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 Army Sergeant Travis Decker Murdered His Three Children After Being Denied Mental Health Care at JBL... Sat Jun 07, 2025 04:52 | JBLM Whistleblowers
A corrupt military police force and incompetent Commander who denied emergency mental health care and crisis counseling to an American service member resulted in the murder of the sergeant's three young daughters
Gaza doctor grieves her nine children killed in Israeli strike Sun May 25, 2025 20:00 | imc
Israeli regime continues it's slaughter
'The children were completely charred'
Paediatrician Alaa al-Najjar was treating victims of Israeli attacks when her children were killed by an Israeli strike on their home
British doctors working in Gaza describe territory as a ?slaughterhouse? Sat May 24, 2025 00:23 | imc
There?s no food getting in so people are starving,? surgeon Tom Potokar says
British doctors working in Gaza have described the territory as a ?slaughterhouse,? where the patients they are treating are severely malnourished.
Plastic surgeons and orthopedic specialists from the UK are based at the Amal and Nasser hospitals in Khan Younis in the south of the territory.
Dr. Tom Potokar, a plastic surgeon specializing in burn injuries, has worked in Gaza 16 times but said this mission had revealed a level of destruction far greater than his last visit in 2023,
It is time to talk about the Out of Control Immigration. Mon Mar 31, 2025 22:12 | imc
For the last few years since the CV19 scamdemic undocumented immigration into Ireland has surged. No one is allowed discuss it because they do not want any rational debate about it. If you do you are labelled an extremist. However this out of control immigration is fully facilitated by the Irish government and the EU and the shady figure behind the Neo Con movement pushing for endless war, wokeism and globalist agenda.
[Dublin] National Demonstration for Palestine: End Israeli Apartheid & Genocide Thu Mar 06, 2025 22:35 | ipsc
Sat, 22 March 2025, 13:00 Assemble at the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin 1
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, supported by over 150 Irish civil society organisations, has called another National Demonstration for Palestine on Saturday 22nd March.
The march will begin at the Garden of Remembrance at 1pm and finish outside the D?il on Molesworth Street/Kildare Street to bring our demands to the Irish government?s doorstep. The Saker >>
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony
Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony
Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony
RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony
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Government Uses Credit Cards to Pay for Skilled Worker Visas Tue Aug 12, 2025 17:00 | Richard Eldred
Despite Labour's promise to slash migration, the Department for Work and Pensions has splurged ?213,000 on government credit cards to extend visas for hundreds of foreign staff.
The post Government Uses Credit Cards to Pay for Skilled Worker Visas appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
The Land That Forgot About Wolves Tue Aug 12, 2025 15:00 | Dr David McGrogan
In a world where fairy tales once warned of deadly wolves, David McGrogan reveals how modern tales now tackle these predators with kindness, reflecting a society that's lost its edge against genuine threats.
The post The Land That Forgot About Wolves appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
The Demonisation of White Working Class Boys is the Real ?National Disgrace? Tue Aug 12, 2025 13:09 | Richard Eldred
White working-class boys are being overlooked and demonised in schools ? and radical progressive policies are only making things worse.
The post The Demonisation of White Working Class Boys is the Real ?National Disgrace? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
If Rupert Lowe?s Anti-Halal Campaign Succeeds it Could Lead to a Ban on Country Sports Tue Aug 12, 2025 11:00 | Damien McCrystal
If Rupert Lowe succeeds in banning halal slaughter on humanitarian grounds, how long before anti-blood sports campaigners cite it as a precedent for banning driven shooting and deer stalking? asks Damien McCrystal.
The post If Rupert Lowe?s Anti-Halal Campaign Succeeds it Could Lead to a Ban on Country Sports appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Net Zero Nutters Suggest a Plague of Ticks Whose Bite Leads to a Potentially Fatal Red Meat Allergy Tue Aug 12, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
In the latest hare-brained, April Fool-style Net Zero nonsense, academics at Western Michigan University have suggested spreading a plague of bloodsucking ticks to trigger deadly red meat allergies.
The post Net Zero Nutters Suggest a Plague of Ticks Whose Bite Leads to a Potentially Fatal Red Meat Allergy appeared first on The Daily Sceptic. Lockdown Skeptics >>
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 Monday March 22, 2010 17:09 by Contaminated Crow
Four quarries, a windfarm, a telemast, a bioenergy plant, a composting facility, a LNG terminal and “dirty industry” zoning Local residents of Athleague, Co. Roscommon, have appealed to An Bord Pleanala against planning permission granted to Brian Murray for further development of a quarry at Glennanammer, Athleague. (Roscommon Herald 18/3/10, p.4).
An Bord Pleanala has refused permission for continuation of work at a stone, sand and gravel quarry at Liscarry, Westport, Co. Mayo, following a submission by An Taisce raising concerns over discharges to water. (Western People 16/3/10, p.19).
An Bord Pleanala has refused an application for retention of a quarry at Ballinalee, Co. Longford, which had been appealed by local residents, based on a European Court of Justice decision that Ireland’s retention permission system does not comply with EIA Directives. (Longford News 17/3/10, p. 7).
An Bord Pleanala has overturned planning permission for retention of part of a sandstone quarry near Kenmare, Co. Kerry, following appeals by three locals, supported by an observation by An Taisce. (Kerry’s Eye 18/3/10, p. 29).
Over 70 locals attended a meeting last week in Ballybeg, Co. Roscommon, to oppose plans by Coillte for a 100 million Euro windfarm on Sliabh Ban, Strokestown, called by the Sliabh Ban Conservation Group. The meeting was addressed by a Mullingar resident who is a member of a group opposing a similar windfarm in Co. Westmeath. (Roscommon Herald 18/3/10, pp.1,13; Roscommon Champion 17/3/10, p. 2).
Over 150 people attended a meeting last Friday at which a committee was set up to discuss future actions over a proposed Eircom 25-metre telemast at Donamon, Co. Roscommon. (Roscommon Champion 17/3/10, p. 3).
Over 400 objections have been received by Kildare County Council to a proposal by M&M Coldstores to site a bioenergy plant at a quarry in Kerdiffstown, Co. Kildare. (Leinster Leader 18/3/10, p. 1).
A public meeting in Foynes, Co. Limerick, on proposals by Greenmount Environmental for a composting/biogas facility at the harbour, currently on appeal to An Bord Pleanala by Foynes Community Council, heard mixed views from community members, some welcoming the proposed jobs, others expressing safety concerns. (Limerick Leader 20/3/10, p. 10).
Shannon Development officials and local politicians have expressed concerned over ‘delays’ in the ‘fast-track’ planning process for Shannon LNG’s proposed gas terminal. The final planning hurdle is represented by the need for a foreshore licence, a decision on which is expected by the end of the month. (Kerryman (sic) 17/3/10, p. 7).
Residents of western Mullingar have expressed anger over a proposal by Westmeath County Council to zone Forest Park Industrial Estate for ‘bad beighbour’ industry or ‘dirty industry’. (Westmeath Examiner 20/3/10, p.1).
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Jump To Comment: 1 2hey we are organising an all ireland community campaigns gathering and would like to get in touch with the author of this post
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As far as Cork and Galway are concerned it is Dublin which is "Down the Country".
Beyond the Pale in fact.