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international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Friday March 17, 2006 22:14 by venceremos
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The recent deluge of expressions of “concern” about Iran by Cheney, Bolton, Blair, Rumsfeld et al should be setting alarm bells ringing throughout the world. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday March 17, 2006 18:00 by Margaret
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A personal trip to Shannon airport to remember 100 people who have died as a result of the war read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday March 17, 2006 02:28 by Fintan Lane
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I thought that this story would be reported/posted by PANA or somebody more directly involved in organising the event, but it has hasn't happened, so I here is my very short version: On Wenesday, 15 March, a fly-in protest (organised by the Peace and Neutrality Alliance) occurred at Shannon airport. Those who fly in were Roger Cole (PANA), Tony Gregory TD, Senator David Norris, John Maguire (Anti-War Ireland), Finian McGrath TD, John Gormley TD, A. O Snodaigh TD, Joe Costello TD, Joe Higgins TD, Fintan Lane (Anti-War Ireland) and Tommy Broughan TD. We boarded an 11.30 flight at Dublin and flew direct to Shannon in order to avoid the usual security attempts to quash Shannon protests, We were joined by Jan O'Sullivan TD at Shannon. As protests go, it was relatively uneventful, except insofar as it actually happened. It was a clever initiative by PANA that alllowed us to successfully avoid the clampdowns that have suppressed all protests at the airport since 2003. On a personal note, it was nice to be part of an anti-war protest within Shannon airport terminal, having been banned from the entire county for a two-year period. The struggle does on. A protest was held within terminal and also outside the front door. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Thursday March 16, 2006 21:40 by tracey
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This is the first of many updates on the steps the camp is taking to ensure that we leave as light an ecological footprint as possible on the enviroment we find ourselves camped in. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / animal rights / news report Thursday March 16, 2006 20:06 by John Carmody
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday March 16, 2006 17:50 by Darren Brooks
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n Thursday March 16ththere was a small demo at the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) on Burgh Quay for deportation. Residents Against Racism are calling a demonstration to protest against the deportation of women,children and families who are at risk of religious and political persecution, Female Genital Mutilation and who's life will be in danger if returned. Residents Against Racism were at the GNIB from 1.30pm to show support and solidarity with those who are at risk of deportation. read full story / add a comment
national / health / disability issues / news report Thursday March 16, 2006 16:55 by Miriam Cotton
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A coalition of voluntary disability groups around Ireland has announced itself today. The Disability Election Pledge Alliance are set to mount a challenge to the recent implementation of the Disability Act 2005. read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage / news report Thursday March 16, 2006 12:22 by iosaf
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"The Selective & Collective memory : Memory as fetishised community : Communality as fetishised memorial" I'm always going on about it. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / news report Thursday March 16, 2006 01:23 by Athenian
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Greek general strike on 15th March led to the following read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Wednesday March 15, 2006 20:53 by John Meehan
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In view of the Bush Administration's brutal illegal and inhumane war against Iraq, we the undersigned call on the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, other Irish politicians and Government representatives, not to meet with President Bush in the United States over the coming Saint Patrick's Day events. Shannon Airport should no longer be used to ferry American troops back and forward to Iraq. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Wednesday March 15, 2006 20:15 by c murray
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When the state, the agencies of the state and the re-zoners(pardon me, Council) are going to put a road through it. Thus 4,000 people objected to the An Bord Pleanala decision to Route the M3 through the Tara Gabhra Valley. One person goes to court to seek judicial review of that decision, (gets hammered for 600,000 grand) and the message we take from this is, do not attempt to engage with a system and structure of planning that is designed to disempower your community or your legitimate right to protest. I quote from the affidavitt: "None of the 38sites/monuments are considered to have a group value or to have any relationships with the other monuments. At the risk of sounding frivolous, does this mean that they and their occupants or creators dropped out of the sky and did not interact with any other living soul or place in this landscape?" This ,from the state is what the 600,000 grand paid for. We are looking at appeal . read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Wednesday March 15, 2006 20:02 by anarchyvist
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Former Garda Chief Superintendent appointed as a local consultant to the Corrib Gas Project. 
tyrone / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday March 15, 2006 19:38 by The Pen
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West Tyrone Sinn Féin MLA and Omagh District Councillor Barry McElduff has accused the PSNI of ‘poisoning the political process with regular interventions aimed at preventing change so as to suit a Unionist agenda.’ read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 15, 2006 19:29 by MichaelY
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As the Israeli Army attacks, the streets are burning in Milan, French Universities are occupied, Paris reminisces of '68 and the US Senate will discuss impeaching Bush. Is Spring on the way? read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 15, 2006 15:12 by Muireann Ni Bhrolchain
Anyone who can, would they carry a SAVE TARA banner at their Patrick's Day parade or whatever event is being held in their town or city? Here or abroad? Two Latin biographies of Patrick appear in the seventh century and it is no accident that his major confrontation with druidry and paganism happens at Tara the main pre-Christian site in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 15, 2006 12:19 by John Byrne
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"No one now disputes that stopping Slobodan Milosevic was the right thing to do,” wrote the Wall Street Journal this week, several days after the deposed Serbian strongman expired in his cell in the Hague. It’s an appealing sentiment, suggesting as it does that the man who presided over the deaths of 250,000 people in Yugoslavia in the 1990s died unsung and unmourned. In reality, however, even Slobodan Milosevic had his defenders. What is more, they are the same voices--largely on the far Left but also on the isolationist Right--who have now taken up the cause of Saddam Hussein. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday March 15, 2006 03:39 by Danny Feinstein
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Jericho was a Canaanite city destroyed by the Israelites after they crossed the Jordan into the Promised Land; its walls were flattened by the shout of the army and the blast of trumpets. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday March 15, 2006 00:57 by M. Ni Bhrolchain
As most of the Government leaves Ireland to sell the Emerald Isle to countries abroad will they also tell those countries they are visiting that the island will soon be covered in concrete, apartments and motorways? That the Green and Emerald Isle is quickly becoming the Concrete Isle? read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday March 14, 2006 21:38 by Karen Murphy
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Pakistani national, Khalid Mehmood Rashid and his house mate, Indian born Moulana Mohammed Ali Jeebhai, were abducted by heavily armed police and Home Affairs officials on the 31st of October last year and locked up at an unknown place thought to be in Cullinan outside Pretoria, South Africa. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / press release Tuesday March 14, 2006 20:29 by Allison H
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For Immediate Release: 14 March 2006 Contact: John Carmody 087-6275579 Dublin, Ireland - Lying naked in flower-decorated coffins, PETA members will be on display on Friday to remind consumers that an addiction to poultry could lead to a bird flu pandemic. Activists will carry placards reading, "Bird Flu Kills: Go Vegetarian": Date: Wednesday, 15 March Time: 12 noon sharp Place: Henry Street, (Opposite Spire) read full story / add a comment |
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