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international / anti-capitalism / news report Saturday January 24, 2015 21:38 by IndyElf
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TTIP is an undermining of hard won labour rights, citizen consumer and environmental protections and an erosion of the notion of democracy. We need to resist this blatant corporate power and resource grab Now. Meeting in Galway this week discussed and highlighted the insidious and secretive corporate and government collusion against EU citizenry that is TTIP. A report of the meeting follows.. read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Friday January 23, 2015 23:16 by AnotherSadFather
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Community Groups around Ireland will protest in towns, cities and villages across Ireland about the water charges on Saturday 31 January. Seek them out and join them!
The Dublin local groups are planning to all meet up in the City Centre,
Please join the protests and keep the pressure up. The temporary lower charges introduced by the government will be withdrawn after the next election and all waivers and allowances will be abolished if they privatise Irish Water which IS their plan. They later plan to charge for waste water! This is on the cards. We must stop abolish these charges and stop this disgraceful act. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Thursday January 22, 2015 16:43 by Bernard Moffatt
Comparative review of the role of the Irish Army in peace-keeping overthe past 50 years and the British Army's counter-insurgency role in the same period often waged ruthlessly and with brutal consequences. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday January 21, 2015 23:20 by Mick MacOmbe
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The Taoiseach ,The arms dealers ,his money and the Gulf war.The arrival of an obscure millionaire to Massbrook Pontoon Co Mayo in the later part of the last century was cloaked in secrecy. Across the lake of Lough Conn the home town of Charles Haughey and Enda Kenny ,Castlebar was to be the recruiting ground for one of the largest arms controversies in modern times and the key issue that led to the Gulf War. Here is that story. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / environment / event notice Wednesday January 21, 2015 13:56 by Comhlámh
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After 14 years of challenging the oil and gas industry in north Mayo, what knowledge does the community there have to share? What questions might other communities have and how might they benefit from the experiences of those standing up to Shell and the State? A four-year research project (2010-2014) in the parish of Kilcommon, northwest Mayo, sought to identify and share useful knowledge from the experiences of challenging the Corrib Gas project. This has been used to create an exhibition in which people respond to the question: If you could say one thing to other communities facing an unsafe development planned for their area, what would it be? read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday January 21, 2015 12:34 by Liberty
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Murder yes. Suicide? Newsvid at link. The project leader of the controversial film, “Gray State,” along with his wife and daughter, were found dead in their home in what authorities have labeled an “apparent murder-suicide.” The bodies of David Crowley, 29, his wife Komel, 28, and their 5-year-old daughter were discovered lying in their home by a neighbor. David and Komel Crowley David and Komel Crowley The Crowley family had not been seen since before Christmas, and neighbors assumed that they were on an extended vacation. Neighbor Collin Prochnow said he grew concerned when packages piled up on the couple’s doorstep and he heard a dog barking inside read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 20, 2015 12:45 by Nuala
Conservative party clutching at straws in their desperation to avoid a hung parliament in May read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday January 20, 2015 10:13 by Laurence Cox
The MA in Community Education, Equality and Social Activism is delighted to announce the details of John Holloway's public seminar, rescheduled from October. We think this will be of interest to many community activists and social movement organisers in these times of crisis and hope. read full story / add a comment
cork / environment / event notice Monday January 19, 2015 13:20 by Órla O'Donovan
In a context where offshore oil, gas, fish and even seaweed are increasingly being privatised and managed by global corporations, this seminar will address the efforts of small coastal communities to raise fundamental questions about the common good and ownership and care of our coastal ‘commons’. Drawing on their experiences of the Corrib Gas controversy, but also other community struggles in Ireland a further afield, it will be given by film-maker Risteard Ó Domhnaill (maker of The Pipe and currently working on Atlantic) and Rossport farmer Monica Muller. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / event notice Monday January 19, 2015 00:07 by Molotov
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K-Tech Security are heavily involved in the forceful evictions of families from their family home. Having previously assured concerned citizens they would desist from this immoral practice they have reneged and are presently trying to evict a family from their land. We are calling on the City West Hotel to no longer use K Tech for the Irish Country Music Awards on Monday, January 26th as part of a wider national campaign of calling for boycotts of K Tech Security. read full story / add a comment
national / education / press release Sunday January 18, 2015 00:07 by wp
Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan has said that it is time to replace two decades of lip-service on hospital overcrowding with immediate action to end the scandal of sick patients lying on trolleys in hospital corridors and wards. Cllr. Tynan said that the hospital trolley crisis, like the Winter Vomiting bug, had become an annual fixture and the stock answer from both the government and the HSE that it was a temporary crisis was an insult to the patients involved and their families. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Saturday January 17, 2015 23:54 by cpi
The Progressive Film Club Presents: 3 p.m. In a Different Place 3:15 p.m. Presi per il PIL ▶New Theatre (43 East Essex Street) A very interesting documentary, beautifully filmed, about “degrowth,” sustainability and self-sufficiency in response to consumerism and the recession. It features case studies of people from various parts of Italy who have forsaken the commercial life in cities to live in rural communities and also also looks at examples of city-dwellers trying to achieve more sustainable life-styles. The film accompanies them in their new daily lives, while interviews with experts such as economists help make sense of the decisions that have been made. ■ Directed by Stefano Cavallotto, Andrea Bertaglio, and Lorenzo Fioramonti. In Italian with English subtitles. Running times: 65 minutes. ■ Watch the trailer: www.presiperilpil.org read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / press release Saturday January 17, 2015 22:50 by pbp
Brid Smith, a People Before Profit councillor, has condemned the role that RPS has been granted in the formulation of the Eastern–Midlands Draft Regional Waste Management Plan 2015-2021. ‘A draft waste plan was presented to Dublin City Councillors this morning which allows for greater centralisation in the management of waste. ‘The plan was based on research drawn up by the company RPS. This company has already had an undue influence in Irish policy making. Two of the directors of Irish Water have already come from this company. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Saturday January 17, 2015 22:34 by iawm
The Irish Anti-War Movement will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday 21st February 2015 in The Teachers Club Parnell Square Dublin starting at 11am. For details of who can attend and submit resolutions at the AGM see below. A full agenda will be available soon. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Friday January 16, 2015 19:03 by June Kelly
Picolas Pitsos is an Executive member of Le Mouvement de la Paix, France's major peace movement with over 150 local groups, and one of the largest peace movements in Europe. He has been invited to Dublin by the Peace and Neutrality Alliance (PANA) and Irish CND to speak at a public meeting on Wednesday 21st January 2015 at 7.30pm in Connolly Books, 43 East Essex Street, Dublin 2. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / press release Thursday January 15, 2015 17:44 by Rua
West Belfast opens a food bank after vicious Stormont cuts. read full story / add a comment
dublin / housing / event notice Thursday January 15, 2015 16:51 by Laurence Cox
Public talk by John Krinsky, City College of New York / New York City Community Land Initiative read full story / add a comment 
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday January 14, 2015 14:29 by Cork WSM
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Our comrades from the Spanish State are calling for international day of support for anarchist prisoners! #ContraPandora #StopCriminalization December 16th 2014 we saw 11 anarchists in Barcelona area detained in what has been known as "Operation Pandora". read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / news report Tuesday January 13, 2015 22:07 by Integrity Ireland
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Integrity Ireland which was setup to expose and fight corruption in our legal and justice system has written an Open Letter to President Higgins because of the unprecedented obstalces and obstructions that they have encountered. The open letter reproduced below is seeking the protection of the Presidential Office in the event we have to arrest two of our most senior judges for criminal conspiracy on Friday January 30th next.. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / crime and justice / event notice Tuesday January 13, 2015 21:40 by Integrity Ireland
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Integrity Ireland are holding a meeting in Nancy Hands pub, Parkgate Street, Dublin 8 on Fri 30th Jan @ 6pm. Integrity Ireland is a citizens-driven network and support group set up to tackle corruption within this state, particularly within the legal profession, An Garda Síochána, and statutory oversight bodies. read full story / add a comment |
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