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national / anti-war / imperialism Monday September 03, 2007 - 11:24 by Zippy
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Green Minister John Gormley has express his upset and outrage over the shooting of a Red Kite in Wicklow. Meanwhile his government continues to back the US war effort in Iraq where human beings die. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday September 03, 2007 - 11:11 by Davy Carlin
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A few thoughts on Policing ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Monday September 03, 2007 - 10:11 by Brian
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This is a theory which attempts to shed light on the obscure origins of the Irish Rebellion of 1641. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / history and heritage Sunday September 02, 2007 - 17:12 by Dee
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How Tara has come to this I do not understand and do not accept. Stop the destruction now. Begin the World Heritage Park now. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / consumer issues Saturday September 01, 2007 - 13:47 by C Murray
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Last week, Joan Burton, a highly talented finance spokesperson and stalwart of the Labour Party withdrew her candidacy from the running for leadership of the Labour Party (a centrist concern with a pre-election pact with a right wing party). She cited lack of internal party support for her decision and nominated herself for deputy leader. This is a problem, for the preceeding forty eight hours The Irish independent Newspaper had been running the Gilmore story on both front page and editorial columns as The main bet for leadership, There is no other candidate declared. Deputy leader Liz Mc Manus is delaying nomination until later in the week. The profiling of women in irish politics, especially in mainstream parties relegates women to secondary positions, indeed a cursory glance at the papers indicates that politics is indeed a 'Job for the Boys', Tony O Reilly says so and he makes a lot of profit out of it. ... read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues Saturday September 01, 2007 - 09:34 by Sean Crudden
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Increasingly the patient is no longer seen as a passive recipient of medical treatment. Attempts are being made, at least at an ideological level, to involve patients more in the design of medication and to lend some weight to what patients really think of medication and how it is affecting them. Naturally there are life saving chemicals like penicillin, insulin and cytamen (for vitamin B12) but there is a plethora of more optional drugs on the market not least a whole cabinet of neuroleptic drugs. From my own observations as a patient for over 30 years attending clinics and hospitals throughout that period it is unclear whether many of these drugs have an authentic role in (a) preserving life or (b) in improving the quality of life of the patient. ... read full story / add a comment |
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