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national / miscellaneous Friday September 29, 2006 - 15:40 by rory   text 7 comments (last - tuesday october 03, 2006 - 01:23)   image 1 image
No more corruption: Ahern must go: Protest this Tuesday at the Dail

Bertie Ahern and the Fianna Fail/PD government’s legacy for the people of Ireland after ten years in government:

-One the biggest gaps between the rich and poor in Europe

-A housing crisis where many working people cannot afford to buy a home and are forced to work 7 days a week just to pay for a mortgage ... read full story / add a comment
limerick / arts and media Wednesday September 27, 2006 - 19:23 by Over The Edge
Presents

The Cuisle Performance Poetry Slam

Performance poets and spoken word artists will battle it out at the inaugural Cuisle Performance Poetry Slam to be held at 9.30pm

Fri Oct 20th- White House Pub, Limerick. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media Wednesday September 27, 2006 - 19:16 by Over The Edge
Welcome to 2nd Clarinbridge Arts Festival 2006 comprising a most varied and interesting programme of activities featuring The Galway Choral Association and ConTempo directed by Mark Keane, renowned harpist, Kathleen Loughnane, traditional Irish musicians, Tom Cussen, Charlie Harris, Mary Staunton, Breda Keville, Liam Lewis, Tim Lyons, special guests and highly acclaimed singers from the UK, Peta Webb and Ken Hall, Jack Harrison, classical music with Katharina Baker and Derek Hoffmann, literary events with John Quinn, Michael Coady, poetry slam with Kevin Higgins and Brendan Murphy, ‘Music of the Surf with the Clarinbridge Drama Group, environmental events with Gordon D’Arcy, Dr John Joyce, Irish Seed Savers and Slow Food, arts exhibitions, workshops and children’s events – all to be enjoyed in the beautiful village of Clarinbridge and surrounding areas. In addition, thanks to the generosity of our sponsors and artists, this excellent programme of events can be experienced free or at a nominal cost. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Wednesday September 27, 2006 - 18:03 by Fred Johnston - Manager   text 20 comments (last - thursday september 28, 2006 - 20:38)
The Western Writers' Centre website at www.twwc.ie welcomes stories and poems for publication in English, French as well as Irish. Already the site carries a number of works from around the globe; but manager Fred Johnston, who himself translates stories and poems from French into English and received a Prix de l'Ambassade to work on the poetry of Michel Martin, would like to see the actual languages change. ... read full story / add a comment
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louth / miscellaneous Wednesday September 27, 2006 - 17:06 by Radical Student   text 1 comment (last - thursday september 28, 2006 - 18:09)   image 1 image
On Wed the 20th September Ógra Shinn Féin Co Lú ran a recruitment drive in Dundalk Institute of Technology. The Cumann has been in the college for three years and until this year was the only active political society in the Institute.

The drive went very well receiving a great deal of attention from students and improving on the number of members for last year. A number of senior party members attended, including Louth TD Arthur Morgan, Caitríona Ruane MLA and the next TD for Meath Councillor Joe Reilly.
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galway / arts and media Wednesday September 27, 2006 - 13:26 by Over The Edge
Following its success in obtaining Arts Council Funding at the first time of asking in May, the Galway-based literary organisation Over The Edge has announced an exciting and packed programme of quality events featuring readings by established and emerging writers.

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national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday September 26, 2006 - 09:41 by Ciaron O'Reilly   text 5 comments (last - thursday september 28, 2006 - 15:00)
national / environment Tuesday September 26, 2006 - 00:14 by Save Tara Valley
A demonstration against the proposed M3 motorway route through the national monument of the Tara Skryne Valley is to be held in Navan on Saturday, 4^th November, starting at 3pm. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights Tuesday September 26, 2006 - 00:10 by Laura Broxson   text 5 comments (last - wednesday october 11, 2006 - 01:56)
Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade

(CAFT)

PRESS RELEASE-PRESS RELEASE

FUR NO MORE- FOR FUR-FREE CLERYS

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international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday September 25, 2006 - 16:26 by Seán Ó Murchú   text 1 comment (last - tuesday september 26, 2006 - 00:38)
A white-line picket was held in Newtownbutler, Co. Fermanagh, on Saturday, 23rd September. The picket was organised by the Republican Prisoners’ Action Group (RPAG), and was in support of the demands of the POWs currently on protest in Maghaberry Gaol. In spite of adverse weather conditions a large crowd turned out to demonstrate their support for the prisoners' demands.
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national / animal rights Sunday September 24, 2006 - 11:55 by Bernie Wright   text 2 comments (last - tuesday october 03, 2006 - 01:54)
The Alliance for Animal Rights (AFAR) are accusing Estee Lauder's Crème de la Mer and Aer Rianta Retail of gross cruelty, repedative neglect and negligence to Seahorses and their young over the past year in Dublin Airport.

The Animal Rights group and other welfare groups were alerted to the situation when dead seahorses were seen in the tank at departures in Dublin Airport. Staff at the Airport and travellers using the route to Departures contacted the group.

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Smash Censorship
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday September 22, 2006 - 18:35 by Radical Student   image 1 image
To University of Ulster and UU Student’s Union,

Ógra Shinn Féin writes this public letter to the University of Ulster and the University of Ulster Student’s Union, in condemnation and protest at your censorship of politics in the University of Ulster.

As a youth political organisation which has been established and active in three UU campuses, Magee, Coleraine and Jordanstown for a number of years, we cannot understand nor accept the decision taken.
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national / miscellaneous Thursday September 21, 2006 - 17:48 by Socialist Party   text 12 comments (last - tuesday september 26, 2006 - 00:20)
A weekend of debate and discussion, Teachers Club, Parnell Square, Dublin, Friday 20 October - Saturday 21 ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday September 21, 2006 - 16:08 by IRISH BASQUE COMMITTEES   text 7 comments (last - thursday february 22, 2007 - 20:38)
Having served 18 years in Spanish jails Iñaki de Jauna should have been
> released on October 25, 2004, ... read full story / add a comment
IMF out of the Philippines and South countries now!
international / anti-capitalism Thursday September 21, 2006 - 05:38 by Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC)   image 1 image
On the occasion of the Annual Meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) together with the World Bank in Singapore, the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) and other civil society organizations blame “the Fund” for being the single most influential factor for the worsening poverty in the Philippines and other countries in the South.

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national / miscellaneous Wednesday September 20, 2006 - 00:53 by Radical Student   text 4 comments (last - saturday september 23, 2006 - 01:46)   image 3 images
The McDonagh/Farrell Ógra cumann in UCD kicked off the Ógra freshers’ recruitment campaign this week with great success.

By today, the cumann had already recruited over 120 activists, over 50 of whom are women, with 3 more days still to go. The campaign in UCD has been well supported by leadership figures, with Caitriona Ruane, Aengus O’Snodaigh and Mary-Lou McDonald all dropping out to the Belfield campus to lend a hand.
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international / crime and justice Tuesday September 19, 2006 - 16:05 by Flynn
In 1986, a Moroccan born Israeli named Mordechai Vanunu who had worked at Dimona Israel from 1976 to 1985, before moving to Australia, revealed that he had smuggled a Camera into the Top Secret Research Centre, in and under the Negev Desert. There was a much smaller reactor at Beersheba, called the KAMG, kure, Garny le Machkar, and had photographed 50 odd photos of the Top Secret processing plant. He got twenty years, and he still cant speak, these are a few reasons why. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Tuesday September 19, 2006 - 10:54 by Ungdomshuset
Since the court verdict last month Ungdomshuset's base of supporters has expanded even more, while the fundamentalist Faderhuset has become even more isolated. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday September 19, 2006 - 05:17 by RPAG   text 1 comment (last - tuesday september 19, 2006 - 05:20)
Support Republican Prisoners - Join the RPAG!

REPUBLICAN POWs NEED YOUR SUPPORT

PLEASE PROVIDE ANY SUPPORT YOU CAN TO REPUBLICAN PRISONERS ACTION GROUP OR JOIN YOUR LOCAL PRISONERS ACTION GROUP – PHONE 028 90319004 (6 COUNTIES) , 01 8729747 (26 COUNTIES) [email protected]

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national / miscellaneous Monday September 18, 2006 - 22:35 by IPSC
Donal Lunny and friends present an evening of traditional music at the Olympia Theatre on Monday 25th September under the heading "Remember Palestine".

Venue: The Olympia, Mon 25 September. Doors open 7.30pm. Tickets Euro 25 from Ticketmaster (phone 0818 719 300) or the Olympia Box Office (phone 0818 719 330). Proceeds to IPSC. ... read full story / add a comment
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