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cork / environment Sunday December 10, 2006 - 21:39 by John Baker
 3 comments (last - monday january 01, 2007 - 18:57)  5 images
This is a small piece of the story of Ireland, taken on its own it is a local issue but it is being echoed right now all across the country and it raises many other issues in its wake; housing, development, local democracy, accountability, sustainability. All important and interesting but to cover all of them would make a long article so this concentrates on just one – Water, because that’s something I’m passionate about and something that is too much taken for granted in this water rich country. I trust that readers are intelligent enough to make the links. ... read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum Sunday December 10, 2006 - 19:00 by EddyB
The insolvency of the German maker of mechanical biolocical waste treatment (MBT) goes to court in Dublin. The former Herhof owner Treasury Holdings may have to pay more than 10 million Euro to a German community. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday December 08, 2006 - 23:26 by David Morrison
3 comments (last - thursday december 14, 2006 - 02:33) 1 image
Ireland is supplying troops to fight the Bush/Blair “war on terror” in Afghanistan, and it has been doing so since July 2002. Not many, it’s true. But Ireland is a contributor to ISAF, the NATO-led multi-national force there, which has killed hundreds, if not thousands, of Afghans in recent months. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Friday December 08, 2006 - 07:38 by m.m.mccarron
4 comments (last - sunday december 10, 2006 - 15:44)
Shell ordered to clean up site of pollution by refined petroleum hydrocarbons from leak at petrol station. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights Thursday December 07, 2006 - 06:59 by Jupiter
3 comments (last - thursday august 09, 2007 - 14:07) 1 image
As Christmas approaches we all need to be aware of the importance of proper animal care, in particular dogs and cats, many of which when puppies and kittens are given as Christmas presents. It might be a great idea at first but what about when reality sinks in and by the time New Year arrives your puppy has chewed your child's favourite new toy? Or your kitten has clawed her way round your new leather handbag? Animals are exactly that- animals, and without lots of advanced planning and preparation it is un-realistic to treat them like cute Christmas presents that can be played with then put away. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / politics / elections Wednesday December 06, 2006 - 19:20 by Queen of Clubs
1 comment (last - thursday december 07, 2006 - 13:05) 1 image
A few things happened on 'Budget day', Minister Mc Dowell wasn't in the house (at least for the analysis) - and why should he be? his very public campaign to abolish Stamp Duty for first time buyers was ignored by the wealthy FF party. That is humiliating now isn't it? Kyoto was ignored- indeed , hats off to Joan Burton and her engaging quip-"he,Mnister in charge of climate change cannot even get the electoral register right." ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday December 06, 2006 - 17:34 by Augusto César Revoredo.
Brazilian entrepreneurs, workers and unemployeds, we need workmanships, projects and initiatives that multiply chances, wages, jobs and businesses, and this will not happen in desirable speed while the Union to spend, as in the year of 2006, 490 billion Reals (U.S.$ 220.000.000.000, 00) with a presumpted financing of the internal debt next to bankers ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday December 06, 2006 - 10:59 by C Murray
3 comments (last - sunday october 14, 2007 - 17:32) 1 image
Last night Minister Mc Dowell informed the media that the Privacy and Defamation Bill would not be going throught the Oireachtas together/in toto and that the Defamation Bill, alone, was on the table at Seanad Eireann. He has to re-adjust and re-appraise the 'Privacy' section- this was the section which criminalised 'certain forms' of news-gathering. It had been criticised throughout Europe for 'reining' in the press. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday December 06, 2006 - 03:43 by Amanda Slevin
3 comments (last - wednesday december 06, 2006 - 21:46)
The Government is giving away Ireland's natural resources without any benefits to Ireland! ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday December 05, 2006 - 14:58 by Spike
3 comments (last - tuesday december 05, 2006 - 20:50)
Have a look at this article that would suggest that times might be getting harder for those who wish to protest.... ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Monday December 04, 2006 - 15:53 by Cllr Keith Martin
15 comments (last - saturday february 03, 2007 - 22:39) 2 images
The victory is a confirmation of Chavez's policies of targeting the needs of the poor with the huge profits from the country's oil industry. Until Chavez's election most of these profits went into tax breaks for the middle and upper classes in Venezuela. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice Monday December 04, 2006 - 00:20 by Edward Horgan
7 comments (last - wednesday december 13, 2006 - 21:42) 1 image
Bengemin Disraeli said that there were three kinds of statistics- Lies, Lies, and damn Lies. The Irish Government has been manipulating statistics of late. So now we are told there were only 6 complaints made by peace activists about suspicious US aircraft at Shannon? There were at least 60 such complaints, many in writing and many more verbal. Shannon Gardai now claim that it is necessary to come to Shannon Garda station to make a complaint, otherwise they refuse to acknowledge it. So if your neighbout is being murdered, or raped, and you ring up to inform the gardai at Shannon will they ignore your call. The people of Iraq and Afghanistan are our neighbours. ... read full story / add a comment |
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