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national / miscellaneous Monday July 07, 2008 - 14:25 by Paul Bowman
 38 comments (last - wednesday july 16, 2008 - 12:21)
As the morning of Friday 13th of June grew towards midday, the government and ... realised with mounting horror that they had not only lost the referendum for the Lisbon treaty, but had lost badly. In the end, with a turnout higher than both Nice referendums and European elections, the Irish electorate had cast more No votes, than the number that elected the FF government last year. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday July 07, 2008 - 12:57 by Cliona Flanagan
3 comments (last - thursday august 28, 2008 - 18:34)
Orange and Green politicians sometimes find it incredibly easy to come together, especially when it’s to stop progress. In May a joint letter was sent to every Westminster MP, signed by the leaders of the DUP, Sinn Fein, the SDLP and UUP opposing plans to extend British abortion law to Northern Ireland. Ironically, when it comes to a woman’s right to choose the Unionist parties are at one with nationalists in rejecting British rule in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
international / summit mobilisations Monday July 07, 2008 - 12:06 by Mark C
This is a poem made up of acrostics that I wrote after the G8 meetings last year documenting my thoughts on the indvidual countries that make up 'The Group of Eight". Feel free to add your own creative writing/work (and/or comments). ... read full story / add a comment
The EU’s plan to keep the illegal Lisbon Treaty ‘legal’ (=’alive’) has so far enjoyed the full support of the Irish Government and recently entered the stage where it turned out that “We didn’t need full vote on Lisbon: FG” (http://www.independent.ie/national-news/we-didnt-need-f....html) This essentially means that the Government is considering the option to finally discard the referendum NO, and to effectively overthrow the Constitution of Ireland by ratifying a new constitution, the Lisbon Treaty, on behalf of the people of Ireland. “The official decision on Lisbon should enter into legal force + comments” (http://www.indymedia.ie/article/88222) 1. The plan to keep the illegal Lisbon Treaty ‘legal’ 2. What the poll results really reveal 3. Democracy: luxury or obligation? ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday July 06, 2008 - 12:47 by Mairead Maguire
6 comments (last - wednesday july 09, 2008 - 05:44)
Twelve years in solitary confinement, 6 more years in "ordinary" prison, four years since his release confined to the prison of Israel with inhuman conditions imposed, fighting another six months sentence for having spoken to journalists, will Mordechai Vanunu ever be a free man again? It's time to end this inhumanity and let Mordechai Vanunu go free at last. His fate may now lie in the hands of the Israeli people. I hope some Israeli voices will support him in his trial on 8 July. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Saturday July 05, 2008 - 14:19 by m.m.mccarron
3 comments (last - saturday july 05, 2008 - 21:42)  3 images
Shell to Sea is currently drawing persistent attention to the flouting of EU/ Irish law in relation to the Wildlife Act of 1985 amended in 1995. It received statutory significance through its signing by the then, Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, Michael D Higgins ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Friday July 04, 2008 - 14:55 by Phier
7 comments (last - sunday july 13, 2008 - 11:48)
Includes text no longer available on the Oireachtas timeline for this issue. ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Thursday July 03, 2008 - 14:01 by Howard Holby
28 comments (last - thursday july 10, 2008 - 21:32)
So far Ireland has been the only one of the 27 EU-states to demonstrate an independent court decision in favour of democracy and the rule of law [1, 2]. In the new situation brought about by the EU-leaders’ rejection of Ireland’s decision [3, 4, 5], Ireland is again tested as the last fortress of democracy within the EU. This test is on whether the official decision on Lisbon arrived at on June 12, 2008 would enter into force, or the constitutional foundations of Ireland, similarly to the other 26 states, would be bent or circumvented to serve the interests of foreign political forces [2]? The questions and the proposition of this article are meant to provide a starting point for further legal considerations, building on the assumption that an independent court still exists to protect the constitution, the rule of law and democracy in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday July 02, 2008 - 16:51 by dunk
18 comments (last - sunday february 05, 2012 - 11:47) 7 images
A worrying amount of reports are coming in about the possibility of a new front in the ongoing “war on terror”. The chances of an attack on Iran, who have never attacked anyone outside of its borders for 280 years now, is being increasingly talked about. But who might lead this attack and in what way might such an act further destabilise the world, both externally in the Middle East but also here at home in Europe and the “civilized world”? Bush, Obama or maybe Israel? And who might follow? Sarkozy, Burlesconi, Brown, maybe even Poland, maybe even all of Europe? ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Wednesday July 02, 2008 - 09:05 by Howard Holby
1 comment (last - wednesday july 02, 2008 - 10:25)
How much legitimacy can Mr. Sarkozy assume in a non-existent role called ‘EU President’, under the current conditions, when the Lisbon Treaty meant to create such presidency has already been legally rejected, and the overall implementation process should have been revoked by now [1, 2]? How much legitimacy can be assumed for a politician who openly contradicted the decision of his own electorate [3, 4, 5] in order to seize power over the rest of the half billion who have never been and never will be his electorate [6]? How much credibility can be granted to a ‘president’ who helped organising the scheme [5] to suppress the opinion of the rest of Europe thus prevented the democratic constitutionalisation process in the region he is supposedly the ‘president’ of? ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Monday June 30, 2008 - 10:30 by paul o toole
22 comments (last - thursday july 10, 2008 - 20:36) 1 image
More hypocracy from the Fianna Fail, PD and now the New Green Party ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday June 29, 2008 - 10:59 by Mark C
14 comments (last - wednesday july 02, 2008 - 23:12) 1 image  1 audio file
This is a summary of the so-called 'War on Terror'. It is a poem that I began writing in Bosnia in the summer of 2005 and still go back to to add the odd word, phrase, comma, etc, now and again. I'm presenting it here (with a small number of notes at the end) to try to encourage more from the artistic community in Ireland in denouncing the war(s), but also because its contents are still relevant (I had hoped that it would have been out of date before I go to finish it). ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday June 27, 2008 - 22:27 by candle in the wind
After torching Rom encampments, molotoving homes, stoning and kicking women and children, Rom children are to be fingerprinted "to protect them". ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Thursday June 26, 2008 - 20:12 by Brian
19 comments (last - wednesday september 09, 2009 - 11:47)
A look at the political thinking of the various groups that campaigned or voted No to Lisbon, with a view to seeing if it was possible for these groups to form a new united Irish opposition movement. ... read full story / add a comment
Would Mr. Cowen continue to represent the European Commission and the Council against his own people? Or would he finally start acting according to his constitutional obligation to his country and demand that the EU should unconditionally respect the decision of Ireland and immediately stop the ratification of the rejected treaty? Have the pro-Lisbon leaders considered that living under a dictatorial regime creates such a high uncertainty that first affects the rulers, due to the unpredictability and uncontrollability of the individual ambitions within an uncontrollable regime? Have they considered the possibility that the one-dimensional knowledge of their lawyers launching an operation with tricks and paragraphs against the nations of Europe may have been insufficient to assess the feasibility of the overall plan? Have they considered the very likely option that their Lisbon-scheme would fail when they least expect it? ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Tuesday June 24, 2008 - 12:13 by IshtarCelt
8 comments (last - monday june 30, 2008 - 09:22)
This Referendum had a majority turnout of the electorate. The reason the Nice treaty could be put to a re-vote is because there wasn't a majority turnout. So the Lisbon treaty can't be put to a re-vote. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Sunday June 22, 2008 - 18:05 by paul o toole
2 comments (last - tuesday june 24, 2008 - 12:45)
The governments 'eventual response' will respect the outcome of the election ... read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues Friday June 20, 2008 - 19:46 by Eanna Dowling
Bolivian President has published his concerns about the EU's Return Directive. This Directive sets out a policy on returning illegal immigrants to their home countries allowing a standardised detention period of 18 months. This article incorporates Morales's article in full, provides a critique; compares Ireland's immigration position with Bolivia and documents some developments in agreeing the Return Directive. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Friday June 20, 2008 - 14:36 by O. O'C.
36 comments (last - tuesday july 08, 2008 - 00:01)
* Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Minister Michael Martin give in to Franco-German and EU Commission pressure to permit the remaining Lisbon ratifications to continue, when they could have stopped these by saying that Ireland cannot and will not ratify the Lisbon Treaty, as the Irish people have rejected it. * The Irish Government lines up with Brussels against the Irish people rather than stands by the people's democratic decision of last week to defend it vis-a-vis Brussels - so as to bring about a 26/1 situation by year's end with which to bludgeon Irish voters in a referendum re-run. * Talk of "respecting" Ireland's vote turns out in practice to be a cover for setting out to overturn it in a referendum re-run, with Brian Cowen's, Michael Martin's and Dick Roche's full support - and behind a thick barrier of hypocrisy, spoofing and lies. ... read full story / add a comment
As we all know by now, the imperial classes of Europe are busy looking for new creative ways to continue to impose the Lisbon Treaty on the member states, regardless of its rejection by Ireland. The very same philosophy that drives them doing so can be captured in the following highlights. ... read full story / add a comment |
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