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international / anti-capitalism Wednesday May 22, 2013 - 18:03 by Brian Clarke
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Occasionally I find an article in the Irish Times that is worth reading, sometimes written by Vincent Browne, which makes me wonder is Vincent one of us ? What do you think? "Government zealously protects the wealthy in Ireland’s Wild West tax haven Column: There is a determination not to disturb the contentedness of the wealthy by even a modest increase in income tax ... read full story / add a comment 
antrim / miscellaneous Monday May 20, 2013 - 13:51 by RNU PRO
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Óglaigh na hÉireann yesterday (17th May) claimed responsibility through the media for a gun and bomb attack on British Police operating in the Twinbrook area of West Belfast. An attack which by all accounts forced a panicked PSNI unit to scramble along the ground for cover before retreating from the area altogether, albeit only for a few hours. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday May 19, 2013 - 18:37 by Fionuala Ni Cionnaoith
11 comments (last - tuesday may 21, 2013 - 21:58)
First of all i would like to introduce a misson as to what direct democracy would like to achieve: What is direct democracy? Direct democracy is a form of democracy in which the people have the right to: Select their own candidates to represent them. Call a referendum on any topic if a sufficient number of people deem it necessary, by gathering a set number of signatures. Create legislation and put it to a referendum if a sufficient number of people agree with it, by gathering a set number of signatures. Recall, remove from office, any representative deemed to have acted in breach of their terms of employment. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Sunday May 19, 2013 - 15:37 by maothail lad
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Justice Minister Alan Shatter and Mick Wallace were on Prime Time last night to talk about the penalty points report and the appearance of Commissioner Martin Callinan at a Public Accounts Committee meeting earlier that day. During the chat, Mr Shatter accused Mr Wallace of having been stopped by the Gardaí last May. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday May 18, 2013 - 06:40 by Brian Clarke
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A commoner in British Occupied Ireland, can be designated a “terrorist” on the secret, unaccountable dictat of the unelected British Viceroyal Villiers, without notice and without a trial. Under CMPs(Closed Material Procedures) any Irish person may be jailed, simply on vaguely-defined, highly paid “material support,” against any person or group, labeled by the Viceroyal as “terrorist.” Any political dissent, such as wearing green, as in a recent incident, or singing a 'Celtic Song', or holding a piece of paper at an Easter ceremony, can be labeled as “terrorism” or “material support for terrorism,” ... read full story / add a comment
national / housing Friday May 17, 2013 - 19:07 by Joe Mc
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From Justice Minister Alan Shatter's statement on mortgage default and repossessions ,Dec 2012 "All mortgages contain remedies that may be exercised by lending institutions in cases of mortgage default. Repossession in the event of such default is, therefore, an existing contractual right. In a well-known 2011 case (Start Mortgages), the High Court found that enactment of reforming legislation in 2009 may have had the unintended consequence in certain cases of restricting lending institutions from asserting their repossession rights. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday May 16, 2013 - 20:04 by T
8 comments (last - thursday may 30, 2013 - 14:15)
In the last week or so it was announced by the government that they were seriously considering extending the current free Pre-School year to a second free pre-school year. The government has been giving it a positive spin but also on the table as part of the deal is the suggestion that child benefit would be reduced by €20 per month. A lot of figures have been bandied about but the real question is: are the government trying to pull a fast one yet again and how do the numbers stack up? We attempt to look at the figures here. ... read full story / add a comment |
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