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national / housing / news report Monday March 23, 2015 20:57 by Grangegorman
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This Morning at 6.30am we were woken from our beds.Private security working for NAMA were breaking into our homes. We live in a flourishing squatted community in Grangegorman.This space which was once disused warehouses filled with rubble, asbestos and broken glass has been turned into an inspiring and beautiful place to be.The place is coved with artwork, and the community garden has begun to blossom.We have a circus space, poetry nights, folk gigs, Art Exhibitions, Fairs and a community Kitchen. read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Sunday March 22, 2015 23:27 by Zero hours worker
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Many Dunnes Stores wrorkers are being screwed over by the company because they are on zero-rated hours which means you don't know until each given day how many hours you will be working and it can vary alot from week to week. This means you have no idea how much you will be earning from week to week and therefore it becomes almost impossible to budget for anything, let alone pay bills, rent, food etc from one week to the next. And this practice is widespread with other employers.
On Thursday, 2nd April 2015 (Holy Thursday) Mandate members in Dunnes Stores will stage a one day strike in 107 stores across the Republic of Ireland unless senior management in the Company agree to a meeting with the workers through their trade union in order to discuss all of the issues in dispute. read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / photo-essay Sunday March 22, 2015 22:49 by Water is a right
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There was a good turnout yesterday, Sat 21st in Dublin for the anti-water charges demonstration. The plan was for the various groups to assemble at Heuston Station, Connolly Station and Merrion Square and converge at O'Connell brigde which they did. There were groups from all over the country, from Navan to Clonakility to Galway to Dundalk as well as thousands of people from the various communities in the greater Dublin area. Thousands and thousands arrived with banners, flags and placards of all types adding a lot of colour to the demonstration clearly showing this movement is still very much alive and vibrant and gives us all hope and confidence that we can still win. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / news report Friday March 20, 2015 19:08 by Future Is Now
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It has been 10 years since the European Court of Human Rights fined British courts 57,000 pounds for denying free speech to Steel and Morris in London Greenpeace V McDonald's, Unionbusting, obesity, strokes, heart attacks, cancer, animal agony, deforestation, rainforest destruction, energy waste, crime, litter, employee burns, unusual ingredients continue to be associated with the Western wrold's biggest restaurant chain read full story / add a comment 
dublin / miscellaneous / press release Friday March 20, 2015 00:24 by Finch Lawless
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In the heart of Dublin, a new collective has occupied an old building to create a new radical, autonomous social centre and infoshop for our city. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Thursday March 12, 2015 15:52 by Sharon.
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Republican Sinn Féin and Na Fianna Éireann to hold commemorations in Dublin at Easter 2015. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday March 12, 2015 12:43 by Sentro
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The Philippines Should Stop Being US’s Pawn and Warfront read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Tuesday March 10, 2015 23:09 by Right2Water
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The next national demonstration for the Right to Water takes place on Sat 21st March at 1pm Assembly points are: Connolly Station Merrion Square Heuston Station read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday March 09, 2015 15:28 by KFA-Ireland
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A protest against the imperialist threats will go ahead outside the south Korean embassy on 15 Clyde Road in Ballsbridge. read full story / add a comment 
national / environment / press release Saturday March 07, 2015 21:40 by ep
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The Environmental Pillar is calling on the government to strengthen the Climate Bill in light of sharp criticism for lack of action. The Environmental Pillar, which is made up of 28 Irish environmental NGOs, is calling on TDs and Senators to amend the Climate Bill. Today a European Commission working document was published which described Ireland’s climate change commitments as ‘insufficient’. The EC Country Report Ireland 2015 working document states: “No progress was made in identifying how Ireland commits itself to meeting its existing, binding climate and energy targets for the period up to 2020 in an integrated way and how best to use the earmarked, available EU support for the structural development needed in the different areas.” read full story / add a comment 
national / history and heritage / event notice Thursday March 05, 2015 00:29 by Molotov
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Following on from our last successful talk relating to women's role in the Irish struggle, we're following that with a talk from author of Women of the Irish Revolution, Liz Gillis. All welcome and family friendly read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday March 05, 2015 00:18 by Molotov
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Panel: Dee Fennell (1916 Societies) Cait Trainor (Independent Republicnan Anthony McIntyre (commentator) read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday March 04, 2015 18:22 by Laurence Cox
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A grassroots gathering is a one-off event run by a local group bringing together people involved in different community campaigns and social movements to learn from each other's experiences, talk about what works and what doesn't, develop networks and make alliances. Joining the dots - imagines a raising of awareness, a politicisation leading to radical transformation, it may also envision a strategic connection between diverse campaigns and collective actions in order to advance, strengthen, consolidate and collaborate in struggle with unity and purpose. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday February 25, 2015 16:51 by FUSION SUNDAYS
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Dublin's only ethnic Bazaar read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday February 24, 2015 20:10 by José Antonio Gutiérrez D.
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For years, a number of Irish movements have stood in solidarity with the struggle for justice, dignity, equality and freedom of the popular movements in Colombia. Now, hearing of the case of political persecution against the Water Rights movement, Colombian organisation have expressed their solidarity with the struggle of the Irish people. Peasant organisations of Cauca Valley and a broad coalition of over 50 organisations of indigenous, Afros, peasants, women and workers from the Southern jungle of Putumayo, together with refugees in Europe, have issued two statement expressing their unconditional support with those who struggle and reminding the government of Ireland of their obligation to respect the rights of the people in Ireland. read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / feature Friday February 20, 2015 16:34 by anti-austerity alliance
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The Anti-Austerity Alliance has today condemned the jailing of anti-water meter protestors at the behest of Denis O’Brien’s company GMC Sierra. Anti-Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy said “The jailing of these protestors and the arrests in Tallaght is an attack on the right of communities to protest against the imposition of austerity measures, in this case the water charge and meters, which are being imposed by the government despite the massive opposition to them. read full story / add a comment 
national / consumer issues / feature Friday February 20, 2015 16:29 by missing our buses already
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Just three weeks ago the National Transport Authority (NTA) officially started the tendering for 2016 of initially 10% of Dublin Bus routes and a further 10% of all Bus Eireann routes with most of the routes in Waterford City, and a number of Dublin commuter routes are to be privatised. In the original plan a number of Cork City routes were to go but these will probably happen later. This process has been the culmination of a relentless effort by Fine Gael (FG) in the present government and their predecessors and fellow Neo-Liberal ideologists, Fianna Fáil (FF) in the last government where they have consistently pushed for the break up of both Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann so that it can be handed over to their friends in the private sector to run on a profit basis. The NTA is used as a sort of cloak of respectability to give the impression that they will actually be a regulator with teeth of which we know very few regulators have any teeth, with the banking regulator during the Celtic Tiger coming to mind, plus many other examples and the function of NTA is really for propaganda value to convince the middle class. However this whole scheme is about ideology and is NOT about competition but about privatisation. read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / press release Thursday February 19, 2015 22:37 by RightToWater
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The Right2Water campaign is shocked by the jailing of five water protesters for contempt of court today (Thursday, 19th February). Bernie Hughes, Derek Byrne and Michael Batty were all sentenced to 28 days in prison while Paul Moore and Damien O’Neill were given 56 days each. Right2Water representatives were in court for the sentencing, which they described as “an unnecessary and provocative decision brought about by an unfair water charge that has already been rejected and cannot work.” read full story / add a comment 
national / housing / opinion/analysis Thursday February 19, 2015 14:40 by An Spréach
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“No one deserves to live like this” A poster I came across on a billboard recently, juxtaposed by the wasteland where one of our block of flats used to sit, where working class families used to live happily, side by side, before they were all socially cleansed from the area, and for what? Already a year has passed since they were pulled down to the ground, and all we have to show for it now is a lousy carpark—desperate! Currently, there are over 80 unused empty units in Tom Kelly Flats, some of which have been empty for over five years or more, 3 and 4 bedroom flats too. read full story / add a comment 
fermanagh / environment / event notice Wednesday February 18, 2015 13:41 by Anti-fracking
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The Impact of Fracking Conference Hosted by Martina Anderson (SF), MEP Key Note Speaker: Andy Gheorghiu Venue: Lough Erne Resort, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh read full story / add a comment |
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