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national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Monday April 04, 2011 20:13 by Mickey
The last few days has seen a rush to be seen in the cameras condemning the actions that took place in Omagh on Saturday 2nd April. What is the point of all this hot air and rhetoric other than to boost the egos of those who are making the utterences. The death of anyone is a sad occasion, the sudden death of a loved one is devastating. Make no mistake this was a tragedy in Omagh. It is a tragedy because no-one has learned the lessons of the past. read full story / add a comment
mayo / miscellaneous / news report Monday April 04, 2011 00:58 by RSC
Yesterday afternoon, Shell security personnel watched helplessly from their compound as Shell to Sea supporters overturned bog tracks that were laid to enable heavy machinery to build the next stage of the Corrib gas pipeline. Since Tuesday Shell has been trying to work on this most controversial part of their project, despite the fact that a judicial review of the Bord Pleanala permission for it is due this week. The campaigners from all over the country displaced more than 30ft of bog tracks. ENDS FOR VERIFICATION AND COMMENT – CONTACT: Rossport Solidarity Camp – 085 114 1170 read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / news report Sunday April 03, 2011 17:57 by Pat Cox for the Aras
In these uncertain times, when people feel unclear about the future and what it might hold, here's a a piece of news that should unite everyone in Ireland. Pat Cox is considering running for election to the post of President of Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Sunday April 03, 2011 06:02 by Roy Batty
If you ask liberal talking heads like Ed Schultz and other Nattering Nabobs of Progressivism, who would support Dick Cheney if he was a Democrat, they'll tell you, "Well, this is a cheaper war, a Democrat war and besides, it's not a war." read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Saturday April 02, 2011 19:17 by Rossport Solidarity Camp
2nd National Day of Action at Aughoose sees bogmat track removed under watching eyes of security guards read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / feature Saturday April 02, 2011 00:09 by Marie O Connor
Fine Gael’s UnFairCare policy demands more scrutiny. At a time when support for the Dutch model is declining in its country of origin, Fine Gael proposes to import this charter for privateers into Ireland. Marie O'Connor looks at Dominic Haugh's study, which reveals an unaffordable three-tier system, growing waiting lists, cancelled operations, out of control budgets, bankrupt hospitals, professional gravy trains and spawning bureaucracies, all encouraged by pro market think-tanks. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday April 01, 2011 21:59 by Rossport Solidarity camp
This morning Shell’s work in Co. Mayo was suspended completely due to a National Day of Action read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday April 01, 2011 19:57 by annie
Yesterday Shell were blocked from transporting materials being used to build their new tunnelling compound at Aughoose. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Friday April 01, 2011 15:55 by PRO
SIPTU members at Boots Chemists in the North are demanding that the company honours its contracts with staff. The call follows a statement by Boots that it intends to slash premium pay without agreement from 1st June in breach of the Wages (Northern Ireland) Order 1988. Long serving members of staff are currently paid a premium for Sunday work and public holidays, a long and well established practice to compensate for working unsocial hours. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday April 01, 2011 15:19 by Sean Matthews-personal capacity
Last Saturday, 26 March saw up to half a million take part in a TUC organised anti-cuts protest in London. In the aftermath of the protest there has been much controversy about the 700 strong black bloc that broke away from the protest to throw paint at and break the windows of banks, luxury car dealers and the 4,000 a night Ritz hotel in Central London. read full story / add a comment |
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