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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday November 08, 2008 - 20:01 by Sean
 7 comments (last - wednesday november 19, 2008 - 18:36)
We urgently need a holistic approach to mental health and well being in Ireland. Recent research findings of the Health Research Board revealed that of the almost 2,500 drug related deaths in the past eight years, prescription tranquillisers such as benzodiazepines were involved in more deaths than any other drug, legal or illegal. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / gender and sexuality Saturday November 08, 2008 - 18:16 by 201
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There are 161 people in this country looking for a new political organisation. Sadly agressive little mobs have an ability to re-structure and re-group at enormous rates of rapidity. They will not be doing so in time for the next set of elections: http://www.indymedia.ie/article/89793 Before she left she destroyed the healthcare system , aided and abetted by centre-right party, The Greens. http://www.indymedia.ie/article/88159 http://www.indymedia.ie/article/85274 http://www.indymedia.ie/article/84946 The Sunday papers will busily eulogise on her contribution to Women's Politics, whilst it is evident that she has dealt women's health issues a cancerous body blow. She copper-fastened the most brutal econmic inequality and two-tier approach to women's health since the foundation of the state. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / gender and sexuality Saturday November 08, 2008 - 11:15 by doing it with élan.
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Let's be frank about it, Mary Harney's Genital Warts story is a shame crying out for a tongue wagging. As the most cultured amongst us know this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology was shared by scientists in that trade who have made inroads in the virus research lark. One laureate managed to link up the HPV group of viruses with cervical cancer & before you could say "love me warts and all" most European states decided to vaccinate young wans against only 3 of the near 100 strains of HPV or "genital warts" a virus which indeed doesn't always produce warts...........it being a sly killer and all. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / environment Friday November 07, 2008 - 15:39 by Oedipus at the National Theatre
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Before the lawyers get busy, let's have a look at what he said yesterday when he announced that the Fioanna Fáil/Geen Party government was setting up a talking shop to give the impression that they care what people think about the project (which will go ahead, it seems, regardless of whatever the "Corrib Gas Community Forum" says or concludes). In the Irish Independent today, the Minister is quoted as saying the following: "Mr Ryan said it would give the State greater energy security, help bring down gas prices and bring in €1.7bn in corporation taxes over the project's estimated 15-20 year lifespan." ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday November 06, 2008 - 19:35 by Ciaron O'Reilly
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"Democracy is Coming to the U.S.A." clip -Leonard Cohen http://noolmusic.com/yahoo_videos/leonard_cohen_-_democ...y.php I've been in Glasgow the past few daze catching to my godson Seanoidh and his parents Brian and Babs. I met B & B when I accompanied my friend Richard, who had just been deported from Genoa as he was trying to make his way to the G8 2001 demonstration, down to the Italian embassy in London to register our protest at the killing of Carlos, ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Thursday November 06, 2008 - 17:56 by john throne
"There is no one who represents the black inner city, who is rooted in the black community. It's the whole black Brahmin thing.: Vote for us because we're better than you." ... read full story / add a comment 
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday November 06, 2008 - 14:29 by Sean Matthews (Personal Capacity)
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Text of talk from Belfast WSM educational ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday November 05, 2008 - 22:07 by Bonnan buí
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