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national / anti-capitalism Tuesday March 12, 2013 - 20:05 by Eugene Mc Cartan
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This month a group of socialist and republican activists from a variety of backgrounds throughout Ireland came together in Dublin to establish the Peadar O’Donnell Socialist Republican Forum. The concept of the forum arose from a series of seminars that in turn had their origin in a symposium on “Republicanism in the Twenty-First Century” hosted by the Communist Party in September last year. The aim of the forum is to promote the ideas of socialist republicanism, as best expressed by James Connolly, Liam Mellows, and Peadar O’Donnell. The forum is named after Peadar O’Donnell in recognition of his outstanding role as a union organiser, republican soldier, author, enemy of fascism, friend of the worker and small farmer, committed socialist, and lifelong activist for peace and against imperialism. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday March 12, 2013 - 10:00 by AIMS Ireland
This past weekend, as the nation celebrated International Women’s Day and Mother’s Day, an Irish Maternity Hospital initiated an invasive procedure on a pregnant woman against her will. ‘Mother A’ was denied patient autonomy and the right to informed refusal when the drastic and unprecedented measure of an emergency High Court sitting was called in order to compel her to undergo a Caesarian section. The risk of uterine rupture was cited as one of the main reasons for the urgency in this case but this risk is widely reported as being 0.1% or 1/1000. This is what Dr. Michael Turner, Obstetrician at the Coombe Hospital has called: “exaggerated, professional scaremongering...and it must stop”. (VBAC Conference, 2012) ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Tuesday March 05, 2013 - 19:13 by Roundiehouse
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Dendermonde, 12th February 2013. Today the court of Dendermonde convicted 11 activists of 'gang formation'. In doing so, the judge has criminalised their participation in the non violent direct action and debate on May 29th, 2011, which brought attention to the need for a sustainable agriculture system. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Thursday February 28, 2013 - 13:02 by Elric
16 comments (last - wednesday march 06, 2013 - 22:43)  3 images  1 video file
Anti Property Tax Campaigners occupy headquarters of International financial company. Sending out message of "It's not our debt, and we're not paying". Members of the Campaign Against Home And Water Taxes ( CAHWT) are currently occupying the headquarters of Price Waterhouse Coopers in Dublin's Docklands. This is the first occupation of this type held by the campaign, and represents a significant escalation of our protest activity . It is designed to draw attention to the financial institutions that have avoided the effects of the economic crisis while ordinary workers and their families are made to suffer. ... read full story / add a comment
There is a new website that might be of help to anyone, with a particular interest in how to find primary schools in Ireland by County. It is called irelandstats.com and has just launched in the beginning of 2013. The innovative formula, as well as clarity of data presentation might boost its position in search engines. Other than that, it is greatly suited to the needs of anyone, who wants to find out more about Irish schools. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday February 27, 2013 - 09:57 by Mary McMahon
Family Carers are under additional stress to meet the increasing care needs in the home, whilst maintaining their own health and other family commitments due to the challenges presented by resource constraints. The most recent cuts in Budget 2013 to the Household Benefits Package, Respite Care Grant & increase in prescription charges amount to over €13.00 per week for Family Carers. Caring for Carers Ireland supports the Government in implementing these Four National Goals of The Carers Strategy for Family Carers. It seeks this implementation at the earliest possible opportunity. ... read full story / add a comment 
meath / history and heritage Tuesday February 26, 2013 - 18:01 by Slane Local Heroes
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Celebrating Slane as the home of St Patrick and the Lighting of the Pascal Flame in 432 AD is the central theme of The Flame of Slane Spectacular. This event was first run in 2012 on Easter Saturday and was a great success. It is fair to say that the audience of about 2000 people were astonished with the show. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights Tuesday February 26, 2013 - 15:28 by Ban Hare Coursing in Ireland
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On February 23rd and 24th, members of an anti blood sports campaign group attended part of the so-called “Irish Cup” live hare coursing event, which was held on Limerick racecourse and sponsored by multi millionaire businessman JP McManus. They managed, in spite of an official ban on “unauthorised photography” that apples to all hare coursing events, to film some of the action. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday February 26, 2013 - 13:46 by AIMS Ireland
It has emerged that the HSE is about to take steps to further reduce maternity care choices for women in Ireland. New Guidelines to be introduced by the HSE, will spell the end of midwifery led care in Ireland because the HSE has not put in place the infrastructure to support the changes. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday February 26, 2013 - 13:41 by AIMS Ireland and HBA Ireland
Abstract: There is an overwhelming failure to recognize human rights in birth in Ireland. In December 2011 the Fine Gael and Labour Government passed legislation, called The Nurses and Midwives Act, 2011, which governs the way midwives are insured to attend homebirth in Ireland. Midwives who make an individual assessment, that the mother and baby are safer birthing at home than in a hospital setting, desite falling outside generalized guidelines, are punishable by law with a €60,000 fine and/or a 10 year prision sentence. Women who make an informed decision, against the uninformed terms, are threatened with having their midwife barred from attending them in childbirth and having their baby taken into State custody at birth. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Monday February 25, 2013 - 18:02 by CPIR
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What was the point of Enda Kenny's tears? None other than to create the illusion of a moral contract between the rulers and the ruled. ... read full story / add a comment
kildare / rights, freedoms and repression Monday February 25, 2013 - 11:55 by Saoirse
Kildare Republican Sinn Féin held a picket at the Town Hall in Naas, Co Kildare on Saturday February 23 to highlight the ongoing internment without trial of veteran Republican Martin Corey by the British Government as well as the ongoing struggle for political status being waged by the Republican prisoners in Maghaberry prison in Co Antrim. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-capitalism Sunday February 24, 2013 - 17:34 by CDC
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Today the CDC and residents in Tom Kelly Flats, Charlemont Street entered our second year of gardening in the area in our drive to reclaim idle land, and use it for the purposes of helping communities grow their own food. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Saturday February 23, 2013 - 13:38 by Tingout Staff
Tingout is an internet platform created to givecreated to give more visibility to independent information ... read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights Friday February 22, 2013 - 03:22 by Ban Bloodsports in Ireland
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Horrific stag hunting incident... Terrified stag chased into River Boyne in broad daylight as recovery team and volunteers search for drowning victim. Incident witnessed by dozens of people. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday February 18, 2013 - 19:40 by Elric
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Last month, the De Silva report into the 1989 murder of Pat Finucane highlighted the scale of collusion between loyalist paramilitaries and undercover units of the British Army in the late 1980s. A new report published today by Spinwatch and the Pat Finucane Centre traces the roots of this covert relationship to the earliest days of the Northern Ireland conflict. COUNTER-GANGS: A history of undercover military units in Northern Ireland 1971-1976 shows how the application of colonial counter-insurgency theory led to the recruitment of paramilitaries by plain-clothes army units in the early 1970s ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday February 17, 2013 - 22:52 by Solidarity
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VID Brian Terrell, Catholic Worker presently serving 6 months in U.S.prison for nonviolent resistance to drone warfare... http://fb.me/yufhKQHZ *Write solidarity letters or postcards to Brian Terrell 06125-026 ,FPC Yankton, POB 700, Yankton, SD 57078. U.S.A. (Convicted of trespass at drone protest, Whiteman AFB, Missouri U.S.A.) ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday February 17, 2013 - 18:44 by CPIR
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Mali Invasion: Lies and Opportunism lead in the New Scramble for Africa ... read full story / add a comment 
waterford / animal rights Sunday February 17, 2013 - 00:46 by Bernie Wright
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Exporters have begun assembling 2,900 cattle for the first live export vessel destined for Libya on Wednesday next. All breeds except Friesians are being sought for Live export to Libya according to David Hunter of Murphy Hunter International Livestock in Cork. The Vessel arriving from Ceuta, the Al Mahmoud Express will have 2,900 young dairy bulls loaded from Monday at Waterford port to travel to Tripoli, loading alone may take 48 hours. The sea journey will take 10 days. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Saturday February 16, 2013 - 19:16 by RSD
Solidarity against repression! An appeal by Russian leftist organizations to our comrades worldwide. Saturday 16 February 2013, by Russian Socialist Movement (RSD) Two months ago, we, representatives of the Russian left, asked for your solidarity in the face of the coming wave of political repressions in Russia [1] Alas, today this call is even more urgent than before. It is no longer an exaggeration to compare the political trials taking place right now to the prosecution of Russian populists in the late nineteenth century. The number of possible sentences resulting from the so-called "riots" of May 6, 2012 has steadily climbed over twenty, and the majority of the detainees have spent many months in jail awaiting trial. ... read full story / add a comment |
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