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mayo / rights and freedoms / news report Sunday April 08, 2012 18:38 by Shelver
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This year's Good Friday walk in Kilcommon took place from Glengad to Aghoos along the L1202. This is the road beside Sruth Mhada Chonn estuary - where Shell intend to bore a tunnel to house 5km of the 8km planned onshore Corrib gas pipeline. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / opinion/analysis Sunday April 08, 2012 07:50 by BrianClarkeNUJ
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Gunter Grass published a poem on Wednesday of this week in which he said that Israel's nuclear program and not Iran’s is a threat to world peace. The poem calls for Germany to stop supplying Israel with submarines, and warns against an Israeli strike on Iran. The following is a translation of it; read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Sunday April 08, 2012 00:13 by Nico
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Here in Ireland there are many 1916 commemorations that are held annually by various groups and parties, but unfortunately, only a very divided fraction of those celebrate it from a revolutionary point of view. read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / opinion/analysis Saturday April 07, 2012 21:30 by Galway Alliance Against War
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GALWAY ALLIANCE AGAINST WAR APRIL 2012 BULLETIN GAAW PEACE EVENT The Funeral of Irish Neutrality: 14th April 2012, Eyre Sq., Galway at 2pm Cortege will proceed to Labour Party Conference at NUIG Dress Code: Black GAAW SUPPORTED PEACE EVENT Shannon Peace Vigil Sunday, 8 April 2012 14:00 until 15:00 Meet at small roundabout just before Shannon Airport Shannon Airport continues to operate as a staging post for US military forces occupying Afghanistan. Join us in Shannon on Easter Sunday to say enough is enough - end Shannon's complicity in war. Contents 1. John Arden 2. The Labour Party Conference & the Death of Irish Neutrality 3. Wikileaks: News from the Middle East 4. War Criminals: The ICC & US Courts 5. Remembering Gallipoli & the Futility of War read full story / add a comment 
international / rights and freedoms / news report Saturday April 07, 2012 19:38 by @
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Amazing footage of an Antifascist attack with yogurts and eggs in Greece during a live TV interview. The TV presenter was attacked in this manner because a week before he hosted an interview with the representative of the greek Neo-Nazi party "Golden Dawn". read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / news report Saturday April 07, 2012 08:33 by LCW
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Photos http://tinyurl.com/cf5wk6w 27 people associated with the Catholic Worker communities based in Harringay, Rickmansworth and Oxford, undertoook a five hour contemporary Stations of the Cross procession through downtown Westminster/ London on Holy Thursday. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Saturday April 07, 2012 03:31 by Gandalphi Scanussi
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The New Yorker Magazine has revealed that the dissident Iranian opposition group Mujahideen-e-Khalq (M.E.K.) has been trained by the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) since 2005 at a secret military site in Nevada. The author of the article, Seymour Hersh, recounts how Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency told him that information supplied by the M.E.K in regard to Irans commencing enrichment of uranium at a secret underground location was given to them by Mossad. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/04/....html read full story / add a comment 
national / rights and freedoms / opinion/analysis Friday April 06, 2012 18:50 by Patrick McCarthy
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An Appeal to the People of Ireland
Citizens, Immigrants, and Asylum Seekers: In the name of your homes, your livelihoods and your childrens future we beg you to set aside your differences and join together to restore Irelands sovereignty. read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / press release Friday April 06, 2012 10:22 by ARZone
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Animal Rights Zone (ARZone) officially launches their global Vegan Buddies programme and appeals for vegan buddy mentors to assist new and aspiring vegans. read full story / add a comment 
national / animal rights / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 04, 2012 23:46 by Christopher O Riordan
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Last week a circus worker at a circus based in cork was seriously injured when a Indian Elephant accidently fell upon him. I look at how in the 21st century using wild animals for entertainment ishumane and should not be acceptable. read full story / add a comment 
national / eu / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 04, 2012 18:51 by O.O´C.
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In a move clearly aimed at trying to upstage and divert attention from an extremely embarasing Sinn Féin private members’ motion on the ESM Treaty, the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, told the Dáil on 21 March that the Government is “now negotiating with the EU authorities, and principaly with the ECB, on the basis that the €3.06 bilion cash instalment due from the Minister to IBRC [Irish Bank Resolution Corporation] on 31 March 2012 under the terms of the IBRC promisory note could be settled by the delivery of a long-term Irish government bond. The details of the arrangement have still to be worked out.” read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday April 04, 2012 16:05 by Rossport Solidarity Camp
On friday the 30th of March at 6.45am 30 campaigners took to the roads at Aghoos, County Mayo, in solidarity with the local community in Kilcommon parish opposed to Shell's Corrib gas project. As with previous days of solidarity, Shell called off all haulage to both Aghoos and Glengad construction sites for the onshore Corrib gas pipeline. read full story / add a comment 
international / housing / news report Wednesday April 04, 2012 12:46 by Italy Calling
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In September 2009, hundreds of Carabinieri stormed a school in the Magliana area of Rome and arrested dozens of people who were occupying it. The charges made against them were super harsh: organised crime, extortion, possession of weapons, theft, assaulting police officers, and more. read full story / add a comment 
national / eu / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 04, 2012 01:10 by O.O´C.
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The stroke? Sign up, virtually ‘on the q.t.,’ to a new permanent euro-zone bail-out fund, the European Stability Mechanism, to which Ireland will be “irrevocably and unconditionally” obliged to the tune of €11 billion, while all the time making great palaver about holding a referendum on the Fiscal Compact Treaty. read full story / add a comment 
international / migration / news report Tuesday April 03, 2012 21:18 by italy calling
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It’s spring, and while most of us are already organising our summer holidays, some people have very different journeys in mind. In Northern Africa, migrants from all over the continent try to reach the Sicilian coast by any means. read full story / add a comment
national / workers issues / news report Tuesday April 03, 2012 20:00 by Paul Gavan
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Join us on the Road to Recognition. Please view and share our video. read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights / press release Tuesday April 03, 2012 15:30 by End Hare Coursing in Ireland
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Panama has banned live hare coursing...the government of Ireland should do likewise via the upcoming Animal Health and Welfare Bill. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / arts and media / press release Tuesday April 03, 2012 15:06 by Grace
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Near Media Co-op and Near FM wants you to take part in a new project Intercultural Dialogue through Community Media read full story / add a comment
antrim / workers issues / news report Tuesday April 03, 2012 11:11 by Martin O'Rourke
SIPTU is seeking the inclusion of a social clause into every funding contract. This clause would set a threshold of decency of employment conditions for every worker employed by community sector organisations funded by the public purse. read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / opinion/analysis Tuesday April 03, 2012 06:04 by Bob Brown
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Bob Brown delivers the 3rd annual Green Oration read full story / add a comment |
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