|
Upcoming Eventsno events match your query! New Eventsno events posted in last week
Blog Feeds
The SakerA bird's eye view of the vineyard
Public InquiryInterested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
Human Rights in IrelandIndymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.
Lockdown Skeptics
|
international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Thursday October 22, 2009 13:49 by Hans Scholl
 1 video file
Amnesty International has just released a new video of activists taking to the streets of Dublin demanding justice for those killed in the Gaza/Southern Israel conflict last January and says that the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories must not become an obstacle to investigations into serious violations of international law reported during the conflict in Gaza and southern Israel. Join their facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Amnesty-Ireland...ef=nf read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday October 21, 2009 23:05 by Kev
 1 comment (last - tuesday october 27, 2009 14:18)  1 image
Occupation 101: Voices of the Silenced Majority is an award winning 2006 documentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The film focuses on the effects of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and discusses events from the rise of Zionism to the Second Intifada. Occupation 101 includes interviews with mostly American and Israeli scholars, religious leaders, humanitarian workers, and NGO representatives. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday October 21, 2009 21:21 by Jen Debender
13 comments (last - tuesday october 27, 2009 10:58) 17 images
Today, Wednesday 21 October, Shell to Sea stopped work at an illegal Shell site for the entire day when a campaigner climbed onto the arm of a digger which was laying bog mats, in preparation for drilling works. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Wednesday October 21, 2009 21:19 by Paul Kinsella
Arthur Scargill is speaking in the UNITE Hall, in the UNITE Union Office at 55 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin this Tuesday, October 27th at 8pm to mark the 25th anniversary of the miner's strike. Please pass this onto everyone you know. I appeal to everyone who can to come along this Tuesday to hear Arthur speak. If you need further info please contact Des Bonass of UNITE at 00353(0)877925120 or desbonass@yahoo.ie. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Wednesday October 21, 2009 20:24 by Paul Kinsella
9 comments (last - saturday november 07, 2009 01:40) 1 image
The ICTU campaign for a 'Social Solidarity Pact' to include job creation, job protection, an economic stimulus package and opposition to pay and welfare cuts and pension protection, is now gathering momentum and will initially focus on a national protest/demonstration on Friday, 6th November at 2.30pm. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday October 21, 2009 19:42 by Paul Kinsella
10 comments (last - tuesday april 06, 2010 20:58) 2 images
To launch the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) 'GET UP STAND UP' Campaign, which includes the 'National Day Of Action' on Friday, November 6th, which will involve mass rallies in 8 locations around the country in protest at the Government's economic strategies. Full text of letter is below. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday October 21, 2009 18:52 by Councilwatch
4 comments (last - thursday october 22, 2009 15:43)
Left unites to back motions supporting workers at Council committee meeting today read full story / add a comment 
galway / arts and media / event notice Wednesday October 21, 2009 18:30 by Over The Edge
2 images
The Great Irish Book Week takes place from Saturday the 24th to Saturday the 31st October 2009. Poetry: Reading it, Writing it, Publishing it, edited and compiled by Salmon Poetry managing editor Jessie Lendennie and published by Salmon earlier this year, has been selected as one of the 30 Great Irish Books featured during Great Irish Book Week. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday October 21, 2009 17:18 by Richard Walsh
A proposal to collect biometric data of persons claiming social welfare benefits in the 26-Counties in an effort to create a State identity card has been criticised by Republican Sinn Féin. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / press release Wednesday October 21, 2009 16:53 by Mayo S2S
Today, Wednesday 21st October at 1pm, Shell to Sea stopped illegal work at Glengad, Co Mayo, when a campaigner climbed on the arm of a Volvo digger. Shell were preparing to drill bore holes in a Special Area of Conservation (SAC), and the action was to stop this work from going ahead. Currently Shell have been stopped for 3 hours before their work has reached the SAC. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday October 21, 2009 15:34 by Seomra Spraoi
1 image
Seomra Spraoi Halloween Night 8pm – 1am (live bands before 10, dead acts after...) Featuring: Zombie Game’s Zombie Movie’s Zombie Dancers & Zombies… Live Music from: Fuck You Written In Shit http://www.myspace.com/fuckyouwritteninshit DJ: Princess 4Q read full story / add a comment
louth / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday October 21, 2009 14:49 by RNU Dublin
Free Colin Duffy and all those interned on remand!
On Saturday the 24th at 1pm, republicans will be holding a FREE COLIN DUFFY PROTEST at the Town Centre on West Street, Drogheda, County Louth, again we call on all who can make it to please attend. read full story / add a comment
English Police revoke bail on 3 EDO Decommissioners -Trial set for May 17th. 2010-Solidarity Needed!
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday October 21, 2009 11:19 by Ciaron
The EDO Decommissioners http://decommissioners.co.uk/ are 6 anti-war activists who decommissioned EDO in Brighton/England and 3 others who arrested following the nonviolent disarmament action. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / opinion/analysis Wednesday October 21, 2009 02:52 by JM
1 comment (last - thursday october 22, 2009 08:54) 1 attached file
Corrib onshore gas pipeline application (An Bord Pleanala ref. 16 GA 0004, 16 DA 0004) 19th May – 25th June 2009 Produced by Pobal Chill Chomain July 2009 The attached document comprises the majority of questioning put to the applicant (Shell E&P Ireland Ltd) by An Bord Pleanala, and includes a summary of the verbal responses given (NOTE: questions from Thursday June 11th not included). This text is compiled from handwritten notes and should be read only as a guide to the hearing, in conjunction with the application particulars, Environmental Impact Statement, accompanying drawings and the various Briefs of Evidence and supplementary documents. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday October 21, 2009 00:51 by Paula Geraghty
1 video file
Protest at local Fianna Fail TD's office against community cutbacks. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Wednesday October 21, 2009 00:32 by Louise Michel
Around 20 people held demonstration of solidarity with Basque trade unionists and political activists after Spanish police raid on Basque trade union LAB and the arrest of ten trade union or political activists. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday October 21, 2009 00:11 by Cormac Mac Gall
1 comment (last - sunday february 14, 2010 06:55) 4 images
After a Spanish police raid on the Donosti/ San Sebastian headquarters of the pro-Independence Left trade union LAB, arrests there and elsewhere of trade union and political activists, the Basque trade unions of LAB, ELA, ESK, STEE-EILAS, EHNE and Hiru led Basque society in an expression of resistance to Spanish state repression. The six trade unions between them represent over 70% of the Basque workers in the south of their country,. The protest on Saturday of well over 37,000 displayed a level of Basque unity not seen for ten years in which the whole pro-Basque spectrum of Basque political and cultural organisations were represented. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday October 20, 2009 23:43 by Kev
2 comments (last - wednesday october 21, 2009 00:55) 2 images
On Tuesday 20th October the Dublin Branch of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) hosted a meeting attended by about 40 people, featuring Caoimhe Butterly and Derek Graham, two well known activists with the Free Gaza Movement (FGM) who have been to Gaza many times. The meeting was chaired by Freda Hughes, Acting Chairperson of the IPSC and member of the Free Gaza ‘ground team’ in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / feature Tuesday October 20, 2009 18:14 by tampon
19 comments (last - thursday december 17, 2009 18:45)
Today's (October 16th) edition of the English newspaper "The Daily Mail" carried an opinion piece by the English journalist Jan Moir. The homophobia and inherent hatred voiced in the article led to an extraordinary amount of comments on that newspaper's website which together with reaction from other newspapers saw the title of the article changed by mid afternoon. By late afternoon an internet campaign had begun to pressure advertisers who use the Daily Mail to cut their support. The loss of revenue to the English newspaper might be the most serious blow to its editorial policy of articulating and pandering to middle English prejudice ever. As such the article which prompted this reaction merits archiving. read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media / feature Tuesday October 20, 2009 18:13 by Paula Geraghty
3 comments (last - wednesday october 21, 2009 01:13) 1 image 1 video file
More than 50 NUJ members and supporters came down to protest at the proposed loss of jobs at INN. read full story / add a comment |
|
|
