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meath / environment / news report Wednesday March 04, 2009 14:04 by TD
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to follow. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday March 04, 2009 00:28 by Kev
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On Tuesday 3rd March members and supporters of the Irish Anti War Movement and Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign staged a symbolic hour long protest at the Eircom HQ on Military Road in Dublin. read full story / add a comment
tyrone / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday March 03, 2009 11:00 by Workers Solidarity
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There is no money left, it’s all gone. At least that’s what you might think after listening to Peter Robinson, Caitriona Ruane, and the parade of capitalist economists and pundits who parrot this nonsense. Yes, we are heading into a deep recession but guess who is expected to pay the cost? read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday March 02, 2009 22:17 by Internationalist
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Ógra Shinn Féin recently (17 – 19 Feb) attended an International Festival in Corsica. The Scontri Internaziunali, was organised by youth movement Ghjuventú Indipendentista, and held in Corte, the historic Capital of the Corsican Nation. The festival was organised to celebrate the diversity of culture, language and heritage in small occupied nations, and the various movement’s struggle for emancipation and freedom. read full story / add a comment
national / education / news report Monday March 02, 2009 16:47 by J.Carax
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Free Education for Everyone held its first National Conference on Saturday, January 31st. Over forty student activists traveled from UCD, TCD, Maynooth, Galway, Limerick and Cork. read full story / add a comment 
international / gender and sexuality / news report Monday March 02, 2009 14:59 by amnesty1
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8,000 girls are mutilated every single day around the world. You can help make it stop. Log on to http://www.amnesty.ie/endfgm read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / news report Monday March 02, 2009 12:03 by Andrew Flood & Ashanti Alston
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US Anarchist Ashanti Alston who is speaking at the Anarchist Bookfair in Dublin this March 7th has spent that last few days speaking at meetings in Cork and Galway and hanging out with anarchists in Dublin. In this interview recorded last night in Kilmainham he talks about his visit to Ireland, the post Seattle anarchist wave in the USA, the formation of Anarchist People Of Color (APOC) the current capitalist crisis and the need to seize the moment. read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday March 01, 2009 20:02 by TD
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Yesterday, activists with Galway, Free Palestine Campaign in solidarity with Israeli Apartheid Week (1st to 8th March) and in harmony with the "chorus of international opposition to Israeli apartheid and to bolster support for the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign" manned an informaton table in Shop Street dispensing flyers on what Israeli goods/foodstuffs and their purveyors to boycott and gathering signatures for a petition calling on the Board of Eircom "To exclude from consideration the IBM consortium , which includes the Israeli based company Amdocs, for the soon to be awarded contract to provide your company with a new computer billing system." read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday February 28, 2009 23:58 by Cormac Mac Gall
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As part of International Solidarity with the Basque Country Week, the Irish Basque Solidarity Committees invited a representative of Kamaradak to speak at a number of venues in Dublin and Belfast. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Saturday February 28, 2009 21:35 by Contaminated Crow
A powerline, water extraction, a sewage treatment plant, a telemast, a LNG pipeline, a landfill and a windfarm read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday February 28, 2009 19:21 by Cormac Mac Gall
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International organisations condemn Spanish use of torture and repression while the Basque movement steps up resistance and calls for international solidarity with its struggle. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Friday February 27, 2009 22:52 by Saoirse
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An open letter to the President of the GAA protesting at the presence of the England Rugby team in Croke Park on Saturday February 28. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Friday February 27, 2009 18:20 by stop shell
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Check out Shell's application under Section 40 of the Gas Act and write to Eamon Ryan before the 9th March. Section 40 Application & Environmental Impact Statement http://www.corribgaspipeline.com/index.php?page=section-40-application read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / news report Friday February 27, 2009 17:02 by dunk
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Al Gore: "I believe we have reached the stage where it is time for civil disobedience to prevent the construction of new coal plants." Next Monday The largest act of civil disobedience will happen against global warming in the US. A large protest has been called at a coal-fired plant in Washington, D.C, 11,000 people are expected. In the days leading up to the protest, youth climate activists are organizing a conference called Power Shift ’09. Thousands of student activists plan to lobby lawmakers on Capitol Hill, urging them to rebuild the economy through bold climate and clean energy policy. Looks like the "climate camp movement" is continuing to grow globally and momentum is building in the lead up to COP15... Ireland too are organising thing for this summer. Also Greenpeace´s "lawful excuse" court battle win might open the flood gates for more direct action... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday February 26, 2009 12:27 by ISM Gaza Strip
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24th February 2009 Khoza'a, Khan Younis , Gaza Strip: Palestinian farmers, accompanied by international human rights workers, were fired upon by Israeli forces in the village of Khozaa, near Khan Younis, this morning. The farmers and human rights workers were attempting to work on land around 300m from the Green Line. read full story / add a comment 
waterford / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Thursday February 26, 2009 11:01 by James McBarron
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The workers at Waterford Crystal occupying the plant are an example to us all. Rather than accept the closure of the business, the loss of all the jobs and the destruction of the area’s premier industry; workers seized the buildings making liquidation impossible for the receiver. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday February 26, 2009 03:18 by pl
Under the title: The "proconsul" is leaving, but he is continuing with subversion, the newspaper said the mentioned figure has left his post, after enjoying two years of salary, to join Creative Associates International, a company of the gloomy CIA. read full story / add a comment
national / racism & migration related issues / news report Wednesday February 25, 2009 20:13 by Joe Moore
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At present a number of Nigerian people are being checked onto a chartered flight to Lagos. These are not holiday makers but people who came to this country to seek refugee status. They are now however victims of the racist policies been implemented by the Irish government. The plane is due to leave at 9.30pm. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday February 25, 2009 15:54 by Diarmuid
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The Dublin branch of Irish Basque Solidarity Committees held a protest against repression and torture in the Basque Country on Saturday February 14th in O'Connell Street, the main street of Ireland's capital city. They also linked in with the celebration of the late Bob Doyle, last of the Irish who fought in Spain against Franco 1936 -- 39. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday February 24, 2009 18:22 by Teachers United
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