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national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Monday July 07, 2008 14:25 by Paul Bowman
 38 comments (last - wednesday july 16, 2008 12:21)
As the morning of Friday 13th of June grew towards midday, the government and ... realised with mounting horror that they had not only lost the referendum for the Lisbon treaty, but had lost badly. In the end, with a turnout higher than both Nice referendums and European elections, the Irish electorate had cast more No votes, than the number that elected the FF government last year. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Monday July 07, 2008 13:38 by Lauren Foley
Lauren Foley, Justice for Justin Foley Campaign Managers' views on the lack of assistance in highlighting Health and Safety in the workplace on what would have been the 27th birthday , today 7/7/08,of her brother Justin who died aged 21 due to a tragic workplace fatality on the 3rd of December 2002. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday July 07, 2008 12:57 by Cliona Flanagan
3 comments (last - thursday august 28, 2008 18:34)
Orange and Green politicians sometimes find it incredibly easy to come together, especially when it’s to stop progress. In May a joint letter was sent to every Westminster MP, signed by the leaders of the DUP, Sinn Fein, the SDLP and UUP opposing plans to extend British abortion law to Northern Ireland. Ironically, when it comes to a woman’s right to choose the Unionist parties are at one with nationalists in rejecting British rule in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / summit mobilisations / opinion/analysis Monday July 07, 2008 12:06 by Mark C
This is a poem made up of acrostics that I wrote after the G8 meetings last year documenting my thoughts on the indvidual countries that make up 'The Group of Eight". Feel free to add your own creative writing/work (and/or comments). read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday July 07, 2008 11:16 by Rededge
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Local government workers are taking strike action in what could be a very significant dispute 16,17th July. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / press release Monday July 07, 2008 10:52 by J-Red
A fight song for all who raise their voices in dissent read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Sunday July 06, 2008 17:54 by Howard Holby
The EU’s plan to keep the illegal Lisbon Treaty ‘legal’ (=’alive’) has so far enjoyed the full support of the Irish Government and recently entered the stage where it turned out that “We didn’t need full vote on Lisbon: FG” (http://www.independent.ie/national-news/we-didnt-need-f....html) This essentially means that the Government is considering the option to finally discard the referendum NO, and to effectively overthrow the Constitution of Ireland by ratifying a new constitution, the Lisbon Treaty, on behalf of the people of Ireland. “The official decision on Lisbon should enter into legal force + comments” (http://www.indymedia.ie/article/88222) 1. The plan to keep the illegal Lisbon Treaty ‘legal’ 2. What the poll results really reveal 3. Democracy: luxury or obligation? read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Sunday July 06, 2008 17:21 by federerris
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Shell are starting the dredging operation to begin laying the offshore part of the production pipeline to pump the raw gas from the Corrib field to their installation at Bellanaboy. The project has been criticised for separating the planning aspects of the offshore pipeline from the nine kilometres of onshore production pipeline which they want to cross the bog landscape and special areas of conservation around Rossport, county Mayo. The company have not got planning permission for route of the onshore pipeline, but are pressing ahead with the offshore pipe. Natural Resaources Minister Eamon Ryan, who once supported the local community in their fight against Shell's scheme, has made no statement in reaction to the Department of Transport's announcement (below). read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / press release Sunday July 06, 2008 16:45 by Dr Michael Desmond Hynes
Ref: Greenore Port Consultation: 1st and 2nd July 2008 in Greenore Assembley Room in respect of claiming the foreshore for 300 metre pier etc. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Sunday July 06, 2008 16:16 by Laure Akai
5 comments (last - monday july 07, 2008 06:57)
Lionbridge stalls the court and tries to defend its actions as the case gets more political. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday July 06, 2008 12:47 by Mairead Maguire
6 comments (last - wednesday july 09, 2008 05:44)
Twelve years in solitary confinement, 6 more years in "ordinary" prison, four years since his release confined to the prison of Israel with inhuman conditions imposed, fighting another six months sentence for having spoken to journalists, will Mordechai Vanunu ever be a free man again? It's time to end this inhumanity and let Mordechai Vanunu go free at last. His fate may now lie in the hands of the Israeli people. I hope some Israeli voices will support him in his trial on 8 July. read full story / add a comment
laois / anti-capitalism / news report Sunday July 06, 2008 03:03 by William Phelan
2 comments (last - tuesday july 15, 2008 20:00)
In a move which is shocking in its cynicism and casual brutality the HSE in Laois, and I assume nationally, has stopped a free taxi service which had enabled parents with children in foster care to visit their children once a week. This attack on a marginal group with many health and social disadvantages is a clear indication of how theGovt intend to make the poor pay for its recession. The old , the sick and the poor yet again. We must organise to defend basic social services against these slash and burn tactics. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / opinion/analysis Saturday July 05, 2008 14:19 by m.m.mccarron
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Shell to Sea is currently drawing persistent attention to the flouting of EU/ Irish law in relation to the Wildlife Act of 1985 amended in 1995. It received statutory significance through its signing by the then, Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, Michael D Higgins read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday July 05, 2008 02:21 by Justin Morahan
14 comments (last - monday october 27, 2008 21:10)
Despite Israeli and International court rulings to the comntrary the Israeli army continues to build the Apartheid Wall, promotes the expansion of settlements and shoots live bullets, rubber bullets and tear gas at protestors or indeed anyone they decide to target. Mairead Maguire reports from Bil'in. read full story / add a comment 
cork / environment / feature Friday July 04, 2008 20:23 by John Jefferies
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Photos taken Thursdaymorning from Cobh read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Friday July 04, 2008 14:55 by Phier
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Includes text no longer available on the Oireachtas timeline for this issue. read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / news report Friday July 04, 2008 12:00 by Bernie Wright
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MP Peter Pilz (Green Party) Visits Martin Balluch in Prison Directly followed by a press conference outside the entrance to the prison Today MP Peter Pilz visited DDr Martin Balluch in the Josefstadt prison in Vienna. He described how he had to pass through three security checks before being able to speak to Martin over a telephone and see him through a glass screen. Their conversation was overheard and documented by a prison official. At a press conference directly after the visit Mr Pilz told the press that he now had an inkling as to what it's like to be locked up on remand. The opportunity to put questions to the Green Party Minister was seized by members of the press. MP Pilz's main contention is that, despite the Public Prosecution's accusations collapsing like a house of cards, so much so that not much is left over apart from the ominous paragraph 278a (criminal organisation), the 10 animal protectionists are still imprisoned. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Thursday July 03, 2008 14:01 by Howard Holby
28 comments (last - thursday july 10, 2008 21:32)
So far Ireland has been the only one of the 27 EU-states to demonstrate an independent court decision in favour of democracy and the rule of law [1, 2]. In the new situation brought about by the EU-leaders’ rejection of Ireland’s decision [3, 4, 5], Ireland is again tested as the last fortress of democracy within the EU. This test is on whether the official decision on Lisbon arrived at on June 12, 2008 would enter into force, or the constitutional foundations of Ireland, similarly to the other 26 states, would be bent or circumvented to serve the interests of foreign political forces [2]? The questions and the proposition of this article are meant to provide a starting point for further legal considerations, building on the assumption that an independent court still exists to protect the constitution, the rule of law and democracy in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday July 03, 2008 00:04 by paul o toole
8 comments (last - saturday july 12, 2008 00:42)
GW Bush is in the process of having a sewage plant named after him in San-Fransisco, other Presidents get librarys or hospitals. read full story / add a comment |
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