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antrim / rights, freedoms and repression Friday September 14, 2007 - 20:51 by Ciarán Ó Brolcháin
Belfast Shell to Sea organised a picket of the Shell station in Andersonstown today in solidarity with the national mobilisation in Bellanaboy in Mayo. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Friday September 14, 2007 - 07:38 by sovietpop
Text message from the site of proposed refinery reports at 7.30 " good turn out, over 200 so far, no trucks through the main gates and low police presence". ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Thursday September 13, 2007 - 21:57 by Man at the back of the courtroom
Gardai took up approximately half of the available seats in the Belmullet courtroom Wednesday, leaving others to stand around at the edges. Things had barely begun when Judge Devins caught sight of a man with a large camera standing at the back. He was brought to the front and reprimanded before the judge turned her attention to the Gardai "if this was the four-courts people would have been searched, in eight years I've never seen this before" – the proceedings were halted and everyone was ordered out to be searched. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday September 13, 2007 - 13:48 by Mishkin
Some pictures of the blockades of the trucks deliivering material to the refinery site. Members of the Rossport Five were present at the picket this morning as well as some of those who faced charges at the court in Belmullet yesterday. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday September 13, 2007 - 09:53 by Doug
The DSEi Arms Fair, reputed to be the biggest in the world, continues to be held every other year in London's Docklands, England, despite being allowed to sell horrendous weapons to rogue regimes. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday September 13, 2007 - 00:21 by Serpico
A number of cases relating to the Shell to Sea campaign were heard in Belmullet District Court in Mayo on Wednesday 12th of September. What follows is a very brief account of some of them. ... read full story / add a comment
meath / history and heritage Wednesday September 12, 2007 - 19:23 by Helen Rose
An Emergency Situation is developing at the Lismullin Site where Construction Works to Divert the Gabhra River have Seriously Breached the 250m Exclusion Zone of the National Monument. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Wednesday September 12, 2007 - 11:15 by Jonah
Belmullet Court update ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday September 10, 2007 - 02:16 by Ciaron O'Reilly
George Bush has now departed on Air Force 1, another plane carrying 600 security and staffers, another plane carrying 10 bomb proof limos and also Doomsday Plane with 100 military ready to fight a nuclear war have gone. The emperor was in town, the paradigm has shifted in terms of what Australians are willing to live with in terms of the shrinking of civil liberties. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights Sunday September 09, 2007 - 22:00 by John Carmody
We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who participated in our joint event with our good friends at Irish Anti Vivisection Society (IAVS). Numbers of people at this year’s event were up compared to our similar event last year outside Dail Eireann, which is good news. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Sunday September 09, 2007 - 20:09 by Ri
N. Chomsky on the likelihood of a USA attack on Iran: "They're desperate. Everything they touch is in ruins. They're even in danger of losing control over Middle Eastern oil. [...] Under these circumstances, they're unpredictable. They might go for broke, and hope they can salvage something from the wreckage." Read the full article on http://www.counterpunch.com/ ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday September 08, 2007 - 19:44 by Maskelyne
You don't have to be Harry Houdini to get away from the clutches of the cops at the Rossport protests, since it seems their hearts are not in the role of protesting Shell shareholders' interests as much as they once were. Video on You Tube http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=rKlHKz2fq7c. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday September 08, 2007 - 16:39 by Mairead corrigan Maguire
SUMMARY Mairead Corrigan Maguire and Ann Patterson were invited to Dublin on Monday last, 3 September, by the Israeli Ambassador, Dr Zion Evrony. The Ambassador apologised on behalf of the Israeli Government for the assault and injury caused by Israeli soldiers to the two peace workers in Bil'in last April. In accepting the apology, Ms Maguire asked that the human rights of Palestinians to non-violent protest be respected and upheld. She also asked that Israel engage in talks with Hamas. ... read full story / add a comment |
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