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international / anti-war / imperialism Friday December 07, 2007 - 05:09 by Felice & Jack
 4 comments (last - monday december 10, 2007 - 06:59)
Fr. Steve Kelly SJ, Fr.Louie Vitalie, Betsy Lamb and Fr. Jerry Zawada are presently in prison for their nonviolent resistance at the U.S. military torture training school in Arizona, USA. More background on http://tortureontrial.org/ Consider writing to them......... ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Thursday December 06, 2007 - 22:25 by Moilligh Síos
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A Road Safety Vigil will be held at the GPO, Dublin, on Saturday 15th December at 1pm, Ógra Shinn Féin, Labour Youth and the Young Greens announced today. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Thursday December 06, 2007 - 08:51 by Domhain Sceadaman
A beleaguered Michael Dan, the Chairman and CEO of security giant Brinks was being tight lipped today after the revelation that his largest shareholders are unhappy about the way that the company is being run. The big shareholders want four of the companies directors sacked. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday December 04, 2007 - 20:18 by TJ
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Yesterday evening, the Galway Bin Charges Campaign comprising outraged members of the public, activists from the SWP, SP, Sinn Fein and Galway Alliance Against War vented their anger outside and inside Galway City Council buildings against a proposal that, if adopted, would amount to a front frontal assault on the city's poor, thankfully, conscience prevailed, as such, GBCC wholeheartedly applaudes the city councillors for successfully defending the full waiver on refuse charges at the Budget 2008 meeting on Monday night. Dette Mc Loughlin (SWP), spearhead of the campaign group said it was admirable, decent and right that councillors across party divides stood firmly against the proposed attack on the waiver system. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday December 04, 2007 - 15:47 by doug f
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The Galway Alliance Against War has issued a statement in relation to the announcement by the organisers of the Salthill Air Show to cancel next year’s event. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Monday December 03, 2007 - 22:50 by Cllr Keith Martin
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Councillor Keith Martin of the Westport Labour Party has said that the proposed "tourism mine" for Mayo is an effort to establish whole-scale Gold Mining in the Vicinity of Croagh Patrick. The company propose to mine for Gold in the Middle of a Designated SAC. ... read full story / add a comment
A public meeting is to be held in Galway in December to discuss the opening of a cultural and social centre in Galway. A number of local charities and community groups have been invited to the meeting and the organisers are hopeful that it will gain support among these organisations. Independent cultural centres have existed for some years in Dublin and Cork. Now a newly formed association in Galway aims to develop a community orientated and community organised, non-profit, cultural and creative space for Galway. ... read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights Wednesday November 28, 2007 - 09:00 by anonymously
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national / consumer issues Tuesday November 27, 2007 - 11:09 by Jene Kelly
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AIMS Ireland (Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services) would like to release the web-link to our most recent online survey concerning the availability of information and consent within the Irish Maternity System. Please see a brief summary below of the aims and objectives of this survey. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Monday November 26, 2007 - 18:03 by SP Member
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Paul Murphy, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland), Dublin A member of the Socialist Party, Darren Cogavin, and one other student, Enda Duffy, are due to meet the Vice President for Students at University College Dublin (UCD), Dr. Martin Butler, in the next week. They face punishment for engaging in a peaceful protest against the giant corporation Shell and the Green Party Minister for Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan. Two protests, organised by the campaign ‘Shell to Sea’, took place on 30 October in UCD, the biggest college in Dublin. They were opposing the giveaway of over 50 billion euro worth of gas for free by the Irish government to Shell, and the building of an unsafe onshore pipeline and refinery by Shell in Rossport, Co. Mayo, on Ireland’s west coast. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday November 26, 2007 - 12:01 by Des Dalton
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Commenting on an address given by Professor Kathleen Lynch of UCD’s Equality Studies Centre at a conference on equality and inclusion organised by Pobal on November 22, in which she said that the 26-Counties was “bottom of the league” in terms of giving workers a share of national wealth, Republican Sinn Féin Vice President Des Dalton said that her comments further underlined the “need for the Trade Union Movement to ensure that all workers are organised and members of a union.” ... read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday November 24, 2007 - 10:47 by Margaretta D'Arcy
People are asked to contribute to the 16 days live broadcast by Radio Pirate-Woman, giving their own experiences and opinions as to how to end violence against women. ... read full story / add a comment
tyrone / rights, freedoms and repression Friday November 23, 2007 - 22:01 by Richard Walsh
Republican Sinn Féin have warned that Brit spies have been attempting to recruit informers in the Tyrone area. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday November 23, 2007 - 15:35 by Labour Lover
The Labour Party has tabled a motion of no confidence in the Minister for Health, Mary Harney TD, which will be taken in Labour Party Private Members time on Tuesday and Wednesday next. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Friday November 23, 2007 - 00:37 by Kevin Cotter
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200,000 stickers to hit the streets of Dublin and later rest of the country this Saturday, 24 November. THEY'RE FREE!!!! No cost, no donation, no favours asked! Just wear them!! ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Thursday November 22, 2007 - 18:41 by Richard Walsh
A spokesman for Republican Sinn Féin has stated that allegations of Garda misbehaviour must be investigated at the highest level. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday November 22, 2007 - 17:50 by Sal Fiore
On 5th July 2006, Diana Winstanley Professor at Kingston University UK, committed suicide. We have lauched a website hich has no motivation other than to investigate the truth, raise and attempt to answer some important questions and inform the public about her death. This project is and will remain unofficial, transparent, independent and, for some, uncomfortable. We believe that those who truly care about Diana and others in similar situations now and in the past, will understand and support this ... read full story / add a comment
derry / crime and justice Thursday November 22, 2007 - 17:12 by SDLP Youth
SDLP Youth in Limavady have expressed their sadness at the death of Wendy McAteer, a 17 year-old local girl. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday November 22, 2007 - 16:51 by SDLP
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SDLP Youth Vice Chair Peter Armstrong has expressed concern at the University of Ulster’s Student Union after they began distributing Sinn Fein press releases from their website. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday November 20, 2007 - 21:20 by Richard Walsh
RSF has expressed its support for striking Classroom Assistants in the Six Counties. ... read full story / add a comment |
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