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national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday January 05, 2010 - 19:20 by Shannonwatch
Comments by the Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern that the annual security bill at Shannon for US military traffic is justified (Irish Examiner, 4 Jan) shows scant regard for the lives or human rights of the people of Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill of more than 3 million euro a year is spent facilitating occupying forces that cause ongoing fear, suffering and violent civilian death in both countries. And while the movement of troops is estimated to have been worth around 7 million euro to the airport in 2009, for this we have abandoned all traces of neutrality, international humanitarian law and respect for human rights. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday January 05, 2010 - 16:00 by Malachy Steenson
DUBLIN EXPLOSIVES FIND – FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER MUST COME CLEAN ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday January 05, 2010 - 13:06 by Geri Timmons
Please ask the President of the United States to grant Leonard Peltier executive clemency. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media Tuesday January 05, 2010 - 11:48 by Fred Johnston
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The third Forge at Gort literature festival at the town of Gort, Co. Galway, is due to take place at the end of March. The festival celebrates the presence of W.B.Yeats, the forge from which he drew materials to reconstruct Thoor Ballylee, and the significance of this town in the Irish Literary renaissance. It is no secret that arts' organisations throughout the country have suffered from Arts Council budget cuts. ... read full story / add a comment 
Children’s Rally: Remember the Children of Gaza - Wednesday, 6th January 2010, 2.30pm Israeli Embass
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday January 05, 2010 - 11:17 by Freda H
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Please join us on 6th January at 2.30pm at the Embassy of Israel to remember the children of Gaza who were killed and injured. We will read the names of the 318 children and our thoughts and prayers will be with them and their families. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Monday January 04, 2010 - 21:16 by Jim Monaghan
The Irish Government pays for the security of American army personnel in Shannon PEACE & ECONOMIC STABILITY The report in todays Irish Examiner (3/1/10) by Mary Regan that the Irish Government had spent almost €10 million in just three years protecting US troops passing through Shannon Airport to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is just the latest example of an Irish political elite wasting Irish taxpayers money and leading this country deeper and deeper into an even greater economic disaster, one that will make the current situation in a few years look like the good old days. ... read full story / add a comment |
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