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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday September 15, 2010 02:34 by Declan Cullen   text 4 comments (last - wednesday september 15, 2010 10:26)
It is with great despair that I read about the 6000 tip - offs to the Dept of Social Protection in last weeks papers. While I gladly welcome any crackdown on fraud, we must be mindful about the double edge side of this particular sword.
People have to remember that these so - called welfare fraud lines can be used by a person with an axe to grind with a person that they don't like or have falling out with in the the form a malicous and false call to the dept just to cause bother to that particular person. read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday September 07, 2010 10:07 by Ardoyne Republican   text 3 comments (last - sunday september 19, 2010 22:23)   image 1 image
In recent weeks, there have been a host of news reports, columns and internet blogs seeking answers to the growth of dissenting Republicanism. Much of which has focused on the morality surrounding armed actions.However, what many have failed to grasp has been the shift in ideological terms between mainstream and dissenting republicans. A much better description would be contemporary and socialist republicans.
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FAS 'SERVICES' FOR THE PEOPLE..
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Monday September 06, 2010 14:10 by pat   text 6 comments (last - monday september 06, 2010 22:33)   image 1 image
On the 6th of September Monday,Brian Dobson today interviewed the Director of FAS 'services',Paul o Toole,he was given very few questions,and praised for his efforts in FAS,and so soon..

Fas are allocated a budget increases in the Dail every year,despite all the scandals(which are not one sided soundbites)..

FAS complaints have increased and the government and Rte's cronies are doing nothing to stop this or question it in a fair and equal manner.
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THE NEW 'R' PLATE..
national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Saturday September 04, 2010 13:06 by Ceibhfhionn   text 8 comments (last - monday october 04, 2010 17:11)   image 1 image
By april 2011,what the new (or not so new) road user will need before applying for their test is £1,125 euros,and a lot of time on their hands,as they will be expected to undertake 20 lessons,after completing their theory test,which will set them back an extra 50 euros.

Not everybody passes their test on the first round,and the driving testers,sometimes have the wrong attitude and no people skills,and will just fail you for the smallest slight non endangering mistake. read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Friday September 03, 2010 15:57 by Clodagh
Human trafficing has been dramatically clamped down on in the North of Ireland,while in the Republic we are still struggling to deal with the old criminal gangs of ireland,and not succeeding.

And we certainly are nowhere near reform in our police force in the south ,tackling such issues as cyber crime and prostitution in the repulblic it is most definately red light zone,a free for all.. read full story / add a comment
King Billy of Ballymun
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday September 03, 2010 09:49 by Phoblacht   text 3 comments (last - sunday september 05, 2010 00:08)   image 1 image
As speculation mounts about a visit by the British Queen to the twenty six counties, Fine Gael has sunk to a new low, dismissing the victims of British state violence and mocking those who dare to question the appropriateness of a Windsor visit. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday September 02, 2010 17:32 by john throne
The group the WIL is holding as meeting to launch a campaign for a labor party in the USA. This article questions why this group has taken this initiative on its own and why it has not sought a united front approach. It raises the issues of left sectarianism, ultra leftism and opportunism and how these have damaged the workers and left and radical movement in the USA and internationally. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday September 01, 2010 15:11 by Con Carroll   text 9 comments (last - friday september 03, 2010 11:10)   image 5 images
the lastest brain storm from the Minister of Social welfare one should ask Noel Dempsey what cuts has he taken with other ministers read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 31, 2010 18:05 by s3s
Some pratical informations and a text (in English, French, German and - soon - Spanish and Dutch) about migration, capitalism, social revolts and the end September week in Brussels.

https://enjoybrussels.noblogs.org/english-4/

To forward, print and broadcast read full story / add a comment
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dublin / eu / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 24, 2010 22:06 by FAS SUBSIDISING A COMPANY NEAR YOU.   text 16 comments (last - saturday august 28, 2010 15:26)   image 1 image
Before FAS existed ,there were training agencies in ireland such as MANPOWER AND ADCO..They were services that worked for the people and not for the purposes of furnishing their greens(euro)..

For example,300 people may be required for employment in a warehouse in cork and they would,have people working for manpower and adco,who have the necessary skills to train them,most would have 10+ years experience in a factory setting..
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national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 24, 2010 14:28 by Declan Culle   text 8 comments (last - thursday august 26, 2010 19:30)
Israel's Hypocrisy

Can someone please tell me if the Ireland has become the new Pro - Israel proxy.
The reason I asked is there seem to be endless letters published in various papers that support
Israel's right to do this, that, and the other, while not coming under any criticism for its actions.
People in this country need to remember that Israel has played the 'hard done by' card since its creation in 1948. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Sunday August 22, 2010 10:55 by Paddy Hackett   text 15 comments (last - tuesday september 07, 2010 20:18)
In general the radical left largely consists of bourgeois activists in disguise. They are there to help capitalism maintain itself. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Saturday August 21, 2010 19:58 by Sinead O Domhnaill   text 3 comments (last - monday august 23, 2010 18:38)
Below is the reproduction of a letter which appeared in the Donegal Democrat (Thursday 19/8/10) read full story / add a comment
FAS IN SPACE
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Saturday August 21, 2010 18:01 by EX FAS WORKER   text 4 comments (last - sunday august 22, 2010 13:56)   image 1 image
FAS complaints of abuse and mismanagement, are at an all time high, FAS registered employees has risen by nearly 50 pc. Staffing levels to cope with this has only risen by 5 pc. FAS in recent years has come under attack, due to media reports,including recent documentation on fas activity in Castlebar and other towns across Ireland..

They even recieved funding for a FAS space project!! which has nothing to do with increasing job prospects for the unemployed of Ireland.

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national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Saturday August 21, 2010 12:36 by Wayne   text 6 comments (last - tuesday august 24, 2010 11:20)
Cronyism in the heart of Dublin 4 read full story / add a comment
Irish antiziganism in 2009
international / eu / opinion/analysis Saturday August 21, 2010 00:26 by iosaf   text 12 comments (last - friday october 08, 2010 12:23)   image 8 images
Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential decree ordering the expulsion of Roma gypsies from the French state is currently being carried out. It marks another milestone on an age old road of antiziganism (the hostility, prejudice or racism directed at the Roma / Romani people, also known gypsies or Romanian gypsies. An age old road tread in Europe which has not yet brought them early 20th century literacy rates. An age old road which has seen them pass & passed through camps, squatted sites, the Holocaust, forced sterilization & in this age of Facebook Ryanair globalisation their prettiest children have become the fodder for 21st century sexual slavery.
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cork / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday August 20, 2010 23:47 by Marie-Therese O' Loughlin
Re: Industrial Schools and the Legacy thereof.

I have just signed a petition for survivors' of institutional child abuse to have Statutory Funding given to them directly; as opposed to bureaucratic handling of it by government agencies, et al.

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international / animal rights / opinion/analysis Friday August 20, 2010 14:49 by Thomas Janak   audio 1 audio file
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international / animal rights / opinion/analysis Friday August 20, 2010 14:21 by Thomas Janak   audio 1 audio file
Marla Stormwolf - Patty and Anthony Damiano read full story / add a comment
why choose suffering?
dublin / animal rights / opinion/analysis Friday August 20, 2010 09:19 by Bernie Wright   text 46 comments (last - saturday june 23, 2012 08:47)   image 2 images   video 4 video files

The Alliance for Animal Rights is horrified to hear that a well known RTE presenter Ella Mc Sweeney has had two ‘pet’ pigs she raised in her garden butchered for food. This person apparently an animal ‘welfarest ‘’ has been known for her stance against animal cruelty in the meat trade.
The pigs were kept by her at her Blackrock home for several months before they were butchered.She is pictured in a newspaper with her arms around the two innocent and gentle animals.
Yet again we stress the difference in using animals for to feed our taste buds as welfarests do, as opposed to respecting the rights of other non human sentient beings to share our planet.

We have urged our supporters to stress their disappointment at her actions.
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