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international / racism & migration related issues / opinion/analysis Wednesday January 03, 2007 17:17 by iosaf
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In the closing weeks of 2006 an opinion poll in the Basque region found over 65% of people there found a return to terrorism "most likely". In the closing weeks of 2006 Spanish prime minister Zapatero said he would carry personal responsibility if the process failed. In the closing week of 2006 a french youngster was held captive whilst his father's van was hijacked & then filled with explosive & driven to Madrid's airport where it was parked on the 29th. The next day 2 Equadorian migrants went to work just as usual & didn't get out of their cars in time to avoid being the first people murdered by ETA in several years. In the last 24 hours after an awkward silence of 3 days, the minister of the Interior has said the "peace process" is "broken" & "not to be saved". read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 02, 2007 12:55 by Danny McGrain
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The British and Irish Communist Organisation were a Maoist influenced group who in the 1970s were almost unique in supporting Ulster Unionism. They were prolific publishers and claimed an influence over large numbers of both left and right wing individuals. During the 1990s the core members of the group have embraced a neo-nationalist position and become prominent in debates on Irish historical revisionism. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Saturday December 30, 2006 13:25 by IPC
For several months the town of Oaxaca, capital of the Mexican State of the same name, has been the center (of a movement) of important struggles which have undergone (or suffered) repeated attacks by the forces of repression (police, army and paramilitary) with many victims: at the end of November the toll was 22 dead and 34 disappeared. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday December 28, 2006 21:29 by Kevin T. Walsh
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My vision for 2007 is we will revisit 'Who framed Roger Rabbit?'. You see Bertie the half Jack Russell and Kerry Blue (what a mix?) will get rid of the rabbit subtly with some deviance thrown in........According to today's paper's he is making overtures to Joe Costelloe. If the numbers add up in June there could be an FF/Labour coalition.......Now what about McDowell. Let' us get real here. Can you see a Poodle from Ranelagh squaring up to a half Jack Russell and Kerry Blue seasoned Northsider......I don't think so...... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday December 28, 2006 17:28 by gníomhaí
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Let's face it- statistics bore most people (unless you're a nerd like myself). Statistics also tend to go over most peoples' heads esp. nowadays with the state of the world (in most ways) getting worse. People also feel disempowered, that individuals can't make any difference. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 26, 2006 18:41 by confused local
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Give me the reason read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 26, 2006 07:36 by Astrid Essed
In contrary to the often hypocritical ''Christmas'' approach, The Birth of the Child is no sentimental story about ''A Little Child in a Manger'', but the reality of the exclusion of the poor, persecution by the State and seeking illegal asylum in a foreign country That's the reason, this Story is based on respect towards any human being, regardless descent or committed crime read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Monday December 25, 2006 18:00 by Sergio Ferolla and Paulo Metri
Patriots are the ones that fight in the party of Tiradentes, being the others, the followers of Joaquin Silvério dos Reis, who was a treasonous one to the "inconfidentes"*, allowing that Tiradentes was imprisoned, hanged and cut in pieces by the Portuguese. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Saturday December 23, 2006 22:55 by Ciaron
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For the Christian exploring radical salvation history and seeking to be faithful in a time of escalating and expanding imperial war on the Middle East, the co-option of the Christmas season by the state is always a problem. How do we remain faithful in a context where our radical traditions and stories are being co-opted to feed rampant consumerism that drives the ever expanding market and diminishes finite ecology? read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday December 22, 2006 15:29 by Stuart
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The Health and Safety Authority (http://www.hsa.ie) published new draft guidelines on the prevention and resolution of workplace bullying. Interested parties are invited to submit comments and observations to the Public Consultation Phase on the draft by the 16th of January 2007 before the guidelines become a Code of Practice with legal force. The new Code does not compel the assessment of bullying within Safety Statements, the production of monitoring information about workplace bullying episodes, transparent procedures or objective investigation of bullying complaints. No State authority is nominated with responsibility to enforce effective measures to reduce workplace bullying behaviour. As such it is a cosmetic measure that can be misused as a charter to bully. read full story / add a comment 
national / gender and sexuality / opinion/analysis Thursday December 21, 2006 20:07 by C Murray
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The Safe and Legal Abortion Campaign has just issued it's December online newsletter, so Putting the links in here. The campaign held a series of fora and workshops in November including a talk from Colombian Human right's Lawyer and pro-choice camapigner Monica Roa. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 20, 2006 14:23 by jim travers
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The Moriarity Tribunal has given us a clear indication of the past state of Irish politics. if we are to learn anything, it should be that political life must be more carefully scrutinised and that initatives proposed by politicians must be more openly debated before taxpayers are asked to pay for such proposals. Charlie was not a bad man, he was just give toys to play with and his friends made the game more real. read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 20, 2006 01:56 by deselby
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In light of the Moriarty Tribunal report into payments made to Charles J. Haughey, it seems as good a time as any to reflect on the career and influence of one of the most controversial politicians - some would say the most controversial politian - that Ireland has ever seen. We now have a clearer, almost forensic, understanding of what Haughey gained from public office, but what about the balance to that? What did he give to the Irish people? What did he leave behind? What is his true legacy? read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday December 18, 2006 19:06 by Anamia
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Shell to Sea has, from the very start, been about more than the fact that a community in a remote area of Ireland were being used as guinea pigs in a vast experiment to see if natural gas could be processed on shore. What was at stake was whether the state would support the needs of big business against its own people. The central question of the campaign has always been whether communities are expendable, not in the interests of the nation, but in the interests of the shareholders. How far, the campaign asked, is a European government willing to go to support the desires of a multi-national, when these run counter to the demands of its own citizens? Could the Left in Ireland use the energy of the state's unquestioning support for Shell to expose and undermine the state's apparatus of control? read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday December 16, 2006 14:43 by I. McCabe
In June 2006 the Director of Public Prosecutions revised his general guidelines. One section of the revised guidelines caused bemusement amongst some in the legal profession. Section 9 in particular which refers to the guidelines on disclosure is the one which has created a point of debate and criticism. Ironically the DPP singled out the McKevitt case as a shining example of fair procedures on disclosure when in fact the opposite happened in the McKevitt trial. Both nationally and internationally legal observers have described the disclosure process used during the McKevitt case as one of the most blatant abuses on disclosure that they have ever witnessed. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 13, 2006 22:23 by Michelle Clarke
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international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 12, 2006 20:25 by paul o toole
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Forigen Affairs minister 'calls on Iraq' not to use the death sentence on Sadam. read full story / add a comment
national / health / disability issues / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 12, 2006 14:51 by M Cotton
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Brian Cowen, Minister for Finance announced in his Budget speech on 6th Dec 06 an additional 100m to fund health related disability and mental health services in 2007. This funding incorporates the 2006-2009 multi-annual funding promised under the National Disability Strategy. read full story / add a comment 
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 12, 2006 11:16 by fourth mary
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Last night Mary Harney released a programme to deal with the elderly, as she is not far off that stage of life herself you would think that problem solving and a bit of wry humour would inform her obviously jaundiced world view. But Progressive liberalism forgets that there is such a thing as family and community, and the women I have spoken to today are not pleased with the present government interfering (again) in the privacy of the family- by dipping into the home (as equity for 'care') read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Monday December 11, 2006 22:40 by wsm
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A consortium of Shell, Statoil, and Marathon do a deal with the government allowing them exclusive exploitation rights to the Corrib gas field, off Mayo. Not only that, but they are allowed to write off their costs against taxes, meaning that the whole project is being funded by the PAYE taxpayer, who will receive nothing, not even lower gas prices. It may sound a bit iffy but there is no garda investigation into possible bribery or corruption. read full story / add a comment |
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