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national / education Sunday March 01, 2009 - 13:34 by Sharon.
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A Fine Gael Councillor and State Senator has suggested that a "national collection" should be done in order to fund the education of children with general learning disabilities. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday March 01, 2009 - 00:25 by Anne Mc Shane
The recent change in Irish society from `get rich quick' to working class struggle has been unprecedented. The economy is sinking fast and the predictions are that things can only get worse. European Commission president José Manuel Barroso has made the point that Ireland would be in the same situation as Iceland if it were not in the euro zone. But maybe even this cannot save the country from plunging into bankruptcy, as banks and businesses collapse and unemployment soars. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Saturday February 28, 2009 - 09:57 by Diet Simon
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Despite icy weather and light rain some 15,000 Germans demonstrated against nuclear power generation on Thursday evening with a chain of light 52 kilometres long. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage Friday February 27, 2009 - 11:16 by TaraWatch
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Smithsonian Institution, based in the US, is the world's largest museum complex and research organization composed of 19 museums, 9 research centers, and the National Zoo. The March 2009 issue features "Some of the world's most precious historic and artistic sites can be visited today—but might be gone tomorrow" ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Thursday February 26, 2009 - 15:02 by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin
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Paintings based on a Gaza demonstration ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday February 26, 2009 - 14:45 by pat c
Cracks are emerging in the edifice of the ICTU leadership.Blair Horan of the CPSU which has opposed the levy from the start has said: that the CPSU was seeking to have the pension levy scrapped. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0226/...3.htm However in todays Irish Times, ICTU General Secretary David Begg said: the first is that our campaign is not for the elimination of the pensions levy but rather for a fairer sharing of the burden of adjustment. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0226/1....html ... read full story / add a comment 
The Government will not opt out completely from European security and defence policy (ESDP) in response to last year’s rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, according to Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday February 25, 2009 - 22:52 by Mbarka
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Last Sunday Moroccan police in the occupied Western Sahara detained a young Saharawi girl and raped her for standing up against the Moroccan occupation. First they interrogated her, then they molested her and finally the policemen sodomize her with their truncheons. All in the presence of higher ranking officers. They even threatened to kill her if she made her story public. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday February 25, 2009 - 09:12 by JusticeForPalestine
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Amnesty's report on weapons used by both sides in Gaza finds much to condemn. http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE15/012/2009/....html The group is particularly hard on the U.S., having found numerous remains of American munitions -- including white phosphorus shells from Pine Bluff Arsenal, and a Hellfire missile made in Orlando. Another weapon which bothers Amnesty is a mysterious munition, filled with cubic particles. This type of ultra-precise strike capability is supposed to limit collateral damage and civilian casualties. So we turn once again to Garlasco's comment, from an earlier conflict: "It is unfortunate that these weapons are being developed specifically for use in densely populated areas which may negate the intended effect." ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday February 24, 2009 - 19:24 by Douglas Delaney
With Thomas Corcoran now sitting on Aer Lingus' board directors, it appears that Ireland's premier air carrier is still closely affiliated with U.S. defence interests. There is nothing clandestine about that relationship. It's in plain sight for everyone to see. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment Tuesday February 24, 2009 - 17:19 by Tarapixie
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Tarapixies, Direct Action and tara Solidarity Vigil are staging a series of Protests and Events. Details below... ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday February 24, 2009 - 14:35 by Darren C
23 February 2009 The Waterford occupation has entered its fourth week. Workers at Waterford Crystals are fighting for their jobs after the Waterford Wedgwood Group went into receivership. Negotiations are still in progress as two rival companies Clarion Investments and KPS Capital Partners talk to the receiver and union officials about a possible purchase. As our leaflet on the march in Dublin pointed out either bidder will cut jobs that’s why we need nationalisation under workers control. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday February 24, 2009 - 14:29 by Darren C
On Saturday 21 February 120,000 workers marched in Dublin against the imposition of a pension levy on public sector workers’ wages by the Fianna Fail government. League members and supporters report from the demonstration ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Monday February 23, 2009 - 18:19 by Ken Macdonald
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I put this up because I think it is a very significant statement from such a high profile person in such dodgy times. Student 'Our system for regulating markets and for prosecuting market crime is completely broken. If you mug someone in the street and you are caught, the chances are that you will go to prison. In recent years mugging someone out of their savings or their pension would probably earn you a yacht. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday February 23, 2009 - 17:40 by Arm-a-Gedden
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Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is a director of the company which developed the Quays shopping centre in Newry, recently blamed for sucking millions of euro of business away from the economy in the Republic. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Monday February 23, 2009 - 14:37 by LASC
LASC seeks Community Employment Accountant/Administration Worker ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday February 22, 2009 - 22:10 by Arm-a-Gedden
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Five officers earned €325,111 in payments as the cost of policing protest against gas pipeline proved expensive for force ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday February 22, 2009 - 21:06 by Socialist Party
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A 40 minute debate between Joe Higgins, Socialist Party rep & TD form 1997 to 2007 and businessman Ulrick McEvaddy on the Pat Kenny Show on Thursday 19th February about the economic crisis, who is to blame and how can it be solved, is available on RTE: http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0219/rteieextraaudio_av.htm...l,209 The debate deals with issues such as Anglo Irish (where Ulrick commends the golden circle as great men), the banking crisis (where Joe outlines the need for socialist nationalisation of the banks), the pension levy, SR Technics, Aer Lingus and more. It will be of great interest to readers on Indymedia, as an introduction to the socialist alternative to the economic crisis. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday February 22, 2009 - 15:21 by seedot
Frank Fahey, FF TD, ex-minister and the man who oversaw the sale of the Bellanaboy land to Shell is being discussed on the blogosphere. In other news the identity of the 10 golden circle investors has yet to be confirmed. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday February 22, 2009 - 14:24 by ISM Gaza Strip
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Israeli Military Shoot Gaza Farmer - 18th February 2009 Israeli forces shot a twenty year-old Palestinian farmer as he worked his land in the village of Al-Faraheen, east of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. International Human Rights Activists were accompanying the group of farmers ... read full story / add a comment |
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