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international / miscellaneous Thursday January 31, 2008 - 13:00 by Fleachta   image 3 images
Irish campaigners called on world leaders at the Davos summit to put poor people first with a protest outside the Central Bank in Dublin on Saturday.
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international / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday January 30, 2008 - 21:38 by Stuart   text 2 comments (last - thursday march 06, 2008 - 18:23)   1 attached file
Freedom of Information legislation is exposing the experience of religious and ethnic employment grievances and appeals across university employment. Bullied Academics (http://bulliedacademics.blogspot.com/index.html) provides a forum for exchanging FoI release data and experiences. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday January 30, 2008 - 01:16 by reabhloid dearg

The RSYM have reacted angrily to the harassment of its membership by Garda Special Branch in the Co. Dublin area. ... read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues Wednesday January 30, 2008 - 00:31 by Journalist


The Jesuit Refugee Service Europe is inviting aspiring journalists to investigate the reality behind the headlines by asking current and recent students across Europe to write an article on the theme: ’Access to Asylum’ ... read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday January 27, 2008 - 22:20 by Lomansney   text 5 comments (last - wednesday january 30, 2008 - 10:08)
Proposition: Senator Eoghan Harris, columnist and lecturer
Opposition: Ruairí Ó'Brádaigh, President of Republican Sinn Fein
Kane G19 U.C.C.
(Directions can be got at the gate to U.C.C. from Security)
Monday January 28th - 7.30pm
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national / miscellaneous Saturday January 26, 2008 - 21:25 by Kevin Murphy   text 4 comments (last - sunday january 27, 2008 - 15:02)   image 7 images
Today the 32 County Sovereignty Movement held a successful picket out side the Irish News offices in Belfast. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday January 26, 2008 - 14:39 by Declan Kavanagh   text 13 comments (last - monday july 25, 2016 - 23:58)
An Interanl Security Act is been used to attack lawyers and other activists including our Malaysian friend Noor Aza Othman who was a resident in Ireland for five years, . ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday January 25, 2008 - 14:08 by Des Dalton


Republican Sinn Fein hold commemorative picket
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national / arts and media Friday January 25, 2008 - 10:00 by Sarah Lundberg
Chapters and Verse 2008 is part of the continuing series of lunch time readings organised by The Seven Towers Agency and held in Chapters Bookstore which commenced in 2007. ... read full story / add a comment
limerick / anti-war / imperialism Thursday January 24, 2008 - 16:56 by Zoe Lawlor
Limerick Demonstration in Solidarity with the Besieged People of Gaza. ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Thursday January 24, 2008 - 15:58 by Michael O'Callaghan   text 2 comments (last - monday june 09, 2008 - 00:10)
This scandal came to a head after one of the paper's co-authors, Shane Morris (an Irish biotech scientist with a degree from NUI Maynooth who is advising Fine Gael on GM food and farming issues), threatened legal action against the GM-free Ireland Network and GM Watch after we exposed him as a Canadian Government agent and reported that his paper has been described as "misleading" and a "flagrant fraud". For details see http://www.gmfreeireland.org/morris ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday January 23, 2008 - 09:27 by Irish Basque Commitees   text 1 comment (last - wednesday january 23, 2008 - 22:57)
-Four years of fraude and repression.
-New torture statement.
-New bannings on the way. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday January 22, 2008 - 17:18 by Shell 2 Hell   text 1 comment (last - tuesday january 29, 2008 - 22:43)   image 4 images
Last Sunday in solidarity with the people of Rossport, Ógra Shinn Féin held a protest outside the offices of Statoil Ireland in Dublin. The protest was to highlight the continue involvement of Statoil, a Norwegian state industry, in the theft of Irish natural resources and endangerment of the Rossport community, through dirty deals with Shell and the 26 county government.
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national / miscellaneous Tuesday January 22, 2008 - 16:18 by Kevin Murphy
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement urge all republicans to support a protest against criminalisation planned for Saturday 26th January at the offices of The Irish News 113-117 Donegal Street Belfast at 3pm. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 21, 2008 - 22:04 by JC
The Irish Film Institute is screening an award-winning film, initially banned in its native Sri Lanka, on the grounds that it demoralises the military and is a threat to national security. Purahanda Kaluwara (Death on a Full Moon Day) deals with the human fallout of the ongoing conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers. Directed by Prassanna Vithanage, it won the prestigious Grand Prix at the Amiens Film Festival and has become one of the most successful films in Sri Lanka?s 50-year cinema history. ... read full story / add a comment
limerick / miscellaneous Monday January 21, 2008 - 20:30 by Joe Hickey
Sinn Féin response to Limerick regeneration plans.

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derry / miscellaneous Monday January 21, 2008 - 16:04 by sdlpyouth   text 8 comments (last - wednesday january 23, 2008 - 11:50)   image 1 image
SDLP Youth spokesperson this morning led a demo in Dungiven to highlight the lack of delivery by Sinn Fein Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy MP.
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national / arts and media Monday January 21, 2008 - 11:54 by Sarah Lundberg
Irish Poet Ross Hattaway has been invited by the Lithuanian Writers Union to read at the famous Lithuanian Poetry Spring Festival this year.

The Poetry Spring Festival has been running since 1965. It involves readings by Lithuanian and international poets and draws attendees from all over the world. Readings take place in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius and in other towns around Lithuania. Previous readers at the festival have included Fiona Sampson (UK), Stewart Conn (Scotland), Christopher Merrill (USA), Julie Kane (USA) and Banya Natsuishi (Japan). It is a huge festival on the international poetry calendar and we are honoured that Ross has been chosen to represent Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday January 20, 2008 - 20:22 by Richard Walsh   text 1 comment (last - sunday january 20, 2008 - 23:57)
Comhairle Uladh condemn Poots' comments ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Sunday January 20, 2008 - 20:15 by Richard Walsh
RSF's National Election Directorate met at the weekend. ... read full story / add a comment
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