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national / animal rights / press release Tuesday November 14, 2006 23:30 by Bernie Wright
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A Cork –based Dairy farmer has admitted that animals are routinely beaten by farmers in an Irish Times article written by Agriculture Correspondent Sean Mac Connell on Tuesday last.10-11-06. This revelation of cruelty was made whilst referring to a German made immobiliser system which he uses, he said’ ‘I am a dairy farmer and I treat my animals well. In fact this machine will prevent animals being beaten when they are being trained to be milked’ Mr Hayes said many farmers had responded to the advert, which he placed in the Farmers Journal seeking agents to sell these devices. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 14, 2006 19:03 by Eye-witness
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This report briefly explains what happened at Bellanaboy on the anniversary of the hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa - with a few comments on the whole issue from the observer's point of view and a few pictures. read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 14, 2006 17:27 by Professor Joe
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When a government turns the police on the people...when they say the people are provos....when people are kicked, battered, batoned and hospitalised...when it takes place on an international memorial day...when this is about building one of Europe's biggest gas refineries on a remote bog...when the plot is thick with court cases, compulsory orders, jailings, investigations and protests..when billions of Euros of natural gas are at stake...when the future of the planning process, of natural resource ownership and the remains of Irish democracy hang in the balance..... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 14, 2006 17:17 by C Murray
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A five judge panel yesterday returned a two year old child to her natural parents after an appeal which saw the child's removal from the couple whom had adopted her from the age of three months. The Media stated the Judge's decision was based on the primacy of the family within the Irish Constitution. The Natural parents are now married and therefore are considered in Irish law to be the traditional or natural family. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday November 14, 2006 14:39 by SS RUC
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Hugh Orde delivered a public lecture last night in Queens University entitled ‘policing the past to police the future’. The event was organised by the institute of criminology and criminal justice at the university. Hugh Orde was joined on the panel by professor Kieran McEvoy (Institute Director) and Judge David Smyth QC (Chair of the Board of Directors), however a few minutes into his speech the Orde was confronted at the front of the lecture theatre by members of ógra who had managed to smuggle a banner into the hall after being refused entry for protesting outside. read full story / add a comment 
national / housing / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 14, 2006 13:22 by The Unwelcome Guest
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Low Yields turn off Irish Property Investors November 13, 2006 A new survey shows that the majority of investors in the buy-to-let market do not plan to purchase another property in the next year. The survey was commissioned by EBS and Gunne Residential. read full story / add a comment 
international / eu / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 14, 2006 12:27 by Paula Geraghty
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A photo essay from a recent visit to Bulgaria. read full story / add a comment
sligo / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 14, 2006 09:51 by Jim O'Sullivan
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Water is in the process of being privatised by stealth. Citizens must inform themselves regarding the ongoing process to hand our water over to a private multi-national company to make profit and learn from the experiences in other jurisdicitons where privatisation has brought hardship to communities and particulatly to the most vulnerable members. Voters should seek to have this placed on the issues list for the upcoming general election. read full story / add a comment |
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