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international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday April 18, 2010 - 20:53 by Fintan Lane
A large number of people turned out at 2pm on Saturday, 17 April, for the Palestinian Prisoners’ Day demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in Dublin. The protest was organised conjointly by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) and éirígí (the socialist republican party formed in 2006), and the focus was on a call for the release of ALL Palestinian political prisoners imprisoned by the Israeli State - those 'convicted' in Israeli Military courts and those interned without trial under the 'Administrative Detention' regime. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday April 17, 2010 - 22:08 by Paula Geraghty
Three communities protested in unity at Dublin City Council to save local services under threat of closure. Crumlin, Sean McDermot Street and Coolock pools are facing closure by DCC. These communities held a protest at a council meeting where the council passed a motion to defend the pools. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Thursday April 15, 2010 - 23:31 by Fintan Lane
Speaking at a public meeting held this evening in the Central Hotel in Dublin, a spokesperson for the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) commended the nine women - Roisin Barton, Roisin Bryce, Betty Doherty, Goretti Horgan, Diana King, Jackie McKenna, Sharon Meenan, Helen Reynolds and Julia Torrojo - who are currently facing charges in Belfast as a result of their anti-war action on 12 January 2009 at arms manufacturer Raytheon Systems in Derry. ... read full story / add a comment
Mental Health Commission Refuses to Investigate Cover-Up of Medical Misconduct Despite ‘Smoking Gun’
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday April 14, 2010 - 20:14 by An tSionainn
Despite being presented with documented “smoking gun” evidence from medical prescription records obtained after lengthy FOI appeals, the Mental Health Commission today refused to initiate an investigation into a cover-up of medical misconduct by a centre's registerd proprietor in which a former MHC CEO and Inspector were complicit.. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday April 14, 2010 - 12:53 by Freda H and Kev
Yesterday evening pro-Palestine groups staged a protest against the presence of former Israeli Ambassador to the UN Dore Gold and Israeli Embassy delegates at the Clinton Institute in University College Dublin. Gold, who also served as an advisor to Ariel Sharon during the years 2001 – 2003 (years which saw vicious repression of Palestinians during the second intifada, including Operation ‘Defensive Shield’ which killed over 500 people in three weeks), was engaged in an Israeli *hasbara* operation, giving a lecture on the ‘two state solution’ to a small select invite-only audience. One presumes – given that we were not allowed inside - arguing for a Palestinian Bantustan statelet and the primacy of Israeli ‘security concerns’ over the right to Palestinian self-determination. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday April 13, 2010 - 18:44 by James
SIPTU public sector executive call for vote in favour of the "Croke Park" deal ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment Tuesday April 13, 2010 - 08:34 by Collete
Over a hundred people attended a protest last night against the plan by Dublin City Council to close a number of community swimming pools. These pools, in Crumlin, Coolock, and at Seán MacDermott Street in the north inner city, are some of the few places which provide activities for families and young people. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Monday April 12, 2010 - 09:53 by Fintan Lane
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) in Dublin will be staging a solidarity vigil this evening (Monday) as a motion on Veolia – the company that operates Dublin’s LUAS system – is voted on at Dublin City Council. The vigil will start at 6pm outside City Hall in Dame Street. ... read full story / add a comment |
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