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international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday February 28, 2007 - 02:25 by PaddyK
Irish Bishops make light rebuke of Israeli policy in Palestine but is there really an reason to expect real action in light of other recent church releases ? ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday February 27, 2007 - 22:11 by Dave
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Maze Stadium V's Giants Park (Dargan Landfill) ... read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage Tuesday February 27, 2007 - 05:50 by hogworts
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Last summer solstice (June 24, 2006) in Pretzien a tiny village of Saxony-Anhalt (former DDR - east Germany) not too far from Berlin occurred an incident of burning books or "Bücherverbrennung" as it is said in the German language. 8 months later 7 individuals went to trial on Monday accused of "inciting racial hatred" and "disparaging the dead". The men ranging in age from 24 to 29 also burned a US flag. Local villagers called the police who did not recognise the burning of a diary by Anne Frank as being that worrying. The men face up to 5 years imprisonment and the training of police officers in the state has been improved to help them deal with the large scale emergence of neo-Nazi groups & far-right crime. They'll be better skilled in understanding the neo-Nazis who get a job working next to them or the historical stuff behind a Jewish kindergarten being burned last weekend in Berlin. They may even read Anne Frank. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment Monday February 26, 2007 - 16:36 by SPer
2 comments (last - thursday march 08, 2007 - 22:56) 6 images 2 attached files
PLANET BEFORE PROFIT: -> No to Nuclear; Demand mass investmet in renewable energy! -> Decent public transport as a viable alternative to driving! -> No to the destruction of the environment for profit! ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Monday February 26, 2007 - 15:58 by Dr Nick
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Deppression and suicide is crippling our nations society so why does mental health not win votes? ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday February 25, 2007 - 20:46 by Bob Wilson
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Five men from the village of Rossport, Co.Mayo, were jailed when they refused to stop resisting workers from Shell who had been awarded a Compulsory Acquisition Order to put a high-pressure gas pipeline through their land. They became national heros of a fast-growing campaign to defy the multi-nationals and their government backers and make them build their gas refinery at sea. This was the Shell to Sea campaign and this book tells the story of 'The Rossport 5' in their own words. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Sunday February 25, 2007 - 20:14 by Brendan Young
32 comments (last - wednesday june 06, 2007 - 22:44)
The debate on the French Left about the forthcoming elections has parallels for the Left in Ireland – in particular for those leftwing Independent TDs and those on the Left who do not agree with supporting a government of the parties of the Right. In France the question is: should a united-left (anti-neoliberal) candidate support or be part of a government led by the Socialist Party (which will be a social-liberal or Blairite government)? In Ireland the question is similar: should the non-right-wing parties (Labour, Greens, Sinn Fein) be part of a government of the Right (FF, FG, PDs)? And should Independent TDs support a government of the Right? ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday February 24, 2007 - 06:09 by J. P. anderson
11 comments (last - thursday march 01, 2007 - 17:32)
The most needy, most deprived are indeed very poorly served by the political establishment in Ireland. There is overwhelming evidence to suggest that most crime is linked to poverty, social exclusion, educational disadvantage and dysfunctional parenting, often each are combined. If we really want to reduce crime, we have to invest in the education and welfare of our disadvantaged children right from birth and even before birth. Early school-leaving has consistently identified as a major risk factor for offending, but there are no systematic supports for those at risk of dropping out of school. http://uk.360.yahoo.com/greagues2 ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment Friday February 23, 2007 - 21:39 by Laure Akai
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Anarchists and ecologists are in their 12th day of a protest camp out in -20 degree weather. The proposed road through the Rospuda Valley threatens a unique wetlands but local residents have had enough of the lethal traffic problems in their town. A look at the problems facing activists in Poland with getting the word across when even the local priest tries to organize his parishoners to carry out a pogrom against the activists. ... read full story / add a comment |
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