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offsite link News Round-Up Wed Feb 05, 2025 01:58 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link Starmer Hands Prisoners 6.6% Pay Rise at Cost of ?4.4 Million Tue Feb 04, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer has handed prisoners a 6.6% pay rise at a cost of ?4.4 million despite depriving 10 million pensioners of their winter fuel allowance because money is so tight.
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offsite link EU Plans to Let States Deport Failed Asylum Seekers and Criminals in Reform to Refugee Convention Tue Feb 04, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
The EU is drawing up a plan to overhaul its 1951 Refugee Convention that prevents countries from rejecting asylum seekers at their borders in a belated effort to address Europe's exploding migrant crisis.
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offsite link How Afraid Should we be About the Government?s Plan to Come up With a Legal Definition of ?Islamopho... Tue Feb 04, 2025 15:00 | Sam Bidwell
The prosecution of a man for burning the Qur'an shows how Islamic blasphemy codes are becoming embedded in criminal law. Coming up with a legal definition of 'Islamophobia' will accelerate this process, says Sam Bidwell.
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offsite link US to Stop UNRWA Funding and Withdraw from UN Human Rights Council Tue Feb 04, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order today withdrawing the US from the UN Human Rights Council and removing all US funding for the Gaza agency UNRWA.
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offsite link Misinterpretations of the Evolution of the United States (2/2), by Thierry Meyss... Tue Feb 04, 2025 06:59 | en

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limerick / miscellaneous Monday January 21, 2008 - 20:30 by Joe Hickey
Sinn Féin response to Limerick regeneration plans.

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Connor Murphy Excuses
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
national / miscellaneous Saturday January 19, 2008 - 20:37 by Kevin Murphy
New national website launched ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media Friday January 18, 2008 - 01:46 by IYMD   1 attached file
Call for Proposals

Media facilitators and professionals, artists, activists, youth leaders,
teachers and any individuals with an interest in youth and media issues
are invited to submit proposals to facilitate workshops exploring democracy
through media. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Thursday January 17, 2008 - 17:05 by Kevin Murphy
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement urge all republicans to be wary of black propaganda emanating from within the British intelligence services as evidenced in the lead story of The Jan 16th issue of The Irish News. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday January 16, 2008 - 17:30 by Liam McNulty
The SDLP Youth's Liam McNulty has welcomed Tesco's decision to discontinue the use of Uzbek cotton in their products. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Monday January 14, 2008 - 21:40 by Richard Walsh
Republican Sinn Féin have expressed concern that Low Copy Number DNA analysis is to be resumed in England and Wales. ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Monday January 14, 2008 - 21:32 by Richard Walsh
RSF have described the Aer Lingus' move to Aldergrove from Shannon as a cynical attempt to increase their own profits. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday January 12, 2008 - 16:24 by Jonah   text 1 comment (last - saturday january 12, 2008 - 16:56)   image 2 images
WASHINGTON, DC – Friday afternoon (Jan 11th.), over 80 activists organized by Witness Against Torture delivered a message to the U.S. Supreme Court demanding the shut-down of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo and justice for those detained there. 35 activists were arrested inside the Court building and another 35 on the steps.
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national / eu Thursday January 10, 2008 - 23:47 by Richard Walsh   text 2 comments (last - friday january 11, 2008 - 22:05)
national / miscellaneous Wednesday January 09, 2008 - 18:16 by Des Dalton   text 2 comments (last - friday january 11, 2008 - 10:42)
A New Year statement out some of the key issues which Republican Sinn Fein will be campaigning on in 2008. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday January 07, 2008 - 17:55 by Kevin Murphy   text 3 comments (last - tuesday january 08, 2008 - 13:52)
national / miscellaneous Monday January 07, 2008 - 01:05 by RSF   text 6 comments (last - saturday january 12, 2008 - 13:38)
The new proposals being put forward by the Fianna Fail, PD and Green coalition to match single parent allowances to a work scheme out side the home is a short sighted move that discriminates against women, a community activist in Limerick said today.

Mick 'The Quill' Ryan, from Ballynanty, the local RSF Chairman said that the proposals are an attack on women who are left with all the responsibilities of child rearing ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Monday January 07, 2008 - 00:09 by Brian Guckian & Tadhg Crowley
It is highly unlikely that the proposed Navan rail link can be economically viable if the M3 motorway is completed in its present tolled and over-specified format, the promoters of the Meath MASTER Plan have warned.

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antrim / miscellaneous Sunday January 06, 2008 - 05:16 by Gordon Freeman
Annoucing a new political forum to deal with issues that matter to unionists and nationalists. This is the first of its kind. Please register and support us. ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Wednesday January 02, 2008 - 13:31 by Mark Cantwell   text 1 comment (last - tuesday january 08, 2008 - 18:12)
On December 22nd 2007, itison.tv was launched with it's first project, Tara Saga.

Tara Saga is now the third working title for a documentary project about the ancient site of Tara in Co. Meath, Ireland. The project was spurred by the controversial development of a motorway through this ancient landscape.
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national / miscellaneous Sunday December 30, 2007 - 15:53 by Kevin Murphy   text 14 comments (last - sunday january 06, 2008 - 17:56)
32 County Sovereignty Movement

2008 New Year Statement ... read full story / add a comment
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