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dublin / housing / news report Saturday August 11, 2018 23:04 by wsm
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Yesterday the housing activist occupation at 35 Summerhill Parade entered its third day. Approximately 100 people attended the 'Leo’s Early Risers'* event yesterday evening to show solidarity and support to the local community and all those involved in the occupation. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday August 03, 2018 01:19 by Justin Morahan
Justin and Anne Morahan have started a petition to Pope Francis asking him to intervene in the case of Julian Assange. There have been recent reports of Julian's health deteriorating due to lack of light, fresh air, isolation (no visitors allowed). There are also rumours afloat that he may be removed from the Ecuadorian embassy in London and extradited to Mr Trump's United States where capital punishment is still in vogue. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / news report Monday July 23, 2018 20:59 by Roger Yates
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The Vegan Information Project are saying a sad farewell to Temple Bar Square in the heart of Dublin after featuring its "Vegan Information Day" events there since 2013. read full story / add a comment 
galway / arts and media / news report Tuesday July 17, 2018 23:33 by BAOITE Publicist
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BAOITE, is a new play by Darach Mac Con Iomaire, premiering this week at the Galway International Arts Festival. A fishing family leads a desperate fight to defend their coastal community from the imminent threat of offshore fracking ? but as the constant pressure of campaigning mounts, hidden fractures appear in the once-solid clan... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday June 20, 2018 12:52 by Justin Morahan
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As part of a worldwide protest, solidarity was shown in Dublin to Julian Assange. Mairead Maguire called on the Irish Government to mediate between Britain and Ecuador to secure his release. Mick Wallace and Clare Daly also spoke. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday May 16, 2018 18:03 by séamas carraher
Ongoing abduction and rape of women and young girls by Turkish ‘Security’ Forces in Afrin, Rojava read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday May 15, 2018 18:06 by ipsc
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n response to Israel’s horrific massacre of some 60 unarmed Palestinians, and wounding of thousands, yesterday in Gaza, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) has organised a series of protests around Ireland to take place today. Protests are expected to continue in Gaza, and casualties are expected to mount. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday May 04, 2018 10:03 by Dorothy Grace Guerrero
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Since Rodrigo Duterte began his term as the 16th president of the Philippines in 30 June 2016, Filipinos and the international community have watched in horror at accounts of dead bodies found nightly in the country’s streets, linked to extra-judicial killings (EJKs). read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday April 26, 2018 14:02 by Justin Morahan
After dozens were killed and hundreds injured in the Friday demonstrations in Gaza, it appears inevitable that there will be further such killings and mutilations tomorrow as the protests continue. The following letter to the Israeli Ambassador in Ireland expresses fears that Israel will continue their unjust use of violence. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Sunday April 22, 2018 20:48 by pbp
While the Irish media focus only Macron bombing Syria and making speeches in praise of the EU French workers and students are in full scale revolt against the French President’s neo-liberal policies. The past few weeks have seen an explosion of resistance to Macron’s proposed anti-worker Labour Laws, his plans to cut 120,000 jobs in the public sector and introduce individualised “payment by results” for workers, along with his attacks on free higher education. Rail workers led the way but many other sectors have followed suit in mass strikes across the country. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday April 19, 2018 22:27 by ipsc
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Posted belatedly Today (17th April), on the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Political Prisoners, more than 150 European trade unions, political parties, human rights organizations and faith groups from over 16 European countries issued a call urging the EU to uphold its legal responsibilities and exclude Israeli military companies from EU Framework Programs. This call – accompanied by an explainer video – comes at a time when at least 35 unarmed Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli snipers during three weeks of protests at Gaza’s border with Israel. read full story / add a comment 
national / environment / news report Wednesday April 18, 2018 16:47 by MDEG
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As printed 2018 edition read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday April 17, 2018 14:24 by Justin Morahan
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(On 28 March the new Ecuadorian government and its President cut off all use of the internet from Julian and forbade him all future visitors. His friends have rallied and are asking all who care to protest and work on his behalf. The letter below explains itself) read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday April 08, 2018 07:11 by Jason 0'Phelan
Yaser Murtaja, a Palestinian journalist has died after succumbing to wounds he sustained during clashes with Israeli forces near the border between the besieged Gaza Strip and the occupied Palestinian territories. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday April 06, 2018 22:32 by Michael Donahue Steinberg
An Irish American's Visit To the North of Ireland in 1983 read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday March 24, 2018 10:33 by séamas carraher
An International Day of Global Solidarity has been called for Afrin, Rojava, Saturday, March 24… Make noise… so that together we can say its long past time when lunatic dictators with an addiction to power and violence can hold half the world to ransom... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday March 18, 2018 18:56 by séamas carraher
Turkey is conducting a policy of “demographic change” in the Afrin area despite denials by the regime in Ankara. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday January 19, 2018 11:33 by séamas carraher
For the second year running CPJ, (the Committee to Protect Journalists) finds Turkey tops the list in its diligence in oppressing journalists and writers, only matched by China and Egypt... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday January 18, 2018 16:27 by séamas carraher
On a day this week, January 9th, 2013, Sakine Cansiz (Sara), Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) Paris Representative Fidan Doğan (Rojbin), and Leyla Şaylemez were shot dead in their Paris office read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday January 12, 2018 11:18 by séamas carraher
In the first days of 2018, the Peoples’ Democratic Party released the list of HDP deputies jailed in Turkey in the last number of days read full story / add a comment |
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