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national / eu / press release Monday September 01, 2008 22:57 by O. O'C.
The Oireachtas voted the Commission over €5 million to enable it do its job of informing citizens what the Lisbon referendum was about. Rarely can public money have been spent to such ill effect. The Commission spent €2.7 on media advertising. It paid An Post €1 million to deliver 2.2 million information handbooks to households. In the circumstances it was a democratic miracle that the majority of Irish voters rejected the proposal to amend the Irish Constitution. If the Commission had done the job it was statutorily required to do, the No-side majority would almost certainly have been much larger, for people would have learned of the constitutional revolution which Lisbon proposed, instead of being kept in ignorance of it. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday September 01, 2008 14:31 by Breandán
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Sat. Aug 30, 2008. Saint Paul, Minnesota Police Department raided a home at 951 Iglehart Avenue at gunpoint. The lawyers and journalists who were in target of the raid include a contributing photojournalist with "Democracy Now", whose host Amy Goodman appears in a video clip jumping a fence to question police officers. This is part of a series of police actions on the eve of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. After several hours, all those detained were released. No arrests. No property was seized as result of the search warrant. The clip ends with an interview with homeowner Mike Whalen. At the start of the clip, a neighbor shouts to the media and onlookers that they could all come into her backyard to see the detained people held in the adjacent backyard. Some video footage of the police raid here http://the-uptake.groups.theuptake.org/en/videogalleryView/id/647/ read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / news report Monday September 01, 2008 14:14 by solidarity
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The newspaper of the Basque independence & armed struggle tradition "Gara" has carried an interview with Amadeu's mother & his lawyer on the weekend which they reflected on the release of the leader of Batasuna Arnaldo Otegi, & his call for dialogue and prisoner support. A translation to English of that Gara interview is included in this news piece on the ongoing campaigns. Street activity, stencils, graffitis etc., are increasingly visible. International anarcho-solidarity has seen embassies and consuls picketed in South America & even Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday August 31, 2008 22:25 by RogY
mayo / environment / news report Sunday August 31, 2008 22:08 by FSB! & TD
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Today's main news events from the epicentre of resistance against Shell - a visit about lunchtime from the Garda brass (plus lackeys inc. roving video operator), later a practice run for the Shell to Sea flotilla, followed by a blockade of Shell's Glengad compound in the evening. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Sunday August 31, 2008 21:23 by James
Some things in life are pretty obvious. One is that you don’t attack a heavily armed gang that outnumbers you 30 to 1. So what was Georgian leadership thinking when it ordered an attack on South Ossetia? There can be no question that they thought they would be able to defeat Russia. There are, after all, limits to human idiocy. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / press release Sunday August 31, 2008 18:29 by Niall Harnett
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Text of press release issued this afternoon by Shell to Sea regarding the presence of the Irish Naval Service's warship the LÉ ORLA in Broadhaven Bay, Co. Mayo, as an auxiliary to the Gardaí and Shell Security. Please read main body text for details. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Sunday August 31, 2008 13:23 by Contaminated Crow
This week: five dumps and three quarries read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Sunday August 31, 2008 09:59 by r
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Protests to be called next week against the injunction "Not only are the Unite leaders trying to deny me the right to speak, now they are also trying to take away my democratic right to protest" Gordon McNeill read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / press release Saturday August 30, 2008 14:48 by Cllr Keith Martin
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Naval role in Rossport condemned read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / press release Saturday August 30, 2008 14:39 by Cllr Keith Martin
Cllr Keith Martin has warmly welcomed the Decision by Natural Resources Minister Eamon Ryan to refuse Prospecting Licences to a company which would have allowed them to search for gold over a large area of South Mayo. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / press release Saturday August 30, 2008 12:49 by ICABS
Action Alert - Please urge Minister John Gormley to refuse a hare coursing licence read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Saturday August 30, 2008 09:35 by FSB! et al.
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Gardai have illegally detained two protestors in the back of one of their vans as they continue to use 'force' to police protests in Glengad Co. Mayo today. People were kicked, punched and dragged by the hair by Gardai as they attempted to break a protest at the gates of the Shell compound in Glengad this morning, according to initial reports. Solidarity Campers and local residents attempted this morning to blockade the Glengad compound, in another protest to show how unwanted the Corrib Gas project is in the 'receiving community' in NW Mayo. read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / press release Saturday August 30, 2008 05:26 by Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum
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Mission Possible International teams up with Phoenix Environmental Institute working to ban aspartame globally. It is a deadlly poison and interacts with all drugs. It has caused a global plague the world over. read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Friday August 29, 2008 20:21 by Mairtin Og
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CEARTAIS held a successful seminar on August 26th in the Felon's Club on the Andersontown Road in Belfast. The conference was well attended by dozens of former Long Kesh Prisoners and relatives. Who were shown new photos of the battle and brutality that took place on October 16th, 1974. They were also given a comprehensive update of our Campaign and how we intend proceeding in the future. Our Committee would like to thank the Felon's, Coiste Na Iarchimi, Tar Isteach, The Andersontown News and everyone who attended our first Seminar. read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights / press release Friday August 29, 2008 16:52 by ALiberation
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Each year, from October to March, more than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises are killed by fishermen in Japan. These dolphins are killed to supply the meat trade, to suppress competition, to prevent pressure on the Whaling and Tuna fish industry and to sell dolphins to aquariums and dolpinariums read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday August 29, 2008 15:27 by Starstruck
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In the past two hours a mass of State and Shell security has assembled in Broadhaven bay including a heavily armed navy vessel. This is to protect the first attempt at laying the offshore section of pipe. read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media / press release Friday August 29, 2008 15:06 by Fred Johnston
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Her short stories are published in several anthologies of Irish Writing. Her film 'Gypsies' was screened in Ireland, UK, New York, San Francisco and at International Children's Film Festival, Hyderabad, India. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday August 29, 2008 10:49 by éirígí
éirígí chairperson Brian Leeson has warned Belfast City Council that any attempt to parade British soldiers through the streets of the city would not go unopposed. The Council is set to meet on Monday (September 1) to discuss proposals to have a homecoming ceremony for the Royal Irish Regiment when they return from the war in Afghanistan in November. The Royal Irish Regiment, and their predecessors in the Ulster Defence Regiment, were notorious for terrorising nationalist communities and working hand-in-hand with their colleagues in the unionist death squads. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Thursday August 28, 2008 21:55 by Niall & Tommy
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Shell to Sea protesters stepped up their campaign against Shell’s offshore pipe-laying operations by mounting a picket at the Shell compound, Glengad, Erris Co Mayo, Ireland. A daily picket was maintained at the Bellanaboy refinery site from the summer of 2005 till recently. This is the first time since 2005 that a picket has been staged at the Shell 'Security Zone' in Glengad. The picket started at 7am and lasted till 9am, during which time Shell security, who were ready to leave after their overnight shift, remained on site for the duration. Shell workers arriving for work at the site remained outside. The picket was stood down voluntarily at 9am and the workers left and entered the compound consequently. read full story / add a comment |
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