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international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday June 30, 2006 - 16:11 by gade
The US Supreme Court ruled today that Guantanamo Bay detention/torture centre was illegal (by implication) and the kangaroo military commission established to try the detainees is in breach of the Geneva Convention, well duh! Expert international lawyers stated the plain facts – illegality – of the matter from the start. Who could accuse the ‘slow to see daylight’ US court system of bias? Surely the principal pillars of American ‘justice’ could not be influenced by Bush or his neo-cons? ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Friday June 30, 2006 - 16:06 by provie
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Provisional Sinn Fein Press Release re: Conditions in Maghaberry Gaol ... read full story / add a comment 
national / history and heritage Friday June 30, 2006 - 10:33 by Niall Meehan
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"Practically all commanders and intelligence officers considered that 90 per cent of the people were Sinn Féiners or sympathisers with Sinn Féin, and that all Sinn Féiners were murderers or sympathisers with murder. Judged by English standards, the Irish are a difficult and unsatisfactory people. Their civilisation is different and in many ways lower than that of the English. They are entirely lacking in the Englishman's respect for truth . . . Many were of a degenerate type and their methods of waging war were in the most case barbarous, influenced by hatred and devoid of courage." British intelligence assessment of the Irish People from The Record of the Rebellion Steven King's review of 'The Wind that Shakes the Barley' contains many contentious allegations. Perhaps the most extreme is that "many a Cork Protestant was murdered in pure sectarian reprisals" during the War of Independence. King attempts to portray in Cork a mirror opposite of the sectarian cauldron created by Unionism in the North of Ireland. This depiction could not be further from the truth. Evidence suggests that Protestants lived more in fear of Crown Forces reprisal than of IRA action. This was true of Protestant unionists as well as Protestant nationalists. In July 1920 Mr J.W. Biggs, a wealthy Unionist, wrote: "I feel it my duty to protest very strongly against this unfounded slander (of intolerance on the part) of our Catholic neighbours ... I have been resident in Bantry for 43 years, during 33 of which I have been engaged in business, and I have received the greatest kindness, courtesy, and support from all classes and creeds in the country". Some days after publication of these remarks Mr Biggs' business premises, valued at £20,000, were burnt down by the RIC. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday June 30, 2006 - 02:10 by Mark
The Carnival Parade Raffle Draw will be held tomorrow (Friday) June 30, on the Jimmy Norman Lunchtime show on Galway Bay FM between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday June 30, 2006 - 02:03 by Sandra
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Bush's military tribunals violate US law ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday June 30, 2006 - 01:52 by Mike
Catherine Connolly leaves the Labour Party ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Friday June 30, 2006 - 01:47 by Joe
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