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international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Monday April 23, 2007 15:05 by Justin Morahan   text 35 comments (last - friday may 18, 2007 23:28)   image 2 images
In a Gandhi-like protest, a completely unarmed peaceful gathering of peace activists walked to the Bil'in Wall, were tear-gassed and then shot with rubber bullets, were brought to ambulances for treatment and then returned to the non-violent demonstration. Among them was Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Mairead Corrigan Maguire. read full story / add a comment
Willie Corduff with his wife Mary on his release from prison in September 2005
mayo / miscellaneous / feature Saturday April 21, 2007 15:03 by Bill Poster   text 43 comments (last - tuesday may 08, 2007 18:47)   image 7 images
Mayo farmer Willie Corduff, who was jailed for three months in 2005 over his opposition to Shell's inland gas refinery at Bellanaboy and high-pressure pipeline through his farm, has been awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. Awarded annually to six grassroots environmental heroes, the $125,000 no-strings-attached prize is the largest of its kind in the world and is often referred to as the Nobel Prize for the environment. read full story / add a comment
Whitehall - where Captain Jack White died in 1946.  The Historical Society plaque on the right hand side of the front door commemorates the dwelling as 'Home of Sir George Stuart White, The Hero of Ladysmith'.  No mention is made of Captain Jack White
national / arts and media / feature Wednesday April 18, 2007 00:24 by Kevin Doyle   text 3 comments (last - sunday april 22, 2007 19:36)   image 1 image
“The Burning” – PDF available below – is a full length play written about the circumstances surrounding the destruction Captain Jack White’s papers following his death in Broughshane, Co. Antrim in 1946. White, as many people will know, was one of the more well known figures in Irish history that identified with anarchism. The only son of British Boer War hero, Sir George Stuart White (“The Hero Of Ladysmith”), he was assured a bright future in the upper echelons of the British military until his conscience intervened and he resigned his commission. Breaking with family, he gravitated to political activism and the revolutionary left. His baptism of fire was the Great Lockout in Dublin in 1913, where he worked alongside Larkin and Connolly and proposed the idea of the Irish Citizen Army. Of Protestant “stock”, he was active in the fight against imperialism, reserving particular vitriol for the “Orange” state formed in the north of Ireland after partition in 1922. read full story / add a comment
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mayo / anti-capitalism / feature Saturday April 14, 2007 20:38 by Dublin Shell to Sea   text 19 comments (last - tuesday april 17, 2007 10:54)   image 1 image
Six people were arrested this afternoon on the site of Shell’s controversial refinery in Ballinaboy, Co Mayo. read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / feature Thursday April 12, 2007 20:19 by Ramor Ryan   text 4 comments (last - tuesday april 17, 2007 16:40)
Climate change is everywhere. Ramor Ryan gatecrashes the ineffectual UN Conference on Climate Change in Nairobi and comes back blaming Capitalism.
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national / miscellaneous / feature Wednesday April 11, 2007 01:06 by Red Wedge   text 52 comments (last - saturday may 12, 2007 15:02)   image 5 images
In advance of the annual USI Congress, Red Wedge previewed proceedings with an article "What is to be done with the Union of Students in Ireland?" In this article, he offers an eyewitness account of the event and some thoughts on the future of the student movement.

It soon becomes clear that McGuirk - a former officer of the Freedom Institute who has been involved with both Ogra Fianna Fail and young Fine Gael, is too progressive for many of the 200 or so delegates who represent student unions from across Ireland. His plea for USI to continue its link with SIPTU and for the annual congress not to axe the deputy president position who co-ordinates campaigns is warmly received by the UCD delegation. No one else in the hall welcomes these words. Maurice Roes contribution is interrupted by regular applause. His final bit of auction politics in his call for support is that he will ensure that a new website will be constructed if he is elected-sets the congress on fire. read full story / add a comment

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dublin / history and heritage / feature Tuesday April 10, 2007 17:30 by NMI   text 17 comments (last - tuesday april 14, 2009 02:29)   image 15 images
Erased from the historical record for many years (literally in the case of Elizabeth O'Farrell) the women of the 1916 to 1923 period of Irish history are starting to be recognised once again for the important role they played in the struggle for Irish freedom.

Today in Dublin, a local history group organised a commemoration of the brave women who fought alongside the men in the fight against British rule and the establishment of the Free State. The march was led by a colour party of women wearing the uniforms of Cumann na mBán and the Irish Citizens Army. Photographs of many of the women were carried on the march. read full story / add a comment
The front cover for 'Changing Ireland', the Moyross-based national community development magazine
limerick / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Monday April 09, 2007 22:51 by Allen Meagher   text 4 comments (last - sunday april 15, 2007 22:49)   image 1 image
The five area-based Community Development Projects in Limerick City have called for all-party support for John Fitzgerald’s recommendations for improving life for people in the city’s disadvantaged communities. Volunteers and workers from the five Community Development Projects also want the Government – before the Dail dissolves in three weeks or so – to set up the proposed Regeneration Boards on a statutory basis. They held a press conference in Limerick city centre today to press home their message. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / arts and media / feature Monday April 02, 2007 17:48 by ex Shanliss   text 47 comments (last - friday april 27, 2007 00:13)   image 9 images
"Hotel Ballymun" can go and fuck itself. read full story / add a comment
history of gas exploration (courtesy of John Monaghan)
national / miscellaneous / feature Saturday March 31, 2007 16:58 by Fin Dwyer   text 75 comments (last - sunday april 14, 2013 19:26)   image 4 images   1 attached file
The two most well known Irish hydrocarbon deposits: the Corrib field and the Dunquin prospect are collectively worth at least E400 billion euros. They contain around 33trillion cubic feet of gas and between 2.5 and 4 billion barrels of oil. The gas in the Corrib belong to Shell, Statoil and Marathon and the Dunquin prospect is totally controlled by Exxon Mobil and Providence . We will end up buying back our oil and gas and they will be charged pitiful tax rates as they can write all exploration and construction costs over the past twenty-five years against tax. How did this happen? read full story / add a comment
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dublin / environment / feature Wednesday March 28, 2007 14:14 by w.   text 20 comments (last - tuesday april 10, 2007 20:27)   image 2 images
This morning myself and a number of my comrades from the WSM along with members of Eirigi occupied the roof and reception of Corrib House to draw attention to the state giveaway of Irelands natural resources. Outlined here is my understanding of why we need to act to regain control of our resources. read full story / add a comment
View just inside gate 3 near where the water was discharged.
mayo / environment / feature Thursday March 22, 2007 21:58 by Eve and Bob   text 58 comments (last - friday april 13, 2007 23:12)   image 6 images
Shell' s site shut down by mass trespass in response to contaminated run off. read full story / add a comment
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clare / anti-war / imperialism / feature Tuesday March 20, 2007 16:29 by Conor Cregan   text 20 comments (last - thursday march 29, 2007 03:27)   image 22 images
On the afternoon of 19th March Cosantori Siochana held a wreath laying ceremony, to mark the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, at Shannon Airport. Deirdre Clancy of the Pit-Stop Ploughshares laid the wreath at the site of the old Customs Post at the Airport. The group also laid flowers with the names of several of those who lost their lives in the ill-fated war in Iraq
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THIS IS A SATURDAY WHEN WORK SHOULD STOP AT 16.30PM
dublin / housing / feature Friday March 16, 2007 15:25 by d.farrell   text 4 comments (last - thursday march 22, 2007 14:26)   image 4 images
Residents of adjoining streets to Fatima Regeneration Project Phase 2 under the representative body of The Four Terraces Residents Group find themselves pondering on what course of action to take following two more days of late construction operations on 12/3/07 and 13/3/07 in direct conflict with relevent planning conditions which restrict construction works to within the hours of 8am-6pm Mon-Fri and 8am-4.30pm Sat despite site operating under notice from DCC Planning Enforcement for previous breaches of planning conditions.Residents Representatives fear a deal to agree future road closures necassary for construction programme is now unlikely as a consequence of Developers actions and apparent DCC Planning Enforcements inactions. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / gender and sexuality / feature Friday March 09, 2007 16:24 by Pro Choice Activist   text 59 comments (last - tuesday september 18, 2007 17:45)   image 16 images
Pro Choice Activists marked International Women's Day by holding a protest outside a Rogue family planning agency on Dorset Street. The Agency called "Womens Resource Agency" and also using the name "British Alternatives Pregnancy Services" was covered up with a brown sheeting - in an attempt to prevent their identity and location being exposed in the media. read full story / add a comment
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national / gender and sexuality / feature Thursday March 08, 2007 11:36 by Seamus   text 24 comments (last - friday march 09, 2007 17:57)   image 1 image
The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) have suspended Trocaire's advertisment for its Lenten Campaign on Gender Equality. read full story / add a comment
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fermanagh / miscellaneous / feature Wednesday February 28, 2007 15:58 by Terry   text 121 comments (last - friday january 20, 2012 15:32)   image 1 image
Arch-Catholic, novelist, ally of Justin Barrett, former I.R.A. volunteer, and failed gun runner Gerry McGeough is standing in the Northern Ireland Assembly elections on a traditional republican platform in the Fermanagh/South Tyrone constituency. read full story / add a comment
Jail the corrupt politicians
dublin / environment / feature Monday February 26, 2007 13:18 by Jim&El Bull   text 30 comments (last - monday march 05, 2007 15:31)   image 51 images
Photos from todays demonstration read full story / add a comment
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national / racism & migration related issues / feature Tuesday February 20, 2007 01:20 by Mackozer   text 41 comments (last - tuesday december 02, 2008 02:53)   image 2 images
A Polish blogger and immigrant to Ireland warns of a British divide & conquer tactic in PSNI policing and recruitment efforts.... read full story / add a comment
On Shell's Via Dolorosa, whatever !
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Saturday February 17, 2007 15:01 by unmasked eyes and ears   text 84 comments (last - monday march 19, 2007 18:37)   image 14 images

To date residents and supporters of the Shell To Sea campaign have been staging an ongoing picket outside the Shell gas refinery gates in Ballinaboy. Numbers on average at these chilly weekday morning vigils vary between 40 to 60 people. The picket is a reminder both to the government and the petrochemical multinational that local residents are against the construction of the refinery and the laying of gas pipes in their area.

A national day of support was called, inviting people who empathise with this campaign to come up to Mayo on Friday 16th February 2007. This is what one person saw.

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