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national / history and heritage / other press Friday February 04, 2011 - 09:47 by Fin Dwyer
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Episode 6 is the start of a fascinating story, full of twists and turns. Over the next three shows we will see the O Neill kingdom who have dominated the first five shows see their power challenged by the Dal Cais (the family of Brian Boru). This will see many challengers rise and fall as these two families battle it out for supremacy in medieval Irelan ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday November 09, 2010 - 13:30 by T
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In the latest piece in Monday's Irish Times from Prof. Morgan Kelly who at the height of the boom in 2007 said Anglo had lent over €100 billion and would eventually go bust, now says the country is facing a wave of mortgage defaults and that the country is effectively gone bust already. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / other press Friday October 22, 2010 - 17:23 by V for vendetta
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As taxpayers are clenching up in anticipation of having wages cut and their basic services eviscerated and those on social welfare are expected to develop a taste for cheap baked beans on white bread, Here is a taste of how the corporate bloodsuckers are using our tax loopholes and playing countries off against each other to pay paltry amounts of tax. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / crime and justice / other press Thursday October 07, 2010 - 10:15 by anarchaeologist
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According to this week's Mayo News, former Garda Superintendent Pat Doyle has joined IRMS, the Kildare security firm with central European paramilitary links. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday July 30, 2010 - 13:10 by pat c
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While media attention has bee heaped upon Wiki-Leaks, one person has been largely forgotten: Bradley Manning. Private Bradley Manning has been accused of previously supplying information to Wikileaks and is under suspicion of providing the documents which have been released. Bradley is now held in isolation from the outside world, in military detention in Kuwait. Bradley faces, for his alleged actions, up to 52 years imprisonment. Here are two articles regarding Bradley. Full texts at link ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday June 06, 2010 - 07:13 by Bazooka Joe
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According to a Lebanese newspaper report on Saturday Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is considering travelling to Gaza in order to "break the Israeli blockade.” ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday May 19, 2010 - 12:57 by WSM Newsroom
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The WSM and Semora Spraoi callout for the anti-capitalist bloc was reasonably successful - what looked like over 200 people showed up - including banners from the Revolutionary Anarcha-Feminist Group, Seomra Spraoi, Eirigi, the IRSP, the 32 County Sovereignty Movement and a student solidarity group. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / other press Sunday April 25, 2010 - 13:31 by WMD
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According to a notice issued by Eamon Ryan's Department of Transport, work is to re start shortly on the Corrib Pipeline. The notice gives a rough outline of plans to survey the estuary, but makes no mention of Shell/Garda security compounds, increased garda and navy presence, dodgy security guards with cameras, and articles in the O'Reily press saying "we need the gas". Maybe that's a different department... ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday April 07, 2010 - 12:43 by Danny Kaplan
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Democracy Now reports: Massacre Caught on Tape: US Military Confirms Authenticity of Their Own Chilling Video Showing Killing of Journalists. The US military has confirmed the authenticity of newly released video showing US forces indiscriminately firing on Iraqi civilians. On Monday, the website WikiLeaks.org posted footage taken from a US military helicopter in July 2007 as it killed twelve people and wounded two children. The dead included two employees of the Reuters news agency, photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen and driver Saeed Chmagh ... read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice / other press Monday December 07, 2009 - 17:27 by Buck Owen
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A court has upheld the right of a private citizen to film gardaí. A judge found the person filming to acting lawfully and within his rights, and fined the two members of the Garda Siochána who assaulted him to prevent him filming to have acted illegally. They were given small fines, even though they pleaded not guilty and lied to the court about the nature of the assault. There is no law against filming anyone in a public place in Ireland, and that includes the police. If they don't want to be caught on camera doing something, then they shouldn't be doing it. Lastly, can you imagine what the sentence would be for a protester who grabbed a garda and assaulted him to stop him filming? ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / other press Sunday October 11, 2009 - 19:16 by Plebian
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Recent research published in this week's New Scientist and The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, show that 'commons' communities would do a better job of managing forests than state control. Government control generally leads to enclosure (privatisation) and licensing rights for logging, or an expectation that the forest will not last leading to unsustainable exploitation. Carbon storage potential is especially improved when community organisations and their institutions "incorporate local knowledge and decentralized decision making" to "restrict their consumption of forest products". ... read full story / add a comment 
national / eu / other press Tuesday October 06, 2009 - 11:25 by Socialist Party
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The Socialist Party's analysis of the Lisbon referendum result, titled: "Lisbon victory not endorsement for hated government" is now online. A significant 2/1 majority, on a higher turnout, passed the Lisbon Treaty overturning the decision of June 2008. It is clear that the economic crisis served to shift opinion across the board to a yes vote because people felt that passing the Treaty might boost Ireland’s prospects for economic recovery. Last year Lisbon was rejected because people feared the consequences of the changes it brings to the EU and because of a distrust of the political establishment. For a majority this time around the actual Treaty and its contents were secondary to the economic crisis. Read it all at link below. ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / anti-capitalism / other press Sunday September 20, 2009 - 16:56 by Hilary Quinn
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Some images from the No to NAMA march yesterday in Cork. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / other press Tuesday September 15, 2009 - 11:38 by SavedByFerrets
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Baxter have secured an immunity from liability from the Irish government in the event that their rushed to market swine flu vaccine has "unforseen" problems. Essentially If your kids die or get sick as a direct result of taking their vaccine then tough luck ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday August 13, 2009 - 16:41 by IT Reader
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Many people are worried about the militarism implicit in the text of the Lisbon Treaty. If passed, it will effectively makes arguments for disarmament and reduction in military capabilities illegal and redundant, as each will be constitutionally obliged to increase its weapons spending. In today's Irish Times, Roger Cole of the Peace and Neutrality Alliance argues that a vote in favour undermines the fight for Irish independence, democracy and neutrality. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / other press Friday July 17, 2009 - 22:33 by Plebian
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[here's an interesting profile on Colm McCarthy from the Phoenix, and published here in the national interest] ECONOMIST Colm McCarthy has been selected as the man to make sensible, ie swingeing, cuts in public expenditure as chairman of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure (‘An Bord Snip Nua’). But as ministers agonise about the wisdom of even allowing the public to know what’s in McCarthy’s report, there is no debate about McCarthy’s credentials or judgment in these matters. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday July 03, 2009 - 00:15 by José Antonio Gutiérrez
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This article deals with the coup in Honduras. Written by José Antonio Gutiérrez, it was translated into English by Molly Mew. Full article text at link. pc The flashing sabers have once again shown their edge in Latin America: the coups d'etat and destabilization processes orchestrated from Washington have succeeded in countries where governments are implementing reform that may be uncomfortable for the digestion of the hemispheric elite-Venezuela 2002; Haiti 2004, Bolivia 2008. This time Honduras' turn has come, a country whose president Manuel Zelaya was overthrown by the military and exiled to Costa Rica. While Zelaya was kidnapped by soldiers in Congress a letter written by Zelaya was read (which turned out to be false) in which he renounced his position as president. At the same time, and while several MPs complained that the conduct of the president put at risk the "rule of law" and accused him of multiple violations of the Constitution real and imaginary, he was removed from office, which was assumed by the Congress president , Roberto Micheletti (who is also from Zelaya's Liberal Party). ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Thursday June 18, 2009 - 12:37 by Gary Mulcahy
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Letter below sent to The Irish News today ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / other press Sunday June 14, 2009 - 17:37 by redjade
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'Confidential internal documents reveal how the oil giant lobbied The Guardian newspaper to reduce its support for Saro-Wiwa.' ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / politics / elections / other press Friday May 29, 2009 - 11:17 by Joe Higgins.eu
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This is the second of a series of videos on what Joe Higgins stands for. Here Joe outlines why he stands for defending workers rights and public services. He argues the Trade Unions must be forced to take action to fight the attacks. More videos of his key demands will be put on the campaign's YouTube channel, available at http://www.youtube.com/VoteJoeHiggins so make sure to subscribe or check back regularly. ... read full story / add a comment |
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