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national / anti-capitalism Monday October 26, 2009 - 20:54 by Saoirse
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The news that 26-County Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has ordered the Financial Regulator to carry out a review of the Credit Union sector should be a cause for concern. At a time when a clear and democratic alternative to the discredited and failed banking system is required more than ever the independence of the League of Credit Unions needs to be protected. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday October 25, 2009 - 18:39 by Marie O Connor
The refusal of the Minister for Health to review the practice of symphysiotomy has prompted renewed calls for an independent inquiry into the operation. This week's Feminist Open Forum in Dublin will hear new evidence showing that the pelvis-severing surgery was driven, not by medical necessity, but by religious and other considerations. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Saturday October 24, 2009 - 11:15 by Brendan Butler
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The rejoicing at the release of Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki must be tempered with the behind scenes in negotiations with war criminals ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Saturday October 24, 2009 - 00:58 by Richard Walsh
Suggestions that unemployment benefit in the 26-Counties could be halved for those aged twenty-four years and under has been criticised by Republican Sinn Féin. ... read full story / add a comment
kerry / miscellaneous Friday October 23, 2009 - 12:10 by North Kerry Sinn Féin
North Kerry Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris and Tralee Town Councillor Cathal Foley have issued a warning to hotel and pub owners to be weary of taking bookings for functions without knowing the type of function being held. They made their call after being informed that a suspected group of east European neo-Nazis successfully booked a function room in Kerry this weekend to hold a concert for white supremacists. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday October 22, 2009 - 23:03 by Saoirse
In a statement the Vice President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton expressed the regret of Republicans in Ireland to the news of the recent death of Vias Livadas - a leading veteran of the Cypriot freedom struggle of the 1950s. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday October 21, 2009 - 17:18 by Richard Walsh
A proposal to collect biometric data of persons claiming social welfare benefits in the 26-Counties in an effort to create a State identity card has been criticised by Republican Sinn Féin. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Wednesday October 21, 2009 - 16:53 by Mayo S2S
Today, Wednesday 21st October at 1pm, Shell to Sea stopped illegal work at Glengad, Co Mayo, when a campaigner climbed on the arm of a Volvo digger. Shell were preparing to drill bore holes in a Special Area of Conservation (SAC), and the action was to stop this work from going ahead. Currently Shell have been stopped for 3 hours before their work has reached the SAC. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday October 21, 2009 - 00:32 by Louise Michel
Around 20 people held demonstration of solidarity with Basque trade unionists and political activists after Spanish police raid on Basque trade union LAB and the arrest of ten trade union or political activists. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday October 19, 2009 - 22:36 by Coordination of Democratic Forces for the Republic (Niger)
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Statement of the opposition gathering of October 17, 2009, by The Coordination of Democratic Forces for the Republic (CFDR) of Niger. Read by Bazoum Mohamed, CFDR spokesperson, Niamey, Niger. Available http://pnds-tarayya.net/news/news.php?id=55 Translated http://www.tomathon.com/mphp/ ... read full story / add a comment 
national / education Saturday October 17, 2009 - 20:27 by Daithi Byrne
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Dublin Ógra Shinn Féin are set to become the most active society in Dublin's universities. Hundreds of new applications to join were made over the last month at freshers events. Ógra Shinn Féin socities were represented in the following unversities; * Trinity College * University College Dublin * Dublin City University * Griffith College * Dublin Institute of Technology ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Saturday October 17, 2009 - 15:43 by mds
Activists ratify Constitution, launch agenda, begin organization anew. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday October 16, 2009 - 12:32 by Irish Basque Solidarity Committees
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The Irish Basque Solidarity Committees has call for immediate release of Arnaldo Otegi and all other members of Batasuna currently being held by the Spanish government. This follows the arrest last Tuesday evening of the leader of Batasuna along with nine other members of the party. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / animal rights Friday October 16, 2009 - 11:02 by Bernie Wright
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The 4th annual World GO VEGAN Week is taking place this year from October 25 through 31. This week is a celebration of compassion and a time to take action for animals, the environment and everyone’s well-being. We encourage people to use this week to use this week to educate their community about the vegan lifestyle as a compassionate, sustainable, and healthy way of eating and living. Promoting veganism through outreach events and the media, we know that our annual World GO VEGAN Week is helping make the word "vegan" a household word, universally recognized as meaning love and compassion for all living beings. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Thursday October 15, 2009 - 22:30 by Fiachra Ó Luain
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Fiachra Ó Luain has been seeking answers about how it was possible that 3,000 of his first preference votes could have allocated to Mr. Declan Ganley. On 0.000175% of Ganley's budget he received 6,510 first preferences in the June European Elections. As a resident of Donegal he offers his perspectives on the recent RTE radio show investigating why Donegal voted No. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday October 15, 2009 - 16:12 by Batasuna
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On the 13th of October 2009 the Spanish National Police arrested 10 members of the Basque pro-independence movement. Among them Arnaldo Otegi, leader and spokesperson of Batasuna during the last peace process in the Basque Country, Rafa Diez, former National Secretary of the Trade Union LAB and Rufino Etxeberria, member of the Negotiation Committee during last peace process. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / animal rights Wednesday October 14, 2009 - 22:06 by Bernie Wright
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Contact: Sean Gifford (Lush press office): +44 (0)207 434 3948; [email protected] LUSH’S FABULOUS MRS FOX CHALLENGES FOX HUNTING Lush Cosmetics Launches Campaign Against Fox Hunting; in Support of the Association of Hunt Saboteurs Ireland—This week Lush Cosmetics is launching an in-store campaign to highlight that hunting with hounds continues throughout Ireland. Although hunting foxes with hounds has been banned in Scotland since 2002 and England and Wales since 2005, this blood sport remains legal in Ireland. During the week of October 12th the windows of Lush’s four Irish shops will be emblazoned with the words ‘THE HUNTS ARE STILL AT IT’. Customers will be encouraged to sign petitions asking for hunting with hounds to be made a criminal act. Lush’s Irish shops are located in Dublin, Belfast and Cork. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday October 12, 2009 - 12:59 by Richard Walsh
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The appearance of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Stormont is an unwelcome one, a spokesperson for Republican Sinn Féin has said. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Monday October 12, 2009 - 03:33 by CIBCH
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we are promoting a world campaign to boycott Chiquita which supports the Coup d'Etat in Honduras. It is very important to spread the word in these critical moments and to try to help the Resistence to defeat coup participants. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday October 11, 2009 - 21:16 by Saoirse
The Vice President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton addressed the Centenary Biennial National Conference of Ireland’s largest trade union SIPTU on October 9 in Tralee Co Kerry. The subject of his address was the murder of trade union activists by the US-backed regime in Columbia ... read full story / add a comment |
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