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national / eu / opinion/analysis Monday August 25, 2008 14:01 by Henk Ruyssenaars - Foreign correspondent
 2 comments (last - wednesday july 29, 2009 01:39)
The EU 'presidents' and prime ministers keep betraying the 490 million people in the 27 EU countries. To avoid another defeat, the managers of the EU decided not to hold any referenda at all, but the referendum in Ireland could not be avoided. The Irish European Affairs minister Roche however, said the Irish had to vote in another referendum. Until they vote Yes? read full story / add a comment
wicklow / environment / opinion/analysis Sunday August 24, 2008 20:29 by Mr.Peter Brady Alias.
THIS IS OUR FOURTH STATEMENT. read full story / add a comment
wicklow / environment / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 19, 2008 20:55 by Mr.Peter Brady.
This is our third statement. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Sunday August 17, 2008 19:22 by shane mc loughlin
The discussion on reintroducing third level fees has certainly begun. But has the debate gone wide enough? Are we unduly focusing in on third level education funding without orientating the debate amongst wider budgetary issues? read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday August 15, 2008 23:42 by Larussa
23 comments (last - thursday january 01, 2009 20:45)  1 image
Over the past week English-language press, newspapers and TV, have been blaming Russia for the recent events in the Caucasus. Here are some pictures for comparison. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Friday August 15, 2008 12:03 by Mark C
7 comments (last - sunday august 17, 2008 22:06)
My wife was pregnant with twins this time last year and it got me thinking about Avril Monaghan, the woman who died, pregnant with twins, in the Omagh bombing. This is a short piece that I wrote at the time, remembering that tragic day in general, and those hugely unfortunate twins in particular. I'm sharing it here to commerorate these people on the tenth anniversary of their deaths. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday August 14, 2008 19:51 by john throne
28 comments (last - wednesday august 20, 2008 23:10) 2 images
The US puppet regime in Georgia thought it could retake S. Ossetia and Abkhazia. It underestimated the revival of Russian power. Now its US and Israeli military has been crushed and the regime is in tatters. This represents a change in world relations. Russia has now shown it is prepared to intervene militarily beyond its borders. This will mean that the russian minorities in the former Soviet republics will become much more assertive. this in turn will mean that the governments of these countries will have to pay more heed to Russia. And the sige of Bush only able to wring his hands in china while his boy was getting whipped in Georgia will strengthen all Anti uS forces worldwide. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 12, 2008 14:14 by John McCoy
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The Association Of Electrical Contractors Ireland (AECI) have attemped to put the blame for the bad deal for Employers under the current Electrical REA on the other Employers Body Involved in The Electrical Registered Employment Agreement. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Sunday August 10, 2008 16:23 by Sean Matthews(personal capacity)
4 comments (last - saturday august 16, 2008 18:53) 1 image
When it comes to ‘spin’, ‘bling’ and ‘mantra’ Sinn Fein are masters in disguise and a mouthpiece of New Labour read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Sunday August 10, 2008 10:00 by Jim O'Brien
1 comment (last - sunday august 10, 2008 10:58) 3 images 1 attached file
Maybe it is not the sort of anti government story Sir Anthony would want. Minister Martin Cullen padding around in his first class pajamas on his first class flight to China has vanished, replaced by: "Cabinet opposed to across-the-board pay rises By RONALD QUINLAN ACROSS-the-board pay rises look like an increasingly unlikely outcome from the national pay talks as the Government attempts to rein in inflation and protect employment as the economic downturn continues." read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Sunday August 10, 2008 02:33 by Concerned
4 comments (last - tuesday august 12, 2008 09:40) 2 images
Disinterred Bodies read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Saturday August 09, 2008 16:00 by shane mc loughlin
2 comments (last - tuesday august 12, 2008 02:47)
Michael Casey, a former chief economist today wrote an article in 'The Irish Times' entitled "Killing the myth that Ireland's wealth has poisoned its values" in which he attempting to dispel the 'myth' that wealth has poisoned Irish peoples values. In response, he is most certainly correct in believing that wealth cannot 'determine' a societies derision of values, but neglects to paint a clearer understanding of how wealth and values converge. In response, it could be argued that wealth opens the door to new 'negative' value thinking as it can close the door to others. Furthermore, as I will show, some of his own comments in the article require further careful consideration. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Saturday August 09, 2008 10:25 by Ciaron
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Walking through the streets of Dublin, Ireland, after the Paul Kelly's gig http://www.paulkelly.com.au/ last night, I thought I should write this reflection. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Saturday August 09, 2008 00:49 by FactSeeker
32 comments (last - thursday august 14, 2008 17:58) 3 images  2 video files  1 audio file
Amidst the fog of war, and lack of media on the ground, it's anybody's guess as to what is actually going on there at the minute. It is claimed that Russian aircraft attacked military and other targets in Georgia (Russia denies any such attacks happened, and Georgia claims to have shot down some of the aircraft) and a large number of Russian tanks has crossed the border. Each side claims the other fired the first shot. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday August 07, 2008 23:41 by Mark C
10 comments (last - monday july 27, 2009 18:23) 1 video file
The mainstream media continues to broadcast sanitised images from embedded reporters that have passed through the official channels in order to lessen the effects of the brutality of the so-called "War on Terror". Below is a collection of images gleaned from the web that show the reality of the "War on Terror", the human cost. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday August 07, 2008 19:01 by Arnold Capp
Idealists and utopians would claim that this phenomenon is the beginning of the disentanglement of the public sphere and political debate from the traditional dominance of political parties, big business, corporate media and vested interests who dictate what can and cannot be discussed, what is relevant and what is news-worthy. The political participation of the ordinary citizen could eventually be conducted entirely through electronic means. Instead of representative government it is suggested in the future technology will enable all citizens to engage in the ongoing political debate. The pattern whereby citizens vote at the end of each government term with paper ballots could be replaced with a form of direct democracy. History would have turned full circle as a global village like the ancient Greek city states would decide its priorities bypassing the traditional power structure of wealth and power. But is this realistic? read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / opinion/analysis Thursday August 07, 2008 01:26 by Anthony Sheridan
5 comments (last - tuesday august 12, 2008 04:13)
The recent GAA controversy involving Kerry captain Paul Galvin and the ongoing DCC/Fyffes scandal are both indicative of how wrongdoing is dealt with in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday August 06, 2008 11:10 by brendan butler
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The NGO Peace alliance is joined woth the International Committee of Human rights -Swiss section to encourage people who do not wish to be represented by their governmwent represenratives to use their own personal initiative and join up and register with with www.boycottceremony.com read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Tuesday July 29, 2008 14:31 by Tracy Donegan
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Irish women are often starved in labour despite there being significant benefits to eating - and significant risks to being starved. Why hasn't Irish medical care caught up with the 21st Century? Should women eat and drink freely in labour ? Read on..... read full story / add a comment
antrim / gender and sexuality / opinion/analysis Sunday July 27, 2008 20:42 by Belfast WSM
3 comments (last - monday august 04, 2008 13:50)
“Where pride once mobilised, it now marshals that consensus as our anger and frustration into a range of diversionary shopping opportunities. The battle is no longer about(if it ever has been) equality and acceptance, but liberation and simply survival as human beings against a system galloping towards the abyss.” read full story / add a comment |
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