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national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 05, 2007 09:54 by Tracy Donegan
More and more Irish women are being offered early inductions to avoid labour on Christmas day. Is this ethical ? Is this safe? read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Monday December 03, 2007 23:03 by Nick Folley
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For those following the Hidden History on Coolnacrease below is published a transcript of the Joe Duffy Liveline programme of Nov 6th 2007 on RTE. It features Jack Lane and Tom Carew. There is also a link to the transcript of the previous day's Liveline where the same topic was duscussed. I have tried to give the discussion verbatim where possible, but due to sound quality and the natural cadence of conversation, on occasion it wasn't possible to catch every word. Where I have some doubt about the actual words, I have used [ ?] read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Sunday December 02, 2007 23:14 by David Morrison
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The reality is that Ireland is now firmly in the imperialist camp in world affairs alongside the US/UK. In four crucial areas of foreign policy – Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and Palestine – Ireland is fully behind the US/UK in their aggressive behaviour towards the Muslim world. You will search in vain in the Programme for Government for any mention of actual policy – past, present or future – on Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and Palestine. But it is a racing certainty that, despite the presence of the Green Party, the new government will continue to support (a) the US/UK wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; (b) the US/UK punishment of Iran for enriching uranium, which is Iran’s right as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT); and (c) the US/UK backing for the Israeli occupation and colonisation of Arab lands. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Sunday December 02, 2007 18:39 by Margaretta D'Arcy
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Government hypocrisy has allowed the National Pension Reserve Fund to invest € 500 million in companies that produce weapons of mass destruction. read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday November 30, 2007 11:39 by M. Ni Bhrolchain
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Taken by a braver campaigner than myself. read full story / add a comment
antrim / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Friday November 30, 2007 09:44 by Davy Carlin
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This is the final Part of the Indymedia Series. 1977 - 2007, from 7 year old until 37 year old -30 - - -years - read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday November 29, 2007 23:52 by Sarah Clancy
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‘If a person leaves their country looking for work this is called emigration, if young people travel in search of adventure it’s called backpacking, but when anyone leaves Cuba for any reason, according to the world’s media and television they ‘flee’ or even ‘flee the Castro regime’ So noted Jose Israel Rodriguez Martinez a community development worker from central Havana who spent last week in Galway as the guest of the Galway One World Centre. Jose was invited to Galway to address the ‘Developments Futures’ conference in National University of Ireland Galway last weekend. During Jose’s visit we had the chance to enquire into the realities of daily life in urban Cuba .In order to offer his personal perspective as an addition or an alternative to more customary sources of information some of the points discussed by Jose are reported here read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday November 29, 2007 15:51 by s
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The following letter was written in reply to statements from Paul Butler of Sinn Fein after classroom assistants protested outside the headquarters of Sinn Fein and the DUP at which placards made by individual strikers compared Caitriona Ruane with Maggie Thatcher. The letter was sent to The Irish News and the Andersonstown News but has not been publivhed to date. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday November 29, 2007 11:13 by C Murray
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Two Government Departments mandated with taking care of the well-being of our kids have been shown to display two-tier policy which favours the wealthy and ghettoises the poor. No surprises there except that both are run by experienced and rather limited women politicians; Mary Hanafin and Mary Harney. This year 2007 saw severe criticism by anti-poverty groups of both departments in the wake of published OECD reports. Ms Hanafin's department had a critical underspend which favours the private school sector and Ms Harney's Department published a 2005 report criticising cancer care without an operating link to the report in toto. http://www.indymedia.ie/article/84946 read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Thursday November 29, 2007 00:53 by Setanta
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An evil monster is growing in our legal society which encourages a dogma of belief that there is no wrong in Slander,Liable,Deformation,Secrecy, Corruption,Threat,Deception, Perjury ,Theft and a host of other perversions in our justice system that combine together and destroy the common good. read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 27, 2007 22:09 by Domhain Sceadaman
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Tonight’s prime time revealed that solicitors have been acting for more than one party in property transactions, with the knowledge of the professional body, the Law Society. I have appended the speeech given by the new law society president James MacGuill on 9th November 2007 If you watched the programme you will find this speech interesting read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 27, 2007 21:09 by Alan MacSimóin
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What should happen to the €51bn gasfield off Rossport? Let Shell keep it and let the fat cats get fatter? Try to make Bertie’s government nationalise it and use the wealth for our benefit? Is that something which anarchists would oppose? read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 27, 2007 18:46 by Mrs Teresa Shallow
The minister for Health and Children has said that the government is determined to proceed with the development of a new national children's Hospital on a site at the Mater Hospital in Dublin. I am all for a new and bigger National Children's Hospital, What we our campaign re looking for is that our lady's childrens hospital be kept at its currant location. The loss of this Hospital to the local people and patients far and wide would be a great blow . We are fighting to keep our hospital where it is , read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Sunday November 25, 2007 15:45 by Joe
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Osama bin Laden published a post-Iraq war statement on October 23. The essence of the statement is that the war is over and Islam has won. It is now time to achieve an Islamic State in Iraq. read full story / add a comment
louth / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Saturday November 24, 2007 18:51 by Alison Kelly
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A personal story of Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis and Medical Malpractice read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday November 23, 2007 20:23 by Sean Crudden
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Mental health policy has changed? Hospitals have been run down and patients are being treated in the community. But the basic methodology remains the same. The treatment patients receive is no different. Perhaps patients have become even more isolated, unsupported? read full story / add a comment 
national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 21, 2007 13:04 by C Murray
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A protest of Sligo and Letrim women converged on the Dail this early afternoon, with Balloons, a pipe-band and attendant politicians (from all parties except PD's). The Junior Minister for Health (FF) came out and addressed the crowd, some of who were tired and upset. After a battery of 'political suits' someone had the bright idea to put the women on the platform and the stories came out. They have said that they will no longer travel to access treatment which they have worked and paid for. They said they do not require a two tier health system and that indeed they have a centre of excellence already. They spoke of leaving home and family with query breast cancer and having to access bus, train or taxi to be there for their kids. Largely they said 'enough'. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 20, 2007 01:43 by Michelle Clarke
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Addiction, Fear, Shyness, drug take and why, those who stand back absorbed in shyness, those who will not participate at school - the student who hates reading out, the student hates going to school, the student who could be helped if only someone knew..........In England people had mentors....and personally I think this is a great idea. Shy children often hide deep dark talents which are lost in a curriculum that is in fact destroying their life changes. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday November 19, 2007 10:19 by Malcolm
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Lieutenant General Dermot Earley the gung-ho ex-Ranger and commander of the Irish military must be licking his lips! The Minister for Foreign Affairs says he expects a Government decision to be made on Tuesday over the deployment of up to four hundred Irish troops in eastern Chad. Dermot Ahern has just returned from a four day visit to Sudan and Chad, during which he met with Government leaders as well as aid workers and local people. If the Government gives its go-ahead for the mission the Dáil will then have to give its approval. A gung-ho military bored with guarding armoured money vans wants to get its hands dirty in a nasty imperialist war in Africa. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Friday November 16, 2007 12:09 by Reductio Ad Absurdum
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Tony Blair had self-nominated David Miliband to take up the cudgels of office in the wake of his departure from office, but apart from creating a few little ripples the whole idea was a non-starter for Blair and for Miliband. He got placed, instead in Britain's Foreign Office and last night he began to use his office to 'make speeches' , which are both unbelievably crass and inopportune. They involve beligerence against an already pissed off Putin and a diplomatic word to 'Keep our promises to Turkey', meanwhile in Turkey, a political party with connections to the PKK is being banned. We all know what that means in Ireland.. Reductio ad Absurdum.:Reduce debate, achieve political consensus and sell off assets to benefit the wealthy. read full story / add a comment |
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