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offsite link The Saker blog is now frozen Tue Feb 28, 2023 23:55 | The Saker
Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog.  We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below). 

offsite link What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

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offsite link The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
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Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail supporter? Anthony

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offsite link The Extreme Weather We?re Experiencing Is Not Man Made, According to the IPCC Sun Jul 28, 2024 07:00 | Mark Ellse
Day-to-day weather, with all its extremes, is "just weather", according to the IPCC. With their authority onside, we can shrug off the BBC's melodramatic climate reports and misinformation, says Mark Ellse.
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offsite link News Round-Up Sun Jul 28, 2024 01:17 | 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 Green MP Proposes Sweeping Reforms to House of Commons in Maiden Speech Sat Jul 27, 2024 19:00 | Sean Walsh
The sweeping House of Commons reforms proposed by Green MP Ellie Chowns are evidence that the Mrs Dutt-Pauker types have moved from Peter Simple's columns into public life. We're in for a bumpy ride, says Sean Walsh.
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offsite link Heat Pump Refuseniks Risk £2,000 Surge in Gas Bills Sat Jul 27, 2024 17:00 | Richard Eldred
With heat pump numbers forecast to rise, the energy watchdog Ofgem has predicted that bills for those who continue using gas boilers will surge.
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offsite link Debt-Funded GB Energy to Bet on the Costliest Electricity Generation Technologies Sat Jul 27, 2024 15:00 | David Turver
So much for Labour's pledge to cut energy bills by £300, says David Turver. Under GB Energy, our bills can only go one way, and that is up.
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dublin / environment / event notice Tuesday March 02, 2010 18:08 by Shell to Sea   text 1 comment (last - wednesday march 03, 2010 13:41)   image 1 image
Come and join members of the community of Erris outside the Dáil on Wednesday 3rd March at 12noon to protest against the jailing of fisherman Pat O'Donnell for his opposition to the Shell Corrib Gas Project. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / anti-capitalism / press release Tuesday March 02, 2010 16:39 by éirígí PRO   image 4 images
On Saturday (February 27), more than 70 republican activists braved the freezing weather to attend an éirígí anti-PSNI protest at the British embassy, in Dublin.

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Socialist Youth Public Meeting
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday March 02, 2010 14:39 by Eddie   image 1 image
Public Meeting on Tuesday 9th March, Central Hotel, Exchequer St (just off Georges St). read full story / add a comment
Poster
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday March 01, 2010 17:56 by Kev   text 1 comment (last - wednesday march 03, 2010 23:33)   image 1 image
FUNDRAISING JOYCEAN EVENING WITH SENATOR DAVID NORRIS

IN AID OF HOLIDAY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE FROM PALESTINE TO IRELAND IN JULY 2010

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Scéal Eile Bookshop, Ennis
clare / arts and media / press release Monday March 01, 2010 17:06 by Western Writers' Centre   image 3 images
Re Ó Laighleis and Fred Johnston present a reading at 3. 30pm, Saturday, March 6th, at Scéal Eile Bookstore, Ennis., Co. Clare. Free. read full story / add a comment
Pat's wife Mary O'Donnell with daughters Aisling and Rachel.
mayo / environment / feature Monday March 01, 2010 14:45 by Rossport Solidarity Camp   text 43 comments (last - thursday april 29, 2010 14:31)   image 26 images
100 cars gathered today at noon in the fishing village of Porturlin, Pat O'Donnell's home, for a rally to Ballyglass pier on the Mullet peninsula in support of 'the Chief' who has been in Castlerea prison since 10th February.

The cavalcade travelled from Porturlin, out by Rossport, over to Glengad, up by Bellanaboy, into Belmullet and out to Ballyglass pier. read full story / add a comment
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cork / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday March 01, 2010 12:56 by Alan M.   image 1 image
A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other film ever produced on the conflict -- 'Occupation 101' presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions. read full story / add a comment
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national / animal rights / opinion/analysis Monday March 01, 2010 12:09 by Bernie Wright   image 1 image
The Greyhound Industry and the Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2010
Please note the following facts and recommendations in relation to the current situation for Greyhounds in Kennels. The Greyhound Industry imply that they are recognised ‘as being already compliant with standards that are in fact higher than those included in this Bill as part of the Greyhound Industry Act (1958)….’ We deny this claim due to the gross animal violations inherent in the Greyhound industry, dogs being abandoned, drugged,mutilated, drowned, injured at tracks and killed when of no further use in racing. read full story / add a comment
De-Rail Israeli Apartheid
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday February 27, 2010 19:36 by Kev   text 3 comments (last - monday march 01, 2010 22:59)   image 1 image
The IPSC has called a protest to support the anti-Veolia motion laid down in Dublin City Council by Cllr. Joan Collins (People Before Profit). The motion is due to be voted on during the council meeting of Monday 1st March.

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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday February 27, 2010 18:46 by Kev   image 5 images   video 1 video file
Today Saturday 27th February 2010, members and supporters of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign took to the streets of Dublin asking consumers and retailers to boycott Israeli Apartheid products in solidarity with the Palestinian people who continue to suffer incalculable misery at the hands of the Israeli state. The action marked the beginning of international Israel Apartheid Week. read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment / other press Wednesday February 24, 2010 19:27 by maigh eo   text 1 comment (last - wednesday february 24, 2010 21:56)   image 1 image
The Mayo News carries a report that Rose Conway Walsh has condemned the imprisonment of Pat O'Donnell. The Erris fisherman has been jailed for seven months for supposedly obstructing a garda during an incident in which over sixty other people were involved. Many people have speculated that the gardaí picked on him becasue of his long track record of opposition to the Corrib Gas project.

The Sinn Féin Councillor also talks about the methods of documentary maker Gerry Gregg, calling his TV3 documentary she said had "done nothing but divide the community". read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment / news report Wednesday February 24, 2010 19:07 by Niall Harnett   text 10 comments (last - tuesday march 09, 2010 13:18)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Eoin O'Leidhin has joined fisherman Pat 'the Chief' O'Donnell at Castlerea prison today. Eoin was convicted of Section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 for 'failure to comply with the directions of Garda' at a protest outside the Shell site Glengad on 30th August 2008.

Garda Sean Cunnane, who likes to ham it up as he whinges to the courts, convinced Judge David Anderson that Eoin's behaviour was a crime.

The short video below shows the true flavour of the occasion. read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Wednesday February 24, 2010 12:49 by Paddy/Alessandro (recorded by Andrew)   text 1 comment (last - thursday february 25, 2010 11:57)   image 2 images   audio 2 audio files
This is an audio recording of a Better Question discussion if the ideas of the French left philosophers Jacques Ranciere and Alain Badiou. A fifty minute introduction is given by Paddy Bresnihan and Alessandro Zagato followed by about forty minutes of discussion about the presentations. read full story / add a comment
cork / gender and sexuality / event notice Wednesday February 24, 2010 00:15 by Organiser   text 3 comments (last - friday march 05, 2010 14:36)   image 1 image
Douglas St., Cork is determined to make a big splash this March 8th and celebrate International Women's Day in style!
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cork / consumer issues / press release Tuesday February 23, 2010 22:21 by anarkitty   image 1 image
Our guest speaker this month is Graham Strowts, who will be speaking about the concept of the Food Forest and Perennials read full story / add a comment
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cork / crime and justice / event notice Tuesday February 23, 2010 21:51 by anarkitty   text 1 comment (last - friday february 26, 2010 11:04)   image 1 image
DJ Welfare and Milis - playing Dubstep/Ragga/breaks/Jungle !
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Marie Collins, Meave  Lewis and Andrew Madden, at the Bishops Palace
dublin / crime and justice / news report Tuesday February 23, 2010 19:42 by John of the Ayres Family   text 1 comment (last - wednesday february 24, 2010 08:32)   image 5 images
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin met with survivors of abuse to respond to their letter addressed to the Pope. read full story / add a comment
Dublin Shell to Sea meeting in UCD part 1
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday February 23, 2010 12:31 by Andrew N Flood   text 8 comments (last - monday march 01, 2010 22:32)   image 7 images   video 1 video file   audio 2 audio files
The week before last Erris fisherman Pat O'Donnell was jailed for seven months for his part in the communities ongoing resistance to Shell's attempt to impose an experimental gas pipeline on them. Across the country local Shell to Sea groups have been holding solidarity protests and other events for Pat. In Dublin this has included two protests and a public meeting in UCD. Meanwhile Shell have been forced to admit a temporary defeat in the face of local opposition and call off the construction they have planned for Glengad this year. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday February 23, 2010 11:36 by Fintan Lane   text 35 comments (last - tuesday april 06, 2010 17:14)   image 12 images   video 6 video files
Following revelations that the address of a Dublin house owned by a brother of former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds was used by the assassins who killed a Palestinian official in Dubai, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) is calling on the Irish government and the European Union to take a more forthright position on the murder by Israel of its political opponents. read full story / add a comment
Father of Thaer Hamad; Kayed
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday February 23, 2010 05:33 by TD   text 5 comments (last - friday february 26, 2010 08:26)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
On 3rd March 2002, 22-year-old Palestinian blocklayer and tiler Thaer Hamad from the Ramallah-area village of Silwad, armed with an old WW2 M1 rifle shot 24 Israeli Occupation Forces and their reinforcements at a checkpoint sited in an old British police post on the road between Nablus and Ramallah killing 11 of them in the space of 24 minutes before his weapon blew up on the 25th shot. read full story / add a comment
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