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waterford / animal rights / news report Thursday March 14, 2013 21:53 by Bernie Wright
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WATERFORD : BARBARIC PIG FARMER WHO USED SLEGE-HAMMER ON PIGS NOW ON THE TAX DEFAULTERS LIST. A farmer who single-handedly slaughtered almost 4,000 pigs in a frenzied attack after a banned food additive was discovered on his farm was ordered to pay over €71,000 in fines and legal costs. Pig farmer Thomas Galvin from Ballinamuck, Dungarvan, Co Waterford denied 29 charges brought against him. Galvin was found guilty of a string of offences including the movement of pigs onto and off restricted lands following the discovery of a highly toxic additive, Carbadox, in April 2002. read full story / add a comment 
national / environment / press release Wednesday March 13, 2013 21:52 by T
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The Woodland League wish to highlight the fact that Coillte since 2009 have already sold 108 million euros of trees with harvesting rights, to IFUT ( Irish Forestry Unit Trust ) a pension fund company, of which they are partners. In a bizarre situation, Coillte have used these proceeds to pay off some of its own large pension fund debts. The National Pension Reserve Fund has also been used by IFUT to fund these sales and its contribution obscured within IFUT’s bail out of Coillte. This is not how this vital Public NPRF funding should be used, it is supposed to be invested in the peoples future. http://www.nprf.ie/Publications/2011/NPRFReport2010.pdf read full story / add a comment 
international / gender and sexuality / news report Wednesday March 13, 2013 10:47 by APL, Akbayan, PM
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Women groups hail ‘triple wins,’ but warn of complacency read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / press release Wednesday March 13, 2013 00:13 by CAHWT
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To defeat the property tax YOU have to get involved Don’t register for the tax – do not return the form which the Revenue Commissioners will send to you in March Go to your local public meeing when it is held and find out how you can become an acive member of the campaign Join any local or naional protests which the campaign organises. read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / press release Tuesday March 12, 2013 23:56 by 1 of Indymedia
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From next week the latest bitter austerity pill will be administered to our hard pressed low and middle income earners as letters arrive in every home from the Revenue Commissioners demanding the new property tax. Although having the Revenue logo, they will arrive by edict of the Troika, the economic dictators who are being allowed to walk with jackboots over the living standards of our people, courtesy of the connivance of gutless politicians who comprise the Fine Gael and Labour parties, and before them, Fianna Fail. And never forget, this is another tribute exacted to bail out the private gambling debts of the bankers and bondholders who wrecked this economy. read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Tuesday March 12, 2013 18:40 by Brian Clarke
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"IMAGINE! THEY DID NOT WANT TO KNOW! THEY LOOKED THE OTHER WAY!". Not many British commoners or citizens of the Irish scum states, want to think about secret courts, secret trials or internment without trial, these days. How often were the German people accused, of reacting to the rise of Hitler and his persecutions in these precise terms. "IMAGINE! THEY DID NOT WANT TO KNOW! THEY LOOKED THE OTHER WAY!" read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday March 12, 2013 16:37 by !
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On 7th February 2013 The Oxford Union held the debate “This House Would Not Fight for Queen and Country”. it was the 80th anniversary of the original debate in 1933 in which The Oxford Union voted in favor of the motion. Speaking for the motion were Ben Sullivan (Christ Church College), Ben Griffin (Former SAS soldier) and Gareth Porter ( US Historian). Speaking against were Rory Stewart (Conservative MP), Nikolai Tolstoy (International Monarchist League) and Malcolm Rifkind (Former Foreign Secretary). On the night the motion was defeated as it has been on every occasion that it has been held since 1937. Below a transcript of the speech given by Ben Griffin of Veterans for Peace. I Will Not Fight for Queen and Country read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / opinion/analysis Monday March 11, 2013 21:55 by End hare coursing shame
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Ireland is one of the last bastions of hare coursing...an "honour it shares with Pakistan. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday March 11, 2013 19:42 by Peter Conway
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A Celebration for Naill Harnett
I wanted to let you know about an upcoming event we are holding for our dear friend Niall Harnett who passed away on 17 January 2013. Niall was a great activist, he was a great musician, a great human being, but most of all a great friend. He is greatly missed by his countless friends. read full story / add a comment 
galway / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 11, 2013 18:45 by Rossport Solidarity Camp
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Galway S2S and Rossport Solidarity Camp members challenged the head of SEPIL, Michael Crothers, to answer for the crimes Shell has commited.
The Managing Director of Shell E&P Ireland, Michael Crothers, came to the NUI Galway Energy Night on the evening of Feb 28th. He was part of a PR delegation that promoted Shell's progress in attempting to bring the Corrib Gas Project on-stream. A group of local Galway Shelltosea activists and Rossport Solidarity Camp members with ethical objections to the Gas Project staged a peaceful protest to express their concerns. Shell has been allowed to remove 125,000 tonnes of peat bog from an area directly including, and surrounded by, EU Special Areas of Conservation. The Irish government has failed in its legal duty to protect the natural habitats upon which Shell are currently working. In relation to the negative environmental consequences of the CGP, Crother's response was to praise Shell's environmental record as "exemplary". read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / feature Sunday March 10, 2013 22:31 by T
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All the worry about Global Warming has tended to focus on carbon dioxide emissions but the real threat may be methane emissions....
In the past 5 years there have been major changes happening up in the Arctic. The annual summer melt of the sea ice floating on the Arctic Ocean has greatly increased, exposing a much larger area to heating during the summer months which in turn has warmed the ocean enough that the frozen methane hydrates on and below the seabed are beginning to melt, causing methane gas to bubble to the surface. The trouble is methane is up to 100 times (over initial 20 year period of release) more effective than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas and the estimated quantity of methane hydrates suggests the amount of carbon contained in them exceeds all the coal, oil and gas burned so far. And should the tundra melt in Siberia then the huge area of peatland will resume decomposing thereby emitting a very large quantity of carbon dioxide. This scenario would take us past extinction danger point which is reckoned for a rise of 6oCelsius or more would be close to certainty. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Sunday March 10, 2013 01:51 by Walden Bello
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I’ll miss Hugo. When I first was introduced to him in Porto Alegre in 2003, he greeted me, “Mi padre,” and said he learned a lot from me. I was dubious about this and thought he was simply buttering me up, like any two-bit politician. Then he started telling me what he learned from Development Debacle, Deglobalization, and Dark Victory. I was stupefied; the guy actually read my stuff! read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / other press Friday March 08, 2013 23:50 by John Cornford
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Weekly Worker issue 952 - March 07 2013 The latest edition of the Weekly Worker is now available on the CPGBwebsite at http://cpgb.org.uk/home/weekly-worker/952 In this week's issue: ALEX CALLINICOS: HAUNTED BY THE REAL LENIN Ben Lewis observed few signs of ‘revolt’ at last weekend’s SWSS day school LETTERS Alpha-male; Anti-politics; Bacon; Inspiration; Dear respected read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Thursday March 07, 2013 22:22 by Anti G8
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Dublin Alternative G8 Dear Comrades and Friends The 2013 G8 Summit is to be held in Fermanagh, Ireland on 17th-18th June. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / event notice Thursday March 07, 2013 14:17 by Chavista
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In commemoration of the life and passing of Hugo Chavez, there will be a vigil held outside the GPO on O'Connell Street in Dublin between 5.00pm to 6.30pm on Friday 8th March 2013.
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cork / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday March 07, 2013 08:31 by Eric
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This Friday, March 8th sees the fourth year of celebrations on Douglas Street to mark International Women’s Day and the WSM (Workers Solidarity Movement) anticipates a large turnout. We’ve got a programme covering the whole day, taking in quilting sessions, film screenings, dance and theatre performances, food and of course enough time to catch up with one another in between. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / feature Wednesday March 06, 2013 17:40 by Elric
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The Commandante is dead but the Revolution continues. If there is an afterlife then Chavez is in Valhalla. He wrote, he read, and mostly he spoke. Hugo Chávez, whose death has been announced, was devoted to the word. He spoke publicly an average of 40 hours per week. As president, he didn't hold regular cabinet meetings; he'd bring the many to a weekly meeting, broadcast live on radio and television. Aló, Presidente, the programme in which policies were outlined and discussed, had no time limits, no script and no teleprompter. One session included an open discussion of healthcare in the slums of Caracas, rap, a self-critical examination of Venezuelans being accustomed to the politics of oil money and expecting the president to be a magician, a friendly exchange with a delegation from Nicaragua and a less friendly one with a foreign journalist. read full story / add a comment 
national / environment / event notice Wednesday March 06, 2013 11:36 by anon
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The Irish government is giving away our natural resources. Oil and Gas exploration licences have been handed out to big multi nationals under terms that mean the Irish people do not gain jobs, a revenue stream or security of supply. Practices with serious environmental consequences, such as fracking,are not ruled out under law. Our water is about to be sold off too and our fisheries have been damaged and given away to the EU. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 06, 2013 08:32 by Brian Clarke
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The time has come to elect a Queen of the Claddagh on International Women's Day . I propose Marian Price as our first Irish Republican Queen, who represents love, loyalty and honour. Who does not permit the perversion of the course of justice allowing Royal Prerogatives to be shredded by minions that usurp or pervert the law, with theft, wanton destruction and kidnap. read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday March 05, 2013 23:23 by FUSION SUNDAYS
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Dublins only ethnic bazaar!
Come Along to another amazing day out at the Fusion Sundays World Culture Market this Sunday the 10th of March in the Dublin Co.op! read full story / add a comment |
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