OscailtThe Feb 2016 Election and the TTIP Elephant in the RoomAsk candidates about TTIP agreement. It is a corporate agreement which will lead to mass privatisation and gutting of our social and environmental protections
Breaking news: Italian MP, Sgarbi denounces the Statistical Fraud on COVID-19. The speech of the Member of Parliament Vittorio Sgarbi in the session of the Italian Camera, Meeting no. 331 of Friday 24, April, 2020. Vittorio Sgarbi, denounces the closure of 60% of the businesses for 25,000 COVID-19 Deaths, of which the National Institute of Health says 96.3% died NOT of COVID-19 but of other pathologies. That means only 925 have died of the virus. 24,075 have died of other things.2016-02-23T23:05:38+00:00Indymedia Irelandimc-ireland@lists.indymedia.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/atomfullposts?story_id=105723http://www.indymedia.ie/graphics/feedlogo.gifCan you stomach another Leaders' Debate ...http://www.indymedia.ie/article/105723#comment3007732016-02-23T23:05:38+00:00FoE.. that doesn't discuss climate change?
The election is in the closing stretch...... that doesn't discuss climate change?<br />
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The election is in the closing stretch. The final leaders' debate is tonight. Will they discuss climate change? Probably not, but even if they do it'll be short and superficial at best. The reality, however, is that whoever forms the next Government will find climate change high on the policy agenda because of the Paris Agreement, looming EU targets and competing interest groups at home.<br />
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So how much thought have the parties actually given it? Below you can see and read for yourself.<br />
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Ask your candidates to take the Vote Frack Free pledge. <br />
<a href="http://www.foe.ie/takeaction/ask-your-dail-candidates-to-sign-no-fracking-pledge/" title="http://www.foe.ie/takeaction/ask-your-dail-candidates-to-sign-no-fracking-pledge/">http://www.foe.ie/takeaction/ask-your-dail-candidates-t...edge/</a><br />
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The hustings Young Friends of the Earth held with the Environmental Pillar are now online.<br />
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You can see the full 86 minutes here @ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wul8tHzGWp8" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wul8tHzGWp8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wul8tHzGWp8</a><br />
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And we've also broken it down by question:<br />
=> Fossil Fuels<br />
=> Agriculture<br />
=> Meeting our climate targets<br />
=> Threats to nature protection<br />
=> Sustainable rural communities Exit poll resultshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/105723#comment3007742016-02-27T00:26:46+00:00TResults from the Irish Times exit poll indicating first preference votes are:
F...Results from the Irish Times exit poll indicating first preference votes are:<br />
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Fine Gael 26.1 per cent; Labour 7.8 per cent; Fianna Fáil 22.9 per cent; Sinn Féin 14.9; AAA/PBP 3.6 per cent; Greens 3.5 per cent; Social Democrats 2.8 per cent; Renua 2.3 per cent; Others 16.1 per cent<br />
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Looks like it could be a FG-FF government.Final resultshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/105723#comment3007962016-03-04T22:26:08+00:00TFG 50
FF 44
Lab 7
SF 23
PBP/AAA 6
GP 2
SD 3
Renua 0
Indep Al 6
Indeps 17
Total 1...FG 50<br />
FF 44<br />
Lab 7<br />
SF 23<br />
PBP/AAA 6<br />
GP 2<br />
SD 3<br />
Renua 0<br />
Indep Al 6<br />
Indeps 17<br />
Total 158<br />
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10 reasons why you should be worried about TTIPhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/105723#comment3008242016-04-08T12:31:03+00:00JohnResources explaining what this nightmare is all about and who in the puppet Iris...Resources explaining what this nightmare is all about and who in the puppet Irish government and their masters in Brussels and Washington are pushing for this agenda<br />
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By the way, the "refugee crisis" (organised invasion) is just one part of the big plan by the same people pushing the TTIP on us. <br />
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stop-ttip.org<br />
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The must read book from John Hilary (free, short and easy to load online) : THE TRANSATLANTIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP<br />
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A CHARTER FOR DEREGULATION, AN ATTACK ON JOBS, AN END TO DEMOCRACY<br />
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www.corporateeurope.org: Lobbying and lobbies. How the lobbies are deciding of the policy implemented in Europe without any democratic process. <br />
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<a href="https://wikileaks.org/tisa/" title="https://wikileaks.org/tisa/">https://wikileaks.org/tisa/</a> <br />
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<a href="http://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2015/05/strange-case-shy-lobbyists-why-no-one-will-admit-lobbying-ttip" title="http://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2015/05/strange-case-shy-lobbyists-why-no-one-will-admit-lobbying-ttip">http://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2015/05/...-ttip</a> <br />
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<a href="http://corporateeurope.org/climate-and-energy/2015/04/carte-blanche-fracking" title="http://corporateeurope.org/climate-and-energy/2015/04/carte-blanche-fracking">http://corporateeurope.org/climate-and-energy/2015/04/c...cking</a> <br />
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<a href="http://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2015/03/corporate-lawyer-appointed-special-adviser-eu-trade-chief" title="http://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2015/03/corporate-lawyer-appointed-special-adviser-eu-trade-chief">http://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2015/03/...chief</a> <br />
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<a href="http://corporateeurope.org/economy-finance/2014/11/deutsche-bank-supervisor-ecb" title="http://corporateeurope.org/economy-finance/2014/11/deutsche-bank-supervisor-ecb">http://corporateeurope.org/economy-finance/2014/11/deut...r-ecb</a> <br />
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<a href="http://corporateeurope.org/power-lobbies/2015/04/towards-legalised-corporate-secrecy-eu" title="http://corporateeurope.org/power-lobbies/2015/04/towards-legalised-corporate-secrecy-eu">http://corporateeurope.org/power-lobbies/2015/04/toward...cy-eu</a> <br />
MEP Luke 'Ming' Flanagan ‏visits the TTIP reading roomhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/105723#comment3008862016-05-17T10:03:29+00:00Crazy CatThe absurd constraints placed on MEPs who want to examine the text of the TTIP a...The absurd constraints placed on MEPs who want to examine the text of the TTIP agreement between the US and the EU.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozj0qwnMGZ0" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozj0qwnMGZ0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozj0qwnMGZ0</a>When You Thought Trade Deals Could Not Get Any Worse -- Enter Wall Street.http://www.indymedia.ie/article/105723#comment3010692016-12-22T11:49:16+00:00Crazy CatThe famous investor-state dispute settlement, an article from the Sierra Club:
...The famous investor-state dispute settlement, an article from the Sierra Club:<br />
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<a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/compass/2016/12/when-you-thought-trade-deals-could-not-get-any-worse-enter-wall-street" title="http://www.sierraclub.org/compass/2016/12/when-you-thought-trade-deals-could-not-get-any-worse-enter-wall-street">http://www.sierraclub.org/compass/2016/12/when-you-thou...treet</a>