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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday December 15, 2009 14:41 by TD
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"Those regimes that break the rules must be held accountable. Sanctions must exact a real price. Intransigence must be met with increased pressure" : When Obama opined those sweet words during his acceptance speech of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, they seemed to be crafted with Israel in mind, but not a whit, just another Orwellian baa from the wolf dressed in sheep's clothing, yet more Prozac to keep us standing idly by in a soothing semantic haze marvelling at the Imperor's new clothes and his committment for exacting a "real price" for Iran's pursuit of nuclear power for peaceful purposes - nuclear "obliteration" perhaps.? (Hilary Clinton). read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday December 14, 2009 17:55 by Fred Johnston
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Mary Hanafin seems proud of the creation of new laws which put those in receipt of welfare under checkpoint security read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday December 13, 2009 11:39 by Paula Geraghty
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Choice Ireland has been campaigning for three years against unregulated Rogue Crisis Pregnancy Agencies who give false and dangerous information to pregnant women in order to prevent them from having abortions. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday December 12, 2009 23:06 by Paula Geraghty
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The Feminist Open Forum hosted a discussion on the current situation on abortion in Ireland in the Central Hotel Dublin. Watch Choice Ireland's speaker give a background on Choice Ireland and the campaign for justice for pregnant Irish women who end up in the hands of Rogue Agencies. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Saturday December 12, 2009 01:53 by former green voter
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Green Party TD Paul Gogarty's approach to politics is unconventional at the best of times. Readers will remember he recently attracted attention by rolling around the floor and playing dead while a political rival was making a speech at a public meeting. But in the Dáil on Friday December 11th, he used what they call un-parliamentary language to make his feelings known. Video may be unsuitable for children. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8TRXJ0SHm4 read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday December 09, 2009 22:04 by Freda H and Ronan O'D
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On Wednesday 9th December 2009 at 6.30pm members of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) and concerned residents of the Dublin 15 area held a peaceful protest against the presence of Israeli-made products in the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre despite dreadful weather conditions read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / feature Wednesday December 09, 2009 15:05 by Gerard Horgan
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A critique of the Obama Presidency from taking office in January of this year to now. read full story / add a comment 
kilkenny / arts and media / other press Sunday December 06, 2009 17:43 by Paul Ryan
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Training and Support Kilkenny or TASK is an organisation setup to provide training and lend support to people suffering from mental illness. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / news report Saturday December 05, 2009 09:46 by Social & Climate Justice Caravan
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In front of the international head quarters of WWF (World Wildlife Fund) in Gland-Geneva, participants of the Social and Climate Justice Caravan made their first protest action. Delegates from farming organisations, indigenous and fisher folk from the South denounced the greenwashing carried out by WWF in their respective countries. web: http://www.climatecaravan.org/ blog: http://climatecaravan.wordpress.com/ climate caravan radio: http://radio4all.net/index.php/contributor/4090 Social & Climate Justice Caravan -reader PDF: http://www.climatecaravan.org/images/Caravan_bulletin_0...9.pdf read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / news report Friday December 04, 2009 22:50 by Bernie Wright
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Dont buy items with feathers/duvets, jackets, hanging decorations, xmas decorations,....etc.. Down is the soft layer of feathers closest to birds’ skin, primarily on the chest area. These feathers are valued because they do not have any hard quills. Products labeled as “down” may contain a combination of these underfeathers and other feathers or fillers. While most down and feathers are removed from birds during slaughter, geese from breeders and ones bred for meat and those on foie gras farms may be live-plucked. , read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Friday December 04, 2009 13:22 by DSF
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In an interview, Mary Lou McDonald said she supports the public service workers and wants to see social welfare rates protected. Sinn Fein has offered an alternative to the slash and burn economics of the government which seem to be being accepted by the other political parties. By raising taxes while stimulating the economy and protecting the lower paid, the deepening of this recession can be avoided. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday December 03, 2009 15:20 by Feudal castrato
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Today is the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster . At the Union Carbide pesticide plant in the Indian city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on December 3, 1984. Around 12 AM, methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and other toxins were released, resulting in the exposure of over 500,000 people. Estimates vary on the death toll - the official immediate death toll was 2,259, which rose greatly over time. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday December 02, 2009 22:39 by Paula Geraghty
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Listen and see why some of the people came from around the country to take part in yesterday's protest read full story / add a comment
kildare / education / news report Wednesday December 02, 2009 17:26 by Donal Ó Fallúin - WSM/FEE NUIM
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www.free-education.info read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / news report Wednesday December 02, 2009 12:40 by cirrius
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People who used to get the Christmas payment include those on the blind pension, Invalidity pension, widows allowance, long term unemployed people, people on carer's allowance, state pension, and the families of those in prison. Contrast their treatment with the pensions paid every week to former government ministers like Ray Burke and Bertie Ahern, or the billions ploughed into the budgets of banks and developers. This year, the Fianna Fáil/Green Party coalition, backed by various Independents, has axed the Christmas payment to pensioners and those on the dole. Yesterday Sinn Féin held a protest outside Leinster Houses demanding that the payment be restored. Aengus Ó Snodaigh said: “Economic recovery will not be achieved by driving people into poverty. The recession will deepen if the government persists in taking money from those who spend it on everyday necessities. If these cuts are not resisted we face a prolonged recession with more and more people living in poverty.” read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday December 02, 2009 09:37 by Paula Geraghty
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Symphysiotomy: The story of a cruel childbirth operation. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / news report Tuesday December 01, 2009 19:40 by ARAN
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This Sunday join compassionate people from across Ireland and beyond to gather in Dublin for a peaceful march and rally to call for stronger laws in the upcoming animal welfare bill due to be released in 2010 – the rally also aims to highlight the problem of animal abuse in Ireland to the nation and call for tougher penalties for those who abuse animals and who currently get away with a mere a slap on the wrist. The march also aims to establish rights for animals and to remove from society that animals are nothing more than commodities. read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday November 30, 2009 14:57 by Medusa
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Taping Placards to the Main door at the Galway Cathedral high lighting churches abuse of children read full story / add a comment
international / environment / news report Monday November 30, 2009 12:24 by dunk
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“The day the political landscape changed forever“, was how Fritjof Capra referred to events of N30, Tuesday 30th of November 1999, in his book The Hidden Connections. He was referring to the day when 1000´s of global justice activists came together and succeeded in shutting down the first WTO (World Trade Organisation) talks in the US using (mostly) non violent direct actions (NVDA) in the north western US city of Seattle. This was the event which brought the “globalisation” debate to the mainstream. It has been misleadingly described as anti-globalisation, what it should be accurately described as is anti corporate globalisation. 10 years on and again there is rubber bullets, tear gas and flames in the streets. This time in Geneva, as people from all over the world converge in the lead up to COP15, the climate change talks in Copenhagen... amongst others, the Social and Climate justice caravan. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Sunday November 29, 2009 23:48 by Kev S & Freda H
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The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign took part in this year’s International Week of Solidarity called by the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign (http://www.stopthewall.org). An international call to activists was put out to launch a week of global mobilisation against the walls of apartheid in Palestine from November 9th to 16th 2009. The IPSC used this opportunity to highlight the necessity of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, with specific reference to the ongoing role of Irish construction company CRH (formerly Cement Roadstone Holdings) in the building of the Apartheid Wall and illegal colonial settlements in the West Bank. read full story / add a comment |
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