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national / eu Thursday September 17, 2009 - 16:54 by Patricia McKenna
 10 comments (last - saturday september 26, 2009 - 13:41)
Wall Street Journal challenges ‘patent absurdities’ of Yes side on Lisbon. Today’s Wall Street Journal Europe Editorial says Minister Lenihan is “peddling phantom terrors to scare the Irish people into voting Yes” and that “Ireland has no reason to fear the consequences of a No vote on Lisbon ... read full story / add a comment 
national / eu Thursday September 17, 2009 - 16:11 by IT reader
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Sinn Féin has been canvassing around the country in support of a No vote in the upcoming Lisbon Treaty. Even the Pro-Treaty Irish Times has been forced to report that reaction has generally been positive towards the party. Mary Lou McDonald has been especially effective as a canvasser, since people trust her knowledge of Europe and the EU. Of course, as journalists are noting, people in Ireland are very knowledgeable themselves on the Treaty. The fact that the Yes side are steadfastly refusing to discuss the text, instead trying to turn this into a referendum on the country's membership of the EU, speaks volumes to most people. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday September 15, 2009 - 14:55 by tomeile
Anti-fascists celebrated a victory over the thugs of the English Defence League's last week at Harrow . But the decision of the Greater London Council to bow to the same racist group and ban the annual Al Quds day march from its traditional end venue at Trafalgar Square raises the important question of institutional Islamophobia under the mayorality of Boris Johnston . ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Tuesday September 15, 2009 - 12:14 by Critical Massacre
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Cyclist (51) killed in Dublin crash ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism Tuesday September 15, 2009 - 11:38 by SavedByFerrets
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Baxter have secured an immunity from liability from the Irish government in the event that their rushed to market swine flu vaccine has "unforseen" problems. Essentially If your kids die or get sick as a direct result of taking their vaccine then tough luck ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Friday September 11, 2009 - 11:24 by Updater
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The government of Gordon Brown have apologised about the treatment of genius Alan Turing: http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page20571 The Universal Turing Machine, Bletchley Park, Enigma- utter genius, co-opted brutalised and stolen from history by HMG and her wee pals in Intelligence. A post-mortem apology is better than nothing but it does not amend damage. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Thursday September 10, 2009 - 10:36 by Red Banner
Issue 37 of Red Banner is out now, available from bookshops or from the above address at €2 / £1.50 ... read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights Wednesday September 09, 2009 - 16:02 by über ironic
A US based philosophy worker has it appears teamed up with the tech industry and media complex this week to suggest "Yes". Other people think the technologically feasible (if near perfecting technique) of altering DNA and brains of animals might not constitute a humane use of science. Nobody is wondering if pain free animals are feasible how long do we have to wait for pain free soldiers or on the more optimistic side of this knowledge economy debate pain free children, who would save a fortune on first aid, emotional support & no doubt a career in sport. science is fiction until it is fact..... or is it? ... read full story / add a comment
Respond! spokesperson Aoife Walsh asserts that many buyers are unable to access mortgage finance as it is not in the interests of the banks to lend to those seeking mortgages less than €150,000. ... read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights Tuesday September 08, 2009 - 15:03 by Dorothy Gale
The cops who as usual took the side of the Hunt went a tad too far this time and have ended up coughing up a tidy sum to rhe Hunt Sabs. This will help in future anti Hunt activities. Full story at link. Eleven anti-hunt protesters have been given a total of £38,300 in damages from Derbyshire Police.The force made the out-of-court settlement after admitting its policing of a demonstration in January 2008 was heavy handed. Lawyers said protesters had been wrongfully arrested and imprisoned after they had peacefully followed the Meynell and South Staffordshire Hunt. No charges were brought against the Hunt Saboteurs Association members. ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Tuesday September 08, 2009 - 00:46 by kbranno
international / politics / elections Monday September 07, 2009 - 23:02 by scorchio
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Anyone contemplating voting No! for the first time in the upcoming Lisbon 2 referendum in Ireland really ought know the name of the candidates to be the first president of the EU. After all it's not a completely done thing that once the Irish get their answer "right", Tony Blair will sweep into the history books. The current chancillor of Germany, Angela Merckel is another leading candidate as are former prime ministers of Sweden and Luxembourg......"anyway"....... Germany is in the news globally at the moment for several reasons. First the fact that last Friday its army ordered an attack by the USAF on a fuel tanker in Afghanistan which resulted in the deaths of over 80 civilians. Second because it is running into elections. Third because its AIDS awareness people have presented a publicity image of Hitler shagging a girlie from behind with the caption "AIDS is a mass murderer". Here follows a miscellany of links in English so you can keep abreast. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Saturday September 05, 2009 - 18:39 by Mairtin Og Meehan
A DEADLY haul of drugs, including the powerful horse tranquilliser ket-amine, has been discovered by children after being abandoned in a north Belfast street. The mix, which included Class A drugs, was found by children playing in a built-up residential area in the Oldpark area of North Belfast this week. A local Parent then contacted CFAD who subsequently passed the haul to the Sacred Heart Parish Priest, Ciaran Dallat for safe disposal......... Irish News - Allison Morris - 5/9/09 ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday September 04, 2009 - 12:42 by Socialist Party
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A Sinn Fein councillor has announced his defection to the Socialist Party. In a statement, Domhnall O Cobhthaigh said Sinn Fein now shares a "right-wing economic agenda" with the other main Assembly parties. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Thursday September 03, 2009 - 15:27 by über pleb
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"This one looks, walks and quacks like a duck. It's time to stop hedging and call this bird what it is." So writes Howard L. Berman, chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee in this morning's LA Times in an opinion article which demands that the US State deparment under Hillary Clinton formally declare the Honduran crises as coup & thus cut all funding. His call is significant for several reasons. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday September 02, 2009 - 16:33 by Yassamine Mather
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This article covers the continuing crisis in Iran, workers struggles, prisoners hunger strikes, the show trials and the Regimes problems in getting a new Cabinet appointed. Full text of article at link below. Over the last few weeks, following the show trials of ‘reformist’ personalities and the imposition of even more severe forms of repression in Iran, the nature of protests has changed considerably. However, demonstrations continue on a daily basis in Tehran and most other Iranian cities, with numbers attending ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Reports from the working class neighbourhoods of Tehran, such as Ekbatan, Apadana and Karaj, and from the white-collar suburbs of Tehran Pars, indicate that anti-government demonstrations take place every night and often lead to confrontation between protesters and Bassij militia. Last week dozens of political prisoners started a hunger strike in Evin prison and on the first day of Ramadan families of those arrested in recent protests gathered outside calling for the immediate release of all political detainees. There are daily protests in factories and workplaces against the political and economic conditions and in some provinces, including Khorassan, there is news of peasants protesting against confiscation of their land by religious authorities. Five hundred peasants from Sarakhss have staged a sit-in for the last week in front of Mashad’s main petrol station, complaining about the use of religious legislation to expropriate their land. ... read full story / add a comment
Google has added Irish Gaeilge, Yidish, Welsh, Belarussian, Macedonian, Afrikaans, Swahili, Mali and Icelandic to the suite of languages which its free online translation tool supports. The last upgrade to the list which currently offers 51 languages was the inclusion of Persian or Farsi, an update which we remember occured during the "green revolution" and allowed us all to follow events in Iran without paying to much attention to tweeting twits based in US lobby offices. This great news now means we will be able to follow similar events as they happen in Ireland without having to study Gaeilge, understand Hector or even own a copy of the Bunreacht. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media Monday August 31, 2009 - 15:53 by Carmel Diviney
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Ireland's second Feis Teamhra took place at the Hill of Tara yesterday. It is hoped that this event, a celebration of music and poetry will become an annual event. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday August 29, 2009 - 12:46 by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin
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A series of five large oil paintings examining the daily existence of people making a living in the worst working conditions in the global economy. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday August 28, 2009 - 10:01 by Media Team
A vast untapped pool of ideas, innovation and enthusiasm lies patiently in waiting but with growing frustration. Instead of opening up the corridors of commentary, debate and decision-making to a dynamic new generation of thinkers and leaders (35% of the population is under 25) Ireland remains shackled to the fading authority of industry, politics and religion. While each of these traditional pillars is rapidly losing credibility, they still call the shots. ... read full story / add a comment |
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