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national / environment / news report Tuesday June 13, 2017 23:49 by 1 of indy
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Originally appeared on June 8th Today marks World Ocean Day 2017, a global day of celebration honouring the world’s oceans and an opportunity to appreciate, conserve and protect our marine life and habitats. This year’s conservation focus is on preventing plastic pollution and marine litter, encouraging solutions for healthier seas. And rightly so. A widely cited study by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation for the World Economic Forum warns that by 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. A separate report in the journal Science estimates that 8 million tonnes of plastic enter the oceans each year – the equivalent of one truckload per minute. One researcher for the study likens this amount to lining up 5 grocery bags of rubbish on every foot of coastline around the globe. read full story / add a comment 
national / environment / press release Tuesday June 13, 2017 21:54 by fie
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Minister Dennis Naughton, TD, Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, has been urged to support a United Nations Convention’s ruling requiring suspension of work on the new Hinkley Point UK nuclear reactor until a transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment [EIA] is completed. The first new nuclear station to be constructed in the UK since 1995, Hinkley C is a 3.2GW nuclear power plant composed of two reactors. The power plant will generate 7% of UK's electricity if constructed. The UK position is that “the likely impacts determined through a thorough EIA do not extend beyond the county of Somerset and the Severn Estuary”. The Espoo Convention, signed by Ireland in 1991, requires that the opportunity for comment provided to the public of potentially affected Parties is ‘equivalent to that provided to the public of the Party of origin’. read full story / add a comment 
cork / environment / event notice Monday June 12, 2017 20:17 by CHASE
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There will be Public Meetings in Carrigaline and Cobh this week: >>TUESDAY 13 June: Public Meeting CARRIGALINE: Carrigaline Community Hall, Tuesday 13 June – 8.pm >>FRIDAY 16 June: Public Meeting & Launch of Cobh Zero Waste COBH: Cobh Heritage Centre, Friday 16 June – 7.30pm. read full story / add a comment 
national / environment / press release Friday June 09, 2017 17:45 by CHASE
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An accident has occurred at the Covanta operated Poolbeg incinerator last night (Wed 7 June) which resulted in the hospitalisation of 11 construction workers. Reports indicate the cause of the incident was an uncontrolled cloud of lime released inside the flue gas treatment area, which breached a door seal and engulfed the workers, resulting in reports of breathing difficulties, feelings of nausea and blurred vision. Lime, a highly alkaline, caustic and irritating material with potential to cause blindness and serious respiratory issues, is used in incinerators to ‘clean’ harmful compounds such as dioxins and furans from flue gasses. read full story / add a comment 
national / eu / press release Thursday June 08, 2017 22:22 by people
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PEOPLE’S NEWS -News Digest of the People’s Movement. No. 168 23 May 2017 Contents of this issue are: “The EU is in a unique position to provide global security” Feeding the Casino Economy “An EU army is a project that would give additional weight to the EU foreign and security policy” Wake up to TiSA! Who is Paul Kehoe? The European Patent Office—a bad employer The militarist legacy of Enda Kenny EU trade deals must be ratified by all members More on Kenny, EU militarisation, and even Brexit No honeymoon for Macron read full story / add a comment 
cork / environment / press release Thursday June 08, 2017 21:33 by 1 of indy
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Even though this is more than 1 week old, we are reposting it here to demonstrate how the state is going out of it's way to facilitate Indaver in their attempts to push through this incinerator in Ringaskiddy, Cork. Bord Pleanala has advised that the additional information supplied by Indaver is considered to contain significant additional data in relation to the effects on the environment of the proposed Ringaskiddy incinerator and have invited submissions from observers during a six week period to close 21 July 2017 at 5.30pm. This material was submitted at the invitation of the Bord who on making a fourth decision deferral in March 2017 invited Indaver to submit additional information on flight paths and an opportunity to correct their erroneous dioxin figures, exposed on the final day of the Oral Hearing held in April/May 2016. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Friday June 02, 2017 13:54 by Fusion Sundays
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Internation stalls, Streetfood from around the globe, pop-up workshops, live music, and great vibes read full story / add a comment 
cork / environment / event notice Wednesday May 31, 2017 22:26 by CHASE
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Dr Paul Connett will give a public presentation about Zero Waste, circular economies and how they can provide a way forward for all of us fighting against incinerators and preferring to see safe sustainable waste and resource management in our communities. All welcome read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday May 30, 2017 08:22 by various groups
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Statements on the imposition of martial law in Mindanao read full story / add a comment 
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday May 23, 2017 21:51 by hell no
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Take A Stand to Save Hellfire and Massy's Woods in Dublin Mts
Sunday 28th May at 1 pm - Assemble at Hellfire Carpark
There will be an overflow carpark in a nearby field if the Hellfire carpark fills up.
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cavan / arts and media / event notice Tuesday May 23, 2017 16:42 by P.T.
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The Ramor Theatre Presents Doubt: A Parable with Peter Trant, Liz O'Hanlon, Emer Sexton & Agnes Efemuai. Directed by Padraig McIntyre Doubt: A Parable is an exquisite, potent drama that will raise questions and answer none, leaving the audience to grapple with the discomfort of their uncertainties. The play is set in the fictional St. Nicholas Church School, in the Bronx, during the fall of 1964. There is Father Flynn, a beloved and progressive parish priest. There is the school’s principal, Sister Aloysius, a rigidly conservative nun, who harbours a deep mistrust toward her students, her fellow teachers, and society in general. And there is Naïve and impressionable, Sister James. Sister Aloysius and Father Flynn are put into direct conflict when she learns from Sister James that the priest met one-on-one with Donald Muller, St. Nicholas’ first African-American student. Mysterious circumstances lead her to believe that sexual misconduct occurred. Aloysius, dissatisfied with Flynn’s explanation, meets with Donald’s mother, Mrs. Muller. With no actual proof that Father Flynn is or is not innocent, the audience is left with its own doubt. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play 2005. Admission: €18 & €16 read full story / add a comment 
cavan / arts and media / event notice Tuesday May 23, 2017 16:38 by P.T.
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The Ramor Theatre Presents Doubt: A Parable with Peter Trant, Liz O'Hanlon, Emer Sexton & Agnes Efemuai. Directed by Padraig McIntyre Doubt: A Parable is an exquisite, potent drama that will raise questions and answer none, leaving the audience to grapple with the discomfort of their uncertainties. The play is set in the fictional St. Nicholas Church School, in the Bronx, during the fall of 1964. There is Father Flynn, a beloved and progressive parish priest. There is the school’s principal, Sister Aloysius, a rigidly conservative nun, who harbours a deep mistrust toward her students, her fellow teachers, and society in general. And there is Naïve and impressionable, Sister James. Sister Aloysius and Father Flynn are put into direct conflict when she learns from Sister James that the priest met one-on-one with Donald Muller, St. Nicholas’ first African-American student. Mysterious circumstances lead her to believe that sexual misconduct occurred. Aloysius, dissatisfied with Flynn’s explanation, meets with Donald’s mother, Mrs. Muller. With no actual proof that Father Flynn is or is not innocent, the audience is left with its own doubt. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play 2005. Admission: €18 & €16 read full story / add a comment 
cavan / arts and media / event notice Tuesday May 23, 2017 16:23 by P. Trant
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Ramor Players present Doubt: A Parable with Peter Trant, Liz O'Hanlon, Emer Sexton & Agnes Efemuai. Directed by Padraig McIntyre Doubt: A Parable is an exquisite, potent drama that will raise questions and answer none, leaving the audience to grapple with the discomfort of their uncertainties. The play is set in the fictional St. Nicholas Church School, in the Bronx, during the fall of 1964. There is Father Flynn, a beloved and progressive parish priest. There is the school’s principal, Sister Aloysius, a rigidly conservative nun, who harbours a deep mistrust toward her students, her fellow teachers, and society in general. And there is Naïve and impressionable, Sister James. Sister Aloysius and Father Flynn are put into direct conflict when she learns from Sister James that the priest met one-on-one with Donald Muller, St. Nicholas’ first African-American student. Mysterious circumstances lead her to believe that sexual misconduct occurred. Aloysius, dissatisfied with Flynn’s explanation, meets with Donald’s mother, Mrs. Muller. With no actual proof that Father Flynn is or is not innocent, the audience is left with its own doubt. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play 2005. Admission: €18 & €16 read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / photo-essay Sunday May 21, 2017 15:39 by Ba.
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HOW IMPERIALISM DESTROYS FAMILIES read full story / add a comment 
dublin / arts and media / event notice Sunday May 14, 2017 21:03 by pfc
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The Progressive Film Club are delighted to feature four new films in our last screening before a much needed summer break. It's a varied programme with two shorts - one the multi-award winning "Through the Wall", which was the outstanding work from this year's "Latin American Shorts" film festival. The other short "To Help US" is a very clever (and really short) work from a newcomer. We follow with a film about the privatisation of Greek water. Many of the issues will be familiar to Irish people but the results of a failure to win this battle are very evident in this film. Our final film, with a background of stunning scenery takes us up K2 and focuses on the everyday dangerous working conditions and pay of the sherpas who porter for the international expeditions climbing the mountain. This film has won several prestigious international awards. A great final programme - not to be missed! read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / other press Thursday May 11, 2017 11:45 by 1 of indy
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Many people still don't fully understand why events transpired the way they did during our financial crisis, but this analysis by Michael Hudson reproduced here serves to clearly outline how and why we ended up where we did. The interview is concerned with the greek situation with but the behaviours involved in "loaning to exploit" described in the interview are clearly recognisable from our own experiences. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Friday May 05, 2017 12:46 by Fusion Sundays
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International Stalls, Streetfood, Pop-up Workshops, Live Music and Great Vibes read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday May 03, 2017 22:51 by 1 of indy
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Stand with the defendants, stand with Jobstown, stand with Tallaght. Send a clear message to the establishment politicians and the Gardaí - Tallaght is united in support of the protesters and the right to protest. Please come to the Stand With Jobstown March - Saturday 6 May at 2pm. Assemble: Swimming Pool (Jobstown) OR The Square Luas Stop Both marches will come together in Jobstown read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Monday May 01, 2017 21:15 by 1 of indy
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This is opinion & analysis piece comes from Integrity Ireland who are attempting to fight corruption in the legal system and face an uphill struggle in their task and this piece illustrates well what they are up against. ---------------------------- Well, it has been an interesting few weeks again, with reports of increasingly odd and bizarre ‘developments’ – especially regarding decisions being made by Gardaí, by Courts Service Staff and by senior personnel at the DPP’s Office. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / photo-essay Tuesday April 25, 2017 16:32 by Ba.
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HOW A CAR BOMB WORKS read full story / add a comment |
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