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Train services were cancelled over the weekend after the?trade union Aslef?told drivers ? who've recently been given a bumper 15% pay rise by Labour ? not to walk on snow, calling it "basic safety stuff".
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wicklow / environment / opinion/analysis Thursday September 04, 2008 21:21 by Mr.Peter Brady Alias.   text 21 comments (last - sunday september 14, 2008 20:24)
This is our first statement. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday September 04, 2008 02:08 by John Mcoy
The TEEU Has Reliased That They Have Pushed The Boat Out Too Far and The Cosy Cartel They Have Spent Years Building Up Is About To Fall Down With A Bang. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Sunday August 31, 2008 21:23 by James
Some things in life are pretty obvious. One is that you don’t attack a heavily armed gang that outnumbers you 30 to 1. So what was Georgian leadership thinking when it ordered an attack on South Ossetia? There can be no question that they thought they would be able to defeat Russia. There are, after all, limits to human idiocy. read full story / add a comment
Joe Barnes from Ceartais addresses the Seminar
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Friday August 29, 2008 20:21 by Mairtin Og   image 2 images
CEARTAIS held a successful seminar on August 26th in the Felon's Club on the Andersontown Road in Belfast.

The conference was well attended by dozens of former Long Kesh Prisoners and relatives. Who were shown new photos of the battle and brutality that took place on October 16th, 1974.
They were also given a comprehensive update of our Campaign and how we intend proceeding in the future.

Our Committee would like to thank the Felon's, Coiste Na Iarchimi, Tar Isteach, The Andersontown News and everyone who attended our first Seminar.
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international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Wednesday August 27, 2008 21:43 by some assembly required   video 2 video files
Have a look at these two short videos from youtube.

They show very similar instances - in the first one a police officer in New York City (Officer Patrick Pogan) assaults a protester at a critical mass bike ride, and in the second a member of the Garda Siochána (Garda Kevin O'Connor) assaults a protester at an anti-Shell protest in Mayo.

There is one big difference though. read full story / add a comment
scene from Bejing Olympics
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday August 27, 2008 16:34 by BrainwashedSportsFan   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Western media coverage of China's hosting of the Olympics was at best disingenuous and seemed more like propaganda than news most of the time read full story / add a comment
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antrim / housing / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 26, 2008 21:08 by Sean Matthews   image 2 images
While the rest of us are coming to terms with a deepening recession, growing house repossessions, stagnation in rises and steep rise in the cost of living. In the face of a so-called downturn in the housing market and credit crunch, the wealthy in the form of parasitic property developers and speculators expect to be bailed out by the Government for their calculated era in borrowing too much from Banks and leading to first time buyers read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / opinion/analysis Monday August 25, 2008 15:18 by Ciaron   text 3 comments (last - thursday august 28, 2008 00:49)   video 1 video file
"Well it's losing some of its politcial significance as Obama moves rapidly to the right, but it's a great song!"
"O.K. Hit me with it!"
...and then and there on the Connolly station platform, IWW anarchist singer Anne Feeney did her Dublin one song perofrmance. A great cover of Roy Zimmerman's Obama song...check it out
http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?p=you+tube+zimmerman+...rd=r1 read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Monday August 25, 2008 14:01 by Henk Ruyssenaars - Foreign correspondent   text 2 comments (last - wednesday july 29, 2009 01:39)
The EU 'presidents' and prime ministers keep betraying the 490 million people in the 27 EU countries. To avoid another defeat, the managers of the EU decided not to hold any referenda at all, but the referendum in Ireland could not be avoided. The Irish European Affairs minister Roche however, said the Irish had to vote in another referendum. Until they vote Yes? read full story / add a comment
wicklow / environment / opinion/analysis Sunday August 24, 2008 20:29 by Mr.Peter Brady Alias.
THIS IS OUR FOURTH STATEMENT. read full story / add a comment
wicklow / environment / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 19, 2008 20:55 by Mr.Peter Brady.
This is our third statement. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Sunday August 17, 2008 19:22 by shane mc loughlin
The discussion on reintroducing third level fees has certainly begun. But has the debate gone wide enough? Are we unduly focusing in on third level education funding without orientating the debate amongst wider budgetary issues?
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international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday August 15, 2008 23:42 by Larussa   text 23 comments (last - thursday january 01, 2009 20:45)   image 1 image
Over the past week English-language press, newspapers and TV, have been blaming Russia for the recent events in the Caucasus. Here are some pictures for comparison.
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national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Friday August 15, 2008 12:03 by Mark C   text 7 comments (last - sunday august 17, 2008 22:06)
My wife was pregnant with twins this time last year and it got me thinking about Avril Monaghan, the woman who died, pregnant with twins, in the Omagh bombing. This is a short piece that I wrote at the time, remembering that tragic day in general, and those hugely unfortunate twins in particular. I'm sharing it here to commerorate these people on the tenth anniversary of their deaths. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday August 14, 2008 19:51 by john throne   text 28 comments (last - wednesday august 20, 2008 23:10)   image 2 images
The US puppet regime in Georgia thought it could retake S. Ossetia and Abkhazia. It underestimated the revival of Russian power. Now its US and Israeli military has been crushed and the regime is in tatters. This represents a change in world relations. Russia has now shown it is prepared to intervene militarily beyond its borders. This will mean that the russian minorities in the former Soviet republics will become much more assertive. this in turn will mean that the governments of these countries will have to pay more heed to Russia. And the sige of Bush only able to wring his hands in china while his boy was getting whipped in Georgia will strengthen all Anti uS forces worldwide. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 12, 2008 14:14 by John McCoy   text 8 comments (last - saturday october 18, 2008 11:02)   image 2 images
The Association Of Electrical Contractors Ireland (AECI) have attemped to put the blame for the bad deal for Employers under the current Electrical REA on the other Employers Body Involved in The Electrical Registered Employment Agreement. read full story / add a comment
'Building An Ireland of Equals'
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Sunday August 10, 2008 16:23 by Sean Matthews(personal capacity)   text 4 comments (last - saturday august 16, 2008 18:53)   image 1 image
When it comes to ‘spin’, ‘bling’ and ‘mantra’ Sinn Fein are masters in disguise and a mouthpiece of New Labour read full story / add a comment
The story not on Sunday Independent website - click to read
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Sunday August 10, 2008 10:00 by Jim O'Brien   text 1 comment (last - sunday august 10, 2008 10:58)   image 3 images   1 attached file
Maybe it is not the sort of anti government story Sir Anthony would want. Minister Martin Cullen padding around in his first class pajamas on his first class flight to China has vanished, replaced by:

"Cabinet opposed to across-the-board pay rises
By RONALD QUINLAN

ACROSS-the-board pay rises look like an increasingly unlikely outcome from the national pay talks as the Government attempts to rein in inflation and protect employment as the economic downturn continues."
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national / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Sunday August 10, 2008 02:33 by Concerned   text 4 comments (last - tuesday august 12, 2008 09:40)   image 2 images
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Saturday August 09, 2008 16:00 by shane mc loughlin   text 2 comments (last - tuesday august 12, 2008 02:47)
Michael Casey, a former chief economist today wrote an article in 'The Irish Times' entitled "Killing the myth that Ireland's wealth has poisoned its values" in which he attempting to dispel the 'myth' that wealth has poisoned Irish peoples values. In response, he is most certainly correct in believing that wealth cannot 'determine' a societies derision of values, but neglects to paint a clearer understanding of how wealth and values converge. In response, it could be argued that wealth opens the door to new 'negative' value thinking as it can close the door to others. Furthermore, as I will show, some of his own comments in the article require further careful consideration.
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