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offsite link Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
Alternative site: https://thesaker.si/saker-a... Site was created using the downloads provided Regards Herb

offsite link The Saker blog is now frozen Tue Feb 28, 2023 23:55 | The Saker
Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog.? We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below).?

offsite link What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

offsite link Moveable Feast Cafe 2023/02/27 ? Open Thread Mon Feb 27, 2023 19:00 | cafe-uploader
2023/02/27 19:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of

offsite link The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
Pepe Escobar for the Saker blog A powerful feeling rhythms your skin and drums up your soul as you?re immersed in a long walk under persistent snow flurries, pinpointed by

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Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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Human Rights in Ireland
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Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Only Psychological Therapy Could Cure Long Covid, Major BMJ Study Finds Thu Nov 28, 2024 19:00 | Will Jones
Psychological therapy may be the only treatment to successfully cure lingering 'Long Covid' symptoms, landmark new research in the BMJ has suggested.
The post Only Psychological Therapy Could Cure Long Covid, Major BMJ Study Finds appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Backlash as Cows Given Synthetic Additive in Feed to Hit Net Zero Thu Nov 28, 2024 17:00 | Will Jones
Europe's biggest dairy company Arla is facing a backlash after giving cows Bovaer, a synthetic additive to their feed in an?attempt to cut their methane emissions as part of the Net Zero drive.
The post Backlash as Cows Given Synthetic Additive in Feed to Hit Net Zero appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Trump Appoints Lockdown Sceptic Jay Bhattacharya to Head National Institutes of Health Thu Nov 28, 2024 15:10 | Will Jones
Donald Trump has appointed Jay Bhattacharya, a prominent lockdown sceptic and co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, to lead the National Institutes of Health.
The post Trump Appoints Lockdown Sceptic Jay Bhattacharya to Head National Institutes of Health appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Is There a Right to Die? Thu Nov 28, 2024 13:00 | James Alexander
Is there a right to die? As the Assisted Dying Bill vote looms, Prof James Alexander ponders the issues, asking if the whole debate would change if we think of it in terms of duties instead of rights.
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offsite link Net Migration Hit Almost One Million Last Year as ONS Revises Figures Thu Nov 28, 2024 11:19 | Will Jones
Net migration?hit a record high of nearly one million in 2023, 170,000 more than previously thought, in an extraordinary indictment of the Tories' post-Brexit record on 'cutting immigration'. No wonder the NHS is overrun.
The post Net Migration Hit Almost One Million Last Year as ONS Revises Figures appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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mayo / environment / news report Monday October 19, 2009 - 22:07 by An Bord Pleanála   text 13 comments (last - thursday october 29, 2009 - 00:04)   image 1 image
An Bord Pleanála announces its decison today to grant planning permission with revised conditions to Shell E&P Ireland (SEPIL) for the construction of an onshore gas pipeline in Mayo. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / gender and sexuality / news report Friday October 16, 2009 - 17:22 by Alison   text 2 comments (last - saturday october 17, 2009 - 16:23)   image 1 image   audio 2 audio files
Sinêad Ahern of Choice Ireland and Dr. Geraldine Moane of UCD made the case for a woman's right to choose at a recent debate in Dublin. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday October 16, 2009 - 16:14 by Jack Carrigan
STRIKING workers at Coca-Cola HBC Ireland let bosses know they are not giving up this week. Around 700 protestors marched from Liberty Hall to the company’s HQ on Baggot St. on Wednesday, 14 October. The march was organised by SIPTU and supported by trade unionists, left groups, and the Workers Solidarity Movement (WSM). ... read full story / add a comment
Shell move into Aughoose
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday October 13, 2009 - 22:38 by Shelver   text 1 comment (last - wednesday october 14, 2009 - 00:09)   image 3 images
Shell have begun work on the route of the onshore Corrib gas pipeline, without waiting for the verdict of the oral hearing into the application, which is due later this month. ... read full story / add a comment
louth / environment / news report Sunday October 11, 2009 - 14:29 by Archbishop Michael Desmond Hynes OMD PhD   text 2 comments (last - sunday november 15, 2009 - 19:46)   image 1 image
We are planning our 2010 workshop on "Back to Basics - A plan for Survival" to be held in The Strand Hotel Omeath Co Louth Saturday 23rd January 2010 from 2 pm until 5.30 pm. At present we are finalizing our list of speakers having 14 confirmed to date they will speak. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Friday October 09, 2009 - 15:25 by Contaminated Crow
Four masts, two quarries, an incinerator, a CCTV system, a gas power plant and an airstrip ... read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday October 06, 2009 - 18:14 by Sean Clinton   text 5 comments (last - wednesday october 07, 2009 - 09:26)   image 1 image
On Sunday evening Gardai in Irishtown confirmed that they had the previous day removed an IFPAL referendum sign from a pole close to the Israeli Embassy on Pembroke Road Dublin. The sign read:

Israel killed 300 Palestinian children in January
Yet the EU will not impose sanctions
EU policy facilitates Israeli genocide.
Vote No to Lisbon
... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday October 05, 2009 - 16:37 by Dermo   text 1 comment (last - thursday october 08, 2009 - 15:17)   image 1 image
A crowd of about 100 people gathered to march down towards the gate of Marine Terminals Ltd. In anticipation of the march by the strikers and their supporters, the company had closed the gates. The march happened on the same day that polls were open for the Lisbon treaty, and a number of speakers at the gate made the point that this was the type of Europe we were getting thanks to Lisbon. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday September 30, 2009 - 16:03 by Paula Geraghty
After a severe drought the water used for drinking and washing by the residents in the large slum of Mathare in East Nairobi was cut off by the government. However their demands for water were met with tear gas. ... read full story / add a comment
Whats on this month...
dublin / arts and media / news report Wednesday September 30, 2009 - 11:43 by DCTV   image 1 image
Greetings! The Dublin Community TV schedule for October 2009 is now out. You can read it at http://www.dctv.ie/main/?p=916 or have a glance through some of our highlights and programme blocks below. ... read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment / news report Wednesday September 30, 2009 - 01:12 by Niall Harnett   text 1 comment (last - wednesday september 30, 2009 - 12:28)   image 2 images
On Monday 28th September 2009, 18 Shell to Sea campaigners with strong links to the Rossport Solidarity Camp appeared at a special sitting of Belmullet District Court to answer charges relating to protests staged on land and at sea in May and June of this year at the Shell site, Glengad.

Six of the cases were adjourned to November 11th because of High Court proceedings initiated by those six, to have charges withdrawn. One other case was withdrawn by the state. One individual was convicted and fined, another plead guilty and had the charge struck out. Seven others had the charges against them dismissed. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Saturday September 26, 2009 - 15:48 by Copntaminated Crow
Five telemasts, an explosives factory, pylons, an incinerator, mine tailings, airport runway, quarry, CCTV system, two waste plants and turfcutting. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Monday September 21, 2009 - 14:39 by Contaminated Crow
Nine telemasts, 2 quarries, a pet crematorium, a deepwater port, turfcutting and an animal rights protest ... read full story / add a comment
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national / miscellaneous / news report Monday September 14, 2009 - 16:45 by Allen Meagher   image 1 image   video 1 video file
The campaign to save Community Development Projects from cuts has gone from 0-60mph in the space of a week. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Saturday September 12, 2009 - 15:29 by Contaminated Crow
A quarry, turfcutting, asbestos waste, a landfill, a compost plant, pylons and four telemasts ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Saturday September 12, 2009 - 12:20 by Gregor Kerr   text 2 comments (last - saturday september 19, 2009 - 14:30)   image 2 images
NAMA is nothing short of straight class robbery – robbery from ordinary workers in order to shore up the property developers and big bankers who got us into this mess in the first place. It can be described as unfair, it can be described as immoral but in reality it’s naked capitalism at work. ... read full story / add a comment
The authors
dublin / arts and media / news report Friday September 11, 2009 - 12:27 by Andrew   text 1 comment (last - wednesday september 30, 2009 - 00:32)   image 4 images   audio 1 audio file
Last night saw the launch of a new history of the Offical IRA and the Workers Party called ‘The Lost Revolution’ by Brian Hanley and Scott Miller. Over 250 people including many ex and current members of the Workers Party as well as members of just about every other left and republican group crammed into the hall for the launch. This is an audio recording of the introduction to the book given by Diarmaid Ferriter followed by each of the authors speaking about the book. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Monday September 07, 2009 - 16:36 by Contaminated Crow
Detention of fishing vessels, two quarries, a telemast, a pet crematorium and an airport runway extension ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday September 07, 2009 - 15:56 by gurgle-tweet iosaf mac diarmada
Until this week most young people doing juggling two worthwhile tasks like convincing their elders to vote No to Lisbon (either for the second time or the all important first) or researching a hefty Junior Cert project on international strategic relations and peace studies - would have had to rely on figures on the official arms trade dating from 2007. Since then we've seen a celtic tiger die and a mismanagement of the US economy under its war presidency of Bush infect the world with an economic crises. Unsurprisingly therefore arms trading of the official kind is down. But in good news for pro-Americans and pro-Lisbon Europeans, the share of the US in arms trading has jumped and second place globally is now taken for the first time not by Russia but our own catholic soulmates of the Italian Republic. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Saturday September 05, 2009 - 20:00 by Ann Murphy   text 8 comments (last - saturday september 12, 2009 - 20:42)
ENFO; the environmental information centre and public library was yesterday closed by the Department of the Environment. ... read full story / add a comment

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