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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday March 26, 2009 16:22 by Tara Burke
A proposal by Southside Travellers Action Group (STAG),to drop the site from the 5 halting sites and 6 group housing schemes planned in the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Traveller Accommodation Programme was defeated in a vote – of 20 to seven by county councillors last week. The accommodation plan adopted by the councillors will run from 2009 to 2013. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Thursday March 26, 2009 15:07 by Richard Walsh
A press conference was held in Belfast on Thursday afternoon by Republican Sinn Féin. This was organised to highlight the ongoing situation in the Craigavon and Lurgan areas of County Armagh – particularly in the Drumbeg, Ardowen and Meadowbrook areas, where there have been widescale raids and detentions over the course of the past two weeks. Some homes were raided on up to three different occasions. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / press release Thursday March 26, 2009 14:34 by Geraldine Moorkens Byrne
"Inspirations" The Paganpoetrypages.com (The PPP) is proud to announce its latest poetry competition, to celebrate the launch of the first anthology of The PPP on May 1st (Bealtine) 2009 read full story / add a comment
limerick / miscellaneous / feature Thursday March 26, 2009 11:09 by UL F.E.E. Campaign
Today (Thursday) there is a vote of students in UL on fees. It arose from a proposal by the chairperson of UL Fianna Fail to make students vote on what kind of fees we want – which would have assisted the Student's Union to 'lobby' for that specific type of fees, instead of fighting to defeat all forms of fees. Student opposition, including from the UL branch of F.E.E. succeeded in getting a ‘no fees’ option 4 included, which reads: “I am opposed to alternatives to exchequer-funded third level tuition fees”, UL F.E.E. have been the only ones campaigning on the vote, with everyone else focused on the SU officers elections. F.E.E. has been calling for a clear, "No to fees" vote - putting No Fees as your 'number 1' vote and not giving any vote, even a second preference, to the other pro-fees options. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday March 26, 2009 10:52 by PADDY HACKETT
Popular armed struggle by workers' militias is a legitimate form of struggle under certain circumstances. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Wednesday March 25, 2009 17:54 by Eugene Mc Cartan
The decision by the ICTU to go back into talks with the Government has the potential to place the trade union movement in a position where it will become tied to Government policies, in particular to the consequences of the forthcoming budget and all future budgets. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Wednesday March 25, 2009 17:52 by Per
In the early morning of March 22th three disarmers were arrested at Saab Aerospace Systems’ weapons factory in Linköping, Sweden. Martin Smedjeback, Annika Spalde and Pelle Strindlund were on their way todisarm Jas 39 Gripen fighter jets, planes intended for export to India, Thailand and South Africa. The peace activists, who are all part of the anti-militaristic network Ofog, entered Saab’s industry area in Linköping by cutting holes in the barbed wire fence surrounding the area. Once inside they held a silent minute, dedicated to the twenty children that die every minute because of poverty in a world that invests more money in weapons than in fighting poverty.
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Wednesday March 25, 2009 15:06 by Andrew
That the very threat of a national strike was enough to force government and IBEC to change their position demonstrates the power the working class holds when we threaten to withdraw our labour. For all the media attempts to convince us we are powerless and that class struggle is a thing of the past when faced with the reality of the organised working class standing up both bosses and state were keen to avoid any confrontation that could illustrate and encourage our collective power. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday March 25, 2009 11:16 by pat c
The Dublin City Post Primary branch of the Teachers Union of Ireland has called for the resignation of David Begg and has passed a motion of no confidence in the ICTU Executive Council. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / news report Wednesday March 25, 2009 10:14 by Walter Goren
Last Saturday a man added his own original artwork to the walls of the National Gallery's portrait collection. He placed his 'Portait of Brian Cowen' on the wall next to a work depicting Maeve Binchy. It hung for forty minutes, before being removed. read full story / add a comment |
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