US Forces in Syria Fire a Howitzer Into ... Fri Apr 16, 2021 11:36 | Caitlin Johnstone
Pope Announces Vaccine Selfies Can Now B... Fri Apr 16, 2021 09:36 | The Babylon Bee
In Going for an Overkill Russia May Have... Thu Apr 15, 2021 22:48 | Dmitri Trenin
Denmark to Share AstraZeneca Injections ... Thu Apr 15, 2021 20:32 | RT
US Intel Walks Back Claim Russians Put B... Thu Apr 15, 2021 19:40 | Adam Rawnsley
Anti-Empire >>
A bird's eye view of the vineyard
Moveable Feast Cafe 2021/04/16 ? Open Thread Fri Apr 16, 2021 22:00 | Herb Swanson
2021/04/16 21:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of
The US warplans for the Ukraine (OPEN THREAD # 12) UPDATED Fri Apr 16, 2021 18:48 | The Saker
Frankly, Biden’s address to the US nation (the first one in his life) was probably the lamest most clueless political speech I ever heard. And I am not referring to
Iran & Russia set to sign comprehensive strategic agreement ? Al Mayadeen TV report Fri Apr 16, 2021 13:07 | amarynth
Original link: http://middleeastobse... Video link: https://www.youtube.c... Description: According to a recent Al Mayadeen TV report, the purpose behind Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov?s recent visit to Tehran was to pave the way
South Front added to the sanctions list Thu Apr 15, 2021 23:23 | amarynth
SF TOP HOT:) ?NATIONAL EMERGENCY?: BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS OBSESSED WITH SOUTHFRONT Dear friends, We saw a lot, but still retained the ability to wonder. It seems today it is irretrievably
Executive Order on Blocking Property with Respect to Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Gov... Thu Apr 15, 2021 16:53 | The Saker
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et
The Saker >>
Stay Sceptical. Control the Hysteria. Save Lives.
News Round Up Fri Apr 16, 2021 02:54 | Jonathan Barr
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about the virus in the past 24 hours ? not just in Britain, but around the world.
The post News Round Up appeared first on Lockdown Sceptics.
Is the Government Levelling With Us About the Vaccines? Fri Apr 16, 2021 02:04 | Will Jones
If the Government still has confidence in the vaccines then it needs to act like it. If it doesn't then it needs to be upfront about this so a proper debate can be had about what that means for the future.
The post Is the Government Levelling With Us About the Vaccines? appeared first on Lockdown Sceptics.
The Case For Lockdown Collapsed When Sweden?s Epidemic Began to Retreat Thu Apr 15, 2021 20:00 | Noah Carl
The argument for lockdowns made a clear prediction concerning what would happen in Sweden. But that prediction was wrong. Up to week 51, the country saw age-adjusted excess mortality of just 1.7%, below the EU average.
The post The Case For Lockdown Collapsed When Sweden’s Epidemic Began to Retreat appeared first on Lockdown Sceptics.
Where Do London?s Mayoral Candidates Stand on Lockdown? Thu Apr 15, 2021 18:40 | Toby Young
A Lockdown Sceptics' reader has emailed all the anti-lockdown candidates in the London mayoral election, trying to work out just how "anti" they are. They all come out pretty well, although some are more sound than others.
The post Where Do London?s Mayoral Candidates Stand on Lockdown? appeared first on Lockdown Sceptics.
Most Care Home Vaccine Rates below Government Guidance Thu Apr 15, 2021 17:51 | Michael Curzon
A consultation has been launched into making Covid vaccinations mandatory for care home staff as data shows that more than 96,000 eligible staff at older adult care homes in England have not received a vaccine.
The post Most Care Home Vaccine Rates below Government Guidance appeared first on Lockdown Sceptics.
Lockdown Skeptics >>
Voltaire Network
galway |
environment |
opinion/analysis
Friday April 13, 2007 11:26
by Galway water crisis
printable version
Digg this
del.icio.us
Furl
Reddit
Technorati
Facebook
Gab
Twitter
View Comments Titles Only
save preference
Comments (10 of 10)
Jump To Comment: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1its on college road
i would like to attend protest at city hall.having just moved to galway i am not sure where it is. i would have gone to meeting at hotel except i asked for information on its whereabouts on this site and for some reason that comment was deleted.
There will be a protest at City Hall in Galway at 6 pm this Monday 23rd April. We appreciate this is short notice but we have to strike while the iron is hot. Bring drums, whistles, empty water bottles..etc. We are asking that as many people as possible come to this protest. Lets show Ireland, Europe and the world that Galway people will not take this debacle lying down!
Hey, unfortunatley I wasnt up to date enough about the meeting on wednesday, and I only found about it today. Was there any date set for the street protest? If there is going to be a protest then were gonna have to get the numbers up and start putting flyers everywhere. Im pretty sure that everyone would want to go to this, its just a matter of organizing it well enough. Unfortunately I missed out on the Wednesday meeting because of the shortness of notice, hopefully there will be more notice and more information on the street protest soon. I cant imagine anyone not wanting to take to the streets about this.
As long as farmer puppetmasters run this country by proxy ,and Fianna Fail (and Fine Gael) are their marionettes nothing will change. The non implementation of proper slurry and farm waste containment years ago is a scandal that citizens of no other nation in Europe would countenance.
Get them out.
Public Meeting This Wednesday
Public Meeting this Wednesday (18th April) at 8 pm in the Warwick Hotel (In the Beo bar), Salthill.
The Agenda
1. To give the Galway public a forum to air their views
2. To organise a Public Protest
3. To show 'The Powers That Be' that the people of Galway will vote with their feet on this issue
www.indymedia.ie/article/82030
If there was any street protest in galway I would definitly go to it, people need to be more annoyed about the water in galway and do something about it.
Nobody who has watched the privatisation policy that is the anchor of all current government policy is one bit surprised that a major city has now found itself without a water supply on tap.
We need to understand, that like the Health service and all other vital services, this government has deliberately allowed them to rot on the vine and will in due course, propose privatisation as the solution. It's a tried and tested ploy. Privatisation however solves nothing. It only allows one small section of society to grab an unfair share of the national pie.
If the people fo Galway go out and vote for a FF/PD candidate in the next general election, then surely emigration must begin to look like an attractive option.
I know a guy who has a fresh water well in the Burren and is willing to fill People's containers for a quarter of the price. He will give you a receipt if required and this can be submitted to the Council for reimbursement.
The crisis also gets solved immediatly.
Yep, its a joke alright. From the first day of this crisis, Galway Co. Co. should have been bringing in tankers of water every day for free distribution and going around all the estates, towns and villages in the region with the times announced on the radio, in the local press and on their website.
And if I remember correctly a few years ago there was controversary over the building of housing estates along the shores of Lough Corrib and the matter was raised that this would inevitably end up contaminating the lake due to sewage along with the existing pressure for other sources. So it is now not very surprising that we now find that the lake is infested with Cryptosporidium.
Many will also remember a year or two back that Dick Roche gave a waiver permitting the building of hundreds of thousands of rural houses as part of their duty to govern on behalf of the building industry. If I remember correctly, the estimate for the total number of planned rural houses was well over 150,000 and we were given the sop that the children of farmers could not build on their own land, yet it turned out that of that figure only 50,000 were for such people in that category. Yes clearly something should have been done for them, but it would seem the rest were more at the speculative end and in all probability to be second homes.
We can be sure there will be more cases like the water contamination in Galway, but the tax payers will end up paying.