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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday July 01, 2006 23:16 by mOuse
Peter wanted an excerpt from a letter about Palestine , published with this article, it contains a quote by Terence Mac Swiney: "It is not those who can inflict the most but those who can endure the most who will conquer" The heading and date of the letter, which was published in an Irish newspaper recently was torn off, he retains some of the body of it, because of its pertinence to his case. Someone brought it to him during the course of the week. Day 41: He is experiencing little in the way of symptoms. He has sciatica in his back and headaches, for which he is taking solpadeine. His movement is good and he is walking alright. he is looking thinner and needs to sit a lot. The anger is there he wants people to know that the people involved in the cases around his daughter are murdering him and asserts again his desire not to be removed from the Dail, by ambulance. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday July 01, 2006 20:10 by RPAG
Republican prisoners today called on elements of the print and broadcast media to end their self-censorship of the Republican prison protest at Maghaberry jail. Despite widespread distribution of the details of the protest only one of Irelands main daily papers carried any details of the protest. SUPPORT THE POWs! Political Status For Political Prisoners! read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Saturday July 01, 2006 19:05 by Eif (text), Eif, P, and Aron (photos)
Thursday was a busy day for many in the north-west of Mayo. The shock generated by last year’s jailing of five men for attempting to safeguard their families and assert their democracy has since mutated into a steadfast determination to oppose Shell’s undemocratic profit-generating, PR master-plan of a pipeline. But such hard work on the ground deserves a bit of a hoo-ha now and then, and Thursday’s activities provided both. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / news report Saturday July 01, 2006 17:33 by Kathy Sinnott
I had several long, worried nights with one of my babies. She was having difficulty breathing. No temperature, runny nose, cranky upset crying…nothing I could take her to the A&E with. There was just a subtle change in her that gave me an instinctive and terrifying sense that she was forgetting to breathe. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Saturday July 01, 2006 16:05 by Sean Crudden
Is the curriculum at second level largely dated and irrelevant? Does the Leaving Certificate Exam serve any worthy educational purpose any longer? Has it, even, any practical benefit worth the considerable cost? read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday July 01, 2006 15:39 by John Lannon
June 30th should have marked the end of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s transition government, and seen the start of a hopeful, democratic future. But instead it is a country where millions of people are still suffering at the hands of corrupt leadership and interference by foreign governments. Hundreds of Congolese and Irish people took to the streets of Dublin yesterday to highlight this, and to draw attention to the appalling human rights abuses in the country. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Saturday July 01, 2006 14:32 by Noise Hacker
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galway / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday July 01, 2006 12:41 by jac
Alternative Peace Rally as opposed to Weapons Of Mass Destruction Display, Nimmo's Pier, Galway June 25th 2006! read full story / add a comment |
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