Upcoming Events

no events match your query!

New Events

no events posted in last week

Blog Feeds

Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

Public Inquiry >>

Human Rights in Ireland
Promoting Human Rights in Ireland

Human Rights in Ireland >>

Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link German Political Insanity Update: Ban on ?Unfiltered Opinions? Announced Thu Jan 16, 2025 17:00 | Eugyppius
German political elites are freaking out as the AfD continues to poll high, boosted by the perfidious Musk. Clamping down on "unfiltered opinions" that undermine "democracy" has become the latest obsession, says Eugyppius.
The post German Political Insanity Update: Ban on “Unfiltered Opinions” Announced appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Richard Tice Demands Apology From Matt Hancock Over Covid Vaccines: ?Horrendous at Every Level? Thu Jan 16, 2025 15:38 | Will Jones
Reform Party leader Richard Tice has called for former Health Secretary Matt Hancock to apologise over his handling of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, calling it "horrendous at every level".
The post Richard Tice Demands Apology From Matt Hancock Over Covid Vaccines: “Horrendous at Every Level” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Keir Starmer?s Human Rights Lawyer Chum is Shipwrecking His Government Thu Jan 16, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
From handing over the Chagos Islands to compensating Gerry Adams, Starmer's decisions owe more to human rights lawyers than sound politics. He needs to sack his chum Lord Hermer before he shipwrecks his Government.
The post Keir Starmer’s Human Rights Lawyer Chum is Shipwrecking His Government appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Why the ?1 in 73 Muslims in Rotherham? Statistic Is Misleading Thu Jan 16, 2025 11:00 | Noah Carl
One figure that has been repeatedly cited in the grooming gangs debate is that 1 in 73 Muslim men in the town of Rotherham has been prosecuted for grooming gang offences. However, this figure is slightly misleading.
The post Why the ?1 in 73 Muslims in Rotherham? Statistic Is Misleading appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Heat Pumps May Never be Cheaper than Gas Boilers, Miliband Admits Thu Jan 16, 2025 09:00 | Will Jones
Heat pumps may never be cheaper than gas boilers, Ed Miliband has admitted as Labour sneaks a new boiler tax through Parliament that will push up prices.
The post Heat Pumps May Never be Cheaper than Gas Boilers, Miliband Admits appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Lockdown Skeptics >>

Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Trump and Musk, Canada, Panama and Greenland, an old story, by Thierry Meyssan Tue Jan 14, 2025 07:03 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?114-115 Fri Jan 10, 2025 14:04 | en

offsite link End of Russian gas transit via Ukraine to the EU Fri Jan 10, 2025 13:45 | en

offsite link After Iraq, Libya, Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, the Pentagon attacks Yemen, by Thier... Tue Jan 07, 2025 06:58 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?113 Fri Dec 20, 2024 10:42 | en

Voltaire Network >>

indictment.jpg
galway / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday June 29, 2004 - 17:51 by George Washington   text 5 comments (last - wednesday june 30, 2004 - 17:43)   image 15 images
Still high from the incredible buzz of the three-day peace camp and wild sense of empowerment I always feel on actions with da Grassroots; looks like I’m not alone, seems the buzz is contagious. In the few short days since, I’ve met strangers on the streets of Galway with faces aglow, yelling hello, eager to share the wonderment of their experiences of the weekend. “People don’t understand,” one new friend, exclaims, “How fun this all is; how great you feel when we come together to oppose the soul destroyers.” ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday June 29, 2004 - 11:12 by 1714   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 29, 2004 - 13:14)
Dear President/Prime Minister,
In the spring of 1886, thousands of Catalans signed a Message in Support of the Irish People that was forwarded to Charles Stewart Parnell, then the most senior political figure in Irish politics. He replied to the Message through his secretary, Edward O’Sikley. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Monday June 28, 2004 - 19:06 by Info   text 12 comments (last - monday july 05, 2004 - 13:48)
The following article has just been published in the latest edition of Comhlamh’s magazine, Focus (Winter 2003/Spring 2004). Written by Fintan Lane while in prison back in January, it argues that anti-war activists need “to develop a strategy based on tactical diversity”. Might be worth a read as people re-assess things after the Bush visitation. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday June 27, 2004 - 20:32 by iosaf the ipsiphi   text 1 comment (last - sunday june 27, 2004 - 23:21)
CAD one is gone.
He's in Turkey.
They got bombed to say greet him.
He's gone and laid a wreath to Ataturk.
Their workers are going to get the chop.
You in Ireland have accomplished one of the Geopolitically most succesful protests in the most creative and wideband way with wonderful results.
Ceasar is still however a Wookie, Militarist Fetishist, and ordinary people and well paid Levant type Oil workers are still getting blown up for it. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Saturday June 26, 2004 - 23:34 by Sedition   text 8 comments (last - monday june 28, 2004 - 16:46)
On the tasks needed to be fulfilled post-Bush's vist ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Friday June 25, 2004 - 14:33 by Stato the sado   text 48 comments (last - wednesday june 30, 2004 - 18:31)
The results of the Local Elections show that the Bin Tax is still a very real issue. In areas where Anti Bin Tax candidates ran serious campaigns the resulting first preference vote was excellent considering the lack of finance and the voluntary nature of those campaigns. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday June 24, 2004 - 23:46 by Eoin Dubsky   text 259 comments (last - wednesday april 04, 2007 - 17:17)
When I saw Carole Coleman trying to press George Bush for answers on Iraq tonight on Prime Time, it reminded me of her better days as RTE's environmental news reporter. ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Thursday June 24, 2004 - 16:38 by Harry Rea   text 9 comments (last - sunday december 19, 2004 - 23:27)
Noam Chomsky:

The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous Wednesday June 23, 2004 - 22:49 by stepping razor   text 2 comments (last - saturday may 30, 2009 - 15:00)
'Respectable upstanding citizens' battle axe 'evil eye' Margerat Hewitt and George Anderson former Barnardos care home workers have been convicted of sexually and physically abusing vunerable children in their care. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday June 23, 2004 - 19:54 by Benjamin   text 11 comments (last - saturday june 26, 2004 - 08:31)
IAWM/SWP election candidate calls anti-war activists 'thugs and vandals'. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / politics / elections Tuesday June 22, 2004 - 01:06 by Dublin watcher   text 51 comments (last - monday june 28, 2004 - 20:48)
Michael Conaghan, a Dublin City Labour councillor has been elected on the back of a Fine Gael, Labour Party, Green and Progressive Democrat pact, by a vote of 27 to 10. ... read full story / add a comment
Thw Cliffs of  Moher
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday June 21, 2004 - 18:29 by paul cummins   text 4 comments (last - tuesday june 22, 2004 - 17:19)   image 3 images
i saw this and thought of you.... ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Monday June 21, 2004 - 17:16 by the merrovingñanvanjan   text 8 comments (last - wednesday june 23, 2004 - 18:04)
an Taoiseach, the Prime Minister of Ireland, the Premier of Eire, the leader of Fianna Fail, the the current President of the European Union, knight honorary of the Order of Constantine and St. George, Deputy for Dublin Central to Dail Eirinn.
"Bertie!" ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Monday June 21, 2004 - 14:58 by Roger Eldridge   text 28 comments (last - wednesday june 23, 2004 - 13:14)
President Bush has been castigated by the media, ostensibly for his war-mongering.
However how much of the hysteria being whipped up by the media, especially by RTE is because he is being so successful at restoring family values to the US and RTE 's agenda is vehemently anti-family. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday June 21, 2004 - 13:50 by Eve Campbell
This article briefly describes the political situation in Burma and the problems faced by refugees from Burma in thailand. It focuses on the story of Daisy Dwe a refugee activist in Thailand. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday June 21, 2004 - 10:59 by Sinn Fein   text 10 comments (last - thursday august 19, 2004 - 13:02)   image 1 image
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP addressing the annual Wolfe Tone Commemoration at Bodenstown this afternoon said: ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday June 20, 2004 - 23:51 by The Plough   text 15 comments (last - thursday june 24, 2004 - 18:53)
E-mail newsletter of the Irish Republican Socialist Party ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Sunday June 20, 2004 - 22:19 by newspaper El Libertario
* Facing the situation created by the referendum of 8/15/2004 to recall the president, the Comision de Relaciones Anarquistas and its newspaper El Libertario call for a radical rupture with those candidates for authoritarian power, presenting to the Venezuelan people ways out of the actual crisis based on mutual aid, direct action and self-management. ... read full story / add a comment
louth / politics / elections Friday June 18, 2004 - 19:24 by Sean Crudden   text 16 comments (last - friday october 22, 2004 - 16:23)
What is the political future for Co Louth or what is the future for politics in Co Louth? Where are we going and how do we get there? ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Friday June 18, 2004 - 19:14 by Sean Crudden   text 2 comments (last - wednesday june 23, 2004 - 13:41)
Is the medical profession a semi-secret society which is besotted by rules and legalisms which is ripping the community off for big salaries and at the same time doing more to compromise our health than to improve it? ... read full story / add a comment
This page can be viewed in
English Gaeilge

IMC network

© 2001-2025 Independent Media Centre Ireland. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Independent Media Centre Ireland. Disclaimer | Privacy