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sligo / anti-war / imperialism Friday April 21, 2006 - 23:01 by Allen
 1 comment (last - saturday april 22, 2006 - 10:42)
The use of Shannon Airport as a gateway for U.S. troops en route to the war in Iraq is an affront to the wishes of the vast majority of the Irish people who have consistently opposed the war, said the former Mayor of Sligo, Alderman Declan Bree, when he spoke at the Connolly Forums annual Easter 1916 Commemoration Ceremony in Sligo on Easter Sunday ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday April 21, 2006 - 22:01 by Donnchadh
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"...it's hard to see ex-prisoners destitute when the leadership are so wealthy and have holiday homes." Hughes mentions Kieran Nugent, the first IRA man on the Blanket protest in Long Kesh. "Kieran died in 2000. They called him a 'river rat' because he spent his last days drinking by the river in Poleglass. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Friday April 21, 2006 - 14:47 by T
11 comments (last - thursday november 15, 2007 - 17:29)
Concern that the Garda Reserve Force is now almost certain to be established were expressed today. Senior gardaí yesterday backed plans for a reserve force. Publicly announcing support for the Minister for Justice’s proposals for the first time, the Association of Garda Superintendents said the move would put more visible presence on the streets. President of the AGS, Superintendent Noel McLoughlin, said the scheme, which is widely opposed by rank-and-file members of the force, would enhance their capacity to respond to emergency calls. However veteran homeless campaigner Fr Peter McVerry has said the plans are "madness" see today's Daily Ireland. http://dailyireland.televisual.co.uk/home.tvt?_scope=Da...opp=1 ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday April 21, 2006 - 12:30 by Kingfisher
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The latest offering from the Bush administration is a nuclear attack on Iran; after only a few years in power this insane administration is ready to wage nuclear warfare! If this is not cause for alarm then resign yourselves to your fate (lemmings). ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Friday April 21, 2006 - 10:21 by Socialist Democracy reader
11 comments (last - sunday june 18, 2006 - 19:22)
The meeting around the question: “Can Coalition With Parties of the Right Bring Real Change?” defines the CIL as an opportunist, electoralist front, attempting to reinvent labourism at a time when the Labour party may finally be committing suicide. In their attempts at pragmatism and realism they are adopting a fantasy scenario, a thousand times more unrealistic than any principled attempt to win Irish workers to revolution. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Friday April 21, 2006 - 02:20 by irony
1 comment (last - tuesday april 25, 2006 - 02:57)
Hugo Chavez is really quite something, the man clocked up the largest abstention outside of Berlusconi's Italy at 75%, has a weekly TV show, & really knows how to the put the wind up them. Them being everyone from the Pentagon, to Energy Future analysts, to those amongst his own people who are anarchists, to well ---- everyone. News for Chavez watchers and no doubt "fans" in Ireland as to what mr Presidente! has got upto last. ___________________________________________________________________ ... read full story / add a comment |
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