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offsite link China Cancels Christmas in Hong Kong ? Leaving Churches Fearing for Their Future Wed Dec 18, 2024 11:22 | John MacNab
China has cancelled Christmas in Hong Kong this year. Officials have ordered that the usual celebrations be 'toned down'. It's part of a creeping intolerance that leaves churches fearing for the future, says John MacNab.
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Brits could face an extra ?20 a year on energy bills to fund unproven carbon capture technology as the Government proposes to spend ?21.7 billion on projects to capture the gas from the air and store it underground.
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Led by Donkeys, the group behind anti-Brexit and assorted other Left-wing stunts, was set up by four Greenpeace activists who have a lot of curious links to the Blob, says Charlotte Gill.
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A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link Musk Backs Reform After Meeting Farage at Trump?s Home Tue Dec 17, 2024 19:30 | Will Jones
Elon Musk has backed?Reform U.K.?after meeting Nigel Farage at Donald Trump?s home in Florida, tweeting his agreement that "Britain needs Reform".
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday February 25, 2005 - 18:36 by Archivist   text 8 comments (last - thursday march 03, 2005 - 16:33)
The Office of Public Works want to put a mobile phone mast on top of the National Archives in Bishop Street Dublin. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday February 25, 2005 - 17:54 by Stephen   text 2 comments (last - monday february 28, 2005 - 02:55)
Ciaron O' Reilly talks to NUI Maynooth students about Ploughshares actions and the upcoming trial. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Friday February 25, 2005 - 01:38 by cdot   text 1 comment (last - wednesday march 02, 2005 - 02:29)
Contains links to audio file of interview - hopefully someone will add a transcript. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday February 25, 2005 - 00:00 by Cian   text 11 comments (last - wednesday march 02, 2005 - 06:00)
Students voted in Trinity today to keep the boycott of Coke and Nestle. 1737 students voted to remove the boycotts (Yes) while 1926 students voted to keep the boycott (NO). The turnout was up by more than 200 votes on last years referendum and the margin of victory for the boycott is also increased. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday February 24, 2005 - 19:28 by Belfast Basque Committee   text 1 comment (last - saturday february 26, 2005 - 20:46)   image 1 image
Political trial against basque pro-independence revolutionary youth. 642 years of prison asked by the spanish fascists for 42 young basques for their public political work in defence of the basque youth's rights ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Thursday February 24, 2005 - 14:08 by socialist / green alternative   text 41 comments (last - wednesday march 02, 2005 - 13:48)
On Saturday 26 February, at 1.45 pm at the University of London Union, a coalition of socialist organisations and trade unionists will be coming together to launch a joint campaign against Blair in the looming general election.

The coalition, which will be contesting up to 30 seats, will put forward a socialist/green alternative to the right-wing policies of privatisation, war and environmental destruction offered by both the major parties and the Liberal Democrats too. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday February 24, 2005 - 13:25 by Rooster   text 29 comments (last - wednesday march 02, 2005 - 10:18)
The peace process was a blame game from the start and unionism has won.

That mightn't have sunk in among all nationalists yet but they have. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday February 24, 2005 - 10:43 by $=€?   text 22 comments (last - sunday may 31, 2009 - 19:15)   image 1 image
Drip, Drip, Drip, the reasons were many and constant to examine the popular support for Irish owned airline throughout its growth.

Its tawdy treatment of disabled passengers.
Its poor worker relations in other countries and preference for non-unionised workforces.
Its current struggle with the Irish Airline Pilots Association.
Its history of fraudalent advertising.

Again and Again it has proved to be "the unacceptable face of capitalism".

This morning Ryanair will close a deal with Boeing to purchase at a cost 4.5billion€ a fleet of aircraft.
Thus proving a clear commitment to the arms industry, war economy and utter disloyalty to the European project. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday February 23, 2005 - 12:45 by IPSC   text 5 comments (last - thursday february 24, 2005 - 17:11)
The first visually recorded interview with Mordechi Vanunu, Israeli nuclear whistleblower will be shown in Limerick tonight at UL at 8pm ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Wednesday February 23, 2005 - 10:53 by puma202
Recent news on the possible course of societal developments in the World point to the importance of the Mexican State of Chiapas ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / politics / elections Wednesday February 23, 2005 - 01:03 by Election Watcher   text 2 comments (last - wednesday february 23, 2005 - 11:44)
One of the people wanting to be Education Officer has been booted out of the election. Her name is Lorna Jennings and she was seen by many as the favourite. Everyone's been talking about it in Trinity today. According to www.tcdsu.org she was kicked out for bulk emailing the whole college. This throws the race wide open and is going to run and run. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Tuesday February 22, 2005 - 12:00 by USI watch   text 54 comments (last - thursday march 31, 2005 - 18:15)
national / crime and justice Tuesday February 22, 2005 - 10:58 by Media Man   text 30 comments (last - thursday march 03, 2005 - 19:17)
Drogheda SF Councillor votes against Good Friday Agreement ... read full story / add a comment
Cú Chulainn - Republican
antrim / miscellaneous Monday February 21, 2005 - 20:29 by Stepan   text 6 comments (last - wednesday february 23, 2005 - 05:18)   image 10 images
Photos of Belfast’s murals, as taken by a Czech social anthropology student, for a thesis on their symbolism, I’ve selected some of the more interesting ones.
(Terry) ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday February 21, 2005 - 18:36 by Maria   text 3 comments (last - thursday february 24, 2005 - 17:41)   image 1 image
Hilary Clinton and John McCain put forward a proposal to award the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize to Georgian and Ukrainian presidents Mikhail Saakashvili and Viktor Yushchenko for “their historical role and adherence to peace” in their countries. ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Monday February 21, 2005 - 13:33 by Jonah   text 11 comments (last - wednesday february 23, 2005 - 11:21)
De Rossa Humiliated as Labour Youth Reject Constitution ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday February 21, 2005 - 10:58 by Ithaca Catholic Worker   text 3 comments (last - thursday february 24, 2005 - 01:04)
Homes of four people associated with the Ithaca Catholic Worker were visited by the FBI on Friday.

In an act that represents escalated harrassment of those nonviolently resisitng the war, the St. Patrick's Day 4 have been hit with summons related to felony charges After failing to convict them at district court level (hung jury) the Feds have now stepped in upped the stakes to felonies. ... read full story / add a comment
Practice makes perfect!
national / consumer issues Sunday February 20, 2005 - 16:53 by Sean Crudden   text 4 comments (last - sunday february 27, 2005 - 12:52)   image 1 image
Is there another way of hitting the golfball out of sight without the skill and power of John Daly? Is it a sin to take pleasure in golf? The Golfing Union of Ireland seems determined in a jansenistic way to curb the single most sought after requirement and desire of everyone who ever made even the most rudimentary attempt to play golf. ... read full story / add a comment
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