent Bertie Ahern controversy showed that the Irish Times believes it has a right to depose Taoisigh it disapproves of. They already have the scalps of Haughey and Reynolds and now they want Bertie's. The paper holds such a powerful position in Irish public life that its faults cannot be openly discussed. A debate between Minister for Communications, Noel Dempsey, and Ryle Dwyer of the Irish Examiner illustrates the problem. Dempsey failed to mention that the paper broke the law. Neither did he dare to challenge the paper about its over the top anti-Fianna Fail bias. And nobody dares to mention the connection between the paper and the British Foreign Office initiated by Major Thomas McDowell in 1969. So confident are the media professionals who defend the paper, that they simply toss off rhetorical put downs, as in Ryle Dwyers's reply to the Minister. It is past time that the bastion of Irish investigative journalism should itself be investigated. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday November 03, 2006 - 10:55 by Adri Nieuwhof
Early May 2005 Stop the Wall Campaign published an article on its website entitled ‘Challenging Tramways of Apartheid – Swiss activists block Connex shuttle run’. The article evoked the memories of campaigns to isolate apartheid South Africa. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Thursday November 02, 2006 - 21:33 by Kevin T. Walsh
18 comments (last - monday june 04, 2007 - 20:40)
Sometime ago, retired Justice Kinlan wrote a damning report on our prisons. McDowell, Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform, went into a 'huff'. He accused Justice Kinlan of being out to get him. The question remains:- A young man was brutally murdered in a cell while five prisoners looked on. Six people sharing one cell.....this had to end in disaster at some stage. ... read full story / add a comment
derry / anti-war / imperialism Thursday November 02, 2006 - 15:45 by Jim Keys
The Scariest thing in Derry this Halloween “Last night I watched our city stagger out of the bars and clubs. Broken bottles and cut eyes. Girls in bright clothes taunting boys with gold rings. I stood there for hours listening as it turned blunt and angrily cast around for the wrong look or a flicker of fear to attack. It lingered to jeer at a girl boking against the wall of a bank and moved on. The whole street seemed to be lurching and scowling in sullen expectation....” ... read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday November 01, 2006 - 22:27 by cropbeye
5 comments (last - sunday november 12, 2006 - 15:36)
A publication called Centre Focus is a regular newspaper funded by FAS. It uses as an office the Centre for The unemployed North Main st. The building is owned by Cork Council of Trade unions. In a series of tabloid style articles it has raised concerns about sterotyping and attackiing those that are involved in progressive activist work and in particular the greater understanding between different ethnic and religous groups. Many complaints have been made about its editorial style but why is it not being discussed on a wider format.? ... read full story / add a comment
national / gender and sexuality Wednesday November 01, 2006 - 15:16 by S. Fabian
7 comments (last - saturday february 10, 2007 - 20:20)
Authoritative feminist analysis of issues around statutory rape. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday October 31, 2006 - 16:30 by C Murray
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10% are not. Of that 10%- There is a disparity in the care of Irish Children and in the caring for Children who are separated from their Parents becuase of the Asylum Process. Of That 10%- The reports say that there is an increasing use of restraints. Of that 10%- No home has been found for them Mary Rafferty in the Irish Times published an appalling indictment of the State approach to care of the most vulnerable in Irish Society. Lenihan was last seen in Geneva being carpetted because the rights of the Child are not transposed into our constitution- though we signed onto it. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Tuesday October 31, 2006 - 00:21 by W.
10 comments (last - wednesday november 01, 2006 - 18:43) 1 image
Social mobility is the amount which an individual in a given society can change their social status, or class, throughout their life. Under modern western capitalism we are told that through hard work, study and dedication we can all become wealthy and successful. Some even go so far as to say that we no longer live under a class system, as our social-status is purely the product of our own actions. How true is this idea and what purpose does it serve? ... read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests Monday October 30, 2006 - 20:37 by The Starry Plough
8 comments (last - wednesday november 08, 2006 - 22:08) 2 images
It is 93 years since two of Ireland's greatest republican socialists, James Connolly and James Larkin, led what became known as the Dublin lockout. The bosses 'locked out' thousands of workers for the heinous crime of defending their rights as workers and seeking union protection. While this may seem like a very long time ago, the struggle for workers rights on this island has not disappeared nor should it. What the lockout represented was an organised attempt to undermine the systematic exploitation of Irish workers. In 2006 that reality is still amongst us. Workers are effectively seen as a necessary evil to help the capitalist classes to achieve maximum profits. One key difference exists between now and 1913. While in 1913 the bosses were shielded by the existence of a British imperialist administration, they are now aided by an industrial relations tool which has actually been endorsed by many unions. That tool is social partnership. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday October 30, 2006 - 14:48 by The New World Order Resistance
1 comment (last - wednesday november 01, 2006 - 14:13)
www.ipsc.ie 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.' (Martin Luther King) The IPSC was set up in late 2001 by a group of established Irish human rights and community activists, academics and journalists who were deeply concerned with the current situation in the Occupied Territories. In partnership with Palestinians now living in Ireland the IPSC was formed to provide a voice for Palestine in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday October 30, 2006 - 13:34 by Joseba Agudo, lawyer from the Basque Country
Basque political prisoner Iñaki de Juana’s hunger strike has been in the media in recent weeks. After 63 days on hunger strike demanding justice and attending the numerous requests he received and the mobilisation of Basque society, De Juana ended his protest. He began his hunger strike due to the attempt by the Spanish State Prosecution to get him sentenced to 96 years in jail for writing two press articles. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Saturday October 28, 2006 - 21:41 by Con Carroll
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Non expert on politics or the reality of working class black South Africans ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday October 28, 2006 - 14:20 by Chris Murray
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Todays Papers state the Pope Benedict will visit the North of Ireland Next year. He is to be Invited to beatify Saint Columbana. The proposed visit is being requested by Dr Martin and envisages also a joint visit by HRH The Queen. The most recent report of Pope Benedict was a couple of days ago , when he deplored the activities of the Fern's Priests who got away with child abuse and tortured a generation of Irish Children. There was no acceptance of responsibility by the Roman Catholic Church in the statement on Ferns. http://www.indymedia.ie/article/79298 ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday October 26, 2006 - 20:04 by Yusuf
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NATO/ISAF mass murders in Afghanistan are increasing in number an ferocity as they tak battlefield defeats from Taliban fighters ... read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights Thursday October 26, 2006 - 03:08 by Bernie.Wright.
Barry became world famous in the late 1990's as the animal rights prisoner on hunger strike against animal experiments, but this was just one side to his long career in animal activism. Barry was a committed vegan and took part in campaigns against all animal abuse; he was a hunt saboteur for many years; he was an ALF activist who personally rescued many animals from a terrible fate, he was convicted for an attempt to rescue one of the last dolphins to be kept in captivity in the UK.; He was also one of the movements most prolific economic saboteurs causing millions of pounds of damage to animal abusing companies and individuals; He worked and lived at various animal sanctuaries around the country; he did street stalls and produced newsletters and leaflets. In the end he made the ultimate sacrifice for the struggle to end animal cruelty. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Thursday October 26, 2006 - 02:57 by Ear-bashed
"Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them." --Joseph Story ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Thursday October 26, 2006 - 00:14 by Robert Petersen
I will present a summary of the computerization of voting in Brazil, but before that, it's necessary to explain some characteristics of the organization of the electoral power so that it can be understood, because some things happened that could lead to misunderstanding. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Wednesday October 25, 2006 - 17:20 by sophia
Bertie Ahern wants to throw out the 'stupid ol' pencils,' and bring in electronic voting. But we would be stupider than the pencils if we fall for this. Decisions by many US states to convert to electronic voting machines have yielded new concerns about whether they are secure and accurate, about paper records as backup proof and -- this year -- about whether the electronic or paper record should be considered the official tally if a candidate demands a recount. And on a Utube video, a computer software expert and whistleblower reveals to a congressional committee how he was asked to design a simple system to rig electronic votiing in Florida. And it wasn't hard to flip a 51/49 vote either way, with no one the wiser. when electronic voting is brought in the door, democracy goes out the window. ... read full story / add a comment |
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