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national / animal rights Monday June 30, 2008 - 22:25 by Bernie Wright
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The Alliance for Animal Rights (AFAR) supports Care for the Wilds campaign opposing Tescos turtle sales. We urge our supporters to Boycott Tesco shops here in Ireland. CWI investigators who visited 32 Chinese Tesco stores in April and May discovered that staff do not adhere to Tesco's new slaughter policies. In 12 stores where CWI witnessed slaughter firsthand, staff continued to kill turtles by decapitation alone or by evisceration. CWI also found large numbers of disembowelled turtles with intact heads for sale. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday June 30, 2008 - 21:16 by Richard Walsh
Claims made by Martin McGuinness are laughable, said a spokesman for Republican Sinn Féin. ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Monday June 30, 2008 - 04:28 by Danielle Ni Dhighe
The North American section of the Irish Republican Socialist Movement issue a statement to commemorate the 39th Anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday June 29, 2008 - 15:37 by Ploughshares
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On Thursday, June 26, 2008, two Ploughshares activists were arrested inside SAAB Microwave in Sweden. Using blacksmith hammers, Ulla Roder and Per Herngren started to disarm military radar at SAAB Microwave's test range at Mölndal and planted fig trees in the area around the factory. ... read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights Saturday June 28, 2008 - 09:42 by Bernadette Barrett.Co-ordinator
5 comments (last - saturday june 28, 2008 - 22:35)
The young sow struggled for hours in the snare until a local lady became aware of her plight. When she contacted Badgerwatch it was late Saturday afternoon. The snare had pulled so tight that it had become embedded in the animal’s lower abdomen and across the groin areas. Loose earth in the vicinity demonstrated her struggle for freedom.. To add to her misery, the snare had actually been set on a ditch. The local conservation ranger was notified but he did not attend. ... read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights Thursday June 26, 2008 - 08:58 by Bernie Wright
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On 21st May 2008 at 6 a.m., heavily armed police officers from an elite unit stormed 21 homes and the offices of a number of non-governmental organisations in Austria. Breaking their way in, the masked police surrounded frightened civilians in their beds at gun point. Ten people were arrested and have been held in custody without specific charge since that day. Despite the statement by the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior that "The measures taken by the police (.) were in no way directed against animal welfare or animal welfare organisations", the removal of computers, documents and other assets has effectively crippled some of the organisations involved. ... read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights Wednesday June 25, 2008 - 15:14 by Laura Broxson
PRESS RELEASE - HUMAN RIGHTS SCANDAL IN AUSTRIA Non-governmental organisations express concern about what may be a case of state repression of social activism. On 21st May 2008 at 6 a.m., heavily armed police officers from an elite unit stormed 21 homes and the offices of a number of non-governmental organisations in Austria. Breaking their way in, the masked police surrounded frightened civilians in their beds at gun point. Ten people were arrested and have been held in custody without specific charge since that day. Despite the statement by the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior that "The measures taken by the police (.) were in no way directed against animal welfare or animal welfare organisations", the removal of computers, documents and other assets has effectively crippled some of the organisations involved. ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Wednesday June 25, 2008 - 11:22 by Eugene Mc Cartan
2 comments (last - sunday june 29, 2008 - 08:40)
Statement by the National Executive Committee, Communist Party of Ireland 21 June 2008 The Lisbon Treaty is dead ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Tuesday June 24, 2008 - 20:10 by sdlpyouth
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SDLP Youth has called on Irish language television channels and radio stations to broadcast on the digital free-to-view platform in Northern Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Tuesday June 24, 2008 - 18:35 by Cllr Keith Martin
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Cllr Keith Martin has lodged an objection to the proposed Eircom mast at Killadoon, Louisburgh. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Tuesday June 24, 2008 - 18:32 by Cllr Keith Martin
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Cllr Keith Martin has called for the provision of allotments under the new Town Plan. The Labour councillor has made a submission that Westport Town Council acquire agricultural land for the purpose of providing allotments to citizens of the town to allow them to grow vegetables, fruits and flowers ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Tuesday June 24, 2008 - 17:54 by Cllr Keith Martin
Cllr Keith Martin has asked Labour's Spokesperson on Natural Resources, Liz McManus TD, to investigate the delay in a decision concerning Gold Mining in the vicinity of Croagh Patrick ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Tuesday June 24, 2008 - 16:11 by Malachy Steenson
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In a statement the Workers Party have called on the AG to move to proctect the sovereign position of the Irish people ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / miscellaneous Tuesday June 24, 2008 - 09:05 by Volunteer (Youth)
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On Friday (June 20th) broadcaster Ray D’Arcy and over 80 staff from Google’s European headquarters in Dublin joined forces with the Galway based charity, the SpunOut.ie National Youth Website, in what is thought to be Ireland’s biggest ever ‘free hugs’ event. The ‘Hugs for Health’ event was designed to raise awareness of SpunOut.ie and its role in supporting and empowering young people via the internet. The event saw popular broadcaster Ray D’Arcy join teams of huggers roaming around Grafton St. and St. Stephen’s Green with ‘Free Hugs’ banners, offering hugs to those who might feel like a Friday morning cuddle. The event was featured live on the Ray D’Arcy show on Today FM. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Monday June 23, 2008 - 18:49 by Dave Butler
5 comments (last - friday august 01, 2008 - 03:32)
An Injunction has been granted by the High Court to prevent the Labour Court from varying the Registered Employment Agreement that is in force in the Electrical Contracting Industry until such time as its validity is proven. NECI claims the agreement is not valid as employer parties to the agreement represent only an estimated 10% of the employers in the industry. The proposed increase will cost each employer employing an electrician for 39 hour week, €71,062.24 per year .This includes Pension, PAYE/PRSI,Holiday pay. This cost does not include safety training, safety equipment or safety clothing being provided. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / arts and media Monday June 23, 2008 - 15:43 by Western Writers' Centre
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Amid a festive atmosphere of face-painting, musicians, loadsa tourists and even some warm sunshine, free poems . . . . ... read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media Monday June 23, 2008 - 15:29 by Admin
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Last weekend’s downpours failed to dampen the spirits of the hundreds of people who gathered for the inaugural Galway summer solstice festival ‘Saoire na Sraide’. The festival, organised by Galway Community Arts, was designed to celebrate the longest day of the year and featured a street carnival, live music and street theatre and a range of children’s activities. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday June 23, 2008 - 00:26 by Labour Youth
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Labour's youngest local election candidate, Dermot Looney has joined with Cllr Eric Byrne to call for the voting age to be lowered to 16 for Local and European elections. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday June 22, 2008 - 17:52 by Archbishop Michael D Hynes OMD
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The 2009 workshop on Bullying is being planned for January 24th in The Strand Hotel Omeath Co Louth ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / anti-war / imperialism Sunday June 22, 2008 - 13:30 by Over The Edge
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Over The Edge in association with Amnesty International presents the Galway launch of 'Poems from Guantánamo–The Detainees Speak' ... read full story / add a comment |
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