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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday April 03, 2006 20:08 by Lefty type
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An opinion on why the Angelus should not be broadcast by RTE read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / news report Tuesday March 21, 2006 15:41 by mai
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21 years after the Bhopal Gas disaster, which has resulted in 20,000 deaths to date, survivors have still not received justice, or adequate compensation, and the factory site itself has yet to be cleaned up. Many Bhopalis are still drinking poisoned water, while the officials responsible for the plant, including Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson, continue to abscond from facing legal proceedings for their callous negligence. Thus, a group of sixty Bhopalis have embarked on an 800 km walk for justice from Bhopal to New Delhi, where they will meet with the Prime Minister and voice their demands, following it up with a hunger strike if action is not taken. They have been on foot for more than a month now and are due to arrive into India's capital city and political Centre on 25th March. read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / other press Monday March 20, 2006 19:58 by SP Online
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The March 2006 issue of The Socialist (#14) is now online at the Socialist Party website. See below for contents... read full story / add a comment 
national / environment / news report Sunday March 12, 2006 13:57 by Chris
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* Update on campaign to save the Hill of Tara from the M3 motorway – 12 March 2006 A discrete national monument has been discovered in the pathway of the M3 motorway, during investigative archaeological excavations. It is entitled Baronstown 1, by the NRA, and lies just on the other side of the N3, between the hills of Tara and Skryne. It can be seen at: http://www.m3motorway.ie/Archaeology/Section2/Baronstown1/ A protest involving local and national activist groups is planned for 12.00PM, March 15th, at 'Baronstown 1', a newly discovered national monument in the pathway of the M3 motorway. Evidence regarding this site was not allowed to be presented in the High Court case, because Justice Smyth denied an application for cross-examination of expert witnesses. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Thursday March 09, 2006 18:09 by Padraig Connolly & James Pearse
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Having organised and trained through secret sinister revolutionary organisations... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday March 08, 2006 20:20 by EC / Terry
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Four activists from the Saving Iceland campaign visited Rossport this week meet with Shell to Sea campaigners from the area and the solidarity camp. read full story / add a comment
meath / history and heritage / event notice Saturday March 04, 2006 16:37 by Con Connor
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Yes folks its true - The wonderful people at Lismullen Institute (Opus Dei school) in the middle of the sacred valley of the Royal City of Tara are to give a lecture entitled - “The Gabhra Valley through the centuries to 2000AD. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday March 02, 2006 23:08 by jim travers
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Has the Celtic Tiger finally reached its end and are we looking out for the signs of decline. read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / other press Thursday March 02, 2006 12:17 by Phoenix Magazine
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Dublin City Council (DCC) is: busy censoring the right to "impart information by imposing a ban on the advertising of public events and meetings. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday February 15, 2006 21:32 by Liam Mullen
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When ireland introduced the Freedom of Information Act in 1998, it was envisaged that a period of greater transparency would ensue. Revelations of corruption arising from the Beef Tribunal, and the subsequent Flood, McCracken and Moriarty tribunals, helped push Freedom of Information on to a political agenda that seemed to promise more openness, but which has failed to materialise. Today it is widely recognised that ireland has some of the more draconian rules on releasing documents into the public domain, and that Freedom of Information is tied up in mindless bureaucracy and red-tape. Information sought may in some cases cost the recipient up to 400 Euros. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Tuesday February 14, 2006 23:24 by Liam Mullen
INTRODUCTION Robert Pollin opens his book with an introduction that acknowledges how the book came about. He states that in examining the economic policies of the 1990’s under President Clinton, and Clinton’s “third way” approach to fiscal rectitude, that he became unconvinced by the rhetoric emerging from the Clinton administration in relation to US “Economic growth, living standards, and the fragility of the financial system.” His paper on the subject appeared in the June 2000 issue of New Left Review, and later in a volume edited by Professor Arestis and Sawyer, entitled: The Economics of the Third Way: Experiences from Around the World. read full story / add a comment 
national / environment / feature Tuesday February 14, 2006 16:11 by Miriam Cotton
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A portent of all that was to follow on the discovery of gas off the Mayo coast must surely have been that all of the local SIPTU and other workers who had been involved in the exploration were immediately dropped. Foreign workers from the Phillippines and elsewhere were flown in and out from that point onwards - without ever touching Irish soil. Clearly, there was a determination to keep matters out of Irish hands from before the find - itself only a confirmation of what had long been known/suspected about our resrouces off the west coast (despite propaganda to the contrary that had been circulating in the years preceding the find). read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday February 14, 2006 01:31 by Liam Mullen
There are no “magic bullet” formulas to the corporatist culture prevalent among huge conglomerations with budgets that exceed that of certain countries in the southern hemisphere according to Minister of State of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation, Conor Lenihan, speaking at the February Comhlámh debate in Bewley’s café theatre. He was speaking about the difficulties of changing the mindset of large corporations operating in third world countries read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Monday December 12, 2005 21:03 by Michelle Clarke
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The history of Dublin fascinates me and Dublin Castle is one of the most spendid buildings and courtyards that became a bequest of the British Establishment as they left the 26 counties in 1920's....... read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Monday November 28, 2005 18:06 by CIL
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Campaign for an Independent Left Building a new party of working people Public meeting It’s time for a real alternative read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Monday November 21, 2005 17:17 by SP
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The Socialist Party, Socialist Party T.D. Joe Higgins and Socialist Party Councillors are hosting a speaking tour next week for a prominent socialist activist from Brazil, André Ferrari. André Ferrari is a member of the National Executive of the Party for Socialism and Liberty, P-SOL. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / news report Sunday November 20, 2005 06:47 by Brian
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A short account of the meeting on Garda, legal and state corruption chaired by Frank McBrearty at the Mansion House Dublin 20 Nov 2005. (My apologies in advance for any errors and omissions.) read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday November 16, 2005 15:05 by FR
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The Open public meeting will start at 2pm on Saturday 19th November at the Mansion House where the first Dail commenced. The meeting is being chaired by Frank McBrearty, Jnr. It has been organised by the people who were at the Donegal meeting, which was a huge success and where over 500 people turned up to vent their anger and frustration at the level of corruption in this country. The Donegal meeting highlighted the need for an Independent Garda Ombudsman. Justice ireland is going to highlight the need for an Independent Garda Ombudsman in every large town and city across the country in meetings similar to Donegal and Dublin read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / other press Wednesday October 26, 2005 12:17 by Vercingetorix (ireland)
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"Too many people in this country have suffered enormous financial loss. They have suffered physically and mentally and have been totally destroyed. Their lives are a living hell," said Victims of the Legal Profession Society (VLPS) President Mary McDonnell. read full story / add a comment 
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Monday October 24, 2005 22:11 by iosaf
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Last week saw the publication of this year's "transparency org" world corruption perception report. Its a report which is taken seriously by some, and certainly no country looking for foreign investment wants to be at the bottom of the 158 rankings. But both the annual list of "corruption perception" and "bribery perception" indixes, can not be understood as isolated statistics. Just as Greenspan's biographer assured us he takes stock of over 4000 weekly indicators, we can not consider just one single country or economy when discussing corruption or bribery. Nor can we refuse to draw in other human development indicators, (the UNHDR report) all the usual "facts and figures" and internal data. read full story / add a comment |
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