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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday March 30, 2010 16:42 by Paula Geraghty
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Video from a protest called by the Labour party to close down the Clontarf Head Shop from March 20th 2010. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Tuesday March 30, 2010 16:02 by Róisín Ní Maoileoin
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The Government have negotiated a tentative agreement with the public sector unions. Let us have a look at what the union representatives agreed to: 1. No restoration of pay cuts 2. Longer hours for the same wages 3. 7-day work weeks resulting in no overtime 4. Redeployment of workers at Government's discretion 5. Staff reduction 6. Outsourcing of public sector jobs at Government discretion read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday March 30, 2010 13:14 by Paula Geraghty
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The Restaurant Workers Action Group, established by the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, staged a protest on Monday, 15 March at 1:00pm at Supermacs on OConnell St. in Dublin. Supermacs is part of the Quick Service Food Alliance, an industry group mounting a legal challenge to the JLC (Joint Labour Committee) system which sets wages for the restaurant industry. read full story / add a comment 
Court rules Garda Supt. M. Larkin responsible for Violation of the Rights of Shell to Sea activists.
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday March 30, 2010 13:13 by Niall Harnett
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On Thursday 25th March 2010 at Belmullet District Court, charges against 9 Shell to Sea protesters were withdrawn or dismissed by Judge Gerard Haughton, because the '9' had been unlawfully detained following their arrest and they were not brought to court 'as soon as practicable', amounting to a 'conscious and deliberate violation of their constitutional rights'. In the 'test' case of Mr Eoin Lawless, potentially effecting all of the 9, the court ruled that the accused was/were held for an unreasonable amount of time before being charged, they were denied 'station bail' and were unreasonably delayed before being brought to court to allow them to apply for release on bail. Barrister Leo Mulrooney, acting for the 9, had put it to Garda Superintendent Michael Larkin that he had failed in his duty to vindicate the rights of the prisoners, and when asked to account to the court for his inaction, Judge Gerard Haughton expressed dissatisfaction with Supt. Larkin's explanation. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday March 30, 2010 09:05 by Kevin Doyle
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Supporters of Solidarity Books in Cork climbed Carrantuohill on Sunday as part of a fundraiser for the bookshop and meeting space. read full story / add a comment 
roscommon / environment / news report Tuesday March 30, 2010 08:33 by Dave Donnellan
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As Pat O'Donnell continues his prison sentence in Castlerea prison for his opposition to the Shell Corrib gas project a group of supporters held a solidarity protest outside the prison on Saturday. read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media / press release Tuesday March 30, 2010 00:42 by Fred Johnston
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Sunny weather and solid organisation brought a small feast of excellent music,prose and storytelling, and a fine workshop on poetry, to the small town of Gort, Co. Galway. read full story / add a comment 
Major new Irish Exposé into Israeli Blood Diamond Industry, IPSC says: "reform the Kimberly Process"
international / consumer issues / news report Monday March 29, 2010 22:35 by Freda H, Zoe L & Kev
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The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) today expressed its shock and dismay at revelations unearthed by Limerick-based researcher Seán Clinton in his recent exposé on the role of Israel in the global diamond industry. Mr. Clinton’s article, published last night on the respected Electronic Intifada website (http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11170.shtml), highlights how the industry deceives the public by playing up benefits accruing to poorer countries through the Kimberly Process – the stated aim of which is to eliminate ‘blood diamonds’ - while simultaneously hiding the fact that Israel, a state that has militarily occupied Palestine for more than 40 years, is the world’s biggest beneficiary of the diamond industry. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday March 29, 2010 13:59 by Freda H & Kev
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On the evening of Tuesday 30th March the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) in Dublin will commemorate Palestinian Land Day by holding a solidarity vigil outside the GPO on O'Connell Street from 5 - 7pm. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Sunday March 28, 2010 18:25 by Trade Unionist
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Eugene McDonagh, a shop steward and an executive member of the NRBU, has been victimised by Dublin Bus Speakers: Jimmy Kelly, UNITE; Denis Keane, CPSU. John Kidd, SIPTU firefighters, Christy Maginn, ASTI (all in personal capacity) UNITE HALL, Middle Abbey St Dublin Thursday 1st April 8pm read full story / add a comment 
antrim / environment / news report Sunday March 28, 2010 17:45 by M.R.
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Solidarity action in Belfast (as well as London) shows continuing support of the Shell to Sea Campaign against the exploitation of public fossil fuel resources and the arrests of citizens in Rossport, West Ireland. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday March 28, 2010 15:29 by FSB!
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After a week when nearly all the court cases against Shell to Sea campaigners were defeated, withdrawn or thrown out, over a hundred opponents of the Great Oil & Gas Robbery from all around the country gathered outside the gates of Castlerea Prison this Saturday afternoon to protest the continuing imprisonment of their good friend and Shell to Sea colleague Pat O'Donnell. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday March 28, 2010 14:52 by Kev
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On Saturday 27th March 2010 the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) in Dublin staged the latest in a series of actions aimed at highlighting French multinational (and operator of the LUAS) Veolia’s complicity in Israel’s Apartheid regime. Between 1pm and 3pm, forty IPSC members and supporters took over the St. Stephen’s Green LUAS stop, decking the area in Palestinian flags, balloons and placards and distributing thousands of information leaflets to LUAS passengers. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / news report Sunday March 28, 2010 09:17 by Kruk
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On Saturday, March 20th, the second demonstration in defence of Rozbrat took place. About 1,500 - 2,000 people from Poznan, Poland and from abroad took part in it. The demonstration started at 6.00 p.m. in the centre of Poznan. Many squatters from Berlin and different Polish and foreign cities arrived there. They were representing various social and political organizations. There were loads of banners with slogans in Polish, English and in German, saying eg. “City is not a company”, “Reclaim the city”, “Rozbrat not for sale”, “Stop the privatisation of public space”, “Rozbrat stays, no compromise”, “No to the culture of money” etc. The goal of the demo was to show our disobey to the neo-liberal politics of the city authorities, who represent the interests of business and also to show the potential investors that an attempt to evict us from there will be met with strong resistance and it will be really expensive. We're ready for direct and legal fight. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Sunday March 28, 2010 05:14 by Keith Reid
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Season two of The Wire, aired in 2003, explores working-class promises being broken in east-coast urban America. The series looks at the declining industry of Baltimore's docklands, and the implications for many working-class men, who are suffering the consequences of 21st capitalism. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday March 28, 2010 00:49 by Republican Socialist
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Protest in support of Dr Aafia Siddiqui in Dublin read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Saturday March 27, 2010 23:40 by donkylemore
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What do the greens stand for anymore They are Not about 1. Openness in government 2 not about reforming politics 3 not about accountability 4. Not about scaling the government down 5 not about protecting our revered sites and places of veneration 6 not about Honesty A query and a reply illustrates something about a character type read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Saturday March 27, 2010 17:40 by Jerry Cornelius
The National Public Service Alliance of public service trade unionists placed a picket on the plenary talks between ICTU and Government to-day in Dublin. Members of the Kerry Public Service workers Alliance, and new branches from several regional centres joined their Dublin Colleagues on the picket line. Placards with legends such as “end the sell out talks”, “conditions of service are pay” and “trade union leaders captured by government” were carried. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Friday March 26, 2010 21:17 by Paddy Hackett
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A terse comment on the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. read full story / add a comment 
derry / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday March 26, 2010 19:00 by Eleanor
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The 14 Raytheon accused are 9 women and 5 men, based in Derry, in the north of Ireland, who are facing criminal charges after they used Non Violent Direct Action to access the Raytheon Software plant in Derry, in an attempt to disarm the mainframe computer. Raytheon are the world's largest manufacturer of missiles and the world's fifth largest weapons manufacturer. Until they left in February 2010 (thanks to all the action taken against them), Raytheon's Derry software plant developed the firmware for transponders, targeting software and other crucial guidance system-related work for weapons. Their factories globally manufacture Tomahawk Cruise missiles, Sidewinder missiles, Hellfire missiles, the "Bunker Buster" bombs, the delivery systems for Cluster bombs, White Phosphate and Napalm. read full story / add a comment |
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