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national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday January 31, 2008 19:38 by Gregor Kerr   text 2 comments (last - friday february 01, 2008 11:14)
When Irish Ferries launched their new €50million vessel in Dublin Port on Tuesday 29th January, 400 guests from the tourism, freight and shipping sectors attended the naming ceremony. How many of them, I wonder, took a moment as they quaffed their champagne and nibbled on their canapés to ponder on the news revealed by International Transport Workers Federation inspector, Ken Fleming, that the workers who would be manning the ferry will be paid as little as €4 per hour?
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national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 29, 2008 13:40 by C Murray   text 2 comments (last - wednesday january 30, 2008 14:48)
In the wake of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences Bill) 2006; as amended in 2007,
two expert committees were set up to look at :- The issue of consent , to which interest groups
were invited to make submission; and in the wake of that a committee was set up under the
chairmanship of Mary O Rourke (Senator) to look at amending the Constitution.

Latest news on the issue of Protection is that the State may postpone the Referendum
now until 2009, because they do not (nor do the opposition) want the two Referenda
to coincide and create confusion for the voter. The Government had discussed holding
a referendum on Protection on the same day as the Lisbon Treaty Vote. read full story / add a comment
It's Turner season- so Here's a Harry Clarke
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Saturday January 26, 2008 19:51 by C Murray   text 2 comments (last - sunday january 27, 2008 11:14)   image 2 images
This is the last week of the annual Turner Exhibit in the National Gallery's Print Room.
The blurb on the boards describes the provenance of the bequest and the agreement
between the estate of the collector and the Scottish and Irish galleries.
We only exhibit the Turner's in their climate control cases during the month of
January, this is largely because they are drawings and washes of landscapes
and are fragile.

The light is weakest at this time of year in Dublin and conducive to a visit. read full story / add a comment
Investment in Lies
mayo / arts and media / opinion/analysis Thursday January 24, 2008 20:23 by Rudiger   text 15 comments (last - thursday march 27, 2008 14:47)   image 3 images
Shell recently launched another cynical attempt to buy off opposition to their Corrib Gas project by offering grants to community groups that will be closest to Bellanaboy and their proposed raw gas pipeline. read full story / add a comment
Would bifocals help?
national / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Thursday January 24, 2008 10:19 by Terry   text 4 comments (last - friday february 01, 2008 15:25)   image 3 images
Meath, Heritage Capital of Ireland? Balloon is Full of Hot Air in more ways than one. read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 22, 2008 21:40 by Mark A. Nolan   image 1 image
The healthcare system, upon which people in Ireland depend, is an apartheid system. Simply put, some lives are worth more than others. Rare attempts at reform have been stymied by historic, chronic underspending and vested interests. This legacy has forced the vast majority of working people to take out private health insurance and has laid the foundations for a neo-liberal push towards an American-style system of private medicine. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 22, 2008 03:30 by wageslave   text 13 comments (last - saturday march 05, 2011 05:20)
Immortal technique. A breath of fresh air in a choking corporate musical gangsta bling wasteland
Play some for the kids near you!
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international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Monday January 21, 2008 23:07 by Portia
Many readers will ask- what on Earth is this person on about??

Of course the Government wants to stop violence!!!!!!!!

Does it really??

No, that is propaganda.

Violent men and women are rewarded by the system in secret courts not open to the public.

Secret courts are supposed to keep the childs identity secret.!!

That is not what is being kept secret at all.

Rather- it is the corruption of the state agents, lawyers, judges etc that is kept hidden. read full story / add a comment
national / housing / opinion/analysis Friday January 18, 2008 15:41 by as do many other small builders   text 1 comment (last - friday january 18, 2008 17:33)   image 1 image
I'm sitting here in a wee village with row upon row of empty houses in sight. The rumour is less than 10% have sold. They're building even more. If I was them buildermen I'd give up and go home or take them diggers and go digging for gold in the mountains. The shit is hitting the fans BIGTIME. They'll try to paper over the cracks until after the EU constitution referendum but I don't think they'll succeed.

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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday January 17, 2008 13:53 by Paul Kinsella
This is personal with me! Without going into detail, I personally know people who are very ill, and who could die if they don't get check-up, examinations, tests and treatment soon. Of course, if they have money, they will get seen to straightaway. It's not right! That's why it's good to see that the Dublin Council of Trade Unions (DCTU) have launched a Campaign Against The Health Cuts. Full details in the main article below. read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum / opinion/analysis Wednesday January 16, 2008 11:11 by Nessa
Nessa Ní Chasaide argues that the World Social Forum Global Day of Action provides an opportunity to bring a global movement home read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday January 14, 2008 23:58 by Seamus Power.   text 7 comments (last - thursday february 14, 2008 18:10)   image 3 images
Institutionalised religion is concerned in retaining control: the reality of power is more important than the prospect of exploring multiple realities. Anything new or different raises the alarm bells.
The words of church officials come from dogma not from the heart, influenced by tradition, not intuition. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday January 14, 2008 23:49 by Seamus Power.   text 2 comments (last - thursday january 17, 2008 18:03)
Politicians are at the forefront in creating a new world, but will they slip further into their world of power and deceit ? read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Monday January 14, 2008 11:33 by Geoffrey Cooling   text 9 comments (last - wednesday january 30, 2008 19:24)
We need real and workable measures to deal with our drug problems, mandatory prison time for users is at least one option, while legalization is another. Let us at least start the debate. read full story / add a comment
Baskin's -Birdman
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Sunday January 13, 2008 14:40 by C Murray   text 4 comments (last - thursday january 24, 2008 14:55)   image 2 images
Dark tales of babies for breakfast and drugged up doctors on muscle -relaxants racing
in dark nights of Belfast operating theatres (in the nineties) provided an evening of food
for those inclined to Carteresque tales and shape-shifters of the Danish variety.

This evening of story-telling of shamanism and shrimps was brought by the good offices
of Coilin- the Oh-Aissieux, of the Narratvie Arts Club:-http://www.indymedia.ie/article/84746.
Backround to the Narrative Arts Club:- http://tinyurl.com/2barxo read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday January 11, 2008 14:24 by paul o toole   text 25 comments (last - saturday march 29, 2008 22:02)   image 1 image
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national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Thursday January 10, 2008 10:26 by C Murray   text 7 comments (last - monday january 14, 2008 20:58)   image 2 images
This is a short opinion and analysis based in an article written in December 2006
regarding the Press laws introduced by the then Minister for Justice, Michael Mc Dowell.
He published a Bill entitled 'The Privacy and Defamation Bill 2006'.

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/78780

The Bill did not get legislated for in the form introduced and the 'Defamation 'section was 'shelved'.
Last night at the Launch of the Press Council of Ireland, current Justice Minister , Brian Leninhan TD
threatened the re-introduction of the defamation section , which had garnered international criticism. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday January 07, 2008 15:26 by Weary   text 48 comments (last - tuesday january 22, 2008 10:46)
"Threads" a BBC docudrama from 1984 focuses on the impact of a full blown nuclear war on the residents of Shefield in the 1980's.
The U.S. and Russia come to blows after a military coup in Iran prompts a Soviet military incursion which provokes an American military response.
The conflict escalates into a full-blown nuclear war which decimates humanity and population of Britain.
Shefield recieves a direct hit which transforms the city into a wasteland. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday January 07, 2008 10:25 by Gary MacLennan   text 24 comments (last - thursday february 14, 2008 00:09)   image 1 image
**Accessing "Route Irish" on the net

If you have a high speed connection, I'd suggest that you ight-click (pc) or ctrl-lick (mac) on this link and download to your desktop
http://www.archive.org/download/RouteIrish/Route.Irish....X.avi

Or you can go to
http://www.archive.org/details/RouteIrish
and watch online.
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national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Wednesday January 02, 2008 11:36 by Geoffrey Cooling   text 13 comments (last - friday april 18, 2008 18:59)
Behind the current drugs problem is an underlying moral social issue. read full story / add a comment
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