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mayo / environment Tuesday August 19, 2008 - 13:14 by Mayo News Reader
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According to Sunday's Daily Mail, Shell misled the experts who were tasked with assessing the company's planning application for the proposed onshore pipeline route. Julie Fossitt, Senior Ecologist with the National Parks and Wildlife Services and author of the standard reference work "A Guide to Habitats in Ireland" asserted in a memo released under Freedom of Information legislation, that '‘key information was withheld from specialists whose opinions were included in the planning documents" and that ‘the project ecologists did not have access to key sections of the proposed pipeline route’. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday August 19, 2008 - 10:35 by pat c
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Peter Tatchell writes on how the Iranian Regime is stepping up its war against the working class: trade union activists have been jailed and flogged. This is part of the Regimes wider assault on all dissidents: In Baluchistan alone700 nationalist and human rights campaigners are on death row. Full article at link. Among those recently jailed were two workers' rights campaigners, Sousan Razani and Shiva Kheirabadi. They have been sentenced to 15 lashes and four months in prison for the "crime" (under Iran's Islamic law) of participating in a May Day celebration in the city of Sanandaj earlier this year. The verdicts were issued by the criminal court of Sanandaj – branch 101. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday August 18, 2008 - 18:23 by pat c
Here is the case of Farzad Kamangar. teacher, trade unionist, human rights activist. Sentenced to death by a kangaroo court. You can help to save his life. Full text at link. Farzad Kamangar, a 33-year old teacher and trade unionist from the Kurdistan Province of Iran, is at risk of execution following an unfair trial.In recent weeks, Education InternationaI has written to the Iranian Government to request a fair trial for Farzad Kamangar and other union activists who are under arrest. In spite of joint efforts from various national and international organisations to have death sentence of Farzad Kamangar communted, it was upheld by the Supreme Court on 11 July 2008. In addition, Iranian trade union colleagues and human rights activists who show solidarity with Farzad are being subjected to pervasive intimidation by the Iranian authorities. ... read full story / add a comment 
clare / anti-war / imperialism Monday August 18, 2008 - 18:19 by redjade
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Maybe in the future the only consistant revenue to keep Shannon Airport alive will be from the killing? ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday August 18, 2008 - 17:27 by Bold Collective
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Currently broadcasting from letterfrack: ... read full story / add a comment
derry / crime and justice Monday August 18, 2008 - 12:56 by Ciaran Gallagher
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On the 10th Anniversary of the Omagh bombings of August 15th 2008 in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, which left 29 people dead and more than 200 injured, a relative of a victim of the bomb has accused that British agents were responsible for carrying out the attacks. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday August 17, 2008 - 17:55 by Catholic Worker
Catholic Worker, mother of eight, Mary Rider remains in a North Carolina (U.S.A.) Prison for attempting to stop the state execution of Sammy Fippen. The following report in the News Observer descrbes the original anti-death penalty NVDA and is based on an interview with Mary in Raleigh Prison. ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Sunday August 17, 2008 - 17:54 by pat c
Here is an extract of An interview with Mariam of RAWA. The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) is a women's organization that runs underground schools and other projects, educates Afghan girls, runs a periodic journal, and agitates politically for women's rights, human rights, secularism, and social justice in Afghanistan. Full text at link. From the beginning, RAWA announced that the US and the West have their own reasons for being here and it is not for the freedom of the Afghan people. We said that what the US/NATO is doing under the name of democracy is in fact a mockery of democracy. It is clear for us. Today NATO bombings are increasing, more civilians are being killed, and other violations are being done by the US and NATO. And now even they are trying to share power with the Taliban and terrorist party of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Saturday August 16, 2008 - 13:33 by CB
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Majority World on NEAR90fm. ... read full story / add a comment 
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday August 14, 2008 - 14:04 by The 1971 Ballymurphy Massacre Committee
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On Monday 9th August 1971 Internment without Trial was introduced by the British Government. Between 9th -11th August eleven people were killed in the Ballymurphy area of West Belfast ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday August 14, 2008 - 13:55 by tomeile
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Galway Alliance Against the War argues that the conflict in the Caucasus has implications not only for Ireland, but also for the whole world . I'm not a member of the Galway Alliance Against War , but think that this press release is important so I'm posting a link to the IAWM website where it is featured. The IAWM as a body hasn't issued any statement . ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday August 11, 2008 - 09:00 by Gegentypus
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A controversial viewpoint that sees the recent "enthusiasm" for Gaelic language schools in working class areas as just another manifestation of insularity and... whisper it.... racism. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Friday August 08, 2008 - 19:02 by James R
An article on Argentina's assembly movement several years on from the perspective of someone there as a tourist of the pickets, published in Totally Dublin this month and available online at http://soundtracksforthem.com/blog/?cat=204 ... read full story / add a comment
limerick / anti-war / imperialism Thursday August 07, 2008 - 11:27 by redjade
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This is not an accusation - but it is a question, and some Irish reporter should look into this.... ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Thursday August 07, 2008 - 11:07 by Gombeen Man
European Commission acts on complaint by Irish woman. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media Wednesday August 06, 2008 - 21:11 by Michael Gallagher
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Below is the first paragraph of a Herald Tribune article from Saturday 26th of July...it makes interesting reading. BAGHDAD: The case of a freelance photographer in Iraq who was barred from covering the U.S. Marine Corps after he posted photos on the Internet of several dead marines has underscored what some journalists say is a growing effort by the U.S. military to control graphic images from the war...... For the rest of the article go to: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/26/africa/embed.php More info and pictures: www.zoriah.net ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday August 06, 2008 - 14:07 by tomeile
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On the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima , John Pilger examines the lie of the “good war” which was used sixty three years ago to justify the mass murder of Japanese civilians . Pilger asks whether the world is today prepared to stand by as the American regime uses imformation supplied by discredited CIA-sponsored Iranian opposition sources to justify a possible nuclear attack on Iran. ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Tuesday August 05, 2008 - 13:04 by Shane McLoughlin
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Lidl appears to have 'lowered the bar' by urging shoppers to 'don't spend your cash on trash' by shopping in Tesco. The question needs to be asked is whether such an advertising campaign can be justified? and what are the issues surrounding such a stark and attention grabbing ad campaign? ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday August 03, 2008 - 19:25 by Godot
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A story in todays Sunday Tribune reveals how a stall at a Balbriggan market run by Co. Down based Paul Rea is openly selling Nazi flags, uniforms, and daggers along with anti-semitic DVDs and ash-trays. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Sunday August 03, 2008 - 12:38 by IT Reader
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Lorna Siggins in the Irish Times reports that Bord Pleanála has asked for extensive further information from Shell about their plan to install a production pipeline linking the offshore Corrib gas field with the refinery they are trying to build nine kilometres inland. Many people fear that the planning procedure will be a simple "rubber stamp" exercise, since the original planning decision that the project was unsuitable for the area was overturned by the planning board on appeal. Since then, Shell has been supported at every step by all arms of the government, despite the fact that the project clearly lacks local consent. ... read full story / add a comment |
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