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The murder trial of an asylum seeker believed to have arrived in the U.K. on a small boat could take twice as long because he does not speak English, a court heard.
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The BBC has been accused of "gross historical ignorance" after it said that Syria's Jews "want to believe they have a space now" following the collapse of Assad's Government at the hands of an Islamist insurgency.
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antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday April 03, 2012 - 11:11 by Martin O'Rourke
SIPTU is seeking the inclusion of a social clause into every funding contract. This clause would set a threshold of decency of employment conditions for every worker employed by community sector organisations funded by the public purse. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday April 01, 2012 - 21:33 by TD   text 1 comment (last - tuesday april 03, 2012 - 11:42)   image 3 images
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
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national / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday March 31, 2012 - 15:09 by anon   text 1 comment (last - sunday april 01, 2012 - 22:52)   image 1 image
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
international / crime and justice Thursday March 29, 2012 - 21:11 by Sam Malone   text 14 comments (last - wednesday april 04, 2012 - 18:36)
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.

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A ROYAL PERVERT OF JUSTICE IN IRELAND
international / crime and justice Thursday March 29, 2012 - 04:08 by BrianClarke   text 2 comments (last - saturday march 31, 2012 - 16:41)   image 1 image
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
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international / environment Tuesday March 27, 2012 - 11:31 by Rising Tide   text 2 comments (last - thursday march 29, 2012 - 10:53)   image 2 images
Yesterday's prestigious Planet Under Pressure 2012 conference in the International Conference Centre (ICC) at the ExCeL Centre, London was interrupted by two London Rising Tide protesters. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / environment Monday March 26, 2012 - 20:52 by CDC   text 2 comments (last - saturday march 31, 2012 - 07:22)   image 5 images
Today (25/3/12) the CDC in cooperation with residents in Charlemont Street continued to work on a communal garden for the area.

Spokesperson for the CDC and Charlemont Street resident Tony N commented: ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Saturday March 24, 2012 - 20:08 by Larry Kelly   text 3 comments (last - friday april 06, 2012 - 18:29)
The Mahon Tribunal Report exposes endemic corruption in public life which was very evident for many years. Bertie Ahern had to deal with corruption surrounding the Charles Haughey era and now Micheal Martin has to deal with the corruption surrounding the Bertie Ahern era. The question is - is Micheal Martin going to break the systemic line of corruption or will the next leader of FF be dealing with his corruption?
The most disturbing endemic corruption in this country is what happens to hundreds of people sucked into the legal system and it needs to be dealt with immediately. It is far more important as peoples lives are being detroyed. No ones life has been detroyed or will be destroyed with regard to the Mahon Report Corruption. ... read full story / add a comment
Ray Burke jailed 2005 - his role in taking donation from Independent Newspapers company missing from Mahon Tribunal report
national / arts and media Saturday March 24, 2012 - 19:13 by Randy Tail   text 8 comments (last - monday march 26, 2012 - 19:41)   image 8 images   audio 2 audio files   1 attached file
Another thread speculated that recent attacks on RTE by the Sunday Independent were due to a generalised attack on the public sector, on relatively independent journalism in the publicly owned RTE during a period of recession, on disappointment at the election of Michael D Higgins and defeat for the right wing entrepreneur, Sean Gallagher (and the part played by RTE in exposing Gallagher). That story is here:

Sunday Independent that defended Bertie Ahern - on anti RTE, President Michael D Higgins, crusade
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/101574

There could be more to it than that. ... read full story / add a comment
cork / bin tax / household tax / water tax Saturday March 24, 2012 - 15:35 by BallyphehaneCAHWT   text 4 comments (last - friday may 08, 2015 - 23:04)   image 7 images
Ballyphehane & South Parish Campaign Against the Household and Water Tax (CAHWT) Picket Ciaran Lynch's Clinic

Members of the Ballyphehane and South Parish, Campaign Against the Household and Water Tax (CAHWT) picketted Ciaran Lynch's Bandon Road clinic, on Friday the 23rd of March at 6pm.

The Ballyphehane and South Parish CAHWT local groups expressed their outrage at being berated in the media by the government TD for their democratic preference in boycotting this unjust and regressive form of taxation. This unfair taxation is being imposed on ordinary people by the government in order to pay for the bank bailouts and the costs of the developers, bankers and big business. ... read full story / add a comment
The net is closing on hare coursing in Ireland
international / miscellaneous Friday March 23, 2012 - 19:27 by Anti Blood Sports   text 3 comments (last - saturday march 24, 2012 - 11:37)   image 3 images
Double blow to hare coursing as Specsavers AND Diageo dissociate themselves from the practise...their banners will never again be displayed on Limerick racecourse when hare coursing take place on that venue...this development comes soon after coursing fans were caught attempting to rig an online opinion poll to boost the perceived level of public support for the cruel practise
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The story you won't read in Irish Independent on 23 March 2012 - but they know it's true
national / arts and media Friday March 23, 2012 - 12:51 by Jim Thompson   text 3 comments (last - saturday march 24, 2012 - 20:09)   image 7 images   video 1 video file   1 attached file
The Sunday independent is the paper that defended Bertie Ahern tooth and nail. This is the paper that helped him win the 2007 general election. This is the paper whose jaded star columnist, Eoghan Harris, denounced all and sundry who criticised Ahern and who Ahern appointed a Senator as a reward for his scribblings.

This is the paper that today takes the high moral ground with RTE. This is the paper that covers acres of newsprint with hypocritical calls for the heads of RTE staff and for full disclosure. What about full disclosure of how the Sindo got it wrong on the death of Liam Lawlor, falsly accusing the corrupt politician of being in a car with a prostitute. It is the Sunday Independent that has prostituted itself to power in the name of its own power to destroy reputations. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism Friday March 23, 2012 - 09:58 by Kruk   image 5 images
Elba squat was raided on March 16th, 2012, by henchmen of a private security company who received assistance from the Polish police. The project was established in 2004. The Finnish company Stora Enso (the owner of the premises) has been well aware of Elba’s existence and activity and, after protests two years ago, the presence of the squatters in the area was accepted. No user of the building was notified of a scheduled date of eviction, so the incursion came as a total surprise for the people living in the squat, which is the biggest and oldest active social and cultural centre in Warsaw. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / miscellaneous Friday March 16, 2012 - 12:58 by Contrarian   text 33 comments (last - friday march 30, 2012 - 00:06)   image 9 images
The international effort to delegitimize Israel continues apace. No lie, no Israeli blood libel is too low to stoop in the effort to undermine Israel's very existence and right to defend herself. The latest falsehood is different though; the source is a UN official, a paid Media Co-ordinator. In her personal capacity, of course. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / animal rights Friday March 16, 2012 - 12:31 by J Knox   image 4 images
With a million stray cats struggling to survive in harsh conditions, the Government has once again excluded their welfare from the draft Animal Health and Welfare Bill. Campaigners are lobbying for cat welfare to be included in the new animal welfare laws, that cats should no longer be classified as 'pests' alongside mice and rats and that a comprehensive neutering campaign be put in place. This article hopes to highlight the current situation in Ireland as Rescues and welfare organisations reach breaking point and the situation spirals out of control while the Government refuses to get involved. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday March 15, 2012 - 21:29 by italy calling   image 1 image
Last Friday 9th March, a small number of militants from the neofascist group Forza Nuova (“New Force”) protested outside the offices of the newspaper Il Giornale in Milan. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday March 15, 2012 - 06:49 by BrianClarkeNUJ   image 2 images   video 1 video file
When Boris Johnson cancelled the annual St Patrick’s Day dinner in 2009 there was widespread disbelief about his decision. His remarks this week reveal what lay behind that decision. Many Londoners will be disturbed by the mayor of London’s contemptuous remarks about a community which has given, and continues to give, so much to our capital city. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday March 14, 2012 - 22:09 by Galway Alliance Against War   text 1 comment (last - thursday march 15, 2012 - 11:56)

The Galway Alliance Against War has welcomed the news that the Red Arrows, the British RAF’s military display team, will not perform at the finale of the Volvo Ocean Race this coming July. ... read full story / add a comment
Sunday Independent promotes failed Fianna Fail candiate Gallagher and attacks Michael D Higgins (see story below masthead)
national / arts and media Monday March 12, 2012 - 12:50 by Benito Mussolini (Sean Gallagher loolalike division)   text 21 comments (last - sunday march 18, 2012 - 18:59)   image 6 images   audio 1 audio file
Sean Gallagher is about as useful to Irish society as the cartoon behind his picture and his presidential policies had the same substance as the sugary drip he is sucking.

RTE is the victim of a political scam artist who sold his story (for how much?) to the Sindo. This chicken (shit) farmer who tried to scam nearly 60,000 Euro is now trying to scam the public. It is all a big ball of smoke. ... read full story / add a comment
Aer Lingus introduces racist language testing
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday March 12, 2012 - 08:12 by Stuart   text 29 comments (last - thursday may 03, 2012 - 10:16)   image 10 images
Aer Lingus (http://www.aerlingus.com/aboutus/), the national flag airline of Ireland, has introduced language tests at check-in for foreigners flying to Ireland. The tests are stated to be a security measure intended to detect imposters travelling on fake or stolen passports from a number of European Union countries. The selected foreign nationals are required to pass a written comprehension test in English and in their own language before admission to the flight. The affected countries are stated to be Greece, Italy and Portugal.

Although targeting 'high-risk' EU nationals, the language tests are probably aimed at detecting Asian or African migrants travelling on passports from these countries. This may be a taste of things to come in Ireland, with language and civics tests on Alan Shatter's list of priorities for 2012 (http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/JELR/Pages/PR12000001)
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