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national / environment / news report Monday July 06, 2009 - 15:25 by Text- Fin Dwyer, Steph Images - Niall Harnett Audio - Andrew
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Today Shell to sea protestors broke through a weak spot in the armada deployed to defend the Solitaire - the supply port in Killybegs. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday July 03, 2009 - 08:13 by Rónan Nolan
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Correspondence with the Israeli embassy, their press officer defending the indefensible. (Apologies for calling the boat the "Spirit of Dignity", rather than the "Spirit of Humanity"). ... read full story / add a comment 
national / history and heritage / news report Thursday July 02, 2009 - 20:47 by TaraWatch
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A delegation of approximately 30 TaraWatch members met with Opposition TDs and Senators at the Kildare Street gates of the Dail on Wednesday, at 1.00 pm. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday July 02, 2009 - 10:35 by Kev
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Yesterday Wednesday 1st July around 100 Palestine solidarity activists gathered outside the GPO in Dublin to protest the kidnapping by Israel of 21 human rights activists from the Free Gaza Movement on Tuesday. Two of the abductees are Irish citizens, Nobel Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire and Derek Graham, skipper of the Free Gaza boat ‘Spirit of Humanity’. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday July 01, 2009 - 21:58 by Justin Morahan
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At a Press Conference today Free Gaza say that passengers on the boat kidnapped by Israel are held in a detention centre and are not allowed to see an Attorney. The plight of Palestinians who are also incarcerated in Israel is mentioned and a request is made for world-wide help and action for them also (E-mail addresses have been removed). ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday July 01, 2009 - 18:06 by Edward Horgan
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Irish army soldiers provide guard duty for US navy warplane at Shannon, while up to 200 armed soldiers transit through Shannon on an OMNI Air troop carrier. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Tuesday June 30, 2009 - 20:36 by Contaminated Crow
A waste plant, a wind farm, waste privatisation, a quarry, pylons, turg cutting, an incinerator, a sports facility and policing costs ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / news report Tuesday June 30, 2009 - 10:24 by dctv
It sure is turning out to be a hot summer, so you’d really want to be given a decent reason for staying in and watching TV. In that case, it’s a good thing the new DCTV schedule is out. http://www.dctv.ie/main/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/july...9.pdf ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday June 29, 2009 - 20:45 by Dublin Shell to Sea
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Seven Shell oto Sea protestors have been refused bail today for minor public order offences. Three men have been sent to Castlereigh Prison, while four women are currently on route to Mountjoy Women's Prison. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / anti-capitalism / news report Monday June 29, 2009 - 06:14 by FSB!
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Sunday June 28th saw the most intense burst of direct action against Shell in Erris so far in this phase of the campaign to thwart the Great Gas Robbery and the destruction of Erris along with its community. A tripod on a road bridge near McGrath's Bar held up vital repair gear for the pipeline winching operation for over four hours. This was followed up by a five-person lock-on on the same road a bit nearer the Shell compound. Together, they delayed winching operations for twelve hours, and there were nine arrests in all. Meanwhile, three Solidarity Campers managed to sneak into the Shell compound at Glengad and get out without being arrested. ... read full story / add a comment 
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Sunday June 28, 2009 - 17:44 by Belfast Branch
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Working people continue to bear the brunt of the economic recession in terms on job cuts, poverty wages and house repossessions, while the rich and powerful in our society are bailed out again. This is state capitalism and comes under various forms from thatcherism to neo-liberalism. The Belfast Anarchist Communist Discussion Group, set up by the Belfast branch of the Workers Solidarity Movement recently invited Michael Reinsborough to give a talk on the topic of neo-liberalism. The public meeting took place on Wednesday 17th June in the Belfast Unemployment Centre. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday June 28, 2009 - 13:36 by Edward Horgan
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On 26 June, Amnesty Ireland issued a special report "BREAKING THE CHAIN: ENDING IRELAND'S ROLE IN RENDITION". At the launch of the report, Colm O'Gorman Amnesty Director described as "barely credible" Green Party TD Ciaran Cuffe's statement that he did not believe that Shannon airport was being used by US flights involved in extraordinary rendition. Meanwhile, business as usual at Shannon, with Omni air troop carriers, Hercules C130 warplane, and National (Murray) Air munitions plane at Shannon on 27 June 2009 ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday June 27, 2009 - 18:15 by Revolt Video Collective
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A look at the massive security operation currently taking place in Erris and the subservient mainstream media, protecting the interests of corrupt politicians and the corporate takeover of Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday June 26, 2009 - 22:05 by Wordsmith Kev – IPSC (pers cap) and images by Paula Geragh
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At 4.30pm on Friday 26th June, politicians Chris Andrews TD (FF), Mary Lou McDonald (SF), Proinsias De Rossa MEP (Lab) and Cllr. Richard Boyd Barrett (PBPA) handed in a petition to Eircom Headquarters calling on Eircom not to sign a proposed deal with an IBM-led consortium which includes the Israeli telecommunications billing company Amdocs. Signatures to the petition were collected by the Irish Anti War Movement (IAWM) and the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC), online and on the streets. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / news report Friday June 26, 2009 - 14:09 by iosaf
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Of course news attention is overwhelmingly focussed today on the passing of the king of pop, Michael Jackson. We are even told that global internet traffic slowed whilst humanity came to terms with its loss. However, hard as it is believe and as impalatable as it may be for some to stomach, in poorer countries life has appeared to have gone as normal. General Romeo Vasquez chief of staff of the Honduran army put tanks on the streets surrounding the presidential palace where democratically elected Mr Manuel Zelaya lives and up till yesterday was mostly worrying about winning a referendum which will allow him to be re-elected and sit more terms. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday June 25, 2009 - 11:09 by FSB! et al
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In a reprise of last year's repeated arrests on the waters of Broadhaven Bay, Shell's Gardai have arrested Pat 'the Chief' O'Donnell and his son Jonathan while they were fishing in Broadhaven Bay this morning. Their two boats were commandeered by Gardai and brought to Ballyglass pier under tow and naval escort. Gardai claim that the two boats were 'loitering', the new term for criminalising fishermen exercising their rights to fish in their native waters. Pat's brother Martin is currently still on the water in the bay fishing in his boat. Meanwhile the Solitaire is less than an hour away from arriving off Glengad. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Thursday June 25, 2009 - 00:15 by S2S
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The last few days have seen some very interesting developments in the situation after Pat O'Donnell's boat was sunk. First of all, we had an appeal from Pat for State protection (see below) to the Gardai on Sunday. This was read out in full on local radio on Wednesday, and it went into some other media coverage too. Following on from this, the Gardai called out to Mr. O'Donnell, and asked him what he wanted in terms of protection – his reply was: a 500 metre exclusion zone around his boat, and a Garda RIB to accompany him when he goes out. They agreed to the second one, and didn't really comment on the first(!). Two swimmers were also arrested this evening Wednesday, despite being well outside Shell's so-called exclusion zone. Well, the 200+ Gardai up here have to justify their existence somehow... ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Wednesday June 24, 2009 - 23:49 by Reclaim the resources,protect the communty!
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As the Solitaires arrival looms large,the state ups the pressure with more frivolous arrests ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday June 18, 2009 - 18:00 by reject
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Britains largest arms and defence company, BAe Systems, has been using an Irish- registered homeless charitable trust as a lawful device to shift assets off balance sheet and to lower its tax bill. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday June 14, 2009 - 19:07 by TD
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Heartened by recent successes in the ongoing Boycott, Disinvestment and Sanctions campaign in the field of corporate responsibility and ethical compliance, , http://www.bdsmovement.net/ where giant French multinational company, Veolia Environnement SA, following a global campaign over its activities in the West Bank, is poised to withdraw from its participation in the construction and management of the illegal light railway in Occupied East Jerusalem and the announcement of Belgian-French financial group Dexia that it will no longer finance Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories through its Israeli branch Dexia Israel ... ... read full story / add a comment |
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