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national / environment Sunday July 14, 2013 - 13:33 by Luke Eastwood
 1 comment (last - wednesday july 17, 2013 - 13:27)
A brief history of the deforestation of Ireland and why it happened.....
It is well known that Ireland has a very low level of tree cover, among the lowest of any European country – in 2012 it had risen to almost 11% although it is still way below the European average of 30%. Of course about half of this 11% is Sitkha Spruce, which is non-native and causes acidification of the soil. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday July 12, 2013 - 17:23 by Maura Doyle
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A lot has been written about the Michael McKevitt case over the years since his incarceration in 2001. Whether his reputation as an unrepentant republican is palatable to many people or not, he has endured the wrath of a very vicious print media campaign throughout that time and even before. We overlook the fact that the media onslaught was also waged against his entire family without any justification whatsoever and the standards used against them fell well below anything that we could even attempt to describe as 'normal practice'. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday July 12, 2013 - 17:18 by Jack Boyle
The State made a decision to put Mr McKevitt away due to his political views and in particular, his opposition to the Good Friday Agreement. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday July 10, 2013 - 14:35 by Sean Crudden
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To many people ideology is bunkum. However a closer examination will soon reveal the extent to which ideology governs behaviour. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday July 08, 2013 - 13:40 by Mattie Lennon
Lacken School and the story behind it. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Sunday July 07, 2013 - 20:28 by fred
3 comments (last - friday july 12, 2013 - 09:27)  1 video file
David Norris has recently been diagnosed with cancer which he speculated appears to be related to the initial incidence of viral hepatitis which he contracted from tainted drinking water while he was on unpaid Government business in Eastern Europe in 1994.
There is much discussion about this online, but this personal situation may have added fire and urgency to his impassioned breathless speech in defence of the Seanad. Here it is. Share it widely. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday July 03, 2013 - 07:15 by brionOcleirigh
10 comments (last - monday july 08, 2013 - 00:47) 8 images 7 video files
"I have been in prison for over 3 years and I still haven’t been given a reason. They have put forward a number of allegations against me, and I’m not able to defend myself against any of them. They say I have been seen speaking to known republicans, and that I visited a number of houses. What does that matter? It doesn’t mean I’ve done anything wrong. They have absolutely nothing on me, and that’s why they haven’t charged me." Martin Corey ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Tuesday July 02, 2013 - 13:36 by VM
In an interview with The Vast Minority, writer Paul Cudenec calls for anarchists to unite in "total opposition" to the global capitalist system. He says he is trying to unearth the primal force behind the philosophy and argues that anarchism has the potential to become a new "religion" for the current age. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday July 02, 2013 - 13:20 by Galway Alliance Against War
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Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/galway.antiwar Or join our group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/312442090965/ FOR YOUR DIARY SOLIDARITY RALLY AT ENNIS DISTRICT COURT 10th JULY 2013 at 10.30am JOIN US THERE TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR MARGARETTA D’ARCY GAAW SUPPORTED PEACE EVENT Shannon Peace Vigil Sunday, 14th July, 2013 14:00 until 15:00 Meet at small roundabout just before Shannon Airport CONTENTS 1. MARGARETTA’S COURT CASE 2. GAAW PRO TAKEN IN FOR QUESTIONING BY GARDAÍ 3. MEANWHILE AT SHANNON THE WAR GOES ON….. 4. FROM SOLDIER TO RESISTER – JOE GLENTON IN GALWAY 5. THE GARDAÍ INVESTIGATING THEMSELVES ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Sunday June 30, 2013 - 21:50 by I. Greene
Despite the multiple cover-ups between the Garda Commissioner and the Justice Minister there still lingers an undercurrent of malpractice and deceit, which could only be resolved with an independent investigation. Lurking beneath the surface there appears to be dishonesty and cover-up and some within the Garda organisation are of the view that the Garda Commissioner should stand aside rather than be pushed later. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday June 26, 2013 - 19:45 by ordinary citizen
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Bonos arrogance has touched a nerve with ordinary people struggling to get by ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday June 24, 2013 - 00:26 by Very Vagabond
Many Americans, of Christian ancestry, were taught their (supposedly their) Judeo-Christian “God” (Anglo-Saxon term for Yahweh) knows all because he sees all. Yet if we put these powers into political terms and context—then these capacities are not much different from the current National Security Administration’s “Operation Prism” that has vast potential to know all about Americans and apparently the entire world of personal communications, as recently revealed by Glen Greenwald’s stories in British daily The Guardian. Thus we learn our Leviathan State can know everything and anything about anyone. By analyzing religion through a lens of political philosophy we can see the psychology of Judeo-Christian Yahweh’s exclusivity to power, as in “he” (anthropomorphized) holds all the cards, is thus the exemplar religious model for a political state of Monarchy (and privileges to a more or less self-select court elite). ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday June 17, 2013 - 20:24 by Robert Long
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“Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it”
Iraq had WMD’s, Gaddafi was killing his own people, Iran has been six months from having nuclear weapons since 2004 and now Syria has used chemical weapons in its civil war. These are lies purported as truth by the vast majority of the mainstream media. These are four examples from the last decade, but of course lies of this kind have been used throughout history to justify wars of aggression. All of these government sponsored fallacies are inextricably linked in an on-going geo-political chess game. This game is all too real for those living in the “theatres” of conflict, and it shall be so for us few, lucky enough to reside in the still relatively peaceful albeit now austere “western” world. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday June 15, 2013 - 17:03 by brionOcleirigh
11 comments (last - monday june 24, 2013 - 05:38) 8 images 7 video files
Imagine if you will, being taken from your home, without a reason or charge, by paramilitary police, who regularly collude in the murder of lawyers and journalists. You are then imprisoned for three years, without being told, how long you will remain kidnapped, by these scum state thugs. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / racism & migration related issues Friday June 14, 2013 - 21:33 by Eamonn Sheehy & Asylum Archive
2 comments (last - friday june 20, 2014 - 13:12) 5 images
Ireland, asylum and the institutionalization of the young, old and innocent. Direct Provision anyone? ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Friday June 14, 2013 - 14:43 by KGÖ
Between 17th and 18th of June it’s starting again: The representatives of the eight strongest economic imperialist states meet for their yearly G8 summit. Since 1975, this meeting is organized every year, where head of states of Germany, the USA, Great Britain, Canada, Italy, France, Japan and Russia come together. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday June 12, 2013 - 23:30 by Galway Alliance Against War
CONTENTS 1. FROM SOLDIER TO RESISTER – JOE GLENTON – TO SPEAK IN GALWAY 2. GAAW PAIR CHARGED OVER PEACE ACTION AT SHANNON 3. IRISH BACKING FOR BRITISH NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAMME 4. IS THE WAR IN SYRIA OVER OR ABOUT TO BEGIN? 5. PEACE PROCESS: COLUMBIA 6. MORE WARS IN AFRICA: SUDAN & SOUTH SUDAN – A (Thomas C.) MOUNTAIN VIEW ... read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights Wednesday June 12, 2013 - 22:09 by Bird Man
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In the past few days, animal protection campaigners have become aware of a disturbing YouTube video that shows a leading dog trainer and breeder using LIVE, tied-up birds to train gundogs. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday June 12, 2013 - 00:00 by Eamonn Sheehy
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Forough (not her real name), an Iranian woman, speaks of her experiences during 2009's crackdown on peaceful post-election protests. As the 2013 presidential elections take place, what is happening in Iran today? ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Sunday June 09, 2013 - 14:44 by notajobbridgesucker
8 comments (last - tuesday june 11, 2013 - 00:12)
Here is an interesting arcticle i have found on the scambridge.ie website,i find it interesting how joan burton has massaged figures,and is furiously trying to spin something positive out of job bridge. What could be so positive about robbing what could be a paid job from the poorest of communities,usually the paid work they convert or nullify into unpaid work are of working class and middle class level jobs. IT ROBS WHAT COULD BE A PAID JOB FROM THE COMMUNITY. What is so positive about that?The 38% of interns taken on are not 38% per se,but 25% of that 38%,so there is another shady lie from the minister for ''jobs'' or should i say unemployment? Here is the article below: ... read full story / add a comment |
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