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national / arts and media Thursday November 20, 2008 - 12:39 by Moray Bresnihan
Mutant space is an arts resource that supports the development and production of independent arts projects. A DIY, one–stop shop for people who want support to produce work outside the narrow confines of mainstream culture and the economic structures it works within. The site has a scrap store, skills bank, bookshop, information network, forum and e-zine

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national / miscellaneous Wednesday November 19, 2008 - 12:23 by RSF-Vín/An Ostair
Statement by Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, President, Republican Sinn Féin ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday November 19, 2008 - 11:23 by pat c   text 2 comments (last - wednesday november 19, 2008 - 21:14)
Barack Obama’s victory has enthused millions of people across the globe. But anti-war activists should be careful not to cheer him too loudly. Much was made of his claim to want to meet Iran’s president Ahmadinejad “without preconditions” to sort out the ‘disagreements’ . And, after all, both have quite a lot in common: they want to see the Shia government succeed in Iraq and are strong opponents of the Taliban in Afghanistan. But Obama has also made clear that he will do “anything” to stop Iran from developing the facility to produce nuclear weapons. He has “not ruled out” the prospect of war. ... read full story / add a comment
derry / miscellaneous Wednesday November 19, 2008 - 01:43 by Richard Walsh   text 7 comments (last - monday november 24, 2008 - 18:35)
It has come to the attention of the John Mitchel Cumann of Republican Sinn Féin in County Derry that rumours are circulating in the Dungiven area that members of the organisation were responsible for the removal of posters supporting singer Eoghan Quigg’s ‘X Factor’ campaign. Following a thorough investigation, it has been established that there is no truth to such allegations. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday November 19, 2008 - 01:37 by Richard Walsh   text 2 comments (last - wednesday november 19, 2008 - 10:35)
New legislation within the 26-Counties allowing surveillance evidence to be used in court against an accused person, coupled with the ability of the 26-County police to request that such evidence not be disclosed to the accused is a further Draconian move, a spokesperson for Republican Sinn Féin has said. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday November 18, 2008 - 15:13 by éirígí PRO   text 3 comments (last - wednesday november 19, 2008 - 22:19)

éirígí spokesperson Daithí Mac an Mhaistír today (Tuesday) said that the presence of a senior member of the Colombian government in Belfast was highly inappropriate given the ongoing human rights abuses in the Latin American country.

The Colombian vice-president, Francisco Santos Calderon, was due to address a drugs conference in Belfast this afternoon.
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international / anti-capitalism Tuesday November 18, 2008 - 08:45 by FDC   image 1 image
Manila, Philippines – A thousand protesters marched to the United States Embassy today to denounce the formal opening of the G-20 summit called by US President George W. Bush in Washington D.C to supposedly resolve the ongoing global financial crisis. The big demonstration, which is part of the Global Day of Action against the G-20 Summit, branded the gathering as an “elite jamboree” that has the sole objective of “resurrecting a dead and flawed development paradigm.”

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international / anti-war / imperialism Monday November 17, 2008 - 16:49 by MSF Ireland
On Thursday, 20 November, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), will launch Condition: Critical – Voices from the war in eastern Congo, a year-long multimedia campaign focusing on the conflict raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media Saturday November 15, 2008 - 13:00 by Ploughshares   text 33 comments (last - monday december 08, 2008 - 13:42)   image 3 images   video 1 video file   audio 2 audio files
Hammers employed in the Pitstop Ploughshares disarmament of a U.S. Navy War Plane in Feb 03 at Shannon Airport www.peaceontrial.com go on display at Project Gallery, Temple Bar/Dublin, from Nov 15-Dec 19. The exhibit by Dublin artist Seamus Nolan is part of a broader exhibition by the Goethe Institute "If you Could Change the Wolrd at Last 1968-2008" ... read full story / add a comment
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galway / animal rights Saturday November 15, 2008 - 11:21 by ALiberation   image 2 images
Debate: NUIG Literary & Debating Society
Motion: “That this house would ban vivisection”

Dr. Roger Yates will be debating at the Literary & Debating Society of the National University Ireland of Galway. In a motion by the Literary and Debating Society, “That this house would ban vivisection.” Dr. Yates will examine the use of animals in human-nonhuman relations, our dysfunctional way of seeing them as property, and our failure to respect their rights. Yates is inspired by the writing and activism of law professor and philosopher Gary L. Francione (www.abolitionistapproach.com)
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national / anti-war / imperialism Thursday November 13, 2008 - 19:20 by Coiln ÓhAiseadha   text 3 comments (last - thursday november 20, 2008 - 04:20)
In Ennis district court today Thursday 13 November, Judge Mangan adjourned a charge of obstructing/impeding an airport fire officer, brought against the former UN peacekeeper and anti-torture campaigner, Edward Horgan, of Castletroy, Co. Limerick. Having heard that Horgan’s summons cited the wrong act and did not come as stated from the Director of Public Prosecutions, the case was adjourned to 8 January.

Horgan went to the airport on 18 June 2008, on a tip-off that Learjet N54PA was due to arrive from Florida via Newfoundland. Flight logs showed that N54PA had landed several times, including 3 June 2008, at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Horgan walked into the security office to demand that the aircraft be searched for prisoners, and its crew questioned about recent and past activities, and insisted on remaining while the plane was being refuelled in order to confirm whether Gardai searched the aircraft or not.
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galway / arts and media Wednesday November 12, 2008 - 18:18 by Feardorcha Mac Seanín
Tá trí ceardlanna scríbhneoireachta trí Ghaeilge á reachtail ag Ionad Scríbhneoirí Chaitlín Maude an geimhreadh seo ... read full story / add a comment
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tyrone / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday November 12, 2008 - 16:26 by Saoirse   text 2 comments (last - monday november 17, 2008 - 22:01)   image 2 images
On the day that 1983 Long Kesh Escapee Pól Brennan will go to court in the USA to fight for his release, West Tyrone Ógra Shinn Féin have sent a message of solidarity and called for his “immediate freedom so that he can fight his deportation freely and fairly.”

Pól Brennan has been imprisoned in US jails from January this year, because when he was stopped at a routine road block, his work permit had expired. Pól is not undocumented and has a work authorisation permit in the system since 2006, but he has neither received or been refused the permit.

What began as a simple bureaucratic misunderstanding was soon escalated by the US Homeland Security who has also activated a deportation order for Pól. This completely ignores a US court ruling in 2000 which allowed Pól hearings for political asylum which are still ongoing.
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national / arts and media Tuesday November 11, 2008 - 14:12 by Fred Johnston   image 1 image
Three major Irish-language literary workshops on drama and broadcasting to be held at the Western Writers' centre, Ionad Scríbhneoiri Chaitlín Maude - Galway. ... read full story / add a comment
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galway / arts and media Tuesday November 11, 2008 - 02:21 by Western Writers' Centre, Galway   image 1 image
At an awards ceremony in Galway's Radisson Hotel last night presided over by Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, The Western Writers' Centre - Ionad Scríbhneoiri Chaitlin Maude - was one of the three major awards recipients.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday November 07, 2008 - 17:47 by SF
The Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Natural Resources, Martin Ferris TD, welcomed
the announcement that the Government is to set up a forum to attempt to
settle the ongoing impasse over the development of the Corrib Gas field. ... read full story / add a comment
national / sci-tech Friday November 07, 2008 - 15:02 by Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland
The Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland (HISI) spoke out today, in advance of their 13th Annual Conference, about the need to increase the confidence of political and management decision makers in using and investing in information and communication technology (ICT). HISI also identified the need to raise public awareness of how critical a role ICT plays in the current delivery of services. In today’s economic climate HISI stresses that technology is crucial to the drive for efficiencies and effectiveness within the sector because it underpins and supports the development of services. ... read full story / add a comment
'Changing Ireland' - greenest Irish magazine today
national / environment Friday November 07, 2008 - 12:51 by Allen Meagher   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Changing Ireland’ has become the greenest magazine in Ireland. While we're celebrating, we are shocked to find ourselves leading the way.
“‘Changing Ireland’ finds is now ahead of a range of popular commercial magazines that weigh down the shop-shelves with paper from virgin forests and inks derived from heavy chemicals. We should be following their lead into a greener world, not showing them the way,” said editor Allen Meagher.

‘Changing Ireland’, Issue 27, is the publication’s first ‘green issue’. The new edition is now on the web: www.changingireland.ie and the paper version is due out from Monday, Nov. 10th and it is available in Eason’s or directly by contacting ‘Changing Ireland’.
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dublin / arts and media Monday November 03, 2008 - 18:01 by Clare Quinlan
The Oxfam “Poems for 2009” calendar, a collaboration between poets and visual artists represented by the Blue Leaf Gallery, will be launched in Filmbase, Dublin 2 on Thursday November 6th. ... read full story / add a comment
Limerick Regeneration: Everything is "Excellent" - Mural at the gable end of Weston Gardens
limerick / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday November 02, 2008 - 19:01 by Cathal McCarthy   image 1 image
At last our long wait is over and a new era for Limerick city has begun, at last the Master Plan. ... read full story / add a comment
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