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offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

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offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link How the Left Programmed Young People to Hate Tue Sep 16, 2025 11:45 | David Betz and Michael Rainsborough
The outpouring of glee at Charlie Kirk's cold-blooded murder reveals a generation of young people programmed to hate. And this is exactly as the Left has planned it, say Prof David Betz and Prof Michael Rainsborough.
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offsite link ?Hysterical? Anti-Trump Protesters Claim State Visit Could Lead to British Death Squads Tue Sep 16, 2025 09:00 | Will Jones
Anti-Donald Trump protesters have been accused of "hysterical scaremongering" after producing a film suggesting the US President's visit this week could lead to Britain being policed by paramilitary death squads.
The post “Hysterical” Anti-Trump Protesters Claim State Visit Could Lead to British Death Squads appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Tyler Robinson is Not ?Right-Wing?: Exposing the Left-Wing Hoax About Charlie Kirk?s Suspected Kille... Tue Sep 16, 2025 07:00 | Laurie Wastell
Despite a bullet reading "hey fascist! Catch", Left-wing media claim Tyler Robinson is "Right-wing". Anything to avoid facing the fact that political violence is a growing problem on the American Left, says Laurie Wastell.
The post Tyler Robinson is Not “Right-Wing”: Exposing the Left-Wing Hoax About Charlie Kirk’s Suspected Killer appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Tue Sep 16, 2025 01:52 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link Ed Miliband Costs Britain One Billion Barrels of North Sea Oil Mon Sep 15, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
Ed Miliband will cost Britain one billion barrels of North Sea oil and gas, official data confirm, as a sharp drop in output up to 2050 emerges ? a result of Labour imposing 78% taxes and a?ban on new drilling.
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offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

offsite link Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

offsite link The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

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national / public consultation / irish social forum / other press Saturday June 25, 2005 20:07 by James Sorensen
Review of Renewable Energy technologies for the elimination of the energy crisis and for Real Sustainable economic Development. read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum / other press Friday June 24, 2005 23:18 by Henk Ruyssenaars
It's not only their genocide in Iraq and Afghanistan: in England twenty-two-thousand old people died as a result of the cold last year. In Brussels however, the British PM shamelessly lied about his country as 'supporting a social Europe'. read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / other press Monday June 20, 2005 15:15 by Hans Beckman
Review of Sustainable Technologies for eradicating Hunger and for Real economic Progress.
Many Links to organic and sustainable technology web sites. read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum / news report Wednesday April 13, 2005 21:24 by The plain truth   text 22 comments (last - thursday january 03, 2008 15:03)
The unanimous decision by the Derry County Board of the GAA to oppose opening Croke Park to other sports, followed by probable similar decisions by all six northern counties, though not necessarily by the same margin, while disappointing is nevertheless unsurprising. read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum / event notice Friday March 18, 2005 00:15 by fresh off the press-   text 9 comments (last - saturday june 18, 2005 12:04)   image 1 image
The First Mediterranean Social Forum will be held in Barcelona from the 16th of June to the 18th of June 2005.

Your attendance is requested.
Your colaboration is requested. read full story / add a comment
louth / public consultation / irish social forum / opinion/analysis Friday February 25, 2005 14:21 by murphys   text 16 comments (last - wednesday march 09, 2005 12:44)
DUBLIN, Ireland (Reuters) -- They hit the headlines when there were too few. And now the humble spud is back in the limelight ... because there are too many. read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / event notice Thursday February 10, 2005 17:25 by Barney Hartnett
Barney Hartnett is a Socialist. He is also an active member of his union. In Ballymun on the north side of Dublin he has been editor of the local community paper "The Ballymun Echo" for over 22 years. Barney is also a member of the Retired Workers Committee of Congress.
In the April election of last year he was only one vote short of being elected to the Executive Committee. Barney will fight for a fair deal for all senior citizens. His record proves he is the man for the job.
Pensioners who are dissatisfied with the recent budget increase of a miserable €12 per week should vote for Barney Hartnett for the Executive Committee.
If you are a trade unionist, community activist and senior citizen support Barney in the important election.
Lets fight back now! read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum / event notice Thursday January 20, 2005 03:24 by p   text 5 comments (last - monday february 07, 2005 18:12)
Themes

1. Assuring and defending Earth and people’s common goods – as alternative to commodification and transnational control (E):

2. Arts and creation: weaving and building people’s resistance culture (C):

3. Communication: counter-hegemonic practices, rights and alternatives (D):

4. Defending diversity, plurality and identities (B):

5. Human rights and dignity for a just and egalitarian world (J):

6. Sovereign economies for and of people – against neoliberal capitalism (I):

7. Ethics, cosmovisions and spiritualities – resistances and challenges for a new world (K):

8. Social struggles and democratic alternatives – against neoliberal domination (F):

9. Peace, demilitarisation and struggle against war, free trade and debt (G):

10. Autonomous thought, reappropriation and socialisation of knowledge and technologies (A) :

11. Towards construction of international democratic order and people’s integration (H):

*Cultural and artistic events: read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / news report Tuesday January 11, 2005 20:44 by Barry Finnnegan
Dublin Social Forum (DSF) Working Group minutes from post October 2004 ISF and December meetings.

NEXT MEETING: 7.00 to 8.30 p.m., Thursday 13th January 2005, in the Comhlámh offices, 10 Upper Camden St., Dublin 2.

In general it was agreed that the October 2004 ISF was actually more of a DSF. That is to say that the groups, organisations, collectives and individuals that participated and did the background preparatory work were primarily Dublin-based and were not in fact reflective of the global justice movement / anti-neoliberal forces on the island as a whole. In light of this and in conjunction with the learning experience a number of us had in Workshops with Local Social Forums from around Europe during the European Social Forum (ESF) in London last October, we decided to bring the focus down to a more local, Dublin-based level. read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / opinion/analysis Monday December 27, 2004 17:43 by Cathal Campbell-Shaw   text 56 comments (last - tuesday march 28, 2017 17:47)   image 2 images
A paper on the subject entitled “The origins of the Irish Travellers and the genetic structure of Ireland” concludes that “the Travellers are undoubtedly of Irish ancestry, due to their proximity to the centroid. Furthermore, the Travellers clustered with several heterogeneous counties in Ireland, including Wexford and Westmeath. Therefore, these data support that the origin of the Travellers was not a sudden event; rather a gradual formation of populations. Indeed, the Travellers probably originated with craftsmen and artisans forced to leave their monasteries (Crawford 1975). Later, their population grew as they were joined by various Irish groups that were forced to leave their homes because of various calamities and political upheavals (i.e. the potato famine and the repression of British occupation) (Crawford 1975). However, the timing of the Traveller origin is not certain and may have predated the historical period (e.g. Ni Shuinear 1996).” read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / opinion/analysis Thursday November 25, 2004 02:39 by Mary Kinane   text 1 comment (last - thursday november 25, 2004 11:13)
Two successfully organised Irish Social Forums later, and now where do we stand? Already a debate has begun amongst those involved in the current organising structures around the future direction and vision of the Irish Social Forum process. This discussion is to be continued this Saturday, Nov 27th. read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / event notice Tuesday November 23, 2004 18:49 by Barry Finnegan
This public meeting is a follow on from ESF Feedback / ISF Discussion meeting co-hosted a few weeks back by the ISF Outreach Working Group, DAPSE (Democracy and Public Services in Europe) and AEIP (Another Europe Is Possible).

2.00 to 4.00pm, Saturday 27th Nov. 2004,
Teachers Club,
Parnell Sq.,
Dublin 1. read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / press release Thursday November 04, 2004 12:37 by Roughan Mac Namara   text 7 comments (last - thursday june 30, 2005 17:57)
FOCUS IRELAND CLAIMS BUDGET 2005 MUST REVERSE THE DAMAGE OF PREVIOUS BUDGETS AND BEGIN TO BUILD A MORE EQUAL SOCIETY

· Charity calls on Minister to close tax avoidance loopholes that allow some millionaires pay no tax while people struggle to survive on welfare.

· Charity calls for funding for a minimum of 10,000 new social houses next year and an increase in welfare payments by a minimum of €15 a week read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / event notice Friday October 29, 2004 18:49 by Barry Finnegan   text 2 comments (last - saturday october 30, 2004 15:43)
2pm to 5pm, Saturday 6th November, 2004. Teachers Club, Dublin 1.

Details:

ESF Feedback & ISF Future Visions Meeting: Details Below

------------------------------------------------------------ Background:

Prior to the Irish Social Forum (ISF) in early October and the European Social Forum (ESF) which was the following weekend, the ISF Working Groups weekly meeting discussed co-hosting a report-back meeting from the ESF in London. We intended to assist in bringing together different sectors and perspectives from the Global Justice Movement (or whatever you want to call it) to have an open discussion about how people got on over in London.

The second objective we outlined was to take the opportunity of the gathering to discuss peoples future visions for the ISF and to take action based on these discussions.

So if you want to learn more about the ESF and the ISF do come along, and/or if you want to share your views about the ESF and the ISF please come along.

Prior to the meeting, it may be helpful for you to read the World Social Forum Charter of Principles under the articles of which the ISF and the ESF takes place:

Charter

Solidarity, - Barry Finnegan
2.00 to 2.30pm:
The first 20 to 30 minutes will consist of seven report-backs of impressions and experiences of the European Social Forum (ESF) which took place in London on the weekend of 15th to the 17th of October this year which had over 20,000 in attendance. Where possible report-backs will be from ESF attendees rather than from those who spoke at ESF top-tables. The purpose of these report-backs is to stimulate the discussion and to get impressions from the different sectors/perspectives that travelled from Ireland to the ESF representing:
- trade unionism
- anti-war/ anti-imperialism
- development/ trade justice
- feminism
- republicanism
- community/ youth
- pro-democracy & anti-EU Constitution

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international / public consultation / irish social forum / other press Tuesday October 26, 2004 00:17 by John Meeehan   text 1 comment (last - thursday october 28, 2004 15:03)
This link :
http://lark.phoblacht.net/esf25101g.html
brings you to a useful analysis of the ESF by John O'Farrell published on the website of "The Blanket" read full story / add a comment
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international / public consultation / irish social forum / feature Tuesday October 19, 2004 18:51 by seedot   text 16 comments (last - thursday october 28, 2004 15:36)   image 20 images   audio 1 audio file
A report and pics from a weekend in London - covers Camden centre, Beyond the ESF and the Official ESF. read full story / add a comment
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national / public consultation / irish social forum / news report Wednesday October 13, 2004 15:35 by Conall O'Caoimh   text 4 comments (last - thursday october 21, 2004 14:49)   image 5 images
Photos from the Irish Social Forum 2004 read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum / event notice Saturday October 09, 2004 21:00 by pc   text 2 comments (last - monday october 11, 2004 18:32)
The ESF is a giant gathering for everyone opposed to war, racism and corporate power, everyone who wants to see global justice, workers' rights and a sustainable society. read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / event notice Friday October 08, 2004 11:48 by liz
Event - Friday, Oct 8 2004

The Man and the Machine playing at the ISf gig in the Liberties tonight
by liz - ISF working group Friday, Oct 8 2004, 5:46pm
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice



The human beatbox Jack & Dublin rapper Tomo will be performing with Dj to follow at St Nicholas Community Centre, Carman's Hall rd off Francis st ( Off Thomas St.)

Evening starts with videos at 7:30 and is FREE. read full story / add a comment
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