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national / miscellaneous Sunday December 19, 2004 - 19:33 by Sean Crudden
 11 comments (last - friday january 21, 2005 - 22:25)  1 image
"The law is an ass." How can we distinguish what is authentic and genuine in the dense snow of pretence, pretension, ostentation pouring down on us from the hallowed halls of the media, politics, the professions, and the law as well as the gnomes of commerce? ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Saturday December 18, 2004 - 15:17 by Michelle Clarke
8 comments (last - friday march 11, 2005 - 17:41)
The Home Secretary, Mr. Blunkett chose to resign. There is a need to re-focus in line with characteristics of integrity, justice, equality and honour.........Administratively the vulnerable in Irish society are not being protected - nb the hospital/pension issue at present. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Friday December 17, 2004 - 00:16 by Appeal
9 comments (last - friday january 14, 2005 - 09:26)
Ever since the major disarmament actions in Jan/Feb 2002 there has been an Irish military presence at Shannon Airport. Their mission? To ensure the unfettered use of the airport by the US military. Each day that Irish soldiers guard US military flights they are accessories to America's criminal wars. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday December 16, 2004 - 22:13 by Peter Quinn
1 comment (last - saturday december 18, 2004 - 19:48)
The Partition of Ireland did not create a peaceful state as what was hoped by the British. There was serious tension in the North in the 20’s and 30’s and the Unionists consolidated their state. There were several stringent measures taken in to end IRA action. Many Nationalists believed that the border would be re-fixed so that they could live in the Irish Republic however this never materialized and the Unionists dissolved Nationalist majority councils and took over their power. In 1921 and 1922 Proportional Representation (PR) was ended in General and Local Elections and although this broke the Government of Ireland Act, the British took no action. Nationalists walked out of Stormont in 1922 after the Unionists got rid of PR and the Unionists then re-drew the council ward boundaries. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday December 16, 2004 - 16:07 by Davy Carlin
19 comments (last - wednesday december 29, 2004 - 16:05)
Democratic Centralism? In this short piece I will give a frank {point – based }summary of my experiences of Democratic Centralism {DC}. This shall be done from the position of having being both in a DC organisation and working closely with others from similar DC organisations. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Thursday December 16, 2004 - 15:02 by Dan
55 comments (last - sunday march 27, 2005 - 14:05)
Latest issue of Irish Socialist Network publication Leftline, contains articles on Iraq, water charges, the Labour Party and the Easter Rising ... read full story / add a comment 
international / racism & migration related issues Thursday December 16, 2004 - 13:04 by iosaf mac diarmada
5 comments (last - saturday march 11, 2006 - 11:18) 2 images
"You sirs have talked only about yourselves and not of us..." "from the 11th to the 14th we awaited our dead". "on the 14th I voted I still hadn't received his [her son's] corpse" Pilar Manjón - spokesperson for the victims of Madrid 11. ... read full story / add a comment 
louth / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday December 14, 2004 - 15:54 by Brian Vernon
21 comments (last - wednesday december 29, 2004 - 01:30) 5 images 1 attached file
Just look at the level of literacy!! He could barely write. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Tuesday December 14, 2004 - 12:49 by Oisín
16 comments (last - friday october 08, 2010 - 15:19)
James Connolly is probably the single most important figure in the history of the Irish left. He was an organiser in the IWW in the USA but in Ireland is best known for his role in building the syndicalist phase of Irish union movement and for involving the armed defence body of that union, the Irish Citizens' Army in the 1916 nationalist insurrection. This left a legacy claimed at one time or another not only by all the Irish left parties but also by the nationalists of Fianna Fail and Sinn Fein. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Monday December 13, 2004 - 23:36 by John McDermott
2 comments (last - tuesday december 14, 2004 - 21:53)
Fierce speculation rages as to the carry on of one Martin "Cu"Cullen ,Fianna Fail,s hound from hell ,and the environmentalists nightmare Nemesis.! ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday December 13, 2004 - 13:26 by James R
3 comments (last - tuesday december 14, 2004 - 20:40)
Something is seriously amiss in education. Inequality of access is rampant and it doesn't take a genius to figure out that the latest Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report and bouts of rhetoric from the government are going to do little to solve it. Beaten back two years ago, the government is once again trying to introduce fees, this time dumping the idea onto the OECD. Meanwhile, back home it uses its own shoddy track record in tackling educational inequality as a justification. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Saturday December 11, 2004 - 21:48 by supporto
..a project to put together signs, traces and memory of the G8-Summit in Genoa. A space to recover and to enhance what was produced during and after July 2001. An excuse to tell what we saw, thought and felt. Because memory is a collective gear ... read full story / add a comment
clare / miscellaneous Friday December 10, 2004 - 21:51 by An Púca
30 comments (last - tuesday february 01, 2005 - 11:36) 1 image
My thoughts on how a S.F./D.U.P. government will work.(Or not.) ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday December 10, 2004 - 20:47 by Michelle Clarke
8 comments (last - wednesday january 19, 2005 - 22:45)
Peace is essential. Diversity exists but it is up to each person to work at making Unity the goal. Let's look to colonial powers like Zimbabwe who appear to have fallen by the wayside. Let us take regard for the need of a Peace Protype/Model that can give inspiration to other countries torn by war. Let us take account of Narcissism and those who act the part of Boss as distinct from Leadership. Leadership is about inspiration. Leadership envelopes philosophy, psychology and a level of Truth. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday December 10, 2004 - 11:43 by Simon Willace
14 comments (last - tuesday december 14, 2004 - 13:03)
This war is about oil and where would we be without it, the Arabs would go back to herding goats but what would we do? ... read full story / add a comment 
antrim / anti-war / imperialism Friday December 10, 2004 - 02:29 by darren (words) jawad (pics)
6 comments (last - monday april 25, 2005 - 17:00) 11 images
Belfast Food Not Bombs Celebrated the first anniversary of our regular soup kitchen on Botanic Avenue earlier tonight. A large crew turned out to serve up a tasty chickpea & potato curry some warming chai & a celebratory chocolate cake to the (un)suspecting Belfast public. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / health / disability issues Wednesday December 08, 2004 - 20:11 by Sean Crudden
2 comments (last - wednesday september 14, 2005 - 13:22) 1 image
Disability in general covers the broad spectrums of sensory, physical, learning and mental/emotional disability. Meeting the special educational needs of children (and adults) with a disability poses a searching challenge to educators in this country. Meeting that challenge may carry many rewards for everyone involved in the educational and training spheres. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Wednesday December 08, 2004 - 18:13 by Michael Hennigan
2 comments (last - thursday december 09, 2004 - 17:08)
In November, significant Revenue data on tax reliefs was issued in response to Dáil Questions from Deputies Joan Burton, Richard Bruton and Paul McGrath. Last week, as if it was all a revelation to him, the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said that 'the game is up' for those who have paid little or no tax through availing of the many reliefs/schemes, which are undermining the taxation system. On Friday last, Mary Harney jumped on the bandwagon and said that individuals who earn more than €200,000 should pay a minimum of 20% in income tax. ... read full story / add a comment 
antrim / miscellaneous Wednesday December 08, 2004 - 01:07 by darren
2 comments (last - friday december 10, 2004 - 16:13) 1 image
The Seomra Spraoi event in Dublin at the weekend was great. There were really lots of people talking (& itching to get started) on Irish/Dublin spaces… Thinking about it on the train I wrote this article… ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / consumer issues Tuesday December 07, 2004 - 15:07 by Commuter NOT Customer
11 comments (last - monday january 24, 2005 - 22:15)
As a regular commuter from Celbridge it has become apparent that the level of service has gradually deteriorated over the past month. After a series of 1 hour waits at the bus stop I phoned the controller for the 67 route this morning. He informed me that the service is getting progressively worse but there is nothing that can be done about it. Previously when a bus was running so late as to miss its departure time, another bus was sent from the garage to cover it. This is no longer possible, as an application has to be made to the Department of Transport, because running extra buses can be construed as anti-competition. Effectively then, any attempt by Dublin Bus to stick to its timetable is deemed as unfair to private operators! A similar thing happened on No Car Day, when Dublin Bus tried to lay on extra buses. Can it be merely coincidence that this downgrading of the 67 coincides with plans by Mortons (Circle Line) to introduce a "full" service from Celbridge in the New year? ... read full story / add a comment |
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