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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Monday February 09, 2009 - 16:09 by Chair
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Calling all friends of human rights and lovers of freedom! ... read full story / add a comment
cork / environment Sunday February 08, 2009 - 22:56 by Cork Foodweb
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Cork is biting back at the recession with a new web-started community which aims to get us outside working together to grow our own food. Cork Food Web imagines a network of community gardens, allotments, urban and rural farms and food parks all over Cork city and county run autonomously by local communities and linked by the shared need to feed ourselves and mind our environment. The website is a ‘social networking site’ so allows users to create their own profile, get to know each other and form groups. In just a few months of existence membership has grown to 154, with members from the city and all across Cork county forming online interest groups, exchanging information and skills and creating events together. ... read full story / add a comment
The government’s cutbacks in education will have a drastic effect on Primary schools in Tralee. People Before Profit support local demands for their reversal. Scoil Eoin, which will have over 600 students next year, will lose one teacher as a direct result of the increase in class sizes and will face cutbacks in language support staff which will have a severe impact on students for whom English is not their first language. In addition three quarters of its students are studying in prefabs and in a building dating back to 1858! They are still waiting for a new school. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday February 06, 2009 - 21:18 by Mrs.Giggles 1 attached file
MagicMum.com Mums to Host a Magical, Unique Charity Ball! THE second annual MagicMum.com Charity Ball 2009 will take place on Saturday, March 28th at the Radisson Hotel, Athlone. In aid of CARI (Children At Risk in Ireland) and The Baby Oisín Fund (Meningitis Trust), this fantastic event is being entirely organised by an online group of mothers – who are offering their free time and expertise in everything from finance and marketing to journalism and corporate event organising. Tickets are currently on sale for the black-tie event, which will feature entertainment from acclaimed The Long John Jump Band and DJ Electric Eddie, as well as a Master of Ceremonies, Marty Whelan. ... read full story / add a comment
tyrone / miscellaneous Friday February 06, 2009 - 15:04 by Richard Walsh
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A number of houses were raided in the Dungannon and Donaghmore areas of County Tyrone over the past few days. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous Friday February 06, 2009 - 12:55 by Volunteer
As the country gears up for increasing economic and social pressures, Ireland is likely to see a rise in campaigning from people of all walks of life. This coupled with the increased awareness of our responsibilities to be active citizens, has inspired two Galway based agencies to join forces in creating a new Advocacy Internship programme. SpunOut.ie, the Galway based national youth charity and the Community Knowledge Initiative at NUIG are launching the new Advocacy Internship programme to give young people an opportunity to work on promoting activism, awareness and civic engagement in the community and to encourage others to get involved in creating positive change. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday February 04, 2009 - 17:59 by Saoirse
In a statement in support of the Waterford Crystal workers the Vice President of Republican Sinn Féin and Athy Town Council local election candidate Des Dalton said: ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment Monday February 02, 2009 - 21:14 by Brian Guckian
STRONG support by local people in the Dundrum area ensured the success of the Public Workshop on the innovative alternative development proposal for the Old Dundrum Shopping Centre that would provide Dundrum with a badly-needed new amenity and "green lung", held at Taney Parish Centre on Tuesday, January 27th. ... read full story / add a comment
waterford / anti-capitalism Monday February 02, 2009 - 17:34 by Kevin
The Waterford Glass workers have taken a stand. We need to build support and show solidarity ... ... read full story / add a comment 
national / animal rights Monday February 02, 2009 - 11:39 by Bernie Wright
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The AOHS is pleased to hear of the financial difficulties of the Irish Coursing Club due to a court ruling that it must pay damages to a land developer Greenband Investments, on the eve of the 2009 ICC final in Clonmel. Despite strong public opinion which favours an end to this outdated and barbaric pursuit, Coursing is still hanging in there, the pastime of the minority cloth-cap brigade. Hare Coursing is carried out for pleasure and gambling purposes only. ... read full story / add a comment
meath / housing Saturday January 31, 2009 - 15:16 by Peter Fitzsimons
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Local action needed by council ... read full story / add a comment
meath / politics / elections Friday January 30, 2009 - 17:45 by Peter Fitzsimons
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E1,000 tax to be introduced on all home owners ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Friday January 30, 2009 - 15:24 by Malachy Steenson
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Workers Party Leader Sean Garland has been arrested in Dublin ... read full story / add a comment
down / miscellaneous Friday January 30, 2009 - 14:20 by Richard Walsh
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The Joe Conway Cumann of RSF, Newry, Co. Down, have congratulated the youth in Mayobridge and Attical for their resistance to the British colonial police (RUC). ... read full story / add a comment 
meath / politics / elections Thursday January 29, 2009 - 13:15 by Richard Walsh
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Peter Fitzsimons of Kells, Co. Meath, has been selected to contest the upcoming local council election in Kells. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday January 28, 2009 - 16:46 by newsmedia
A debut album by new Irish band The Truth has won remarkable acclaim from Irish film director and writer Declan Cassidy. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday January 28, 2009 - 02:36 by A New Age in Voting
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On Tuesday 27th January, Ógra Shinn Féin joined the NYCI (National Youth Council of Ireland) outside Leinster house to demand that the voting age be lowered to 16. Sinn Féin TD Aengus O’Snodaigh was also in attendance to demonstrate his personal and party support for the initiative. The ‘New Age to Vote’ campaign launch hopes to spark a debate on this issue among 16 and 17 year olds, with the aim of opening up discussion forums and campaign groups across Ireland that demand the voting age to be lowered, ensuring young people have a voice. ... read full story / add a comment 
armagh / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday January 27, 2009 - 21:34 by Free Palestine
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Upper Bann Sinn Féin organised a white line vigil last weekend on the Garvaghy Road, to highlight the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Amongst those in attendance were Sinn Féin's Craigavon Council Group and the local Ógra Shinn Féin cumann. ... read full story / add a comment
derry / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday January 27, 2009 - 14:47 by Shane OCURRY
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Before Christmas we were told of yet another delay to the publication of the findings of the Saville Inquiry. It is now unlikely to report until late autumn 09, more than 37 years after the events it inquires into. Certainly for family members of the murdered, many who have since died, and those of the wounded who are no longer with us justice delayed has been justice denied. However this delay in justice resonates beyond the case itself which is why Martin Luther King could say 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere'. 37 year's ago Lord Widgery's Inquiry took the side of injustice. His report retrospectively legitimised the military repression of the civil rights movement. To him justice wasn't a human ideal he had a duty to strive towards but merely a political consideration of the vested interests he represented. So the ideal was hollowed out to become another tool of oppression. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday January 27, 2009 - 06:27 by Solidarity
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Postcards and letters of solidarity can be sent to the prisoners at the following address. Mail will be redirected to the relevant prison....c/- School of the Americas Watch PO Box 4566 Washington, DC 20017 U.S.A. *More background info on the campaign to close the .S.O.A. see www.soaw.org ... read full story / add a comment |
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