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international / eu / feature Sunday August 09, 2009 13:46 by Michael Gallagher
Irish (and tourist) people wake up to a sign of the coming times in Dublin. Hello friends, This Morning, Saturday the 8th August at 7am, Irish Friends of Palestine Against Lisbon (IFPAL) launched the Vote No To Lisbon raft on the River Liffey in Dublin City Centre. Irish Friends of Palestine Against Lisbon are calling for Irish voters to oppose the Lisbon Treaty in the forthcoming re-run of the Lisbon Treaty Referendum, a referendum that is exactly the same as the one they have rejected already. VOTE NO to Lisbon on October 2nd. Issued on behalf of IFPAL. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Sunday August 09, 2009 13:46 by pat c
• Do you remember when Dublin Port was a key local employer, and the Docklands were the location of thriving industries? • Do you support workers rights, hard fought for and won for us by previous generations? These are now under threat at Marine Terminal in Dublin Port. The owners, the UK based Peel Group, have targeted Dublin workers, some of whom live locally in Dockland communities. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / feature Sunday August 09, 2009 13:46 by J.F.
Afri expressed dismay today after RTE refused to broadcast an advertisement submitted by them on the grounds that it ‘references persons involved with the Rossport/Shell campaign’ The 20 second advertisement, is promoting an Afri gig entitled ‘That’s Gas…’ read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday August 08, 2009 14:04 by Harvey Duff
Who said that legendary rockers U2 have sold out ? This brilliant video of the band's 25 July Dublin performance on youtube gives the answer . Bono sings a U2 classic in tribute to the Iranian Green Movement for freedom and democracy. read full story / add a comment
cork / history and heritage / press release Saturday August 08, 2009 03:09 by Don't Airbrush our History!
Despite being hugely in debt, removing murals commemorating Cork’s history seems high on the agenda of those in City Hall. That was the message clearly shown when Cork City Council recently removed tributes painted by Ógra Shinn Féin to the former TD and Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney, and the Roll of Honour of Fianna Éireann, Chorcai. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / press release Friday August 07, 2009 21:10 by Ailbhe Darcy
The new issue of Moloch, an online journal of new writing and art, has just been launched. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Friday August 07, 2009 19:39 by Gary Barrett
As part of the SIPTU Community Campaign, a protest against the cutbacks in the community sector is being held at 1pm on Parnell Square, Wednesday September 30th. read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / news report Friday August 07, 2009 17:02 by Relict Almasty
Only a few years ago I felt pretty good at geography and potential statehoods when I wrote that the West's sponsorship of Kosovo would logically lead to us thinking about Abkhazia and Ossetia & knowing full well the average reader would have a better idea of where to hunt almasties than point out those two places on a map. It only took a short while for both those latter places to be wrapped up in a short little war between Russia and its southern neighbour Georgia exactly one year ago. Yesterday users of Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal & blogger.com all suffered serious denial of services. Today we learn the cause was a sustained and concentrated attack on the cyber profile of one individual. He or She operates under the name "Cyxymu" which is a dinky phonetic rendering of Sukhumi which we all know is the capital of Abhkazia. read full story / add a comment
limerick / anti-capitalism / event notice Friday August 07, 2009 12:29 by Limerick Socialist Youth
On Saturday 15th August, the Limerick Socialist Party and Socialist Youth will hold a day of discussion and debate beginning at 1pm in Pery's Hotel. The day is designed to provide a forum for people sick of unemployment, low wages and cutbacks. read full story / add a comment
limerick / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Friday August 07, 2009 12:17 by Limerick Socialist Youth
Socialist Youth are organising a picket/protest at the Limerick Chambe of Commerce as part of an ongoing campaign against pay cuts and in particular the threats to the minimum wage. As part of our campaign, we have been handing out peanuts to people, arguing that we are not monkeys – we need more than peanuts!. The protest, titled “We Won’t Work for Peanuts” is planned for next Tuesday, August 11th at 1pm outside the Chamber of Commerce on O’Connell St, opposite the White House. read full story / add a comment |
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