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dublin / animal rights Wednesday June 11, 2008 - 16:51 by Laura Broxson   text 1 comment (last - tuesday may 31, 2011 - 23:25)
The Department of Agriculture is currently drafting legislation to update the Animal Welfare Bill, which will be brought to the Government for approval in the coming months.

Although the summary draft of the bill focuses primarily on aspects of farming, such as the control and eradication of animal diseases, and the slaughter and disposal of animals/animal by-products, it also seeks to update the Protection of Animals Act 1911 on cruelty-related offences. It will also include provisions to deal with inspections for specified animals and the conditions in which they are kept (for example, pet shops). ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday June 11, 2008 - 16:14 by Damien Moran   text 17 comments (last - sunday june 15, 2008 - 01:31)
national / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday June 11, 2008 - 11:34 by Sevinc Karaca   text 4 comments (last - thursday june 12, 2008 - 19:20)   1 attached file
Every Turkish man who reach 20 has to do a mandatory service of 16 months in the Turkish Army. A group of Turkish men, including Mehmet have been rejecting to comply with it.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday June 11, 2008 - 01:39 by Justin Morahan   text 2 comments (last - wednesday october 22, 2008 - 05:07)
After her visit to Bil'in where she was a guest speaker at the Bil'in International conference (where last year she had been shot and gassed by IDF soldiers http://www.beliefnet.com/blogs/godspolitics/2007/04/mai....html) Mairead Corrigan Maguire visited Hebron and surveyed the wanton destruction of facilities belonging to the Islamic Charitable Society. With four friends she slept overnight in the orphanage that is still under threat of closure by the IDF.(http://www.indymedia.ie/article/87377) Here is her report from Hebron: ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Tuesday June 10, 2008 - 10:44 by global citizen   text 4 comments (last - saturday june 14, 2008 - 01:09)
Sarkozy wants to end France's 35 hour week and last night the EU decided to increase the working week from a maximum of 48 hours to up to 65 hours. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / housing Tuesday June 10, 2008 - 10:08 by BalconyTV   text 2 comments (last - tuesday june 10, 2008 - 10:57)   image 8 images
Property developer Bernard McNamara has been asked to pull out of two stalled development projects in Dublin so negotiations can begin with other contractors.
At a meeting of the council last night the assistant city manager said there had been no progress made in discussions on the St Michael's Estate, Inchicore and Dominick Street projects, and the council wants McNamara to pull out of the schemes so negotiations can be held with other bidders. ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Tuesday June 10, 2008 - 08:44 by paul o toole   text 12 comments (last - thursday june 12, 2008 - 08:45)
international / environment Tuesday June 10, 2008 - 01:55 by peacehq
We have been in France for 28 days, and over a month since the walk began. We have had huge support from not just local people but globally the walk has been joined by people from Japan, Canada, German, France, Italy, Australia, Sweden, Scotland, England, Niger & the United States of America.
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dublin / arts and media Tuesday June 10, 2008 - 00:46 by Pollytix
"How do you recognise a ghost? By the fact that it does not recognise itself in a mirror.

Since all of a sudden [the mirror] no longer plays its role, since it does not reflect back the expected image, those who are looking for themselves can no longer find themselves in it. Men no longer recognise in it the social character of their own labour. It is as if they were becoming ghosts in their turn.

These ghosts that are commodities transform human producers into ghosts. And this whole theatrical process (visual, theoretical, but also optical, optician) sets off the effect of a mysterious mirror."

'Spectres of Marx' 1994, Jacques Derrida ... read full story / add a comment
Getting ready to walk from Limerick to Shannon
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday June 09, 2008 - 22:58 by John Lannon   text 3 comments (last - tuesday june 10, 2008 - 13:09)   image 6 images
On Sunday afternoon, a group of anti-war and human rights campaigners walked the 15 miles from the historic Treaty Stone in Limerick to Shannon airport, scene of Ireland’s complicity in war and torture. There they joined members of Amnesty International, Coisantoiri Siochana and others who had come to attend the monthly Shannon vigil. The vigil was, as always, a peaceful remembrance of all who have died, disappeared or been tortured as a result of the senseless “war on terror”. It was also a reminder to our Irish public representatives that their failure to question US military and CIA use of the airport is shameful and intolerable. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights Monday June 09, 2008 - 22:18 by Laura Broxson   text 12 comments (last - monday june 23, 2008 - 00:42)   image 2 images
On Saturday 17th May, members of the National Animal Rights Association organised a demonstration outside the Pearl Brasserie restaurant. This was in protest of the fact that they serve foie gras, a so-called 'delicacy' that is produced so barbarically, it is illegal to farm ducks and geese for it in Ireland. Within minutes of the protest starting, activists were hosed by members of staff, and threatened by the owner (which resulted in the Gardai having to be called).

Undeterred by what happened, activists returned to the Pearl Brasserie, on Saturday 31st May. It was a very visual and effective protest, which went by without incident.

A short video clip was taken, which includes footage of the owner of the restaurant, Sebastien Masi (the one who threatened us), recording us with a video-camera. Have a look!

Also, below are some facts on foie gras, for anyone who isn't familiar with the issue. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / environment Monday June 09, 2008 - 17:03 by Fergal Anderson   text 2 comments (last - monday july 07, 2008 - 08:14)   image 1 image
The world is now more than ever suffering the effects of the liberalisation of markets and the consequences of Structural Adjustment Programmes implemented in the Global South in the 1970s and 80s. One of the most telling episodes in the history of this process has been the effect of liberalisation on food production and consumption. In the context of the current "food crisis", world leaders met in Rome last week at the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the UN to debate their responses. ... read full story / add a comment
Vote No to Lisbon
national / politics / elections Monday June 09, 2008 - 15:05 by Stuart   text 15 comments (last - monday september 08, 2008 - 08:38)   image 15 images
In a continuing protest in Cork Harbour, starting at 6am off Roches Point and meeting in Cork Docklands during the day, fisherman protest against the Lisbon Treaty, ever diminishing quotas, ministerial inaction and the dumping of cheap imported fish on the Irish market. ... read full story / add a comment
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galway / rights, freedoms and repression Monday June 09, 2008 - 14:46 by TD   text 9 comments (last - wednesday june 11, 2008 - 10:43)   image 12 images
Following the theft and damage of Lisbon Campaign for Middle East Justice and Peace signs in Dublin, Cork and Limerick, Galway on Friday night had a visitation of similiar malovolence when two large signs were torn from their anchorages, sliced into pieces and, bizarrely, after the top sections containing the text; "Israel Killed 52 Palestinian Children" were razored off, whatever, and stolen, the remaining pieces were neatly arranged on the grass - the signs highlighted the fact that Israel killed 52 Palestinian children in the first 18 weeks of 2008 and yet the EU, true to its hypocritical colours, refuses to impose sanctions. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / worker & community struggles and protests Monday June 09, 2008 - 09:51 by Sevinch Karaca   text 2 comments (last - monday june 16, 2008 - 19:39)   image 1 image
35 Years old Ihsan Turman was the latest to be killed in the Shipyards who crushed to death on Sunday 8th of June by a metal cover weighing half a ton ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Sunday June 08, 2008 - 12:55 by Amy Winehouse   text 4 comments (last - sunday june 08, 2008 - 20:20)   image 1 image
The Taoiseach Brian Cowen is to attend a rally today to steady the resolve of Dublin FF supporters in a last ditch effort to get them to support the Lisbon Treaty. The event will take place at 2PM at the National College of Ireland in the IFSC.

The last ditch rally is an echo of the same tactic which was carried out last year in thegeneral election the Sunday before polling day.

Sources in the NO campaign said they would make their presence felt at the rally, to protest against the militarisation of the EU, amongst many other issues. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday June 07, 2008 - 19:46 by Paula Geraghty   image 9 images
Over a hundred people took part in a Save St Luke's Campaign march from Rathmines to the Central Bank on Dame Street in Dublin ... read full story / add a comment
Biffo and Charlie keeping each other right on the Treaty
dublin / eu Saturday June 07, 2008 - 18:52 by Joanne   text 14 comments (last - thursday august 21, 2008 - 16:27)   image 15 images   video 1 video file
Dublin youth activists united in protest today outside the European Union house to urge a No! vote in this Thursday’s Lisbon Treaty referendum.

The protest, which included an open mic and street theatre, was jointly organised by Ógra Shinn Féin, and the Connolly Youth Movement, with members of the IPSC and Anarchist activists also in attendance.

Following a very imaginative and visible protest which had Brian Cowen and Charlie McCreevy present, there was an extensive canvass of the thronged Grafton Street asking people to secure a better deal for Ireland, and vote No!
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national / anti-war / imperialism Saturday June 07, 2008 - 16:11 by Edward Horgan   text 18 comments (last - monday june 23, 2008 - 10:08)   1 attached file
Where is the so-called Tripple Lock protecting Irish neutrality today at Shannon airport as hundreds of troops from the US the principal NATO state, pass through Shannon on their way to and from the unlawful Iraq War? ... read full story / add a comment
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international / history and heritage Saturday June 07, 2008 - 00:18 by TaraWatch   text 1 comment (last - monday june 09, 2008 - 14:33)   image 2 images
TaraWatch received notification on Thursday 5th June, from the World Archaeological Congress (WAC), Committee on Ethics, that it has been recognised as stakeholders in the ongoing Hill of Tara / M3 issue for purposes of a round table session at the upcoming Sixth World Archaeological Congress, (WAC-6) to be held at University College Dublin, from the 29th June to 4th July, which will be debating the ethics of the M3 / Hill of Tara issue. ... read full story / add a comment
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