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national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday March 13, 2007 - 21:13 by Angry Man
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Today, live-line listeners heard first hand from the distressed lady whose rapist was let walk free from the court after a jury had found him guilty. On the very same day, the same judge Kearney, committed another rapist to 15 years in jail followed by 10 years supervised release. Both men broke into the womens houses, both men were under the influence, both men traumatised their victims and both victims were totally innocent of any provocation. What is the difference? According to judge Kearney, One was a young man from a "good family" and the other wasn't. So what is a "good family?" ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday March 13, 2007 - 00:22 by Robbie Sinnott / Saoririseoir
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Seachtain na Gaeilge atá ann arís, ach fós, níl ach scrídín Gaeilge le feiceáil ar www.indymedia.ie. Seo é a leannas, mo bhronntanas fágála tar éirí as an bhfoireann eagarthóireachta (an comharchumann féin mar dheá) ar ball. B'fhéidir go mbeidh daoine eile ábalta an t-am a thabhairt chun aistriúcháin eile a dhéanamh le haghaidh na leathnacha eile am éigin arís. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Monday March 12, 2007 - 21:08 by Tommy Timidity
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Is it a sign of modern Ireland? Is it an attempt to get down with Ireland's Yoof? Whatever it is, the rise in party political electronic campaigning/propaganda has, at the very least, a few funny moments as a reward for those with a penchant for punishing yourself by daring to have the images burned into your memories. The wonders of the Inter Web are now being utilised to in the name of the party political cause... ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Monday March 12, 2007 - 14:55 by Joe
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“Although the years from 1917 to 1923 constitute one of the least neglected segments of labour’s chronology, syndicalism remains the most underestimated and misrepresented ideology ever associated with Irish trade unionism” Audio from the 2nd Dublin anarchist bookfair of Emmet O'Connors talk and the discussion that followed it. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Sunday March 11, 2007 - 21:20 by Louise Gaffney
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The innocence and wonder of children is something that sane and decent people strive to cherish and protect. The ubiquity of terms like "child abuse" in the media can lead us to almost become innured to the reality of these repellent crimes. Rational adults expect law agencies to have such crimes prioritised and investigations prosecuted with professional "zeal" for want of a better term. Alas what happens when a cloud of doubt is cast over those very agencies and professions whose remit is to protect the weak and the vulnerable ? ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday March 09, 2007 - 16:41 by David Morrison
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There are five “official” nuclear-weapon states in this world - the US, the UK, Russia, France and China - that are permitted to possess nuclear weapons under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (the NPT) [1]. The US is currently proposing that India be granted the privileges of these “official” nuclear-weapon states, even though it has refused to sign the NPT and has developed nuclear weapons. In effect, the US is proposing that India be recognised as the 6th nuclear-weapon state in this world, while remaining outside the NPT. Ireland is in a position to stop this happening. ... read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / environment Friday March 09, 2007 - 15:47 by Socialist Party
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Channel 4 ran a documentary on thursday nigth claiming to be a 'scientific' counter argument to climate change. The scientific method is to look at the balance of evidence and make a decision, not focus on one or two pieces alone. In this article Pete Dickenson looks at the evidence put forward by the 'sceptics' and argues for immediate action to stop climate change. ... read full story / add a comment ![]()
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday March 07, 2007 - 01:07 by Eamon Sullen
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Fresh from smearing Manus O'Riordan, Eoghan Harris turned his ire on RTE's Tom McGurk – links below. In his Sunday Independent column on March 5th Ireland's mud thrower in chief says that it "behoves McGurk to be balanced". "Failing that, he should be fair", Harris continued. McGurks’s failing? He criticised the Sunday Independent. Also, McGurk was accused of going on the Buntollet Commemoration march of January 1969, the one that exposed the viciously sectarian nature of the RUC and of the northern state. The young protester’s heads were cracked open by the RUC and by their allies in the B Specials. The images received world wide publicity. Some people have long and bitter memories that perpetually fuel their rancid politics. ... read full story / add a comment |
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