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national / environment / opinion/analysis Sunday July 30, 2006 21:46 by Dolours
The train's rolling stock and interior :dated. The exterior: over the carriage couplings, new paint-work, inside each one had a leak, which wet all luggage of passengers. The Bathrooms: smelly and small. No trolley, food car or facilities to heat bottles, change diapers, breast feed. No facilities for disposing hygenically of sanitary equipment. Exacberated by a 25 minute delay outside Heuston. Intending greeting parties waited and left, as the board lit up 'on time' and then the Castlebar train vanished off the board. This is travelling, Celtic Tiger style. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday July 30, 2006 21:11 by John Kelly
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Persons who damage "protected property" of the U S military will become liable to indefenite periods of imprisonment under the terms of a new draft law currently being formulated in Washington. Military Commissions will try suspects. Evidence to be used against any suspect need not be shown to the accused person. The accused does not require to be present and the trial can be postponed for years according to last friday's Washington Post. The accused will have the services a U S military lawyer. Hearsay evidence will be admissible, including hearsay evidence of those "rendered" to secret prisons for torture under the terms of the proposed law. The Militiary Commissions can also give life sentences or pass the death sentence. The law, if passed, will be aimed at those the Bush administration regards as "engaged in hostilities" and it applys to acts from killing to damaging "protected property" read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Sunday July 30, 2006 20:32 by iosaf
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"what if everyone who opposed the USA united?" That has been a question for a very long time, it has found a few answers through the end of the war & immediate post war period (1944-1950) when it first became apparant that the US led recipe for neo-liberal imperialist and globalised hegemony just might turn out worse than the 19th century European imperialist order. It brought the world through the cold war superpower camps, to then be countered by the Sino-Soviet split, It brought a young and charismatic Fidel Castro to the UN to appeal for a non-aligned block to then be countered by time. But the question has never really resolved and is being asked again, most recently in Tehran this weekend where the President of Oil producing Venezuela is meeting with the prime minister of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. They share much in common - they've both written open letters to Bush. They're both into sport, Chavez favours baseball whereas Mahmoud is a soccer fan. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday July 30, 2006 19:52 by Revolt Video
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Filmed Saturday 29th July - Dublin read full story / add a comment 
antrim / anti-war / imperialism / press release Sunday July 30, 2006 18:56 by Arise!
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North Antrim Ógra Shinn Féin held a successful white line picket in the centre of Ballycastle earlier today to protest at the Israeli aggression and onslaught against Lebanon and Lebanese civilians, over 400 of whom have been killed in the past couple of weeks. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday July 30, 2006 18:06 by Ciarán Ó Brolcháin
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A large crowd turned out in Belfast on Saturday despite poor weather to march to the City Hall and protest the continuing slaughter and destruction being carried out in Palestine and Lebanon. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Sunday July 30, 2006 16:57 by A
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The Pitstop Ploughshares have never had an easy ride with the mainstream media. From the lies broadcast about the nonexistant assault on the Garda in the hangar. To the oft reported fabrication that the Irish taxpayer was picking up the "US2.5 million for repairs to the warplane. The powerful defense testimony was largely censored form the Irish media. Now the battle of the myths rages post-trial Alos a frightening repsonse form the White House to the jury's acquittal in Dublin. read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday July 30, 2006 14:50 by Tommy Donnellan
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More than 50 Lebanese civilians - some news reports say 54 - sheltering in the basement of a three storey block in Qana have been murdered by the IDF, rescue workers are digging out their bodies by hand, severely hampered by the lack of heavy moving equipment. Angry Lebanese have invaded the UN compound in Beirut and the impending visit of Condoleeza Rice has been cancelled, in revulsion, by the Lebanese government - however, the US spin machine is in overdrive as RTE's Radio 1 is now reporting that Condi called of her empty shuttle efforts herself. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Sunday July 30, 2006 00:56 by Niall Harnett
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Minister Dempsey, Following the publication of Peter Cassells' report and your subsequent question and answer sessions with journalists and news crews, I'm hoping you might take some more time to answer a few more questions and elaborate a bit on what you talked about yesterday. I look forward to hearing from you, please use the 'add your comments' link at bottom right to publish your answers here. Please be honest and don't worry about causing offence with frank answers. Thank you, Niall Harnett. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Sunday July 30, 2006 00:40 by Seán Ryan
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Bush apologises to Tony for shipping Bunker Busters through Britain without permission last week. This week he ships more munitions through Britain having received permission. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday July 29, 2006 23:54 by richard whelan
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Hands off Lebanon Freedom for Palestine demonstration march read full story / add a comment 
dublin / miscellaneous / news report Saturday July 29, 2006 22:20 by Shell to Sea
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Environmental and political activist Eoin Ó Broin raised more than two thousand euro for the Rossport Solidarity Camp, by asking for sponsorship for the cutting off of his dreadlocks. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Saturday July 29, 2006 22:08 by EC
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Despite the moist weather over sixty walkers turned out for the first leg of Shell to Sea's awareness raising Long Walk from Rossport to Dublin. read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Saturday July 29, 2006 20:48 by john throne
I am very sad to hear about Ted Grant. I met him first in the late 1960's and from him I came to understand the basics of marxism. He defended the method of marxism throughout the entire difficult period of the post war period. In particular he defended the orientation to the mass organizations of the working class and the struggle for the revolutionary program within the working class. This laid the basis for maintaining a working class orientation and analysis and program in Ireland where I lived over many of these difficult years. I have great memories of Ted explaining his ideas at meetings and conferences and in discussions. read full story / add a comment 
cork / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday July 29, 2006 18:59 by John Jefferies
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Between 40 and 50 anti-war activists held a vigil in Daunt's Square, a pedestrianised area on Cork's main street Patrick Street, today to show their solidarity with the people of Palestine and Lebanon and opposition to Israel's slaughter of at least 600 people in the last fortnight. read full story / add a comment 
galway / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday July 29, 2006 18:45 by Tommy Donnellan
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Some 200 people sickened with the butchery being visited on the Lebanese and Palestinian peoples by the IDF assembled at the fountain in Eyre Square for some fiery speeches denouncing the ongoing wanton carnage and to demand the withdrawal of yankee/coalition troopsf from Iraq and Afghanistan and for Syria and Iran not to be attacked. read full story / add a comment 
tyrone / anti-war / imperialism / press release Saturday July 29, 2006 18:43 by Lebanon Solidarity!
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Over 50 people attended an Ógra Sinn Fein protest in the centre of Strabane today (Saturday) demanding an end to Israeli aggression in Lebonan, the West Bank and the Gaza strip. read full story / add a comment 
clare / animal rights / news report Saturday July 29, 2006 00:29 by John Carmody
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At exactly 12 noon today watched by crowds of curious people wanting to know what was going on, a proud member of the Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) in front of a banner reading Shackled, Lonely and Beaten 'exposed' members of the public to the hidden cruelty, violence and degrading conditions animals are being kept in with travelling circuses all over Ireland. She was joined by other members holding posters reading 'Stop Circus Suffering' and 'The Slave Trade Is Alive And Kicking' watched by dozens today's event advanced our campaign to end the use of animals in Irish circuses. It was a great day, tons of positive feedback and more eyes open to the hidden cruelty in Irish circuses. read full story / add a comment 
international / sci-tech / opinion/analysis Friday July 28, 2006 22:35 by James O'Brien
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I picked up Frans de Waal’s latest offering as I’m interested in human evolution and a book which promised to discuss the behaviour of the common chimpanzee, its sister species the bonobo, together with humans promises insights into the biological underpinnings of empathy, aggression, sexuality and the like. read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / news report Friday July 28, 2006 19:30 by iosaf
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The Israeli airforce as we must know by now, in their fight against an estimated 18,000 strong terrorist organisation have destroyed 80% of the infrastructure of a nation-state of less than 4 million people. They've now topped it off by bombing Southern Lebanon's Jiyeh power plant. A plant which had 6 fuel tanks, 4 of them have now burnt - Lebanon is appealing for foam - 1 is still is burning - and 15,000 tonnes of oil have poured onto more than 90 kilometres of the Lebanese coast from Jiyyeh to Shekka, north of the capital, including Beirut's only sandy public beach of Ramlet al-Baida,the coast. To put this in perspective the Prestige Oil Tanker polluted Galicia in Spain by sinking off coast with 30,000 tonnes of oil. At risk is not only the wildlife of the eastern Mediterranean sea, and ironically the fish and birds of northern Israel as well as all of Lebanon - but also the comparatively rare "green back turtle". Its so rare they sell T-shirts of it and do their best to keep it off the extinction list..., read full story / add a comment |
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