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national / arts and media Tuesday July 10, 2007 - 21:11 by ipsiphi
 3 comments (last - friday july 13, 2007 - 17:46)
In the last while attention on this site has been brought yet again to the suicide crises & adjacent mental health issues amongst our young. We've read much & been directed to yet other sites and resources who like most of us want to do our bit to tackle the problem. There seems to be growing concensus that the nasty hard approach just isn't working. Yet we've still got some work to do in appraising what that means & how it ought influence contemporary anarchist & friends activism, conversation, chit-chat & attitude. It goes without saying the judicial, penal & educational policies and frameworks of both the Irish state & Irish society have a role to play. But lest we get diverted into learning a list of "warning signs" & "indicators" of those dealing with the various psychological or emotional challenges which may lead to suicide I thought to bring it back to primary school. S-p-e-l-l-i-n-g. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday July 09, 2007 - 14:14 by Ed
51 comments (last - friday july 20, 2007 - 10:55)  2 images
The failed terrorist attacks in the UK have prompted another debate about the causes of such violence – and the ways to end it. Anyone who seeks to lay some of the blame at the door of western governments must expect a torrent of abuse from right-wing commentators and the “Cruise missile Left”, reinforced by a useful collection of house Muslims and renegade jihadists keen to put the spotlight on factors within the Muslim world that are beyond the influence of US / UK elites. ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Monday July 09, 2007 - 01:57 by Aoife Kavanagh
4 comments (last - sunday july 22, 2007 - 12:14)
In 1941 a bill was brought before the Dail which would make trade unions pay for licences to negotiate on behalf of their members. Without a licence workers and their unions could be sued by employers for loss of profits if they went on strike. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice Monday July 09, 2007 - 01:32 by W.
7 comments (last - wednesday july 11, 2007 - 19:14) 1 image
Recent arrests of protestors, both north and south of the border, has shown that political policing is alive and well within our society. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / environment Monday July 09, 2007 - 00:44 by Chekov Feeney
15 comments (last - saturday march 29, 2008 - 01:28) 1 image
For the first time in their history, the Irish Green party is in government. The deal that they struck with Fianna Fail has been criticised in many quarters as a “sell-out” – and with some justification, since the Greens have changed sides on the issue of Shannon airport’s use by the US military, the conflict between Shell and the residents of Rossport and the decision to route the M3 motorway through the lucratively re-zoned lands of Fianna Fail supporters, who happen to live near Tara. On these, and other issues, the Greens switched, overnight, from a position of opposition, to jobs in a government that is implementing them - with force when necessary. ... read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum Thursday July 05, 2007 - 18:15 by iosaf
6 comments (last - friday july 06, 2007 - 16:37) 1 image
No-one has put a street value yet on the 110 kids seized by lifeguards and customs guards today off the Dun Laoighaire coast. Nor has the Taoiseach made a facine statement to the Dail on the increase in irresponsible use of leisure craft in our waters. But analysts like me are quick to point out the links on safety issues as the suicide prevention exercise organised by the Royal St George Yachtclub under the smokescreen title "junior regatta" occured on the same day 11 teachers ran rather than walked down the stairs of the National musem of Natural History causing it to collapse. Ambulances were obviously stretched to the limit and headshots today went untreated. ... read full story / add a comment |
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