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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 12:03 by Mark Malone
The Irish government’s explicit support for Shell’s proposed development in Rossport, against the demands and wishes of a large proportion of the locally affected community, exemplifies not only the highly organised and funded public relation strategy that Shell and its partners have used. It also highlights the massive democratic deficit in this country. In a broader sense corporate Public Relations, and it’s close links to government, is perhaps one of the most potent factors in curtailing meaningful democracy. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 03:16 by Pinhead
Lightswitch is a Dublin based production company promising to bring theatre goers the 'ridiculously serious and the seriously ridiculous.' If its chaotic humour and a theatre of the absurd they aspire to then through a healthy mangling of a Greek classic with Antigone Interactive, they hit the nail partially on the head but falter at the point of audience interaction and political depth. The Antigone lead comes across oozing sassy stylistic rebellion like a photo shot prepped baile funk star MIA - all gun belt for show and Che Guevara t-shirt as poseurish portend to an inevitable martyrdom for ritually burying her brother against her father's edicts. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 02:57 by Paul Baynes
During the week of the annual conference of the IMF and the World Bank, some thoughts on the nature of employment in the current phase of globalisation. More and more, workers throughout the so-called developing world are relying on low paid, unstable employment in the informal economy. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday September 21, 2006 18:25 by Chris Murray
There are few details but a woman from the Congo had refused a blood transfusion after haemorraging this morning at the Coombe, women's Hospital. She had given birth to a baby boy. Complications ensued which led to the loss of 80% of her blood. She refused Transfusion. The Coombe Applied to the Courts. The Court ordered the transfusion. Mainstream is calling it a landmark decision. Questions:- Is birth , the birthing process a mental illness/a physical illness? Does the patient have the right to a voice in their treatment. Was she made a ward of court in order for the Hospital authority to over-rule her wishes which coukd have been ethical/religious. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday September 21, 2006 16:42 by IRISH BASQUE COMMITTEES
Inaki De Juana expressed his will to continue on hunger strike after he was force fed last night following orders coming from the Spanish Special Court. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / news report Thursday September 21, 2006 10:03 by Qasim Rajpar
SACOSAN-2 inaugurated in Islamabd. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / press release Thursday September 21, 2006 05:38 by Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC)
On the occasion of the Annual Meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) together with the World Bank in Singapore, the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) and other civil society organizations blame “the Fund” for being the single most influential factor for the worsening poverty in the Philippines and other countries in the South. read full story / add a comment
kildare / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday September 21, 2006 05:30 by d'other
An Irish farmer has used the Ryder Cup and the endless streams of choppered in VIP's to make a general point on peace. The farmer describes how 'as the rich and powerful politicians chopper their way to the Ryder Cup, they might have to avert their gaze from my little farm next door.' Why? Because on this small area of farm land beside the K-Club venue he has made a huge CND style peace symbol encircled with a 'peace on earth' slogan. Weird or what? Photos are at the following link. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday September 21, 2006 01:40 by Radical Student
By Dermot Keenan The start of the 2006 / 2007 academic years brings with it, for the first time, the burden of top up fees on new students. Previously, most students in Britain and the North (except Scottish students studying in Scotland) pay a contribution towards their tuition fees (anything from £0-£1,250 a year). read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday September 20, 2006 20:22 by SP Online
A weekend of debate and discussion hosted by the Socialist Party will take place on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st of October 2006. Tickets cost €5 for Friday, €10 for the weekend. A creche service will be available for the Saturday. Agenda below: read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Wednesday September 20, 2006 19:58 by Fred Johnston - Manager
international / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Wednesday September 20, 2006 19:01 by David Logan
The purpose of this article is to describe my experience of an International Volunteer Project so that well-intentioned potential volunteers will have some idea of the kind of conditions they may face. Service Civil International (SCI), the organisation that promoted the project describes itself as: “an international non-governmental organisation committed to the promotion of peace and understanding through voluntary activities. These activities consist primarily of 2-3 week long international volunteer placements involving volunteers from all over the world. These projects range from working with marginalised people to ecological, arts and cultural projects, amongst others.” The Irish branch of Service Civil International is called Voluntary Service International (VSI). read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday September 20, 2006 14:45 by Madam K
Deportation in progress read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / event notice Wednesday September 20, 2006 03:24 by Catherine Forbes Dyck
The Canadian premiere of LUNAFEST, short films by, for, about women happens in Thunder Bay on Thursday, October 5, 2006. This year’s LUNAFEST program features nine short films in collaboration with dynamic local talent: singers, dancers and photographers. Films range from quirky animation to touching documentaries; all the films celebrate women in our local and global communities. Proceeds of the event benefit the Northern Cancer Research Fund and the Breast Cancer Fund, a San Francisco based nonprofit working to identify — and advocate for elimination of — the environmental and other preventable causes of the disease. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday September 20, 2006 00:53 by Radical Student
The McDonagh/Farrell Ógra cumann in UCD kicked off the Ógra freshers’ recruitment campaign this week with great success. By today, the cumann had already recruited over 120 activists, over 50 of whom are women, with 3 more days still to go. The campaign in UCD has been well supported by leadership figures, with Caitriona Ruane, Aengus O’Snodaigh and Mary-Lou McDonald all dropping out to the Belfield campus to lend a hand. read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / feature Wednesday September 20, 2006 00:50 by iosaf
Riot police have been firing tear gas at demonstrators in Budapest in the last hours as they tried to storm hungary's state TV company. Storming TV stations is a pretty traditional way of kicking off a revolution. The protesters are angry at the revelation that the current prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsany admits that his party lied to gain office. Being relatively new to democracy the Hungarians find such cleverness a distasteful display of sociopathy. Hungarian radio played a tape of a meeting in which Gyurcsany & other party leaders (socialists by the way) did their Nixon best to pull the wool over the electorates' eyesv last week & since then the "politicisation" index of Hungarians has shot up. They are now very newsworthy and enjoying their second day of attention on slavic language news sites. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Tuesday September 19, 2006 23:52 by as.c
Has anyone thought of Caracas or Bogotá as hubs of modern urban planning, models for other mega-metropolises that are threatened by rapidly rising populations, runaway crime and poverty, most of it squeezed into labyrinthine slums? read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / other press Tuesday September 19, 2006 20:57 by News Reader
Tanks on the street. The constitution revoked. Disgraced PM ousted. read full story / add a comment
limerick / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Tuesday September 19, 2006 19:29 by Seán Ryan
Crime in Limerick is spiralling out of control. Another man was killed in Moyross on Sunday night after being shot in the head. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / news report Tuesday September 19, 2006 18:14 by Dave Donnellan
Despite repeated attempts by the Office of Public Works (OPW) to move them on the Tara Solidarity Vigil remain camped out on the Hill of Tara. They have become a focus of opposition to plans to build a new motorway (M3) through the Tara valley. As opposition grows they have received increasing messages of support not just from Ireland but around the world also. Norwegians, in particular, have taken a keen interest in developments on the Hill due to a sense of shared history they have with Ireland. read full story / add a comment |
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