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mayo / environment / feature Thursday March 27, 2008 22:28 by Hud Hastings
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Shell recently announced the names of local groups in Erris who they are going to fund, as part of the deal they arrived with government appointed mediator Peter Cassels in 2006.
Cassells, who admitted that there was no basis for mediation while Shell insisted on an onshore production pipeline and refinery, recommended that the company should pay money into the local community in an effort to turn public opinion in favour of the scheme. Of the groups favoured with grants, only a handful were from the local parish of Kilcommon, which would bear the brunt of the environmental disaster that Shell's scheme would entail. Of these, local people laughed at some of the more obviously silly and fictional "groups", but people were genuinely puzzled by the inclusion of the Dooncarton Landslide Committee. This group, which is widely respected in the local area, has been working to rebuild the local cemetery which was badly damaged in 2003, when heavy rains swept part of the hillside down into the bay. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / crime and justice / news report Thursday March 27, 2008 22:25 by SJ
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Garda Special Branch pressure on Shell to Sea in Dublin, and attempts to harass supporters of the campaign , are seen as part of a pattern of the police protecting the interests of big business before the rights of people to protest. read full story / add a comment 
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Thursday March 27, 2008 15:18 by shapeshifting reptile
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The German magazine "Stern" published a report on the supermarket LIDL in the last week which alledged the corporation had been spying on its employees. The story is now being taken up across Europe, where indeed workers shop in & work for the LIDL chain. The allegations are being supported daily by more and more evidence as can be seen by perusing the original articles at "Stern" complete with photos, a vid, extracts from internal memos, et cetera, so long & so forth. Included in the internal memos were suggestions that menstruating women employees wear a coloured headband so managers could allow them extra "toilet time", time which would be denied male or non-menstruating employees. It gets worse.., "tattoos"........."wants higher wages"........"junkie friends"......... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday March 27, 2008 12:04 by Dr. Spock
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When I first heard about this march a couple of weeks ago I began thinking about what people hoped to achieve. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday March 27, 2008 12:04 by paul o toole
6 comments (last - sunday march 30, 2008 19:36)
Well done to TG4 for breaking Media Silence read full story / add a comment |
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