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donegal / history and heritage Wednesday January 27, 2010 - 11:44 by Paula Geraghty
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In an old schoolhouse in north Donegal people gather to grant St Brigid permission to cross the threshold. She carries an armful of freshly cut rushes with a white cloth tied around them. They are laid on a long set of tables, and slowly men, women and children go up gather some rushes up to make the traditional St Brigid's crosses. ... read full story / add a comment
derry / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 25, 2010 - 17:26 by Mary Pearson
The Troops Out Movement, which campaigns for British withdrawal from Ireland, held its annual Bloody Sunday Remembered meetings in the Midlands last week. The 1992 BBC film by Peter Taylor was shown and the main speaker was Cahil McElhinny whose brother Kevin was shot dead by British Soldiers on Bloody Sunday, 30th January 1972. The families have suffered 38 years of loss with no government acknowledgement of the truth of that day ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday January 25, 2010 - 13:39 by Shane OCurry
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Saturday 30th January will see the Irish premiere – indeed the first screening in the English-speaking world – of the 1962 film Octobre a Paris [October in Paris] by Jacques Panijel. The film got its first and only screening in Paris in May 1962, immediately after which the film club where it was being shown was raided by Police and the film seized. Other 16 mm copies being screened around France were seized in the following days. Later in that summer Panijel did manage to get Octobre a Paris shown at the Venice Film Festival, but soon after the film would disappear, not to re-surface for over forty years. The film is a first-hand account, using eye-witness testimonies and original footage, of the 17 October 1961 massacre in Paris and the events leading up to it. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 25, 2010 - 12:05 by Paula Geraghty
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Helping build for Wednesday's protest at the Dail 4-6pm 27th January ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / crime and justice Monday January 25, 2010 - 10:31 by John Ayres
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The Clerical Abuse Protest continues ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Sunday January 24, 2010 - 23:11 by Paul Treacy
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Following a series of high profile detentions under s44 of the terrorism act including 7 armed police detaining an award winning architectural photographer in the City of London, the arrest of a press photographer covering campaigning santas at City Airport and the stop and search of a BBC photographer at St Pauls Cathedral and many others. PHNAT feels now is the time for a mass turnout of Photographers, professional and amateur to defend our rights and stop the abuse of the terror laws. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-war / imperialism Sunday January 24, 2010 - 21:20 by Shannonwatch
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A total of 1276 civilian flights were granted permits to carry weapons and munitions of war through Ireland in 2009. The vast majority of these were from American civil airlines, chartered by the US military, and involved flights to or from the United States. Almost all landed at Shannon Airport. ... read full story / add a comment 
kildare / miscellaneous Sunday January 24, 2010 - 20:08 by B
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Shell to Sea activists were out in force distributing the group’s new information leaflet on Saturday in Newbridg ... read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage Sunday January 24, 2010 - 14:11 by Save Newgrange
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A campaign to save Brú na Bóinne from the Slane Bypass has been launched online over the weekend. It is being initiated by members of the National Monuments Forum, which includes Professor George Eogan, Professor Emeritus of Archaeology at University College Dublin. The National Roads Authority has chosen the most damaging route for archaeology and heritage, and Meath County Council has gone ahead and issued CPO orders for the route, without even waiting for the An Bord Pleanala oral hearing. A petition will be launched shortly, calling on Minister Gormley to deliver on his promise of a new National Monuments Act, and calling on UNESCO to place Brú na Bóinne on their List of World Heritage in Danger. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / crime and justice Saturday January 23, 2010 - 09:44 by John Ayres
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Protestors joins the EGM of Bishops at the National Seminary of Ireland, Maynooth. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media Friday January 22, 2010 - 01:13 by M 50
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After he allegations that he had been having an extra marital affair with Waterford PR executive Monica Leech, Martin Cullen said some of his colleagues did not want to be associated with him. The former Progressive Democrat and current Fianna Fáil TD claimed that that his children had been subject to bullying and He said he had felt like running down Kildare Street shouting: 'I am innocent. I am innocent'. He described the experience as being like 'waking up every day and being raped'. Monica Leech received a payment of 1.9 million euro from a newspaper in libel damages after remarks made on RTE about her relationship with Cullen were repeated in print. RTE settled with her for a payment of €250,000. The Minister lodged proceedings separately but has not yet acted on them. By contrast, the average payment from the redress board (which was to compensate people for, in some cases, literally being raped every day) was €60,000. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday January 20, 2010 - 16:37 by Kev
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On Saturday, January 16th, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) and supporters held boycott actions across the country, asking shoppers not to buy Israeli goods in solidarity with the people of Gaza who are still being starved by the Israeli government. Along with the IPSC, the following groups supported the Boycott Day of Action: Anti-War Ireland, éirígí, Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS), ICTU Trade Union Friends of Palestine, Irish Anti-War Movement, Palestinian Rights Initiative, Sinn Fein and UNITE Trade Union. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 18, 2010 - 19:52 by petitionist
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To: President Barack Obama WE THE UNDERSIGNED petition you to speak out against the death penalty for Mumia Abu-Jamal, and all the men, women and children facing execution around the world. This ultimate form of punishment is unacceptable in a civilized society and undermines human dignity. (U.N. General Assembly, Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty, Resolution 62/149, Dec. 18, 2007; reaffirmed, Resolution 63/168, Dec. 18, 2008.) ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 18, 2010 - 19:44 by Michael Gallagher
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At a well attended press launching in Dublin, human rights activists Andy Storey, Dennis Halliday and Benny McCabe outlined some of the history over the last ten years since Shell arrived in Erris, County Mayo, Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / gender and sexuality Sunday January 17, 2010 - 20:35 by Zwischengeschlecht.org
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Discriminating, unfair and harmful treatment of intersexed athletes ("hermaphrodites") in women's sports has a long and painful history. The "suspected" athletes' dignity and human rights keep getting violated on a regular basis by both of the ruling international sports bodies, the International Olympics Committee (IOC) and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), as well as by their subsidiaries and affiliates. Until today, the governing bodies keep on denying their responsibilities and refusing dialogue, as well as seemingly reacting only when forced by public pressure, and if so pro forma only. Case in point: The IOC's attitude with regards to their syposium on "'ambiguous' gender cases" ending in Miami today. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / crime and justice Sunday January 17, 2010 - 19:59 by John Ayres
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Kevin Flanagan protests out side the GPO in Dublin, highlighting the lack of response from the government after the 3 reports have been published. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday January 16, 2010 - 17:41 by Freda H & Ronan OD
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Successful Israeli boycott actions were held across Dublin today by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign and several other organisations. ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday January 16, 2010 - 17:08 by Fintan Lane
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A large number of Palestine solidarity activists gathered in Cork city centre today to stage pickets outside stores that sell Israeli produce. This was part of the national boycott Day of Action, with similiar protests held across the country. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / eu Friday January 15, 2010 - 14:46 by redjade
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these are reports from her Facebook page - since I cannot find these writings elsewhere I will liberate these texts from globo-corporate control.... ... read full story / add a comment 
national / health / disability issues Thursday January 14, 2010 - 14:00 by DCTV
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Access for All is a four-part series, which looks at some of the issues facing the disabled community in Dublin. Each episode looks at a particular issue from the viewpoint of people with disabilities. The series participants speak candidly about their experiences in the areas of: Education; Family; Media and Disability; Sexuality and Relationships. ... read full story / add a comment |
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