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Human Rights in IrelandIndymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.
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international / history and heritage / event notice Tuesday February 07, 2012 21:24 by Séan Ó Murchú
Clonmult Martyrs Commemoration Committee Clonmult Martyrs Commemoration Committee, members of Republican Sinn Fein Poblachtach, relatives and friends met recently in Midleton to organise the Annual Commemoration for Sunday 19th February 2012 at Midleton. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday February 07, 2012 14:10 by Sean Edwards
Of all the colonies in America, the most profitable to the coloniser was Saint Domingue, where the slaves produced more wealth for France than the North American colonies did for England. The French republic decreed an end to slavery, but Napoleon sought to reimpose it. The armies he sent to the island were defeated, and the victorious people renamed their country Haití, the indigenous name for the island. Haiti thus became the first free country of America in 1804, sixty years before chattel slavery was ended in the USA. For the crime of freeing themselves the people of Haiti have never been forgiven. The slave owners and colonisers feared the example they set. Haiti was later forced to pay 90 million gold francs to France to compensate the slave owners for the loss of their property, which took 150 years to pay off, thereby inhibiting any economic development. read full story / add a comment
kerry / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Tuesday February 07, 2012 12:08 by Seán
TD Richard Boyd Barrett is to address a public meeting in Killarney opposing the household charge. 95% of the eligible population have not registered to pay. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday February 07, 2012 11:20 by BrianClarke
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday February 07, 2012 10:40 by Rossport Solidarity Camp
Yesterday morning residents of Aghoos, Pollathomas and Glengad were woken by a convoy of heavy vehicles heading in the direction of Glengad. One person drove down to Glengad to see what was happening. At about 7.20am he was stopped by a Garda in Glengad who said the road is blocked. When asked who was blocking the road the Garda said “the Shell boys are doing a bit of work”. read full story / add a comment |
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