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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday November 25, 2006 17:47 by Jay Dooling
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Loyalist Michael Stone’s attempt to disrupt Stormont’s proceedings demonstrates the critical need for a renewed commitment towards peace by all parties and governments involved in the recent assembly talks. The convicted killer brazenly stormed into the Stormont building where politicians were debating the restoration of the assembly. Stone was armed with a gun, a knife and several makeshift bombs. read full story / add a comment 
galway / arts and media / press release Friday November 24, 2006 22:32 by Conor
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Academic, author and activist Denis O’ Hearn spoke in Galway last night (Thursday) at the launch of his most recent book, ‘Nothing But an Unfinished Song’ read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / press release Friday November 24, 2006 22:04 by Martin Hogan
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Why was the proposed M3 routed so close to the historic site of Tara when the government knew it would cause massive delays, controversy, additional costs and lengthy legal actions? Was it in the public interest? read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday November 24, 2006 15:17 by Citizen
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RTE breach their opinion poll guidelines and fail to publish a key poll finding Shell to Sea deplores the selective and biased account in today’s Irish Independent of the RedC opinion poll. There is an inaccurate and disgraceful manipulation of the opinion poll findings. This represents a new low in media misrepresentation of the issues. It appears that RTE has breached its own guidelines on conducting opinion polls. Particular care must be taken when joint polls with other organisations are planned. If for example the costs of a poll are shared with a newspaper, programme makers must be aware that the same constraints of impartiality do not apply to newspapers as apply to RT and that the high-lighting of particular data in the newspapers may reflect on the impartiality of RTE … Programme-makers must be wary of the possibility of data from polling and its interpretation being used in a partisan or propagandist way (RTE Guidelines) read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday November 24, 2006 14:55 by xtic
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RTE breach their opinion poll guidelines and fail to publish a key poll finding read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday November 23, 2006 16:56 by Internationale
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For the months November and December the A.R.I.S.E campaign focusses on Political Policing and Political Prisoners, both Republican and International. At the recent National Congress Ogra passed a motion in support of Native American prisoner Leonard Peltier. We must now honour that motion and as part of the A.R.I.S.E campaign, act to FREE LEONARD! The following is a letter from Leonard: read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday November 21, 2006 17:42 by Seán Ó Murchú
Republican POWs held in segregated conditions in Maghaberry have been engaged in an ongoing protest since the 19th June 2006. The British Government and the Prison Service in the Six Counties are well aware of their five demands. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday November 20, 2006 14:17 by xtic
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At Sunday night's Shell to Sea meeting at Glenamoy it was decided to cancel the planned day of solidarity which was to take place on Friday 24 November. The following is the press statement released today by Shell to Sea. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / environment / press release Monday November 20, 2006 03:03 by Tara 3
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The Climate Change Challenge - Conference, Survey and NRA Talk The Climate Change Challenge is a cross-party and inter-NGO initiative, being taken in the wake of the recent EU and UK findings on the economics and climate change, the recent UN conference on climate change, and the release of the Irish Government Estimates in November 2006. read full story / add a comment |
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