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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday April 02, 2012 02:05 by Paul Baynes
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Link to an excellent Foreign Policy piece by an Irish journalist who lived in Syria from c. 2007-2012. Accurate and insightful. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday April 01, 2012 21:33 by TD
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The Oil & Gas Giveaway Story is being listened to. Shell to Sea spokesperson Maura Harrington addressed a massive crowd at the Anti-Household Tax Rally in Dublin 31st March 2012. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Sunday April 01, 2012 21:26 by pat c
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Monday 2nd April: Picket at City Hall, Dame Street, 6pm. The City Council will be discussing a motion opposing the household charge. Keep up the momentum behind the campaign there are sections of the media who would love a poor turn-out to knock us after the successful march to the FG conference. So turn up and spread the word. read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / opinion/analysis Sunday April 01, 2012 15:54 by Off the Cuff
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The tax protests back in the 70s and 80s proved futile when it came to ordinary working people being heard by their government. In reality the only thing that really happened on those occasions was that working people lost a day's pay. Mass demonstration in Ireland achieves nothing. It is seen as a way for working people and the unemployed to let off a bit of steam so that everything can move along as it was. The trade union movement has not seen or has deliberately avoided other forms of demonstration beyond mass demonstration. The time for change has come, mass demonstration is no longer a proven method of having the will of the people upheld by their political representatives. ts time for change. read full story / add a comment 
national / animal rights / press release Saturday March 31, 2012 23:19 by Bernie Wright
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Press Release: CALL FOR IMMEDIATE END TO ANIMALS IN CIRCUSES AFAR yet again call for a ban on animals in Circuses after a circus trainer was trampled by an elephant today in Cork. Our sympathies lie with the animals who are imprisoned in circuses for entertainment. We call on our elected representatives to use common sense on this issue which is growing more pressing as absolutely no legislation exists in Ireland to prohibit the keeping of exotic species. The Department of Agriculture are responsible for issuing import licences for these animals on request. WE WANT THESE LISENCES STOPPED. read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Saturday March 31, 2012 15:09 by anon
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On Monday 26th March all the GAMES stores were shutdown. Once again it is workers who have got the raw deal and in a re-run of the Vita Cortex workers the GAME shop workers have been left without any redundancy or any pay due to them for outstanding holidays or notice periods. In Dundrum Shopping Centre workers have locked themselves in and have posted the notice below on the window read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Friday March 30, 2012 19:44 by Tony Barry
This is a Facebook led initiative to show Irish support for Argentina over it's ongoing sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas/Falklands islands. Monday, the 2nd April is the 30th anniversary of when the war between Argentina and the UK began. See FB link below for more details. read full story / add a comment 
clare / arts and media / event notice Friday March 30, 2012 17:40 by PKMiltown
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Playing their first ever show in Co Clare, Ottawa natives Morgan Friend, Greg Langille, and Max Cossette are guaranteed to get the party started with their unique brand of "stipped-down, hillbilly punk-folk!" Come along and join the fun - it kicks off at 10pm shatp and there is no cover charge! All welcome! read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / event notice Friday March 30, 2012 15:56 by éirígí PRO
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For Irish republicans everywhere Easter is a time of commemoration, when those who have died in the struggle for Irish freedom are remembered. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday March 29, 2012 21:19 by SD
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Greece: The new tyranny & The war against Austerity Vangelis Koutalis, activist in the Socialist group OKDE http://www.okde.org/ read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday March 29, 2012 21:14 by SD
Greece: The new tyranny The war against Austerity Vangelis Koutalis, activist in the Socialist group OKDE read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / news report Thursday March 29, 2012 21:11 by Sam Malone
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Well known crime journalist Paul Williams met with Kevin Tracey at Government Buildings today while the Dail debated for the last day the outfall of the Mahon Tribunal Report regarding corruption surrounding planning and involving high profile politicians such as ex Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Padraig Flynn. What still needs to be addressed is the unlawful stripping of a full legal planning permission from Kevin Tracey in Dublin. Not only was his legal planning permission taken away from him but he was severely and cruelly punished for standing up for his rights to retain it and build his new house. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / press release Thursday March 29, 2012 15:44 by RNU PRO
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The working class are coming under massive attack at the hands of both Westminster and The Stormont Executive. From the Welfare Reform Bill to the most recent Stormont budget, Sinn Feín despite putting up symbolic opposition are in fact conceding to savage austerity cuts by maintaining their presence in the Stormont executive. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / press release Thursday March 29, 2012 15:29 by RNU pro
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We say, it would be better for the Stormont executive to fall rather than Thatcherite policy appearing to have the consent of Irish republicans. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Thursday March 29, 2012 13:53 by JoeMcIvor
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Energy giants Total and Shell are downplaying the threat to the environment from the Elgin gas leak , which was first detected last Sunday in a field that lies150 miles off the coast of Scotland . The French Total energy conglomerate which owns the well has evacuated staff from the platform . Shell evacuated 120 oil workers from a nearby rig citing the danger of drifting gas. “The Norwegian Bellona environmental group that monitors the oil industry has described the Elgin platform as “the well from hell”. The head of the organisation, Frederic Hauge, citing anonymous sources said that platform staff had struggled for 14 hours to contain the leak before having to evacuate the rig on Monday. “They saw the sea bubbling with gas under the platform. This is quite shocking”.’ read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Thursday March 29, 2012 09:38 by Sonya Oldham
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The People's Association Watchdog are calling for a deferment of amendment Article 136, and ratification of the ESM untill after the referendum on the 'The Fiscal Compact' so the people of Ireland can make an informed choice without fear or favour. We further require that the government ensure our sovereign right to say yes or no by ensuring a referendum on the ESM. This letter is avilable for all to send to our public representatives. read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice / news report Thursday March 29, 2012 04:08 by BrianClarke
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Perverting the course of justice is common practice with un-elected Englishmen on Her Majesty's service, ruling autocratically in Occupied Ireland. For example, as Eamonn McCann pointed out recently; "Former Secretary of State Peter Hain gets to tell a judge who delivered a verdict he disapproved of that he's "off his rocker", while current incumbent, Owen Paterson, orders someone into prison because he reckons we'd all be better off with her out of the way.. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday March 29, 2012 03:05 by Internationalist Group
Outrage over the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin compounds daily as the killer remains free, facing no criminal charges for gunning down the unarmed black youth from Miami Gardens, Florida. On February 26, George Zimmerman, a white self-appointed captain of a "neighborhood watch" team shot Martin, a black high-school student. Police and local prosecutors never charged Zimmerman and accepted his cynical claim that he shot the unarmed youth in "self-defense." Thousands have demonstrated around the country, particularly after police tapes of 911 calls by Zimmerman were released, showing that he was stalking Martin. But the main thrust of liberals is to divert the protests into a movement for gun control laws and to get rid of "Stand Your Ground" laws such as Florida's which make it legal to shoot in self-defense. The ruling-class response deliberately tries to obscure the key fact that this was racist murder. Trayvon Martin was killed for the "crime" of "walking while black." read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / opinion/analysis Thursday March 29, 2012 00:06 by jim travers
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What sort of a nation of people do we have when nearly 500,000 householders decide to pay a charge that is directly aimed at the most vulnerable and stressed incomes in our society. read full story / add a comment 
national / housing / press release Wednesday March 28, 2012 20:01 by anon
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Today the NAMA To Nature group struck again. This time in Cherrywood industrial estate, Dublin near the Luas line. In an act of civil disobedience a group of 12 people in business suits started planted trees this morning at 7am on an area of wasteland beside the Luas track along the edges and ridges to help shield the eyesore from the nearby apartment block part of which is a ghost estate. Ireland has over 600 ghost estates and 40,000 empty dwellings. Rather than watch the government dither and procrastinate let's help nature take them back. read full story / add a comment |
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