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mayo / environment / other press Wednesday February 24, 2010 19:27 by maigh eo
The Mayo News carries a report that Rose Conway Walsh has condemned the imprisonment of Pat O'Donnell. The Erris fisherman has been jailed for seven months for supposedly obstructing a garda during an incident in which over sixty other people were involved. Many people have speculated that the gardaí picked on him becasue of his long track record of opposition to the Corrib Gas project. The Sinn Féin Councillor also talks about the methods of documentary maker Gerry Gregg, calling his TV3 documentary she said had "done nothing but divide the community". read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday February 24, 2010 19:07 by Niall Harnett
Eoin O'Leidhin has joined fisherman Pat 'the Chief' O'Donnell at Castlerea prison today. Eoin was convicted of Section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 for 'failure to comply with the directions of Garda' at a protest outside the Shell site Glengad on 30th August 2008. Garda Sean Cunnane, who likes to ham it up as he whinges to the courts, convinced Judge David Anderson that Eoin's behaviour was a crime. The short video below shows the true flavour of the occasion. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Wednesday February 24, 2010 12:49 by Paddy/Alessandro (recorded by Andrew)
This is an audio recording of a Better Question discussion if the ideas of the French left philosophers Jacques Ranciere and Alain Badiou. A fifty minute introduction is given by Paddy Bresnihan and Alessandro Zagato followed by about forty minutes of discussion about the presentations. read full story / add a comment
cork / gender and sexuality / event notice Wednesday February 24, 2010 00:15 by Organiser
Douglas St., Cork is determined to make a big splash this March 8th and celebrate International Women's Day in style! read full story / add a comment
cork / consumer issues / press release Tuesday February 23, 2010 22:21 by anarkitty
Our guest speaker this month is Graham Strowts, who will be speaking about the concept of the Food Forest and Perennials read full story / add a comment
cork / crime and justice / event notice Tuesday February 23, 2010 21:51 by anarkitty
DJ Welfare and Milis - playing Dubstep/Ragga/breaks/Jungle ! read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice / news report Tuesday February 23, 2010 19:42 by John of the Ayres Family
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin met with survivors of abuse to respond to their letter addressed to the Pope. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday February 23, 2010 12:31 by Andrew N Flood
The week before last Erris fisherman Pat O'Donnell was jailed for seven months for his part in the communities ongoing resistance to Shell's attempt to impose an experimental gas pipeline on them. Across the country local Shell to Sea groups have been holding solidarity protests and other events for Pat. In Dublin this has included two protests and a public meeting in UCD. Meanwhile Shell have been forced to admit a temporary defeat in the face of local opposition and call off the construction they have planned for Glengad this year. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday February 23, 2010 11:36 by Fintan Lane
Following revelations that the address of a Dublin house owned by a brother of former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds was used by the assassins who killed a Palestinian official in Dubai, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) is calling on the Irish government and the European Union to take a more forthright position on the murder by Israel of its political opponents. read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday February 23, 2010 05:33 by TD
On 3rd March 2002, 22-year-old Palestinian blocklayer and tiler Thaer Hamad from the Ramallah-area village of Silwad, armed with an old WW2 M1 rifle shot 24 Israeli Occupation Forces and their reinforcements at a checkpoint sited in an old British police post on the road between Nablus and Ramallah killing 11 of them in the space of 24 minutes before his weapon blew up on the 25th shot. read full story / add a comment
galway / housing / event notice Monday February 22, 2010 13:25 by Geegee
The development of the first ecological community in the west of Ireland will be discussed at a public meeting hosted by the Galway Sustainable Community Project in the Westside Library this Tuesday 23rd February; refreshments will be served from 6:00pm, and the meeting will begin at 6:30pm. This will be the first in a series of public meetings which will be designed to encourage interactive discussion and invite new people to get involved in the project. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Monday February 22, 2010 13:12 by Volunteer Team
"All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume." - Chomsky Interview with Prof. Noam Chomsky January 2010 Venue: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Video interviews online at http://www.spunout.ie/action/Be-inspired/SpunOut.ie-cha...omsky Transcript below read full story / add a comment
kerry / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Monday February 22, 2010 11:58 by Brendan Guilfoyle
Deputy Jackie Healy Rae has told public service workers that he is powerless to prevent further cuts to services in Kerry. Healy Rae made the comments to 65 members of the Kerry Public Service Workers’ Alliance (KPSWA) who protested at his constituency clinic in Killarney on Saturday. read full story / add a comment
international / housing / news report Monday February 22, 2010 00:28 by Kruk
The auction of the grounds where Poznan's Rozbrat squat is situated will take place on 26th March at 10 a.m. Since January 2008, when the bailiff came to the squat for the first time, we have managed to keep the squat, through different legal actions and protests. If nobody buys the ground on 26th March, the next auction will take place within the next 2-3 years. That is why this is a critical moment for us. read full story / add a comment
derry / gender and sexuality / news report Sunday February 21, 2010 21:33 by Eleanor
This is the latest action taken by the Derry Womens Collective. The women decided to take another angle on the usual St. Valentines Day stuff by creating a mural for the back of Free Derry Corner. read full story / add a comment
louth / crime and justice / event notice Sunday February 21, 2010 04:06 by Alan Moore
Free Entry Doors open at 3pm Show starts at 3.30pm The Spirit Store Georges Quay Dundalk Co. Louth Your support would be greatly appreciated. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Saturday February 20, 2010 15:34 by PBPA
To mark the showing of Michaels Moore’s new film Capitalism: A Love Story the People Before Profit Alliance today held a street theatre performance of Capitalism: An Irish Love Story outside the Savoy Cinema in O Connell Street. Michael Moore’s film shows how the recession has led to a horror story for many American workers and their families. He highlights the issue of home repossessions. He also shows how the banks have been bailed out by the taxpayer. In the film Moore goes into banks asking for the return of the people’s money. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday February 20, 2010 13:45 by Iyad Burnat
February 19th 2010-Today Bil'in commemorated the fifth anniversary of popular demonstrations against the settlements and the Apartheid Wall. Israel's occupation has confiscated over 50% of Bil'in's land. Only last week the construction work to reroute the Wall began, nearly two and a half years after the High Court of Justice ordered the Wall to be moved. read full story / add a comment
antrim / anti-capitalism / event notice Friday February 19, 2010 19:57 by Paddy M
Capitalism in crisis Why we need a socialist alternative Lessons of Michael Moore's film Capitalism - A Love Story read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / press release Friday February 19, 2010 12:41 by Fred Johnston
Charlie Byrne's Bookshp, Middle Street, Galway, played host to French poet, Colette Wittorski. read full story / add a comment |
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