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national / education Tuesday October 06, 2009 - 17:36 by o as if
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The parents of girls who attend St John's Girls' national school, in Carrigaline, County Cork, have been instructed by the school's principal, Catherine O'Neill to provide toilet paper for their daughters. It's one those stories which appeals to an international audience and especially the lurking anti-Irish sentiment still present in AngloSaxon media or perhaps if not anti-Irish, a sour sense of resentment that other English speaking peoples never got to enjoy 2 Lisbon Referenda or a jaunt on the pig's back of the Celtic Tiger. Whatever the true classification of the story doing international commerical & state rounds today, msot readers will admit it illustrates a wee home truth. ... read full story / add a comment 
The Socialist Party's analysis of the Lisbon referendum result, titled: "Lisbon victory not endorsement for hated government" is now online. A significant 2/1 majority, on a higher turnout, passed the Lisbon Treaty overturning the decision of June 2008. It is clear that the economic crisis served to shift opinion across the board to a yes vote because people felt that passing the Treaty might boost Ireland’s prospects for economic recovery. Last year Lisbon was rejected because people feared the consequences of the changes it brings to the EU and because of a distrust of the political establishment. For a majority this time around the actual Treaty and its contents were secondary to the economic crisis. Read it all at link below. ... read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights Sunday October 04, 2009 - 23:15 by Thomas Janak
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WILD TIME attended a weight pulling event hosted by the Sled Dog Federation of Ireland on October 4th 2009 at the Equestrian Centre in Coole, where WILD TIME host had the opportunity to talk to Mandy Heynes and other members of the Federation about their activities. ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Saturday October 03, 2009 - 14:16 by Blazes Boylan
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An ignored outcome of the Lisbon II referendum; a new role for Tony Blair, our next über-President. Move over Mary Mac, and be glad that he is a convert. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday October 03, 2009 - 12:18 by Bazooka Joe
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As Israel tries to manoever the world into accepting it bombing Iran the propaganda war is raging. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday October 02, 2009 - 15:42 by Yassamine Mather
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Yassamine Mather writes on how the Iranian Regime uses threats from the imperialists to justify the oppression of Iranian workers, students and womens rights activists. Full story at url below. The dramatic statements by Obama, Brown and Sarkozy about Iran’s undisclosed nuclear enrichment plant, made on the first day of the G20 gathering in Pittsburgh, were clearly intended to prepare the world for a new conflict in the Middle East. But this is old news. US and UK secret services had known about it for at least 3 years - Israel and France also knew about it and delivered their finding to the International Atomic Energy Agency earlier this year. So what was the main purpose of the Obama-Sarkozy-Brown show on September 25? Could it be it was directed mainly to audiences in the US, UK and France, to convince them that, at a time of economic uncertainty, western leaders have to deal with a ‘major external threat’ posed by Iran’s nuclear development? ... read full story / add a comment |
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