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Sinn Féin Cllr Gerry Murray expressed disquiet about water contamination in Carrowmore Lake
mayo / environment Friday March 16, 2007 - 13:54 by s.cat   image 1 image
Here is the latest article from the Mayo Advertiser, a free newspaper widely distributed throughout the county.

Main important facts :

Erris Fishermen prepare for action.

Shell to Sea Information meeting packed out (probably all Special Branch but sure they need education too)

Water contamination raised at Council meeting, Director of services "at a loss".

Fishermans spokesman is called Eddie Divers

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West Tyrone Sinn Féin MLA's Barry McElduff, Claire McGill and Pat Doherty M.P. with Sinn Féin party President Gerry Adams in Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
national / miscellaneous Friday March 16, 2007 - 11:55 by Barry McElduff, Claire McGill and Pat Doherty M.P.   text 1 comment (last - friday march 16, 2007 - 14:36)   image 1 image
Ba mhaith linn ómós a thabhairt do na 18, 437 daoine a chaith vóta do Shinn Féin in Iarthar Thír Eoghain ar an 7 Márta. Leis an sainordú iomráiteach seo agus trí bhainisteoireacht vótála diansmachta, rinne sibh deimhin de go dtoghadh an trúir iarthóir Shinn Fein sa dáilcheantar ar bharr an liosta. Bainfidh muid úsáid as an sainordú seo chun ár seirbhísí dáilcheantair a fhorbairt ar bhur son, chun a dheanamh cinnte go mbeidh an pholaitíocht ag obair, chun athrú bunúsach dearfach a dhéanamh ar chursaí sóisialta agus eacnamaíochta agus chun Éire Aontaithe a bhaint amach. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Friday March 16, 2007 - 11:47 by David Manning and Miriam Cotton   text 5 comments (last - friday march 16, 2007 - 15:51)
Below is the latest MediaShot from MediaBite. We have focused this time on the extraordinary myopia that appears to have overtaken the Irish media when considering the so-called 'evidence' being pushed by the Bush administration for military intervention in Iran. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous Friday March 16, 2007 - 10:25 by QR   text 1 comment (last - friday march 16, 2007 - 10:31)
international / gender and sexuality Friday March 16, 2007 - 10:20 by Dr. Nadje Al-Ali
Islamist militants and terrorist groups pose a particular danger to Iraqi women. Many women’s organizations and activists inside Iraq have documented the increasing Islamist threats to women: the pressure to conform to certain dress codes, the restrictions in movement and behaviour, incidents of acid thrown into women’s faces and even targeted killings.

After the U.S. invasion in 2003, many women in Basra, for example, reported that they were forced to wear a headscarf or restrict their movements in fear of harassment from men. Female students at the University of Basra reported that since the war ended groups of men began stopping them at the university gates, shouting at them if their heads were not covered ... read full story / add a comment
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