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Fintan O'Toole.  "...we are not peasents..."
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday May 14, 2010 16:14 by Michael Gallagher   text 5 comments (last - friday may 14, 2010 16:32)   image 27 images
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For the record, I want to give my account of what I witnessed at the Dáil on Tuesday at the Right To Work Campaign march.

Having been at many demonstrations in Dublin over the past 15-20 years, it’s common knowledge that the gardai and mainstream media (RTE usually) always underestimate the attendances. From what I saw, 1700 - 2000+ people is a fair estimation of those that took part. Considering the bad weather and the fact that Dublin City Council had most of the march posters taken down beforehand, it was a good turnout. Hopefully, it will be built on.

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Gone ... but for how long?
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday May 14, 2010 09:57 by Shannonwatch   image 1 image
U.S. military traffic through Shannon was down significantly in April due to the spread of the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland. The ongoing presence of this ash in and around Irish airspace has now resulted in the re-routing of all troop and military cargo flights through different bases worldwide. Since early May there have been no U.S. Air Force cargo or troop carriers at Shannon. Clearly the U.S. military leaders are not prepared to risk having cargo or soldiers that are essential to their wars of occupation sitting on the ground in the west of Ireland. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday May 12, 2010 16:55 by Trade Union TV   text 3 comments (last - wednesday may 12, 2010 20:09)   video 1 video file
'I'm sick of being one of the sheep'- watch why people took to the streets to protest last night in the rain. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday May 12, 2010 08:19 by TD   text 1 comment (last - wednesday may 12, 2010 08:24)   image 3 images   video 3 video files
Last night, Israeli Occupation Forces raided the West Bank village of Bil'in, the home of noted activist Ashraf Abu Rahma was targeted this time and Ashraf - arrested last Friday by the IOF but released - was their quarry. Bil'in, after five years of frequent terrorising invasions by Israeli forces, has a well honed warning system and the villagers were alerted as the invasion soldiers mustered on the edge of the village. Ashraf's attempted rearrest follows hard on the heels of the arrests of Bil'in's stalwart videographer Haitham al-Katib and farmer Waji Bornat at last Friday's weekly protest against the nearby Apartheid -Annexation Wall. Ashraf managed to evade the raiding soldiers this time but he's now faced with the hard dilemma of seeing the notorious Shabak "internal security" this morning or else toughening it out and triggering further raids.

Ashraf's attempted arrest apart, after a four week hiatus, it's feared last night's proceedings is a harbinger for worst to come. read full story / add a comment
kildare / education / news report Wednesday May 12, 2010 01:13 by Professor Ahern NUIM.   text 9 comments (last - tuesday may 18, 2010 14:18)
Only weeks after Bill Cullen dismissed Irish young people as lazy and almost allergic to work, telling us that we should be working for free, this gem arrives in the email inbox of every student in Maynooth. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday May 11, 2010 21:20 by skynews   text 12 comments (last - thursday may 13, 2010 17:17)   image 3 images
Sky news reports that protesters have stormed Irish parliament. read full story / add a comment
IPSC anti-Veolia vigil outside Dublin City Hall this evening as the vote was being taken
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday May 10, 2010 23:44 by Kevin   text 8 comments (last - saturday may 15, 2010 02:17)   image 5 images
The international Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement today scored a major victory as Dublin City Council passed a resolution calling on the City Manager not to sign or renew any contracts with French multinational Veolia[1] – the operators of the LUAS who have also tendered for the Metro North project[2]. Veolia operate Israeli rail, bus and waste services in the illegally occupied West Bank, making them complicit in Israel’s contravention of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Indeed, Veolia has a direct involvement in building the infrastructure of apartheid in Israel/Palestine. read full story / add a comment
INTO members give the Croke park Deal the Red card!
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday May 10, 2010 22:53 by INTO Vote NO   image 1 image
Members of the ‘INTO Vote No’ Campaign gathered outside Croke Park today ) to call on members of their union, the Irish National Teachers Organisation, and other public sector unions to reject the Croke Park deal in the ballot currently underway.
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday May 09, 2010 21:49 by Paula Geraghty   text 33 comments (last - sunday may 08, 2011 16:39)   image 22 images   video 1 video file
Huyndreds of mostly young working class kids came out to protest and demand that using cannabis is decriminalised. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / news report Sunday May 09, 2010 20:27 by Green syndicalist   text 2 comments (last - tuesday february 08, 2011 19:50)
A Trilateral Commission Dublin AGM report from Temple Bar,
& some ideas on what we can do.

Reports here are being done with very little sleep,alot of stress & need of a pint,
apologies for any bad punctuation, etc in this or previous articles
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national / miscellaneous / news report Sunday May 09, 2010 18:10 by SF   text 8 comments (last - tuesday may 11, 2010 13:39)   video 1 video file
Sinn Féin launches new animated YouTube video on head shops read full story / add a comment
Children's shoes were placed in front of a memorial banner to remember the children of Palestine
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday May 08, 2010 19:27 by Fintan Lane   image 5 images
A large number of Palestine solidarity activists and supporters gathered at the Spire on O'Connell Street in Dublin today to remember the children of Palestine who were killed and injured since the Nakba began in 1948. Children's shoes were laid symbolically on the ground in front of an evocative memorial banner featuring the handprints of children.

The event was organised by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) and the first in its programme of Nakba Week events (see links on front page of indymedia for further details or go to www.ipsc.ie). read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Saturday May 08, 2010 01:13 by IshtarCelt   text 12 comments (last - wednesday november 17, 2010 18:40)
Elaine Boyle, socialist, feminist, revolutionary, writer, and poet from Drimnagh, sadly and suddenly passed away last week. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday May 07, 2010 23:29 by Patricia McKenna   text 12 comments (last - saturday may 15, 2010 16:45)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
As the Trilateral Commission meet in Ireland this weekend political campaigners have made a call on for the media report on the issue and let us the public know what is going on there - and most of all who is attending this behind closed doors meeting which is being kept secret and protected at taxpayers expense. read full story / add a comment
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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday May 05, 2010 19:26 by Eoin O L   text 3 comments (last - thursday july 29, 2010 14:41)   image 3 images   video 2 video files
On the 21st April in Ballina Circuit Court, Shell to Sea campaigner Niall Harnett was sentenced to 6 months in jail, for an assault on Garda Hugh Egan on Glengad beach. Defence barrister Leo Mulrooney summed it up, without correction from the judge, that the incident was “as close to a technical offence as possible”. Essentially Niall Harnett was found guilty of assault of a Garda for putting his hand on Garda Egan while Garda Egan was pulling out of a fellow protestor (myself), whose leg was caught on Shell’s illegally constructed fencing.
At a previous appeal sitting of the Circuit Court, Mr Harnett had been given 240 hours community service in lieu of the 6 month jail sentence, however he refused to do the community service, and so received the 6 months. read full story / add a comment
IPSC Chair Dr David Landy tells assembled supporters about the intervention in the AGM
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday May 05, 2010 19:09 by Fintan Lane   text 7 comments (last - thursday may 06, 2010 13:00)   image 12 images   video 1 video file
Palestine Dominates CRH AGM at the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire
Today, Wednesday 5th May, a large number of Palestine solidarity activists staged a demonstration outside the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Irish multinational CRH, while concerned shareholders inside asked serious and pointed questions about the role of the Irish cement company in supplying construction materials being used in the building of Israel’s apartheid Separation Wall and in illegal settlements in Palestine.

CRH has a 25% stake in the Israeli Mashav group, which acts as a holding company for Israel’s sole cement producer, Nesher.
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John Ging calls for a smashing of the blockade of Gaza
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday May 05, 2010 11:48 by Fintan Lane   text 1 comment (last - wednesday may 05, 2010 12:04)   image 2 images
John Ging, the Irish-born head of the UN humanitarian agency in Gaza - the UNRWA - demanded yesterday that the international community should break the Israeli siege of Gaza by sea.
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derry / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday May 04, 2010 22:09 by Solidarity With Raytheon 14   text 2 comments (last - tuesday may 11, 2010 18:47)   image 1 image
Much publicity has been made out of the recent adds by Hunky Dorys in 'support' of Ruby ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday May 04, 2010 20:48 by Paula Geraghty   text 2 comments (last - thursday may 06, 2010 20:16)   image 10 images   video 1 video file
Hundreds marched in support of a better and fairer way for workers and society from Parnell Square to Liberty Hall. Speakers included Hilda Regaspi from the Domestic Workers Action Group, Arthur Scargill, Phil McFadden (President, Dublin Trades Council), Sam Nolan (Secretary, Dublin Trades Council and Louise O'Reily, Siptu. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / news report Tuesday May 04, 2010 01:55 by Thomas Janak   audio 1 audio file
Recorded on may bankholiday monday at the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin read full story / add a comment
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