Unlock NAMA

Today's occupation is happening at 66-67 Great Strand Street, Dublin 1. Come down and support the occupation - get involved in the debate during the day.
You might be thinking: has the notoriously secretive agency finally read the part of the NAMA legislation that says NAMA should contribute to the social development of the State? Or wondering if perhaps the Labour party is coming good on its pre-election promise to use NAMA buildings for culture and the arts? Maybe the accountants and property hacks that sit on NAMA’s board have recognised that the N and the A stand for national assets?

What’s really happening is the launch of new campaign group Unlock NAMA.

Related Links: Map to the Great Grand Street site | Unlock NAMA website (www.unlockNAMA.org) | Unlock NAMA facebook page | Politico.ie story | Photo's of the occupation on Come Here to Me
Indy Links: Welcome to NAMAland | NAMA: An activists guide | NAMA Board Gets a Pay Increase | NAMA = Class Robbery = Capitalism At Work NAMA Key Data for Tranche 1 and 2 Loans

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FRU Group Photo

The Force Research Unit (FRU) was a covert military intelligence unit set up by the British Military of Defence sometime between 1979 and 1981. Its motto was ‘Fishers of Men’. Its remit was to recruit and run double agents in the paramilitary groups in the 6 counties. At its peak the FRU had up to 80 officers and about 100 support staff dealing with hundreds of informers. The FRU were in collusion with loyalist paramilitaries during the 1980’s and 90’s that led to the murder of dozens of catholics including high profile solicitor Pat Finucane. Despite having been exposed in British Tribunals and in the press of collusion with loyalist paramilitary gangs, a rebranded FRU has been involved in illegal operations in Iraq and Libya showing that the British establishment not only knew about the collusion but also actively encouraged it and rewarded those of its officers who were engaged in these activities.

Related Links:
South African arms | The story of Brian Nelson | The Stevens report (pdf) | Gordon Kerr (times online) | illegal surveillance operations in the Irish Republic | Brigadier Kerr ‘led rogue spying on Russia’ | the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes |

Wreath-laying ceremony at the Talbot Street Memorial

Related Links: Death Squad Leaders Invite Rubs Salt in Victims Wounds | Forgotten Justice? | Justice for the Forgotten attack Jim Cusack's misreporting on Dublin Monaghan bombings | Southern government terrified by British-Unionist bombs in 1974 - the lessons for today | Justice for the Forgotten. No manipulation of the victims of Terror. | "There is Difficulty Lower Down Whereby Sometimes Unauthorised Items Appear"
External Links: Justice for the Forgotten |Dublin Monaghan bombings (wikipedia)

Children's shoes tied to the railings of the Pro-Cathedral

One thousand pairs of children’s shoes of all sizes were tied to the railings outside the cathedral representing the victims of Roman Catholic abuse. Some passers by stopped to tie shoes. Many abuse survivors and supporters came together from as far as Cork and Wexford to attend the protest.

Related Links: Spring meeting for Bishops http://www.indymedia.ie/article/96011
Bishops meet survivor groups http://www.indymedia.ie/article/95764
Clerical Abuse Protest (25/01/2010) http://www.indymedia.ie/article/95574
Protest at the National Seminary of Ireland http://www.indymedia.ie/article/95555
Time to ban the Catholic church? http://www.indymedia.ie/article/95013 Murphy Report and a secularist challenge to the church http://www.indymedia.ie/article/95012
A Litany of Abuse, Abuse, Abuse – Part 1 http://www.indymedia.ie/article/94927
After the FERNS Report, the RYAN Report and the latest DUBLIN DIOCESE report what questions remain? http://www.indymedia.ie/article/93299
After the Ryan Report...The Next Big Scandal? http://www.indymedia.ie/article/93062
Closing the book on institutional abuse https://www.indymedia.ie/article/92659
Time To End Church Control of Schools, Hospitals and Social Services https://www.indymedia.ie/article/92497
The exposure of class prejudice http://www.indymedia.ie/article/92412
Release of child abuse reports http://www.indymedia.ie/article/92398

Report by Commission of Investigation into Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/PB09000504

Protestors on the steps of the Pro Cathedral 0.13 Mb Protesters tying shoes to railings at the Pro Cathedral 0.13 Mb Protesters tying shoes to railings at the Pro Cathedral 0.5 Mb Shoes representing the victims and survivors of abuse 0.15 Mb

It might take more than a car to stop Shell,
but it's a start

This morning the 14 October, a local resident blocked the entrance gate to a Shell construction site for which there is no planning permission, refusing to move until some proof that Shell's actions are legal were provided.

Related Links from Indymedia.ie:
'We Know What You Did This Summer!' - Cork Shell to Sea visits LE Aisling during 'Culture Night' | Niall Harnett Released on Bail from Custody after 15 Days at Castlerea Prison | Two Anti-Shell Campaigners Jailed for Civil Disobedience | A weekend in Erris at the national Shell to Sea meeting | Shell's Lackey's in the Media Out in Force Again | Message to an Bord Snip Nua. Resolve the Recession. Tax Shell! | Reports that Pat the Chief's boat was sunk last night | Massacre of Indigineous Amazonians in Peru - 25 dead and counting | The Pirates of Broadhaven Defeat Shell’s Armada | Prison van carrying Maura into Montjoy blockaded for 20 minutes by Dublin S2S | Shell security attack Willie Corduff after illegal Glengad compound dismantled | Scuffles At Mountjoy As Maura Harrington Is Jailed |

Related Links outside of Indymedia.ie
The website of Shell-to-Sea - CorribSOS.com
Keep the pressure up: Contact ALL TDs, Senators, and MEPs in Ireland and let them know how you feel about Shell in Rossport - Contact.ie