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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday April 22, 2010 - 18:12 by Shell to Sea
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Niall Harnett was today (Wednesday) sentenced to six months in Castlerea prison at Ballina Circuit court, for protests against Shell's proposed experimental pipeline. Mr Harnett had a sentence of six months imposed after refusing to undertake satisfactory community service. The sentence was in relation to a 'Reclaim the Beach' protest in the summer of 2008 where Mr Harnett went to the aid of another protestor who was being assaulted by Gardai. He also had a five month sentence confirmed by the court – these sentences will be served concurrently. Mr Harnett further had a two year driving ban affirmed. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday April 14, 2010 - 16:47 by Community of Kilcommon
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---Corrib project has been imposed through 'harassment' of the local community--- 409 letters have been delivered from members of the community of Kilcommon to Shell's Belmullet offices today Monday. The letter outlines their refusal to meet with representatives of the company while Pat O'Donnell remains in jail and the imposition of the Corrib gas project continues without community consent. The letters detail a large number of grievances that the local community have with the imposition of the project, and state that people are refusing to meet with Shell while what “effectively amounts to ongoing and escalating physical and psychological harassement” continues in the area. The letters dismiss as hollow Shell's proposed 'consultation', in the context of the fact that the current and previous Managing Directors of the company have publicly stated that the project will not be changed in any way in response to community concerns. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday March 22, 2010 - 11:45 by Amnesty International - Ireland
Amnesty International has on World Water Day urged the Israeli authorities to end discriminatory practices against Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories that violate their right to adequate water supplies. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday March 12, 2010 - 10:34 by Amnesty International - Ireland
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Amnesty International is reiterating its call on the Israeli government to cease constructing or expanding illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) after a plan to build 1,600 new Israeli settler homes in East Jerusalem was officially approved. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday March 08, 2010 - 12:54 by Amnesty International - Ireland
Amnesty International Ireland has called on the Irish Government to mark International Women’s Day by backing a global campaign for a single high-powered UN agency to protect women’s rights. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday February 28, 2010 - 14:08 by Michael O'Brien
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Joe Condemns Ongoing Criminalisation Of Decent People To Complete State Sell Out Of Natural Resources To Shell ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu / press release Friday February 05, 2010 - 14:52 by Amnesty International - Ireland
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a violation of human rights affecting an estimated 500,000 women and girls in Europe and putting another 180,000 girls at risk each year. In advance of International Day of Zero Tolerance on FGM on 6 February, Amnesty International Ireland-led END FGM European Campaign has called on European leaders to support its strategy to protect young girls and women affected by FGM. ... read full story / add a comment
50 Primary Principals speak out against Independent Newspapers’ “Building for the Future” promotion.
national / education / press release Thursday January 14, 2010 - 09:25 by Mark C
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“We the undersigned 50 Primary school principals condemn and refuse to partake in the Irish Independent’s “Building for the Future” scheme being launched this week. We abhor the quota of 20 tokens per pupil from Independent Newspapers required of all schools wishing to submit a project for this sponsored competition. Independent Newspapers while posturing as benefactors are, in reality, seeking to exploit schools, boost sales and make life uncomfortable for children whose parents do not buy the sponsors newspapers. Further Information: Joseph Fogarty, (Contact Details Above) or your nearest participating school below. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / press release Tuesday November 24, 2009 - 18:14 by Bolivia Solidarity Campaign
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Michael Dwyer was an employee of Irish based company Integrated Risk Management Services IRMS through whom it appears he made contact with international mercenaries and travelled to Bolivia. Bolivian civil society groups in Europe have called on Minister for Foreign Affairs Michael Martin to fully investigate the activities of this company which also provides security services to Shell in Rosport as well as to Fianna Fail during its annual conferences. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment / press release Wednesday November 11, 2009 - 22:05 by Donegal Alternatives to Pylons
An Bord Pleanála Board has overruled its own Inspectors and given the go ahead for a high voltage power line to run through South and West Donegal. This ESB Networks and Eirgrid project is not, as they maintain, to supplement the energy needs of County Donegal but rather to facilitate wind energy developers in their rush to profit at the expense of people in Donegal and their environmental heritage. However local opposition is strong and Donegal Alternatives to Pylons is not going away. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / press release Wednesday November 11, 2009 - 18:15 by Workers' Party
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Hanafin cancels Christmas for 2 million people - decision to scrap annual Christmas Bonus condemned by the Workers' Party ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Friday November 06, 2009 - 12:03 by paul dunphy
This Christmas you can give a truly great gift with Oxfam Ireland, by choosing your presents from its exciting new Christmas catalogue Unwrapped. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / animal rights / press release Thursday November 05, 2009 - 16:15 by Bernie Barrett
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Badgerwatch (Ireland) is calling on Environment Minister, Mr. John Gormley, for an immediate halt to the killing of badgers for their alleged role in the spread of bovine TB. Latest figures released by the Department of Agriculture (DAFF) shows that almost 7,000 badgers were slaughtered by Department trappers in 2008. Ironically, close on 30,000 ’reactor’ cattle failed to pass the TB skin test for the same period indicating a rise in TB levels over the previous six years. I ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / press release Monday October 12, 2009 - 03:33 by CIBCH
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we are promoting a world campaign to boycott Chiquita which supports the Coup d'Etat in Honduras. It is very important to spread the word in these critical moments and to try to help the Resistence to defeat coup participants. ... read full story / add a comment
national / education / press release Tuesday October 06, 2009 - 22:04 by Godot
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The Union of Students in Ireland will hold a succession of protests on college campuses around the south of Ireland as part of its campaign against the reintroduction of fees. Protests will be held by University College Cork, the Limerick School of Art and Design and the Institutes of Technologies in Carlow, Limerick Tralee and Waterford from October 7 – 14. ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Wednesday September 30, 2009 - 23:00 by Fiachra Ó Luain
PRESS RELEASE - 30th September 2009 There has been a formal call for the OSCE to oversee the Irish Lisbon referendum amid growing concerns that the result of the Irish referendum may be manipulated by postal vote fraud. A source within the Dublin City Council has informed the former MEP candidate Fiachra Ó Luain of efforts by the head of the Franchise department to actively register residents of retirement homes, prisons and even the army. The source has said that the head of the Franchise department has unsupervised and unregulated access to the postal votes and suggests that there may be concerted efforts to influence the outcome of the Lisbon referendum by manipulation of the postal vote system. This corroborates the fact that the ‘People’s Movement’, who are calling for a No vote, received notice from various county councils of the issue of postal votes the day after they had been sent out. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu / press release Saturday September 26, 2009 - 15:59 by Citizen X
The NeoConOpticon report, released today by the Transnational Institute (TNI) and Statewatch, reveals the extent to which Europe’s largest defence and IT contractors are benefitting from a €1.4 billion EU “security research” programme that has the explicit aim of fostering a European Homeland Security industry to compete globally with the USA in a fast growing market. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Wednesday September 23, 2009 - 14:51 by Darragh O'Connor
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30th Septmeber, 1pm, Parnell Square, Dublin - Thousands of Community workers, activists and ordinary people will protest against the current round of cuts and those proposed in McCarthy's "Bord Snip Nua" report. ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Monday September 21, 2009 - 19:44 by PRO Workers Solidarity Movement
Anarchist organisation Workers Solidarity Movement has stated that the foisting of NAMA on the Irish people is a clear reason why people should reject the Lisbon treaty, and has rejected attempts by establishment politicians to claim that there is no connection between the two. ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Saturday September 19, 2009 - 18:32 by Patricia McKenna
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Former MEP, Patricia McKenna has accussed the EU Commission head, Barroso of illegal interference in Irish referendum, she said "its conveniently opportune that less than two weeks before Irish people vote on the Lisbon treaty the Commission announces that it proposes to give €15m in aid to help former Dell computer workers find new jobs. , Barroso is head of the EU Institution that will gain most power if the treaty is ratified, he should stay out of the debate and respect the existing EU treaties until such time as they are changed”. He is abusing his position and this it quite unacceptable in a supposedly free and democratic society.” ... read full story / add a comment |
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