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national / education Thursday December 09, 2010 - 21:05 by LM
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Today, students from NUI Maynooth staged a picket at the office of Aine Brady T.D. The protest was organised by the Free Education for Everyone (FEE) campaign, who were also involved in the Castlebar secondary level walkouts. ... read full story / add a comment
national / education Thursday December 09, 2010 - 01:54 by LM
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Approx 100 students from two secondary schools in Clondalkin (Coláiste Bríde and Moyle Park College) took part in a walk out on budget day against the cut backs in education and increased college fees. The students gathered in front of the office of John Curran TD in Clondalkin village and got a lot of support from passing cars and pedestrians. Since then, Shane Donnelly, one of the leaders of the walk out has been suspended from school pending a board of management meeting later this week which will discuss and decide on his expulsion. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Wednesday December 08, 2010 - 09:57 by Baggie
Iceland out of recession reports Guardian. Burn the Bondholders! http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/dec/07/iceland-...arter ... read full story / add a comment ![Night's Candles are Burnt Out (1927-28) by Seán Keating [3]](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/dec2010/100_75_1_1_5_0_0_0_0_0_keating2.jpg "Night's Candles are Burnt Out (1927-28) by Seán Keating [3]")
international / arts and media Tuesday December 07, 2010 - 21:33 by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin
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by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin As the global economic crisis deepens, one may ask how the artist can play any role in social, economic and political change? Visual artists have been commenting on society since William Hogarth, a pictorial satirist and social critic during the early 1700s, used art to comment on the politics and customs of his time. The same challenge still exists today - how can the visual artist make images that have a profound effect on people and their view of society and so hope to contribute to making a better society for all? ... read full story / add a comment 
international / public consultation / irish social forum Monday December 06, 2010 - 05:49 by Rebels Yell
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The German Ambassador Pauls described Ireland as a “coarse” country infected by pure unadulterated greed and avarice. He didn't mince his word either, describing examples of a small country with an over bearing elite of overpaid Government ministers, junior ministers and a gravy train of political life, living the high on the pigs back, oblivious to the reality of deprived estates of people of no property, the length and breath of Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Monday December 06, 2010 - 05:03 by Seán Ryan
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What have a young vegan lady, Shell to Sea and the students that got battered by the Riot squad, all got in common? Throw Interpol into the mix and you've got a tale worth telling! ... read full story / add a comment |
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