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cork / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday January 31, 2008 22:05 by Courtmacsherryite
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The scenic village of Courtmacsherry has escaped the excesses of the celtic tiger. Now a group of private developers are seeking to impose a vastly overscaled marina on the only piece of open water in the village without community consent. A group of local people is resisiting however. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday January 31, 2008 19:38 by Gregor Kerr
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When Irish Ferries launched their new €50million vessel in Dublin Port on Tuesday 29th January, 400 guests from the tourism, freight and shipping sectors attended the naming ceremony. How many of them, I wonder, took a moment as they quaffed their champagne and nibbled on their canapés to ponder on the news revealed by International Transport Workers Federation inspector, Ken Fleming, that the workers who would be manning the ferry will be paid as little as €4 per hour? read full story / add a comment
tyrone / crime and justice / press release Thursday January 31, 2008 18:39 by Kevin Murphy
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32CSM members uncover drugs factory read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday January 31, 2008 16:37 by Jolly Red Giant
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Approximately 200 people packed into Wynns Hotel, Dublin, on 29 January, to attend a meeting hosted by the Socialist Party on the issue of the health crisis in Ireland. The meeting was organised to discuss the health crisis and to raise the demand for “a public health service for all”. The meeting was addressed by two hospital consultants, Professor John Crown and Dr. Orla Hardiman, a nurse, Triona Murphy, and by former Socialist Party TD [member of Irish parliament] Joe Higgins. Professor Crown has won a very high profile in the media over the last year for making significant public criticisms about the neo–liberal agenda of the government for the health service. All the platform speakers graphically outlined the real crisis facing patients and workers in the health service. Many other health workers and representatives of campaigns spoke form the floor. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday January 31, 2008 15:08 by SDLP Youth
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SDLP Youth activists have mounted a demonstration at the Dáil calling for northerners to be allowed to vote in Irish Presidential elections. read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous / press release Thursday January 31, 2008 13:00 by Fleachta
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Irish campaigners called on world leaders at the Davos summit to put poor people first with a protest outside the Central Bank in Dublin on Saturday. read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Thursday January 31, 2008 12:22 by NIPSA 517
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3% of evaluated staff across the Boards are on pay protection. 70% will be the number of Classroom Assistants who will be on pay protection as stated by Management Representatives for the 5 Boards in the Labour Relations Agency discussions during the period of NIPSA's strike suspension. The Boards have stated that no-one will lose any money-Fact or Fiction? read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday January 31, 2008 10:44 by Damien Moran
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