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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday April 22, 2010 - 18:12 by Shell to Sea
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Niall Harnett was today (Wednesday) sentenced to six months in Castlerea prison at Ballina Circuit court, for protests against Shell's proposed experimental pipeline. Mr Harnett had a sentence of six months imposed after refusing to undertake satisfactory community service. The sentence was in relation to a 'Reclaim the Beach' protest in the summer of 2008 where Mr Harnett went to the aid of another protestor who was being assaulted by Gardai. He also had a five month sentence confirmed by the court – these sentences will be served concurrently. Mr Harnett further had a two year driving ban affirmed. ... read full story / add a comment
tyrone / politics / elections Thursday April 22, 2010 - 16:17 by West Tyrone Ógra Shinn Féin
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West Tyrone Ógra Shinn Féin have launched a youth election broadcast today (21/04/10) for the upcoming Westminster Election on May 6th. The youth broadcast features endorsements for Pat Doherty MP from Tyrone GAA County Star Seán O'Neill, Tyrone Hurler Mickey Kelly, and Dromore GAA supremo Fabian O'Neill who captained the triumphant 2007 Dromore Team to their first County Championship. ... read full story / add a comment
Invitation to present at a workshop on activist research methods in June. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights Wednesday April 21, 2010 - 10:53 by Tony Peters
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Greyhound protection campaigners are holding demonstrations outside various venues on Dara O'Briain's UK tour after a racing dog, part "owned" by the Irish comedian, was fatally injured during a race at Dublin's Harolds Cross Stadium. The BBC is also being targetted, as the race was featured in an episode of its Three Men in a Boat programme, which amounted to a promotion of the cruel so-called "sport" of greyhound racing and where no mention of the death of the dog was made. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday April 20, 2010 - 17:35 by Cllr Maurice Quinlivan
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Irish neutrality and sovereignty are being violated by the active recruitment of young Irishmen into the British Army in Moyross, according to local Sinn Féin Councillor Maurice Quinlivan. He said it was disgraceful that this was being facilitated by a jobs club totally funded by the Irish taxpayer. ... read full story / add a comment
national / sci-tech Tuesday April 20, 2010 - 11:08 by Pirate Party Ireland
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The Pirate Party of Ireland was disheartened to learn that the government is currently in the planning stages of establishing arbitrary internet censorship. What form this censorship will take when it is finally rolled out is quite opaque, but it would most certainly result in the blocking of many websites. Such a system will be ineffective in its goals, produce perverse effects, impose substantial costs, and reduce freedom of speech. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday April 19, 2010 - 13:18 by éirígí PRO
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éirígí general secretary Breandán Mac Cionnaith has condemned the arrest on Friday [April 16] of former republican political prisoner Martin Corey from Lurgan and the revoking of his license by the British secretary of state. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday April 18, 2010 - 13:59 by pat c
Hands Off the People of Iran has been campaigning for the release of the internationally know Iranian filmmaker, Jafar Panahi, arrested by the Islamic regime on March 1 Over a month since his arrest, Panahi, whose most famous films are the widely acclaimed The circle (winner of the Golden Lion prize at the Vienna film festival in 2000) and Offside, has still not been charged with any crime. Twice offered bail during that time, he has refused out of solidarity with all those incarcerated for their participation in the mass demonstrations against the regime that have shaken Iran since June 2009. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday April 16, 2010 - 13:16 by Republican Sinn Féin International Rel. Bureau
The Republican Sinn Féin International Relations Bureau sends greetings to all Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli Zionist jails on the annual Day in support of Palestinian Prisoners. ... read full story / add a comment
kildare / miscellaneous Friday April 16, 2010 - 13:11 by Republican Sinn Féin Kildare
The invitation extended to the Queen of England to visit the Punchestown racing festival is part of a campaign of “creeping Anglicisation” with the purpose of normalising British rule in Ireland, Kildare Republican Sinn Féin said in a statement. The statement also said that Republican Sinn Féin would “actively oppose” a visit to any part of Ireland by the head of the British state. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday April 16, 2010 - 11:40 by iNDEPENDANT REPUBLICAN
New website in opposition to RUC/PSNI ... read full story / add a comment |
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