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national / animal rights / press release Thursday December 24, 2009 22:45 by Bernie Wright
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St Stephens Day and 2009 year end The 26th December will as usual have every pack of hounds in the country well-turned out and doing their annual PR piece for hunting. This of course distracts from the fact that all hunts except drag hunts are out to kill and terrorise animals. After all that is why they exist- to abuse animals for fun. They admit it!. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday December 24, 2009 11:19 by Freda Hughes and Fintan Lane
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IRELAND-PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN Press Release, 24/12/04 Minister Willie O'Dea insists on 'safe passage' for Irish trying to enter Gaza in Xmas bid to break siege Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea wrote to the Egyptian Embassy in Dublin on Wednesday requesting safe passage for Limerick woman Zoe Lawlor who is travelling to Gaza this Christmas to join the Gaza Freedom March. Minister O'Dea wrote, "As Minister of Defence in Ireland, I would ask that the Egyptian authorities assist her passage through the Rafah crossing and treat her fairly. The Irish Government is committed to a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and also to humanitarian relief for the people of Gaza." read full story / add a comment 
Noam Chomsky and Proinsias De Rossa pledge their support for Irish delegation to Gaza this Christmas
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday December 22, 2009 11:27 by Freda H
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Proinsias De Rossa MEP and Prof. Noam Chomsky have pledged their support to four teams from across Ireland who are traveling 4,000 miles across land to Gaza in Palestine to deliver ambulances and humanitarian aid to the besieged people of what yesterday Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheal Martin described as, "an open prison". read full story / add a comment
national / environment / press release Tuesday December 22, 2009 01:00 by Anti-foxhunting
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With Minister John Gormley poised to ban stag hunting, the group known as Farmers Against Foxhunting and Trespass (FAFT) has just issued the following statement calling for the abolition of all hunting with hounds in Ireland on the grounds that it threatens their livelihoods (crops, property destroyed etc) and criticises the IFA for failing to come down on the side of farmers menaced by hunting. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday December 21, 2009 11:45 by Shannonwatch
Shannonwatch are concerned at the ongoing use of Shannon airport by companies and planes associated with the illegal US rendition program. Since March 2009, five aircraft that have been identified by Amnesty International, the EU Parliament or other sources have been recorded there. One of these planes, a Gulfstream IV with registration N478GS made news in early October when it was met by British military helicopters on a runway at Birmingham International Airport. Six days later it was at Shannon, thus reawakening the possibility that the airport is still facilitating illegal kidnapping and torture. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday December 20, 2009 17:06 by Fintan Lane
IRELAND PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN PRESS RELEASE, 20/12/09 Irish citizens travel to Middle East in Christmas bid to break Israeli blockade on Gaza Following several months of fundraising, four teams from across Ireland departed on Saturday, 5 December, to travel 4,000 miles across land to Gaza in Palestine to deliver ambulances and humanitarian aid to the besieged people of that tiny region. Concerned Irish citizens from Cork, Derry, Dublin, Galway and Tyrone are bringing two ambulances, a mini-bus, and a truck filled with over 10 tonnes of humanitarian aid. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday December 18, 2009 21:59 by John Hurson
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On the 27th of December, 10 Irish people in 3 vehicles loaded with humanitarian aid will attempt to cross into Gaza. They will have spent 3 weeks on the road, and cover over 4,000 miles. They form part of a 250 vehicle convoy, driven by people from all over the World. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday December 15, 2009 13:10 by Amnesty Ireland
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The Irish Government is failing children with mental health difficulties. Urgent reform of the mental health system for children and young people under 18 years is desperately needed. In response, the Children’s Rights Alliance and Amnesty International Ireland have brought together 38 NGOs to form the Children’s Mental Health Coalition. The newly formed Coalition is today launching a manifesto and website www.childrensmentalhealth.ie to demand action from the Government. read full story / add a comment 
meath / animal rights / press release Tuesday December 15, 2009 00:17 by Bernie Wright
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The Minister for the Environment Mr. John Gormley was today urged to immediately suspend the licence he granted earlier in the autumn to the Ward Union Stag Hunt following a serious incident last Friday when a deer being hunted by the Ward Union was chased onto the main road between Ashbourne and Slane. The deer, which was hit by an on-coming Mercedes, was seriously injured and had to be put down at the scene. It had been seen exiting Seamus Dardis’s farm having begun its chase from Huntsman Pat Coyles premises. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday December 14, 2009 11:28 by KSI
Gathering on Wednesday 16th outside Turkish Embassy at 1pm. read full story / add a comment
kildare / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday December 13, 2009 13:59 by Republican Network for Unity Dublin
END POLITICAL INTERNMENT NOW! read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Thursday December 10, 2009 23:27 by RNU Kildare
Boots workers strike plans cancelled!! read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday December 09, 2009 20:16 by Fiona Tyrrell
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Momentous day for women's reproductive rights in Ireland Three women living in Ireland challenged Ireland’s ban on abortion on the grounds that the law jeopardised their health and their wellbeing in violation of their rights under the European Convention on Human Rights. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / press release Tuesday December 08, 2009 22:41 by Mairtin Og Meehan
Last month in it's 22ND report, the Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) alleged that Concerned Families Against Drugs (CFAD) were, 'a vigilante group who was responsible for a number of punishment shootings and pipe-bombings of suspected Drug Dealers' in the North Belfast area. Although, we were surprised and dismayed at these unfounded allegations, given that the IMC had not contacted CFAD before issuing its report. CFAD complained to the IMC through our legal representative and were subsequently invited to meet with the IMC today (8/12/09). read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday December 08, 2009 16:10 by Freda H
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On Wednesday 9th December 2009 at 6.30pm members of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign and concerned residents of the Dublin 15 area will hold a peaceful and unobtrusive protest against the presence of Israeli-made products in the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Tuesday December 08, 2009 15:38 by PRO Workers Solidarity Movement
Anarchist Organisation Workers Solidarity Movement (WSM) has described the leaders of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions Public Services Committee as “traitors who have connived with government to attack the wages and conditions of trade union members”, and has called on workers in all unions to unite and organise to “reclaim ownership of the trade unions and get rid of the traitors”. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday December 08, 2009 14:06 by Republican Network For Unity Dublin
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Official RNU Dublin website & other RNU websites read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday December 07, 2009 12:24 by Amnesty Ireland
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Twenty years ago, on 8 December 2009, the Irish Government ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). They refuse to re-ratify it, and have failed to deliver on it for the past twenty years. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday December 06, 2009 20:26 by Alan Davis
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Cork Women's Right to Choose Group issues statement of support for the women whose legal challenge to Ireland's abortion ban will be heard in Strasbourg on Wednesday (9th December) read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Sunday December 06, 2009 15:25 by Paddy Healy
Emergency Meeting of NPSA, this Monday at 7.30 in Teachers Club Public Services Committee of ICTU recommended a series of strikes against cuts in pay and pension and compulsory redundancies. One strike against pay cuts took place and another was called for last Thursday. PSC leaders entered talks with government. They deferred the strike without a written agreement that permanent pay cuts were off the table. They then entered sectoral talks. They finalised agreements on huge changes in each sector in written documents. The government then pulled the plug on the temporary nature of the pay cuts. read full story / add a comment |
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