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national / miscellaneous / feature Wednesday July 30, 2008 22:53 by Andrei Zdhanov
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The new book of poems, Time Gentlemen Please, by Galway poet Kevin Higgins, which was published this March, is causing consternation and disagreement on the Left. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Wednesday July 30, 2008 16:20 by José Antonio Gutiérrez
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This is a short interview we conducted with Gearóid Ó Loingsigh on the state of affairs in Colombia at the moment after the release of Ingrid Betancourt and after years of the implementation of Plan Colombia. Gearoid is an Irish researcher for social organisations in Colombia and author of "La Estrategia Integral del Paramilitarismo en el Magdalena Medio" and "El Catatumbo: Un Reto Por La Verdad" as well as a forthcoming publication on the oil industry. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday July 30, 2008 12:43 by SF
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Published: 29 July, 2008 Sinn Féin Environment and Natural Resources Spokesperson Martin Ferris TD has severely criticised a decision by the Department of the Environment to grant planning permission without approval from An Bord Pleanála to Shell E&P Limited for a key section of the Corrib onshore pipeline at Glengad in County Mayo. Planning permission was granted via the controversial Strategic Infrastructure Act. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday July 29, 2008 20:11 by Seán Ryan
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Today, Mary Kelly appealed her conviction of a suspended sentence of 2 years (2 years and 1 year running concurrently) for her decommissioning of a war plane in Shannon Airport. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / press release Tuesday July 29, 2008 17:10 by NN
The Vaartkom is a squqtted social centre and living space in the Belguim city of Leuven. It was squatted 2 years ago, and has been the central meeting point for the Leuven autonomous movement. Being home to up to 10 people as well as providing space for an info shop, free shop, band rehearsal room, and a weekly bar and peoples kitchen. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday July 29, 2008 15:24 by Rudiger
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The latest from Glengad beach, were Shell have occupied a section of the beach and fenced it off from the local community read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Tuesday July 29, 2008 14:31 by Tracy Donegan
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Irish women are often starved in labour despite there being significant benefits to eating - and significant risks to being starved. Why hasn't Irish medical care caught up with the 21st Century? Should women eat and drink freely in labour ? Read on..... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday July 28, 2008 21:22 by Edward Horgan
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Shannon airport and Irish airspace are being used on a daily basis by US warplanes, with the permission of the Irish Government, in contravention of international laws on neutrality, in spite of the Irish Governments claims that Ireland is still a neutral state. Lies, Lies and Damn Lies read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Monday July 28, 2008 10:22 by Dolphin Watcher
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A school of curious dolphins were attacked yesterday lunchtime by a vessel supporting Shell's offshore pipeline works in Broadhaven Bay at Glengad. The Niamh Aine - a pleasure boat hired to escort various work vessels around the area - drove across the path of two of the dolphins who were inspecting the Vlaanderen VII barge. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Sunday July 27, 2008 23:14 by Sean Matthews
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“In 1907 there was only one Jim Larkin in Belfast; in 2008 there are thousands of Jim Larkin’s.” (Gerry Trainer, SIPTU shop steward, Andersonstown News, 19/07/08) read full story / add a comment
antrim / gender and sexuality / opinion/analysis Sunday July 27, 2008 20:42 by Belfast WSM
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“Where pride once mobilised, it now marshals that consensus as our anger and frustration into a range of diversionary shopping opportunities. The battle is no longer about(if it ever has been) equality and acceptance, but liberation and simply survival as human beings against a system galloping towards the abyss.” read full story / add a comment |
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