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national / miscellaneous Saturday October 04, 2008 - 15:51 by Seán Ó Riada   text 1 comment (last - sunday october 05, 2008 - 15:59)
A evening of solidarity and networking for people who want to change the world will take place in manorhamilton, Leitrim on Friday 17th October 2008. The event starts at 8pm and will continue until late, with stalls, speakers and a film. The event is free admission.

Contact: [email protected] ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday October 03, 2008 - 17:18 by John McCoy   text 6 comments (last - saturday november 08, 2008 - 13:45)   5 attached files
Outlined below is the divey up of electrical contractors and their employee’s pension monies taken in a highly questionable manner. All this information is taken from the attached company office returns of Pensions and Conditions Limited (EPACE)
It explains to gusto which TEEU use when trying to drag Electrical Contractors into the Labour Court to force them into the bad value for money CWPS.

If we were to make an award for the Gusto Used who would get the Prize Man ?????
See List of directors below to explain this

ALL THIS MONEY COMES FROM AN UNAUTHORISED €0.38 PAYMENT TAKEN FROM ELECTRICIANS AND THEIR EMPLOYEERS.
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limerick / gender and sexuality Friday October 03, 2008 - 16:43 by RSF-Vín
Republican Sinn Fein today issued an alert to the people of Ballinacurra Weston in relation to the night time activities of a mysterious stalker who enters the bedrooms of young women. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Friday October 03, 2008 - 10:30 by Shell to Sea   text 14 comments (last - tuesday october 14, 2008 - 21:46)
Shell to Sea activists responded with puzzlement yesterday to the deletion of the campaign's page on the popular social networking site Facebook. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday October 02, 2008 - 21:19 by Richard Walsh   text 1 comment (last - thursday october 02, 2008 - 21:25)
RSF have said that the Provos must accept collective responsibility for the disastrous endorsement of deadly Tasers. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Tuesday September 30, 2008 - 19:23 by Eugene Mc Cartan
COMMUNIST DEMAND:

It is now time for a state bank to be established.

That the state should have fifty percent of places on the boards
of all the bank and financial institutions who may avail of this
massive public bail out.

All current banking CEOs should be removed from office without severance pay
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national / miscellaneous Tuesday September 30, 2008 - 17:39 by Richard Walsh
RSF have condemned the use of mobile vans to recruit informers by the RUC. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Monday September 29, 2008 - 21:34 by Trade unionist   text 3 comments (last - wednesday october 01, 2008 - 21:28)
Trade unionists across all unions are today being urged to reject the proposed national pay agreement.

Following a conference of over 70 activists and union shop stewards a campaign is now being launched for the biggest no vote. The conference was organised by a number of trade union activists from both the private and public sector and addressed by Jimmy Kelly, regional secretary of Unite, one of Ireland’s largest unions. Kelly stated that the deal was an “effective pay cut which does not address any of our unions concerns on pensions, union recognition, or low pay.”

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mayo / environment Monday September 29, 2008 - 20:25 by Shell to Sea   text 1 comment (last - monday september 29, 2008 - 20:28)
For immediate press release
8pm, Monday 29th Sept 2008

Today at noon a delegation of 6 Shell to Sea representatives met with Minister Eamon Ryan and Minister Eamon Ó Cuiv. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday September 29, 2008 - 13:16 by Richard Walsh
RSF have slammed Facebook for allowing ads for people to join British death squads. ... read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights Monday September 29, 2008 - 01:49 by Laura Broxson
***CAFT IRELAND PRESS RELEASE***

ACTIVISTS VISIT CO. LAOIS TO PROTEST IRELAND'S LARGEST FUR FARM

Contact CAFT Ireland spokesperson: Laura Broxson - 086 8729 444

Yesterday, Saturday 27th September, over a dozen members of Ireland's Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade (CAFT) organised another successful "Fur Farm Awareness Day" in Co. Laois. ... read full story / add a comment
Knute Skinner reading at last years festival
galway / arts and media Saturday September 27, 2008 - 20:34 by Fred Johnston   image 1 image
The second outing of the literary festival, 'The Forge At Gort,' will take place in Gort, Co. Galway, on March 27th and 28th, 2009, organised by The Western Writers' Centre, Ionad Scribhneoiri Chaitlin Maud, Galway. Last year saw the inauguration of the festival, which is based in the concept of the W.B.Yeats' poem which mentions the still extant forge in Gort's main street. The festival included workshops, readings, and a lecture on a Brazilian poet. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Friday September 26, 2008 - 17:29 by Irish Film Institute
The theme of the year-long campaign marking the 60th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights informs our six-week evening course this term. With a range of titles covering aspects of human rights, the Anniversary is an ideal opportunity for us to engage with filmmakers and human rights practitioners on the significance of this genre of filmmaking.

Our course will feature six documentaries, previously unscreened in Ireland. Each evening, a special guest from the world of film or human rights will speak on the film and their own work. The course will be of interest to IFI members and friends, film enthusiasts, human rights workers and all who are interested in challenging and provocative cinema.
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kildare / environment Friday September 26, 2008 - 12:07 by Miriam Mulcahy and Anne Davidson
In a major decision released on 23rd September, the Information
Commissioner Emily O'Reilly has directed Kildare County Council to
turn over to the Hill of Allen Action Group documents concerning
planning at Roadstone's quarry that the Council has fought to keep
secret for more than a year. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights Friday September 26, 2008 - 00:43 by Ciaran Long   text 1 comment (last - thursday october 09, 2008 - 11:56)

IRISH SHAC DEMO AT 12-30 on MONDAY 29th September 2008.to unite with SHAC Global Day of Action against NYSE, NYSE Euronex and their shareholders -
Monday 29th September 2008

NYSE Global Day of Action
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Behrooz Karimizadeh and Kaveh Abbasian
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday September 25, 2008 - 15:11 by Mark Fischer   text 1 comment (last - monday october 06, 2008 - 16:00)   image 2 images
Invitation to attend a Press Conference on Iran
Behrooz Karimizadeh and Kaveh Abbasian

IBehrooz Karimizadeh, one of the prominent leaders of the student movement in Iran, who has recently been released after enduring over four months of imprisonment and torture at the hands of the Iranian security forces; Kaveh Abbasian, the spokesperson for the Freedom and Equality Seeking Students in Iran, who was subjected to months of persecution, are holding a public Press Conference in London. During this Press Conference they will elaborate on the latest political situation in Iran and will answer questions put to them.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday September 24, 2008 - 15:35 by posted by F Espinoza   image 2 images
To all committees and friends of the Cuban Five

To all friends of the Cuban Revolution

To all honest and noble people of the world

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Mairead Maguire after being gassed and shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet by Israeli Occupation Forces in Bil'in, April 20th, 2007.
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday September 23, 2008 - 14:45 by TD   text 4 comments (last - friday october 10, 2008 - 00:33)   image 2 images
(LARNACA, 22 September 2008) - The Free Gaza Movement announced today that an international delegation of doctors, parliamentarians, and human rights workers will sail to Gaza aboard the SS Hope on Wednesday, September 24th. A press conference will be held on Wednesday at Larnaca Port prior to the ship's departure.

The passengers on board include:
- 5 physicians from 4 countrieS
- human rights lawyers and monitors
- Jamal Zahalka, a member of the Israeli Knesset
- Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council
- Mairead Maguire, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work in Belfast

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dublin / animal rights Monday September 22, 2008 - 20:46 by Laura Broxson   text 24 comments (last - sunday november 02, 2008 - 17:40)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
***Press Release***

Misrepresenting Animal Rights: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).


Although Irish organisations and individuals have sought to care for nonhuman animals for many years, animal rights advocacy ~informed by rights-based theory~ is a very recent development in Ireland. Grassroots animal rights advocates in Ireland intend to defend animal rights from the threat of neo-welfarism. ... read full story / add a comment
wicklow / environment Sunday September 21, 2008 - 17:46 by Mr.Peter Brady Alias.   text 1 comment (last - friday october 03, 2008 - 21:49)
This is our third statement. ... read full story / add a comment
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