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offsite link The Losing Battle to Get Public Sector ?TWaTs? Back in the Office Thu Jul 25, 2024 19:06 | Richard Eldred
Years on from Covid, Civil Service 'TWaTs' (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday office workers) are harming productivity and leaving desks empty. The Telegraph's Tom Haynes explains how this remote work trend affects us all.
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With an £80 million revenue drop and growing calls for a licence fee boycott, BBC bosses are struggling to prove that Britain's biggest broadcaster remains worth the cost.
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The Government is using the excuse of 'climate change' to justify the largest taxpayer 'investment' in wind and solar farms in British history.
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kilkenny / animal rights / news report Thursday March 12, 2009 14:13 by Bernie Wright   text 3 comments (last - sunday march 29, 2009 01:45)   image 1 image
The Alliance for Animal Rights who are totally opposed to the use of animals are glad to hear of a welcome development in Ormonde College, kilkenny.We hope the use of audio-visual approaches as opposed to animal experiments at Ormond college will spread within the research community.

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mayo / crime and justice / news report Thursday March 12, 2009 08:56 by Rudiger   text 14 comments (last - tuesday march 31, 2009 13:50)   image 4 images   video 1 video file
Yesterday evening Shell to Sea spokesperson Maura Harrington was sentenced to 28 days in prison in relation to an assault charge arising from the incident at Pollathomais Pier on the 11th June 2007. This was the incident in which Garda led by Superintendent Joe Gannon with the assistance of a Shell digger forced their way onto private property, against the wishes of the landowner, so that Shell could place a portacabin at the base of the pier. Maura Harrington has been brought to Mountjoy Prison.

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national / consumer issues / news report Thursday March 12, 2009 01:00 by Shell to Sea   text 2 comments (last - monday march 16, 2009 14:49)   image 5 images   video 1 video file
Sentenced to one month in prison for protesting against Shell
Another Shell to Sea protester was imprisoned today when retired school teacher Maura Harrington was given a one month sentence for supposedly assaulting a garda on June 11th 2007. She received a round of applause from the people in the court as she was led off the the prison van, much to the judge's displeasure.

Harrington was also ordered to pay a one thousand euro fine and one thousand euro to the Garda benevolent fund (she refused to agree to the latter). She arrived in Dublin tonight to be held in Mountjoy Prison on the North Circular Road. There was the usual heavy police presence, and when supporters gathered around the van to let her know they were there, the gardaí responded in the only way they know how, with violence.
Since the protests against Shell started a large number of people have been injured by garda actions. Some have even been hospitalised, but not a single garda has been pros read full story / add a comment
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dublin / animal rights / news report Wednesday March 11, 2009 20:25 by Stephan Wymore   text 2 comments (last - thursday march 12, 2009 13:07)   image 2 images
On March 10th more than 50 ARAN members and supporters came and went during our lively lunchtime demonstration outside the EU Parliament offices in Dublin to urge Irish MEP’s to support an upcoming vote for a ban on seal ‘products’ from Canada into Europe. The aim of the demonstration was also to raise vital awareness of the campaign to passersby and members of the public. Tons of leaflets, bumper stickers and posters were distributed to educate and raise further awareness. As with all of ARAN’s work, we strive to ensure education is our primary focus. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday March 11, 2009 17:25 by Pollytix   text 107 comments (last - monday april 06, 2009 10:43)   image 8 images   video 6 video files
Veteran Shell to Sea Campaigner, Maura Harrington has just been sentenced to 28 days imprisonement in Mountjoy this evening. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday March 11, 2009 13:59 by Cormac Mac Gall   text 7 comments (last - thursday march 12, 2009 19:23)   image 2 images
Amid a wave of state repression against the Basque independence movement including the banning of its parties, the recent elections in the three south-western provinces of the Basque Country, the "Basque Autonomous Region", nevertheless resulted in 101,000 votes cast for the pro-independence Left. However, the exclusion of a significant section of the Basque nationalist spectrum, while not opposed by the conservative majority Basque nationalist party, looks like ending that party's tenure of power in the Basque Parliament. read full story / add a comment
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galway / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday March 11, 2009 11:45 by Medusa   text 3 comments (last - saturday march 14, 2009 14:04)   image 5 images
A Teach-in/Entertainment organised by Galway Shell to Sea, on the theme of “the resources of Ireland belong to the people of Ireland.” read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday March 10, 2009 11:23 by Ruairí Mac   text 2 comments (last - wednesday march 11, 2009 19:13)
Sinn Féin have organised a Day of Action to take place across the State to protest against the lack of any far sighted and fair proposals by the Government to deal with the ever deepening economic crisis.

A protest is to take place outside Mary Coughlan’s office in Donegal Town and will start at 3pm and local Sinn Féin have urged people to come out and support the action. read full story / add a comment
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antrim / anti-capitalism / news report Monday March 09, 2009 21:11 by Belfast WSM   text 3 comments (last - tuesday april 07, 2009 18:32)   image 1 image
Over 50 people packed the Gallery Room in the An Culturlann on the Falls Road last Tuesday evening to listen to a speech delivered by the Anarchist Panther Ashanti Alston.
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dublin / anti-capitalism / news report Sunday March 08, 2009 21:22 by Andrew   text 16 comments (last - wednesday march 25, 2009 16:38)   image 14 images   video 2 video files   audio 8 audio files
In the region of 1,000 people attended the Dublin 2009 Anarchist bookfair at Liberty Hall on Saturday. From the time doors opened at 10.30 to 6pm a constant stream of people came into the venue to browse the books, listen to the speakers or to take part in workshops and discussions. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Sunday March 08, 2009 17:40 by Contaminated Crow
A composting plant, a wind farm, water extraction, a landfill, electricity interconnectors and coal prospecting read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday March 08, 2009 11:16 by James   text 11 comments (last - sunday march 15, 2009 20:59)   image 1 image
Over 10 000 protest against Israeli participation in the Davis cup being hosted in Malmo Sweden read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Saturday March 07, 2009 13:26 by Teachers United
Teachers have voted to take industrial action, which may include a strike, over education cuts and the pension levy.

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international / crime and justice / news report Saturday March 07, 2009 04:42 by dissident   text 1 comment (last - monday march 09, 2009 14:03)
Reports are just coming in over the wires that the website of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has been hacked.A dummy page , (http://www.unodc.net/Jobs.html) has been uploaded.which has a message everyone with an interest in drugs policy should read, and then act upon. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / news report Saturday March 07, 2009 03:15 by Jonathan Head   text 1 comment (last - saturday march 07, 2009 03:54)   video 2 video files
Freedom of expression

When asked to explain what kind of content had brought about the charge, the police refused to comment, saying it was too sensitive.

But one officer, who did not want to be named, told the BBC it was comments about the monarchy posted by readers on the website at the end of last year that were at issue.

The Thai authorities have been increasingly intolerant of perceived criticism of the monarchy in recent months.

Thousands of websites have been blocked, and a number of people charged and arrested, including a well-known academic, who fled to Britain before he could be detained.

However the use of the severe lese-majeste law has provoked widespread condemnation around the world, and a campaign by academics to have the law changed.

By instead invoking the new computer crimes law - passed just 18 months ago - the authorities may be hoping to stifle debate about the monarchy without stirring up another outcry over freedom of expression in Thailand.

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national / gender and sexuality / news report Friday March 06, 2009 19:51 by Feminist   text 2 comments (last - saturday march 07, 2009 16:29)   video 2 video files
Ógra Shinn Féin have produced the following short film for International Women's Day (Monday 8 March '09).

We hope you enjoy, and promote this celebration of women in struggle, past and present.
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international / gender and sexuality / news report Friday March 06, 2009 10:59 by Aileen O’Carroll   text 5 comments (last - monday march 03, 2014 00:57)   image 1 image
There are a few ways in which International Women's Day can be approached. It can be ignored. This is what mostly happens in the mainstream media. Unlike Valentines Day and Mothers Day, cards aren't given and presents aren't bought. With no profit to be made out of it, the day is not exactly one that jumps out and grabs the attention.
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national / arts and media / news report Friday March 06, 2009 07:14 by Michael Gallagher   text 2 comments (last - sunday march 08, 2009 19:55)   image 1 image
A new media project is coming to Dublin soon. Beginning in March/April 2009, Inner City News will arrive in your locality. Focusing on our new publication with enthusiasm, our goal is to inform communities -to the best of our ability- on all that is happening in their areas.

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international / arts and media / news report Thursday March 05, 2009 18:15 by Laois Man   text 17 comments (last - wednesday january 06, 2016 22:34)   image 1 image
What is happening?

IRMA, the Irish Recorded Music Association, wants to block Irish Internet users' access to certain websites. They have written letters to Irish Internet providers telling them, under threat of legal action, to allow IRMA to tell them what websites to block. Eircom has already agreed to this. They will settle every application for website blocking out of court. No sites have been blocked yet. We have limited time to act before the bans are set.

A copy of the letter sent out to Irish ISPs has been kindly made available by Michele Neylon of Blacknight Solutions. Read it here. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / news report Thursday March 05, 2009 01:36 by Conor.M   text 21 comments (last - friday april 24, 2009 07:50)
The new group formed in Swords called SEED is a social group set up to facilitate different opinions and to introduce alternative and radical ideas for 'newcomers' to activism.

In a town like Swords, which has been disgustingly overdeveloped with no social facilities, it is important for young people interested in taking control of their lives to come together to share their experiences and ideas to re-establish a sense of community and to work together to make a better and more sustainable society for all. read full story / add a comment
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