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national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Wednesday September 27, 2006 16:50 by Peader De Bluit
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Peader De Bluit Tá an teanga Gaelach mar chuid lárnach de shaol na tíre seo. Is teanga fíor-stairiúl í an Gaeilge. Sí an céad teanga scríofa an Eoraip, agus ó shin i leith tá mórán athruithe feicithe aici, cosúil leis na hathruithe a tháinig ar an tír féin. Ní hí an teanga céanna a labhair Cú Chulainn, ná fiú an teanga céanna a labhraíodh nuair a bhí na Gaill ag iarraidh a lámh láidir a chur i bhfeidhm anseo. In ainneoin sin áfach sí ár dteanga fós í agus tá se de dhualgas againne í a labhairt agus a bheith bródúil aisti. read full story / add a comment
national / racism & migration related issues / opinion/analysis Wednesday September 27, 2006 11:46 by Kimmage Red
In another vainglorious attempt to misuse electronics to exclude, the newly-erected Tánaiste intends to make it an offence of the State to be a non-EU national without good reason to be in Ireland. Non-EU nationals, including one might assume North Americans, New Zealanders and those sexy Brazilian dancers - you know, good migrants? - will be asked to prove that they have good reason to be shopping in Carroll's O'Connell Bridge. In other words, the burden of proof that one is not a ‘foreign national’ lies on the individual. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Tuesday September 26, 2006 11:04 by Dermot
I wonder am I alone in thinking, when presented with a collective picture of career politicians smiling on the steps of the Dail, that the elected members of that house might have difficulty finding their arse with both hands. It is little wonder that the grinning gombeens are smiling like a cats after a bowl of cream. read full story / add a comment 
international / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Monday September 25, 2006 20:40 by iosaf .:. ipsiphi
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Many eyes at the moment are on the UK's "new Labour" party leadership. Tony Blair the man who became the youngest ever leader of the "labour party" & then renamed the party which once had been a movement. He went on to become the longest running prime minister in British history apart from the historic & ghastly Thatcher, Disraeli & Gladstone. His regime saw quite a few key incidental & tragic deaths, constitional reform in Scotland, Wales, London and the northern Ireland statelet, & a commitment to war coached in his namesake's Eric Blair (George Orwell's) "big Brother's peace". We know he lied many times to parliament, people, party & even we presume his Queen. What made many of us choke on the splinters was his assertion (july 2004) that "he couldn't lie". In many ways his style put "sociopathy" into social democracy whilst all the time pushing a vague concept of "meritocracy"......" if you can lie through your teeth you may be one of us someday!" read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Monday September 25, 2006 16:08 by ronan
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"The first sequence with Caine is what started me hating the whole thing, summing up the political depth of the implied critique by the soundtrack of Radiohead and the Beatles; might as well have namechecked George Monbiot while they were at it. " read full story / add a comment 
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Monday September 25, 2006 13:09 by nothing leftist
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Monday morning rant. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday September 24, 2006 19:18 by Kevtin T. Walsh
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And the other side........Development, Racing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The Celtic Tiger that is sometimes called the 'Pussycat' Rolf Harris 1960's 'Two little boys......; moral being, one assist the other to get back up on the horse. read full story / add a comment 
louth / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 17:58 by Sean Crudden
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In an atmosphere of hustle, hassle, harass, hurry it is difficult to think straight. Even those who can think under pressure would surely think more clearly if there were peace. We need to settle down and get our heads together because we are approaching a decisive political cross-roads in Ireland. There may be tiredness and frustration on one hand and powerful, discordant and divisive voices on the other. Now is not the time to allow ourselves to be manipulated any further. Every individual must assert his and her rights and think clearly for themselves. read full story / add a comment 
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 16:30 by John McDermott
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"Me Ma said that uncle Phil died,when he was 75 in a place where only rich people went for medical treatment when they got ill.There was no waitin lists or queus there as long as you had plenty of money.It was in a posh part of the city too out past Ballsbridge. I was grown up then and runnin the country of course. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 15:48 by Dec McCarthy
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Rice’s new’ Middle East is depressingly and wearyingly familiar to anyone with even a cursory knowledge of the history of imperialist interventions in the region. Just like those British and French colonialists who sat over maps a century ago redrawing boundaries across the Middle East, the US, the UK and the Israelis imagine they can shape a subcontinent regardless of the needs or desires of the majority of the people who live there. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 12:03 by Mark Malone
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The Irish government’s explicit support for Shell’s proposed development in Rossport, against the demands and wishes of a large proportion of the locally affected community, exemplifies not only the highly organised and funded public relation strategy that Shell and its partners have used. It also highlights the massive democratic deficit in this country. In a broader sense corporate Public Relations, and it’s close links to government, is perhaps one of the most potent factors in curtailing meaningful democracy. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 10:18 by John O'Shea
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The need for an international standing army to prevent horrendous massacres is no more clearly demonstrated than in the case of Sudan's cursed Darfur zone, which is in free fall. The risk to civilians there is greater now than at any time since the conflict first erupted. The African Union peacekeepers' mandate expires at the end of this month, and Sudan has rejected entry of a UN peacekeeping force. Aid agencies - the lifeline for 2.5 million people - are threatening to pull out as a result of the direct targeting of humanitarians, leaving the already devastated civilian population further exposed and at risk. Sudan plans instead to send in a large number of its own troops. Given the government's record, it seems quite likely that - with international observers out of the way - Khartoum can get on with the business of completing the genocide that it already under way. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / arts and media / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 03:16 by Pinhead
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Lightswitch is a Dublin based production company promising to bring theatre goers the 'ridiculously serious and the seriously ridiculous.' If its chaotic humour and a theatre of the absurd they aspire to then through a healthy mangling of a Greek classic with Antigone Interactive, they hit the nail partially on the head but falter at the point of audience interaction and political depth. The Antigone lead comes across oozing sassy stylistic rebellion like a photo shot prepped baile funk star MIA - all gun belt for show and Che Guevara t-shirt as poseurish portend to an inevitable martyrdom for ritually burying her brother against her father's edicts. read full story / add a comment 
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 02:57 by Paul Baynes
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During the week of the annual conference of the IMF and the World Bank, some thoughts on the nature of employment in the current phase of globalisation. More and more, workers throughout the so-called developing world are relying on low paid, unstable employment in the informal economy. read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday September 21, 2006 21:15 by Denmann
Pointers to organizing a purpose-driven group without relinquishing control to a boss. read full story / add a comment
national / health / disability issues / opinion/analysis Thursday September 21, 2006 11:41 by Miriam Cotton
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I have to take issue with Fergus Finlay’s article in last Tuesday's Irish Examiner (‘Aisling’s story shows how special people are doing it for themselves’). read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday September 21, 2006 10:12 by W L Blower
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Just in case anyone in the SEELB area was wondering who the Governments appointed commissioners are. As you can see they represent a wide range of views that will enable them to make the right choices for the children, parents and employees in the area. Just checking there are two blue moons in the sky, and the pigs are on the runway ready for take off!!!! Douglas Osler- Chairman of the Scottish Conservative policy advisory group. Joan Christie O.B.E- Company Director, Chair of Ballymoney District policing partnership, Deputy Lieutenant of the county. Lawson McDonald-Accountant and former senior executive with the investment agency the Industrial Development Board. Pat Carvill-Former permanent secretary of the Department of education and the Department of finance and personnel in Northern Ireland, Member of the Government appointed Advisory Council of the Partnership UK 2002/03. PUK works with its public sector partners to deliver PFI/PPP solutions. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday September 21, 2006 01:40 by Radical Student
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By Dermot Keenan The start of the 2006 / 2007 academic years brings with it, for the first time, the burden of top up fees on new students. Previously, most students in Britain and the North (except Scottish students studying in Scotland) pay a contribution towards their tuition fees (anything from £0-£1,250 a year). read full story / add a comment
international / environment / opinion/analysis Thursday September 21, 2006 01:33 by Martin Hogan
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Gore places the scientific facts of global warming in a real life context that captures the attention of all but the most apathetic. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Wednesday September 20, 2006 17:53 by chomh glic le fear dlí
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This week Michael McDowell was on Today FM - he claimed that his party is a party of vision but then went on to say that the PDs propose to take an idea from the UK - to have Garda stations with bad records of solving crime inspected on a regular basis. read full story / add a comment |
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