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offsite link Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
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offsite link The Saker blog is now frozen Tue Feb 28, 2023 23:55 | The Saker
Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog.? We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below).?

offsite link What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

offsite link Moveable Feast Cafe 2023/02/27 ? Open Thread Mon Feb 27, 2023 19:00 | cafe-uploader
2023/02/27 19:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of

offsite link The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
Pepe Escobar for the Saker blog A powerful feeling rhythms your skin and drums up your soul as you?re immersed in a long walk under persistent snow flurries, pinpointed by

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Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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Human Rights in Ireland
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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link China Cancels Christmas in Hong Kong ? Leaving Churches Fearing for Their Future Wed Dec 18, 2024 11:22 | John MacNab
China has cancelled Christmas in Hong Kong this year. Officials have ordered that the usual celebrations be 'toned down'. It's part of a creeping intolerance that leaves churches fearing for the future, says John MacNab.
The post China Cancels Christmas in Hong Kong ? Leaving Churches Fearing for Their Future appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Brits Could Face Up to ?20 a Year Extra on Energy Bills to Fund ?Carbon Capture? Technology Wed Dec 18, 2024 09:00 | Will Jones
Brits could face an extra ?20 a year on energy bills to fund unproven carbon capture technology as the Government proposes to spend ?21.7 billion on projects to capture the gas from the air and store it underground.
The post Brits Could Face Up to ?20 a Year Extra on Energy Bills to Fund ‘Carbon Capture’ Technology appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Curious Links of Led by Donkeys Wed Dec 18, 2024 07:00 | Charlotte Gill
Led by Donkeys, the group behind anti-Brexit and assorted other Left-wing stunts, was set up by four Greenpeace activists who have a lot of curious links to the Blob, says Charlotte Gill.
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offsite link News Round-Up Wed Dec 18, 2024 00:46 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link Musk Backs Reform After Meeting Farage at Trump?s Home Tue Dec 17, 2024 19:30 | Will Jones
Elon Musk has backed?Reform U.K.?after meeting Nigel Farage at Donald Trump?s home in Florida, tweeting his agreement that "Britain needs Reform".
The post Musk Backs Reform After Meeting Farage at Trump’s Home appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Writer and poet, Ulick O'Connor
galway / arts and media / event notice Wednesday February 11, 2009 14:46 by Fred Johnston   image 1 image
The Second Forge at Gort literature festival takes place in Gort, Co. Galway, thanks to the genrosity of writers and sponsors read full story / add a comment
cork / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Wednesday February 11, 2009 11:38 by Alan M.   text 6 comments (last - sunday february 15, 2009 19:00)   image 1 image   video 1 video file   audio 1 audio file
Noel Atkins and Pat Phelan, Waterford Crystal workers and Unite Shop Stewards, travelled to Cork last night to speak out against the attempted closure of the plant. They spoke from the heart as workers tossed on the scrap heap after decades of service. read full story / add a comment
A Fox or a Thing?
national / animal rights / press release Wednesday February 11, 2009 10:18 by ALiberation   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Before Christmas of 2007, the Flairline Fashions Group gave a verbal guarantee that they would become fur free by 2008 and would send confirmation in writing to ALiberation. Since then they have continued to sell animal fur.
ALiberation are now unsuspending their campaign to persuade the Flairline Fashions Group to become Fur Free.

This Saturday an event will be held outside of Pamela Scott on Grafton Street, Dublin to urge the Flairline Fashions Group to stop selling animal fur. This will coincide with the “Worldwide Information Days Against Fur” weekend.

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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday February 10, 2009 23:04 by Paula Geraghty   image 10 images
Taxi Drivers staged a protest this Monday 9th of February from the Garden of Remberance, Parnell Square to Merrion Square to demand an immediate stop to the issuing of new Taxi licences. read full story / add a comment
GPO , Dublin , 1916 : 3 Easter Commemorations to be held in Dublin in April 2009.
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Tuesday February 10, 2009 22:38 by Sharon .   text 11 comments (last - monday april 13, 2009 23:28)   image 2 images   1 attached file
Republicans in Dublin have organised three Easter Commemorations for 2009. read full story / add a comment
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday February 09, 2009 22:38 by Paula Geraghty   text 9 comments (last - monday february 23, 2009 18:51)   image 5 images
Teachers say enough is enough as they are pilloried for their pensions and underfunded workplaces while banks plead they can't reduce top bankers pay due to 'contractual obligations'. read full story / add a comment
after 17 years she has surely had her purgatory and walked her calvary?
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday February 09, 2009 20:01 by iosaf   text 4 comments (last - wednesday february 10, 2010 07:38)   image 4 images
Eluana Englaro has died peacefully this evening

Tomorrow Italy's progressives and secularists will demonstrate against Berlusoni's unconstitutional decree attempting to ensure a woman who was in a coma since 1992 continues in that vegetative state.

In Berlusconi's words :- "She is alive enough to get pregnant". Leaving one only to wonder who would have fathered her child and what would have been the morailty of such an act.

However, the 11th president of the Italian Republic Goirgio Napolitano refused to sign Berlusconi's decree deeming it to be unconstitional. A petition started by Umberto Eco and Dario Foy amongst others has now collected over 1000 signatures. read full story / add a comment
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galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday February 09, 2009 18:48 by TD   text 18 comments (last - tuesday february 17, 2009 19:59)   image 6 images   video 3 video files
Last Saturday in the Nun's Island Theatre, Galway, fundraiser and activist with the Palestine Children's Appeal, Treasa Ni Cheannabhain, delivered a harrrowing and powerful eyewitness account of her recent humanitarian mission to Gaza and Free Gaza Movement and Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign activist, Derek Graham, made an impassioned plea for funds to purchase a ship that would be instrumental in ferrying building materials essential for the rebuilding of Gaza's war shattered infrastructure. read full story / add a comment
el generalisimo
national / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Monday February 09, 2009 17:43 by Patrick Coyle   text 7 comments (last - wednesday april 29, 2009 14:55)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
There is a tendency to dismiss the rantings of Kevin Myers as mere guff designed to sell newspapers. However, this would be to ignore the collateral damage his phosphorous cluster bomb prose inflicts. His salvo last Friday attacking the legacy of Bob Doyle and his comrades who fought in Spain against fascism should be a call to make next Saturday's commemoration in their honour a defiant rebuttal of all Myers' and his ilk stand for. read full story / add a comment
Kicking off 2009 with a successful market day in January
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday February 09, 2009 16:27 by Caybarboy   image 2 images
Make a note, jot it into your dairy, write it on the back of your hand, just don't forget the best bargains in Dublin are to be found the last Sunday of every month at the Dublin Flea Market . The next Flea, Sunday 22nd of February, promises to be another eclectic mix of funky second hand wares. There is something for all the family whether it's an old-school chopper bicycle, a retro lamp, a handmade card, quirky gift or a second-hand jacket, you can find it and afford it at The Flea Market! read full story / add a comment
Governments tax plan for all PAYE workers
national / anti-capitalism / feature Monday February 09, 2009 07:29 by Andrew   text 12 comments (last - monday august 24, 2009 06:53)   image 1 image   video 4 video files
Our government has become more and more open about their plans for us. Cowan wants to drive down our living standards 12% and has already cut all our wages through the tax levy and slashed the wages of workers in the public sector further through the so called ‘pensions levy’. He openly talks of “four more years of even steeper cuts”. He is so confident of us taking this lying down that he had the cheek to announce his intention to drive down our living standards at what even RTE referred to as the “Dublin Chamber of Commerce's lavish AGM dinner which cost €160” a head. read full story / add a comment
OMNI Air Dogs of War at Shannon airport
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday February 08, 2009 23:11 by Edward   text 7 comments (last - tuesday february 10, 2009 18:14)   image 4 images
Business as usual at Shannon airport on 8 Feb 09, showed few commercial airlines landing but three OMNI Air chartered aircraft were being refuelled as they were transporting hundreds of armed US troops through Shannon airport. read full story / add a comment
cork / environment / press release Sunday February 08, 2009 22:56 by Cork Foodweb   text 10 comments (last - saturday february 28, 2009 10:41)   image 6 images   video 2 video files   audio 1 audio file
Cork is biting back at the recession with a new web-started community which aims to get us outside working together to grow our own food. Cork Food Web imagines a network of community gardens, allotments, urban and rural farms and food parks all over Cork city and county run autonomously by local communities and linked by the shared need to feed ourselves and mind our environment. The website is a ‘social networking site’ so allows users to create their own profile, get to know each other and form groups. In just a few months of existence membership has grown to 154, with members from the city and all across Cork county forming online interest groups, exchanging information and skills and creating events together. read full story / add a comment
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national / miscellaneous / event notice Sunday February 08, 2009 19:53 by Eoin Ó Broin   text 18 comments (last - saturday march 21, 2009 02:49)   image 1 image
You are invited to the Dublin launch of Eoin Ó Broin's new book, Sinn Féin and the politics of left republicanism, published by Pluto Press

Dublin - Monday February 16th @ 6pm, Pearse Street Public Library, 138-144 Pearse Street
Chair: Cllr Daithí Doolan. Speakers: Eoin Ó Broin & Mary Lou McDonald MEP

Belfast: Wednesday February 18th @ 7pm, Lecture Theatre 2, St Marys College, Falls Road
Chair: Mayor Tom Hartley. Speakers: Eoin Ó Broin, Laurence McKeown & Professor Richard English read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday February 08, 2009 18:00 by Coilín ÓhAiseadha   text 3 comments (last - tuesday february 10, 2009 03:13)   image 1 image
At a ceremony held in Copenhagen on 26 January, 2009, former Danish military intelligence officer Frank Grevil was given the Sam Adams award for integrity in intelligence, in recognition of the role he played in exposing the falsehoods that led to Denmark's invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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national / education / news report Sunday February 08, 2009 10:29 by Julian - UCD FEE   text 3 comments (last - friday february 20, 2009 12:12)   image 4 images
This is a report from the February 4th national protest and the FEE breakaway that followed. read full story / add a comment
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national / education / news report Saturday February 07, 2009 21:38 by Paula Geraghty   text 10 comments (last - wednesday november 24, 2010 13:00)   image 30 images   video 1 video file
The day public servants discovered how much Cowan was taking from their take home pay to bail out the system , 25,000 students took to the streets of Dublin shouting
'No Cutbacks, No Fees, No Fianna Fáil TD's!' read full story / add a comment
I had no idea...
national / environment / other press Saturday February 07, 2009 10:51 by kermit   text 5 comments (last - friday february 13, 2009 16:23)   image 4 images
It seems that the Galway by-pass may not now go ahead as planned after a dramatic eleventh-hour realisation by the Minister of the Environment that he is a member of the Green Party.

"I had no idea I had these sort of powers, to stop developments that threaten the country's environmental heritage and prevent loss of habitat, until one of my civil servants (who I was making tea for at the time) pointed out that the Galway by-Pass is not sponsored by Shell, and although the Corrib bridge has a confusing name, it actually has nothing to do with the Corrib natural gas (eight billion euro giveaway) scheme in Mayo!" the Minister is not reported to have said.

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kildare / public consultation / irish social forum / event notice Saturday February 07, 2009 00:14 by Saoirse   text 1 comment (last - saturday february 07, 2009 17:24)   image 1 image
The Frank Driver Cumann/North Kildare of Republican Sinn Féin will be holding an ant-heroin protest in Rosconnell estate in Newbridge, Co Kildare on Saturday, February 7 from 3.00pm to 4.00pm. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Friday February 06, 2009 02:45 by Aragon   text 5 comments (last - wednesday february 11, 2009 17:52)   image 2 images
Gilomre to kick the workers and unions off the ladder behind him, put a rose between his teeth and flutter his eyelids flirtatiously at whoever will have Labour for a cheap bed partner in government. read full story / add a comment
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