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national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 11, 2009 10:34 by proon4
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The incident on Frontline 9/11/2009 between Alan O Brien and Pat Kenny read full story / add a comment
sligo / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Monday November 09, 2009 21:08 by North West Red
3 comments (last - tuesday november 10, 2009 17:53)
Sligo's demonstration was one of a series of marches organised on both sides of the border by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) to campaign against cutbacks in pay and essential public services being imposed by both the Dublin and Stormont administrations. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / opinion/analysis Monday November 09, 2009 19:00 by Declan Cullen
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Dear Reader: With all the talk of recession, bank bail outs, jobs losses, swine flu etc, the people of Ireland are being distracted from one of the most significant, disgusting and oppressive taxes, i.e Carbon tax, which the government are hoping to burden the country with. This tax will drive the price of food via an increase in transport costs, and the proposed farm animal tax will also further drive the price of meat up at source adding injury to insult.
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fermanagh / animal rights / opinion/analysis Monday November 09, 2009 16:29 by Bernie Wright
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Hotelier plans to throw turkeys off tower to see if they fly ... This was the brainchild of a hotelier Joe Mahon who now wanted to throw turkeys from a 100ft roof for fun to see if they can fly. It’s a stunt for publicity by this sick bumkin in Fermanagh. However as he now says he never said 'live' in his news release he insists he is using toy turkeys. Response received from Joe Mahon- This is the response several folk have had from Joe Mahon - read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Monday November 09, 2009 12:31 by Paddy Hackett
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It is not possible to achieve a communist society in Ireland through social revolution. This is because, if such a society were realized, it would be easily crushed by the imperialist states that surround it. read full story / add a comment 
national / education / opinion/analysis Friday November 06, 2009 02:37 by Edufactory
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The Irish Congress of Trade Unions is today holding a national day of protest against pay cuts in the public and private sectors, as well as cuts in public services. The move marks the beginning of an ICTU campaign to fight any move to cut workers’ pay and pensions or to slash funding for public services. Several trade unions in the education sector are calling on workers to join a protest, starting at Parnell Square at 2:30pm. Staff and students in UCD are assembling outside the Arts Block today at 1pm before heading into Trinity College to join up with other members of the Siptu education branch at 2:15pm. * 1pm UCD Arts Block: students & students and staff meet up to head into Trinity College * 2:15pm Trinity College: SIPTU Education Branch meets before heading to Parnell Square for the march. * 2:30pm Parnell Square: The march kicks-off read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 04, 2009 20:46 by Michael Murphy
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This is a response to the SWP's reply which appeared on thier website in late August. Their material was in reply to previous Socialist Party material on the issues of left co-operation, new mass workers party and left election slates. The Socialist Party believes our reply is an accuarte assesment of the discussions that took place among groups on the left in the run in to the recent local elections and outlines our views on many of the issues facing the left. We believe there should be a left slate for the next general election and we hope our reply can assist that process. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 04, 2009 17:32 by SSN
The government is trying to make ordinary people pay for the financial crisis. NAMA will bail out the property developers and wealthy bankers who caused this crisis to the tune of up to €90billion. This will be done by savaging public services, slashing the wages of ordinary workers, throwing lots more workers on to the dole and cutting social welfare. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 03, 2009 22:23 by Ed Moran
3 comments (last - monday november 09, 2009 18:27)
Today’s publication of An Bord Pleanala’s ruling (4 page statement) amounts to a rejection of the Corrib Pipeline application. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Sunday November 01, 2009 22:13 by Paddy Hackett
Generally speaking "moaning" on the Joe Duffy show is about as far as the resistance has gone. The Joe Duffy show is the modern substitute for popular resistance.Indeed the Cowan government succeeded in demobilising mass protests that were to be mounted over six months ago. He is trying it again by engaging in current talks with the trade union leadership. Dont they just luv when Brian calls them in to talk with him. How they suck up to him. read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Sunday November 01, 2009 14:51 by Tara Tara Tara
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The Mound of the Hostages... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Sunday November 01, 2009 12:53 by Sean Crudden
1 comment (last - sunday november 01, 2009 19:35)
Is suicide the irrational act of a capricious and headstrong person? Ill considered? Is it caused by an outside agency - family, an unfaithful boyfriend, a bully boss, loss of a job, bankruptcy, depression, anger, illiberal education, calumny or any other of the ills that flesh is heir to? The psychiatric services seem to find the problem of suicide impregnable and, indeed, neuroleptic medication - anti-depressants in particular - seem to be implicated in a negative way in many a suicide. Alcoholic drink is often involved if not as a cause then at least as a catalyst for suicide. read full story / add a comment 
national / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Saturday October 31, 2009 15:26 by ipsiphi .:. (ipsi)(phi...) / i(psi...)(phi)
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As I write thousands of people, the vast ,majority of them Irish are assembling at the largest public worship building on this island in eager expectation of a Marian apparition. The Roman Catholic church runs Knock and played a vital role in the building of the basilica, local economy, airport & marian cult. Mary is thought by Catholics to have made her first apparition within a generation of the death of Paul and the apostles on a column perhaps more apt for a sceptic philosopher in what is now the Aragonese city of Zaragossa. Since then she has been held to appear on a roughly bicentianeal basis throughout Europe with some notable gigs in Latin America, none in Africa or Asia. This might tell us more about the kind of people who see, expect to see or have thought they have seen her than it would indicate any particular favouritism on her part. Each time she has appeared she has been reported as bringing news for the world, after all & not just the typically poor communities. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Friday October 30, 2009 14:44 by Speaker Paul B recorded by Andrew
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Recording of a WSM branch education that looks at 'what is class' and outlines many of the different classifications that have been used before asking whether this is right approach to the question at all. Followed by a brief discussion of class in relation to Joe Duffy phone ins demanding a public sector pay cut. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday October 29, 2009 01:22 by Paul Kinsella
It would be great That, When Whole Workplaces Come Out on the Day Of Action on November 6th, if they March En Masse from their Workplace to the Protest venues. This has happened before on the PAYE Tax Marches for example. Of course, I'm not suggesting that those working far out in the suburbs such as Coolock or Tallaght, or those working outside the Provincial Centres March into town. They should charter buses and car pool, as it Seems Very Likely that Public Transport Will Stop At Least for Several Hours on November 6th. read full story / add a comment
national / education / opinion/analysis Tuesday October 27, 2009 22:08 by Emily Smith
In the Summer of 2008 it was confirmed that Ireland's economy was in recession. At the same time thousands of people received the results of their degrees. This article looks at how the recession has affected the graduates of 2008, a group whose struggles have been under-reported in the media and some of those graduates relate their experiences, within the last year, of jobseeking, social welfare and further education. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Thursday October 22, 2009 13:49 by Hans Scholl
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Amnesty International has just released a new video of activists taking to the streets of Dublin demanding justice for those killed in the Gaza/Southern Israel conflict last January and says that the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories must not become an obstacle to investigations into serious violations of international law reported during the conflict in Gaza and southern Israel. Join their facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Amnesty-Ireland...ef=nf read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / opinion/analysis Wednesday October 21, 2009 02:52 by JM
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Corrib onshore gas pipeline application (An Bord Pleanala ref. 16 GA 0004, 16 DA 0004) 19th May – 25th June 2009 Produced by Pobal Chill Chomain July 2009 The attached document comprises the majority of questioning put to the applicant (Shell E&P Ireland Ltd) by An Bord Pleanala, and includes a summary of the verbal responses given (NOTE: questions from Thursday June 11th not included). This text is compiled from handwritten notes and should be read only as a guide to the hearing, in conjunction with the application particulars, Environmental Impact Statement, accompanying drawings and the various Briefs of Evidence and supplementary documents. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday October 19, 2009 21:32 by Michelle Clarke
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Something for people to consider during a irksome Recession and when vulnerabilities multiply, and people become further ostracised:- 'Where is the Life we have lost living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in Knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? Ireland has now embracing the status within the EU as an Knowledge Economy, so let us use the Knowledge minus the unwanted information to make proper health provision for the vulnerable and aged. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday October 15, 2009 21:56 by Emilio José Lemos de Lima
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For those people who dream and advocate a more radical solution, I let my suggestion: read "The five trillion that the "debt" have swallowed" and coolly examine the implementation of the budget over the past fifteen years. read full story / add a comment |
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