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national / history and heritage Thursday May 18, 2006 - 20:49 by Fiachra O!
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Deirdre Ní Chonghaile from the Aran Islands sent this in to the Irish Times just before Easter and it wasn't published it. I thought it was brilliant when she showed me so I'm posting it here with her consent. Enjoy. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Wednesday May 17, 2006 - 22:08 by David MAnning
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The Illusion of Balance Ah that wistful sense of balance so uncommon in the liberal media. In response to a letter sent to the Irish Times criticising Charles Krauthammer's mis-quotation, among other things, of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's remarks at the "World without Zionism" conference held in Tehran, the Irish Times printed a 'counter balance' of sizeable proportion. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday May 17, 2006 - 17:55 by NC
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The bullying and intimidation of workers in the Social Economy in Ireland has gone unpublisised for far to long. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday May 17, 2006 - 14:39 by Geraldine Moorkens Byrne
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The NRA throws around groundless allegations: and those who protest find the price of exercising their democratic rights comes very high indeed. ... read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues Wednesday May 17, 2006 - 13:51 by Dave
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international / miscellaneous Tuesday May 16, 2006 - 17:47 by Lisa
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John Howard arrives in Ireland on Saturday on a four day trip where he will address the Dail and meet key business and political leaders. It is his first visit to Ireland since he was first elected Prime Minister of Australia ten years ago and one he sees as important because of 'the historical and sentimental links between the two countries'. Howard is currently swamped in controversy surrounding kick-backs to Saddam Hussein, state treatment of Aboriginal peoples and Refugees, his support for George Bush and his decision to send the Navy to East Timor. As he is met by anti-war protesters in Washington, Irish activists are preparing their own welcome for this notorious war monger. ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Monday May 15, 2006 - 17:42 by Scot MacCreamhain
Short commemorative article on the Irishmen of the International Brigades ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Saturday May 13, 2006 - 23:42 by DF
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Critics of Hugo Chavez have renewed their charges of authoritarianism against the Venezuelan leader. How well do these claims stand up? ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday May 13, 2006 - 23:09 by James Reilly
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Susan McKay’s article in the Weekend Review section of the Irish Times (May 13 2006 - see link below) explains the background to the unionist sectarian killing of Michael McIlveen in Ballymena. In this DUP heartland over 90% of the sectarian attacks are unionist. The PSNI calls this sectarianism that is almost universally unionist a “two way thing”. Ian Paisley wants “all sides” to “pull back”. Instead of examining whether unionist ideology is in any way at fault, Paisley warns nationalists in an insulting and bullying manner not to turn the issue into a “political football”. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday May 13, 2006 - 10:24 by Sean Crudden
Nowadays none of us want to believe that we are living - or struggling to live - in a "top-down" patriarchal society. ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Saturday May 13, 2006 - 10:14 by Manus O'Riordan
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Review: Eoin O’Duffy – A Self-Made Hero by Fearghal McGarry, Oxford University Press, 2005, €35/£25 Fearghal McGarry first made his mark as a historian with Irish Politics and the Spanish Civil War (1999), described by me as “the definitive textbook on the subject” in the Fall 2003 issue of Irish Literary Supplement. This was in the context of a review of his second book, Frank Ryan (2002), a biography criticised as both disappointing and sensationalist, with little evidence of the depth of research and analysis required to do justice to its subject. The hope was nonetheless expressed that the author’s future work would demonstrate a return to the “high standards of scholarship, balanced presentation and conscientious evaluation” that he had previously shown. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday May 13, 2006 - 09:22 by Manus O'Riordan
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CORK COUNCIL OF TRADE UNIONS May Day commemorations by MANUS O’RIORDAN HEAD OF RESEARCH SIPTU Metropole Hotel, Cork MAY 2nd, 2006 James Connolly “Be Moderate”: “Some men faint-hearted ever seek Our Programme to retouch And will insist when e’er they speak That we demand too much. ‘Tis passing strange, yet I declare Such statements cause me mirth, For our demands most modest are: We only want the Earth! PHOTOGRAPH COMMEMORATIVE ADDRESS ON JAMES CONNOLLY AND TERENCE McSWINEY BY MANUS O'RIORDAN ON EASTER SUNDAY 2006 AT THE FORTRESS OF CASTELL DE SANT FERNAN, FIGUERES, CATALONIA. (see linked story) ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Thursday May 11, 2006 - 05:21 by Native American fan of Ward Churhill
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Ward Churchill of AIM talking about Sinn Fein?--poor Gerry Adams, Native Americans Continue the Struggle and wonder why while they Watch Sinn Fein Sell out for Glory and the Pound ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday May 09, 2006 - 18:46 by watcher
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A “special all-day debate” on European issues is to be held in the Dáil Eireann, on 10th May. But it’s unlikely that CIA torture flights will be mentioned or indeed the fact that (unelected) EU foreign policy chief claims that he knows nothing or has no power to ask countries about the flights. Or the fact that EU governments, including Ireland's, are covering up the truth. And meanwhile, the US claims that rendition is a well-established procedure that has no connection with torture. It all depends on your definition it seems. "'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,' it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.' ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Tuesday May 09, 2006 - 06:13 by Seán Ryan
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Chapter VII from Book II A very short chapter that looks at illogical relationships proposed and adopted by Science. Explores Artificial Intelligence and takes a swipe at the Turing Test. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday May 09, 2006 - 03:47 by Robbie
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mp3 12 mins 128kbps phone interview with Jim Loughran on Human Rights abuses in Mexico and on the nature of Amnesty International as an organisation. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / politics / elections Tuesday May 09, 2006 - 01:31 by iosaf
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Oscar Arias has entered history as the first Nobel Laureate ( Peace prize 1987) to be president of a nation twice. Chavez doesn't like him nor will he ask the Iranians to help him exploit his natural resources. This is because Costa Rica has very little on the natural resources side. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday May 08, 2006 - 04:54 by Robbie Sinnott
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national / crime and justice Sunday May 07, 2006 - 19:34 by Michelle Clarke
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Quotation: Fr. John Powell 'A growing person is self-renewing.......as new as each new day....Study his face and hands, listen to his voice....look for change.....It is certain that he has changed. 'To tell you my thoughts is to locate myself in a category. To tell you about my feelings is to tell you about me'...............Have we lost this capacity to share feelings!!!!!! ... read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage Friday May 05, 2006 - 18:21 by erse
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25 years ago today after a hunger strike of 66 days, Robert Gerard Sands more commonly known as Bobby Sands died. He had been born on the 9th of March 1954 and was only 27 when he died. He was serving a 14 year sentance for possession of firearms, a pistol which had been found in car in which he and 4 others had been travelling. His trial in 1977 saw other charges relating to a bomb which had been planted nearby the car dropped for lack of evidence. It was not his first experience of imprisonment. He had joined the IRA in 1972 and that same year been interned and held without trial till 1976. Of his 27 years' life, only 17 were spent in freedom. Ireland as they say - was different then. ... read full story / add a comment |
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