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Garda Supt. Michael Larkin responsible for Unlawful Detention of Protesters.
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday March 30, 2010 13:13 by Niall Harnett   text 9 comments (last - friday april 09, 2010 22:29)   image 10 images   video 1 video file
On Thursday 25th March 2010 at Belmullet District Court, charges against 9 Shell to Sea protesters were withdrawn or dismissed by Judge Gerard Haughton, because the '9' had been unlawfully detained following their arrest and they were not brought to court 'as soon as practicable', amounting to a 'conscious and deliberate violation of their constitutional rights'.

In the 'test' case of Mr Eoin Lawless, potentially effecting all of the 9, the court ruled that the accused was/were held for an unreasonable amount of time before being charged, they were denied 'station bail' and were unreasonably delayed before being brought to court to allow them to apply for release on bail. Barrister Leo Mulrooney, acting for the 9, had put it to Garda Superintendent Michael Larkin that he had failed in his duty to vindicate the rights of the prisoners, and when asked to account to the court for his inaction, Judge Gerard Haughton expressed dissatisfaction with Supt. Larkin's explanation. read full story / add a comment
Carrantuohill Ahead
national / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday March 30, 2010 09:05 by Kevin Doyle   image 5 images
Supporters of Solidarity Books in Cork climbed Carrantuohill on Sunday as part of a fundraiser for the bookshop and meeting space. read full story / add a comment
Harper Paul Dooley with poet Pádraig Ó Moráin at Gort Library
national / arts and media / press release Tuesday March 30, 2010 00:42 by Fred Johnston   text 1 comment (last - saturday april 03, 2010 16:48)   image 2 images
Sunny weather and solid organisation brought a small feast of excellent music,prose and storytelling, and a fine workshop on poetry, to the small town of Gort, Co. Galway. read full story / add a comment
Boycott Israeli Blood Diamonds
international / consumer issues / news report Monday March 29, 2010 22:35 by Freda H, Zoe L & Kev   text 2 comments (last - tuesday march 30, 2010 01:40)   image 1 image
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) today expressed its shock and dismay at revelations unearthed by Limerick-based researcher Seán Clinton in his recent exposé on the role of Israel in the global diamond industry. Mr. Clinton’s article, published last night on the respected Electronic Intifada website (http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11170.shtml), highlights how the industry deceives the public by playing up benefits accruing to poorer countries through the Kimberly Process – the stated aim of which is to eliminate ‘blood diamonds’ - while simultaneously hiding the fact that Israel, a state that has militarily occupied Palestine for more than 40 years, is the world’s biggest beneficiary of the diamond industry. read full story / add a comment
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waterford / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday March 29, 2010 17:22 by Kev   image 1 image
On Wednesday 31st March at 8pm there will be a public talk by Ewa Jasiewicz who was present in Gaza during the Israeli massacre 2008/09 where she worked with the ambulance services. Ewa will also be screening of excerpts from To Shoot An Elephant, which she appears in. The talk will take place in the Granville Hotel in Waterford. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday March 29, 2010 13:59 by Freda H & Kev   image 1 image
On the evening of Tuesday 30th March the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) in Dublin will commemorate Palestinian Land Day by holding a solidarity vigil outside the GPO on O'Connell Street from 5 - 7pm. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Monday March 29, 2010 11:53 by Eddie   text 10 comments (last - tuesday april 06, 2010 10:33)   image 2 images
This protest is to coincide with the likely announcement this week that Anglo has losses totalling €10-12 billion and will need another bail out. read full story / add a comment
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antrim / environment / news report Sunday March 28, 2010 17:45 by M.R.   text 2 comments (last - monday march 29, 2010 09:34)   image 2 images
Solidarity action in Belfast (as well as London) shows continuing support of the Shell to Sea Campaign against the exploitation of public fossil fuel resources and the arrests of citizens in Rossport, West Ireland. read full story / add a comment
Banners on display at the gates
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday March 28, 2010 15:29 by FSB!   text 8 comments (last - monday march 29, 2010 16:43)   image 35 images
After a week when nearly all the court cases against Shell to Sea campaigners were defeated, withdrawn or thrown out, over a hundred opponents of the Great Oil & Gas Robbery from all around the country gathered outside the gates of Castlerea Prison this Saturday afternoon to protest the continuing imprisonment of their good friend and Shell to Sea colleague Pat O'Donnell. read full story / add a comment
Information Stall
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday March 28, 2010 14:52 by Kev   text 3 comments (last - monday march 29, 2010 18:03)   image 9 images   1 attached file
On Saturday 27th March 2010 the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) in Dublin staged the latest in a series of actions aimed at highlighting French multinational (and operator of the LUAS) Veolia’s complicity in Israel’s Apartheid regime. Between 1pm and 3pm, forty IPSC members and supporters took over the St. Stephen’s Green LUAS stop, decking the area in Palestinian flags, balloons and placards and distributing thousands of information leaflets to LUAS passengers. read full story / add a comment
Orange Order linked to Fascist British National Party (BNP) - CLICK to READ
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday March 28, 2010 12:08 by Barry McCaffrey   text 8 comments (last - wednesday april 14, 2010 23:39)   image 3 images
Top Orangeman will contest poll for BNP
Irish News, 26 March 2010

by Barry McCaffrey

The Orange Order has refused to disassociate itself from a leading member who is due to stand as a BNP candidate in the Westminster election.

Yesterday the order was widely criticised after calling on members to protest against Pope Benedict's visit to England in September.

Last night it emerged that Nick Blake, a district master of the Orange Order in Devon, had been selected to stand for the far-right British National Party.

The order's leaderships in Northern Ireland and in England yesterday rejected calls from Alliance MLA Anna Lo to disassociate itself from Mr Blake, who will contest the poll in the constituency of Torridge and West Devon. read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism / news report Sunday March 28, 2010 09:17 by Kruk   image 4 images   video 1 video file
On Saturday, March 20th, the second demonstration in defence of Rozbrat took place. About 1,500 - 2,000 people from Poznan, Poland and from abroad took part in it. The demonstration started at 6.00 p.m. in the centre of Poznan. Many squatters from Berlin and different Polish and foreign cities arrived there. They were representing various social and political organizations. There were loads of banners with slogans in Polish, English and in German, saying eg. “City is not a company”, “Reclaim the city”, “Rozbrat not for sale”, “Stop the privatisation of public space”, “Rozbrat stays, no compromise”, “No to the culture of money” etc. The goal of the demo was to show our disobey to the neo-liberal politics of the city authorities, who represent the interests of business and also to show the potential investors that an attempt to evict us from there will be met with strong resistance and it will be really expensive. We're ready for direct and legal fight. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday March 28, 2010 00:49 by Republican Socialist   text 3 comments (last - sunday may 09, 2010 14:27)   image 10 images
Protest in support of Dr Aafia Siddiqui in Dublin read full story / add a comment
POWER TO THE PEOPLE - peoples assembly at copenhagen... the battle for survival
national / environment / event notice Saturday March 27, 2010 19:46 by dunk   text 1 comment (last - saturday march 27, 2010 19:47)   image 1 image   video 2 video files
The big talk to make the deal to sort the shit...
No deal...
Governments cant or wont sort the problem...
Therefor its up to us, normal people to sort it, thankfully we're getting there

seomra spraoi, 6 - 8pm. 10 Belvidere Court, Dublin 1 (off mountjoy square) http://www.seomraspraoi.org:8080/Plone/copy_of_contact-us
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longford / education / event notice Friday March 26, 2010 19:51 by L.Mellows   text 1 comment (last - friday march 26, 2010 19:52)   image 1 image
A meeting on staff, students and the Unions on campus. read full story / add a comment
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derry / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday March 26, 2010 19:00 by Eleanor   text 1 comment (last - tuesday march 30, 2010 23:40)   image 3 images
The 14 Raytheon accused are 9 women and 5 men, based in Derry, in the north of Ireland, who are facing criminal charges after they used Non Violent Direct Action to access the Raytheon Software plant in Derry, in an attempt to disarm the mainframe computer.

Raytheon are the world's largest manufacturer of missiles and the world's fifth largest weapons manufacturer.

Until they left in February 2010 (thanks to all the action taken against them), Raytheon's Derry software plant developed the firmware for transponders, targeting software and other crucial guidance system-related work for weapons.

Their factories globally manufacture Tomahawk Cruise missiles, Sidewinder missiles, Hellfire missiles, the "Bunker Buster" bombs, the delivery systems for Cluster bombs, White Phosphate and Napalm.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday March 26, 2010 18:50 by pat c   text 6 comments (last - sunday march 28, 2010 14:54)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
Hamas troops resisted an incursion by Israeli soldiers in Gaza today. Two Israeli soldiers including an officer were killed in the defensive actiuon by Hamas. Two other Israeli soldiers were wounded.

The brave Israeli soldiers succeeded in woulding a ten year old Palestinian boy. read full story / add a comment
Leaving the OIL AGE behind- Dublin EXCHANGE
dublin / environment / event notice Friday March 26, 2010 15:40 by Dunk   text 1 comment (last - friday march 26, 2010 23:13)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
Film evening and open discussion in EXCHANGE dublin, Friday 26th 8-10pm. Free, all welcome. The event follows an urban cycle event, CRITICAL MASS, around the streets of Dublin, starting 6pm at Grafton St entrance to Stevens Green. read full story / add a comment
dublin / education / event notice Friday March 26, 2010 10:13 by Laurence Cox   text 2 comments (last - wednesday april 07, 2010 19:22)   image 1 image
Do you fancy yourself as Zorro, Phoolan Devi, Robin Hood, Granuaile, Pancho Villa, Annie Oakley, Captain Jack Sparrow, Angela Davis, Ned Ludd or Subcomandante Marcos?

Is there a guerrilla, guerrilla gardener, Raging Granny, highwayman (or woman), graffiti artist, Woman in Black, Amsterdam squatter, Redstocking, Italian partisan, French 68er, cloaked anarchist or Communard buried deep in your subconscious?

Set them free at the Masked Activists' Ball! read full story / add a comment
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national / history and heritage / news report Thursday March 25, 2010 20:25 by Fin Dwyer   text 4 comments (last - friday march 26, 2010 21:08)   image 1 image
A New Independent Irish History Podcast has risen to number 2 in Itunes podcast charts in less than a week to challenge Tommy Tiernan and Hector O hEochagain for the top spot. The podcast series aims to look back at the past 2000 years of Irish history and archaeology. The first show Barbarians looks at the what Ireland was like 2000 years ago, the coming of Christianity, Gaelic society and finishes up with a look at medieval attitudes to life and death. read full story / add a comment
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