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sligo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday April 19, 2009 20:54 by Allen   text 7 comments (last - thursday april 23, 2009 19:58)
The presence of plainclothes Gardai in an unmarked car in the vicinity of a 1916 Commemoration in Sligo where two former Labour Party Mayors, Cllr. Declan Bree (Sligo Borough Council) & Cllr. Catherine Connolly (Galway City Council), held a ceremony has been described as "sinister and disturbing."

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sligo / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday April 10, 2009 02:56 by SLH   text 1 comment (last - friday april 10, 2009 23:51)
March in Sligo to Stop the transfer of Cancer Services to an overcrowded, under resourced UCHG under Mary Harneys failed cancer strategy. read full story / add a comment
Poster for Fridays protest
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday April 10, 2009 01:23 by Killian McLoughlin   text 22 comments (last - wednesday april 29, 2009 00:37)   image 9 images   video 1 video file   audio 1 audio file   1 attached file
This is a copy of the press release sent out regarding the 'Save Sligos Cancer Services' (SCSS).
The group are organising a huge protest in Sligo this good friday, they are marching on Sligo General and demanding that the management choose whether they are going to represent the people of the Northwest or the private interests and agenda of Mary Harney and the HSE. The SCSS have stated that their memmbers are sick and tired of teh duplicity and lies of both the management in Sligo and the HSE and are no longer willing to accept it.
The people of the northwest are taking back their health services, starting with Sligo General Hospittal, this Good Friday 10/04/2009 read full story / add a comment
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday April 05, 2009 21:58 by J. Dunne
Annual 1916 Easter Rising Commemoration Ceremony

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sligo / education / event notice Monday March 16, 2009 14:59 by robert

“You’ve learned to speak,
you’ve learned to tie your shoelaces,
the Leaving Certificate is nothing.”
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sligo / anti-capitalism / event notice Friday February 27, 2009 13:35 by J. Dunne

The Legacy Of Che Guevara read full story / add a comment
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sligo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday February 20, 2009 20:36 by robert   text 3 comments (last - monday february 23, 2009 00:05)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Pat O’Donnell and Maura Harrington addressed a public meeting in Sligo on Thurday evening. They gave an inspiring presentation of a campaign that even after ten years of intense struggle could not be broken.
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sligo / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday February 10, 2009 13:04 by robert   1 attached file
update on current situation in rossport read full story / add a comment
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday January 01, 2009 20:22 by Sean Clinton
A demonstration in solidarity with the people of Gaza will take place in O'Connell Street, Sligo at 3:00 pm on Saturday 3rd January. The death toll now stands at over 400 people with over 2000 injured and the entire population terrorised and traumatised.
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sligo / miscellaneous / news report Friday November 28, 2008 22:23 by Ray   text 8 comments (last - friday december 19, 2008 20:33)
In a new twist in the ongoing dispute between members and officials of Sligo Borough Council, that has resulted in no borough council meeting having been held for four weeks. It has emerged that more than ten staff have lodged formal complaints with management alleging bullying and harassment by a member of the council.

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sligo / miscellaneous / news report Thursday November 13, 2008 22:48 by Ray   text 22 comments (last - sunday january 25, 2009 00:10)
DECISION making in local government in Sligo town is suspended indefinitely at the moment as the fallout from last week’s walkout by staff from a borough council meeting continues, prompting the question: IS ANYONE RUNNING THE TOWN RIGHT NOW?
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sligo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday May 28, 2008 22:48 by Kate O' Hara
This is an article about what life is like for refugee children living in a direct provision centre in Sligo. It highlights parents' fears about the sexualisation of their children because they are witness to adults having sex under the cramped conditions of the centre. read full story / add a comment
sligo / miscellaneous / news report Thursday May 22, 2008 11:41 by Sligoboy   text 53 comments (last - tuesday august 19, 2008 23:24)
After a heated debate in the Dail the Government won the vote on the retention of Cancer services in the North-West. The result will see all cancer services bar some recovery units move from Sligo General Hospital and Mayo to the Governments proposed Center of Excellence in Galway. read full story / add a comment
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday May 21, 2008 11:18 by Kerry researcher   text 1 comment (last - friday may 23, 2008 01:11)
A woman who threatened a sit-in until she was given a hospital bed for a vital cancer operation died yesterday. read full story / add a comment
sligo / anti-capitalism / event notice Friday April 25, 2008 12:19 by J. Dunne
SLIGO MAY DAY DEMONSTRATION

Thursday 1st May

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sligo / miscellaneous / event notice Sunday April 20, 2008 04:13 by Wise Woman
The fourth Wise Woman Weekend takes place at St Angela's College on Lough Gill, Co Sligo June 6th to June 8th, 2008. This is a weekend of learning, discovery, celebration and fun for women of all ages. read full story / add a comment
sligo / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday April 02, 2008 20:52 by Rayo   text 21 comments (last - thursday april 03, 2008 20:27)
Normally, mayors and deputy mayors sing from the same hymnsheet but a note of disharmony has emerged in Sligo between Fianna Fail Mayor Jonathan McGoldrick and his deputy, Independant Socialist Cllr. Declan Bree, over a recent visit by the Israeli ambassador to City Hall where he was met by Mayor McGoldrick. read full story / add a comment
sligo / environment / news report Monday March 24, 2008 10:38 by Rayo   text 35 comments (last - thursday april 03, 2008 23:19)
PEOPLE in Sligo must put pressure on local representatives to keep the Racecourse site at Cleveragh a green area, says Deputy Mayor and Independant Socialist Cllr Declan Bree. read full story / add a comment
sligo / miscellaneous / event notice Friday March 21, 2008 13:43 by Chris Mac
Sinn Fein in Sligo have announced they are holding a number of events to commemorate the 92nd anniversary of the 1916 rebellion on Easter Sunday 23rd March read full story / add a comment
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday March 15, 2008 17:52 by John Dunne
1916 RISING COMMEMORATION CEREMONY

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