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Inspired by the adventures of Kirsty Allsopp's 15 year-old son, Jack Watson, also 15, embarked on solo a trip across England to Scotland to see his favourite band.
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national / environment / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 13, 2011 11:10 by Jack McCarthy   text 1 comment (last - wednesday april 27, 2011 18:39)
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday April 12, 2011 03:28 by newsmedia
Just three days ago I was savagely beaten about the head by a youth carrying an extended metal hospital crutch. Carrying a metal crutch not because he needed it, but because it was a weapon. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Saturday April 09, 2011 16:30 by john throne   text 9 comments (last - tuesday april 19, 2011 14:39)   image 2 images
This item gives the results of the recent poll in different countries in relation to attitudes to capitalism. It then discusses the roll of the left and radical movement in the US and why in this context the left and radical movement is not growing. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday April 08, 2011 20:20 by Grupo Raices - the Irish Colombia Solidarity Group   image 1 image
Lessons from the recent Arab revolutions for the social movements in Latin America read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 06, 2011 14:22 by Alan Davis   text 24 comments (last - thursday april 14, 2011 08:15)
The process of discussion and debate around the creation of a new workers' party has begun with the announcement by the ULA that it will shortly be calling public meetings and setting up local branches to discuss how to go forward towards that goal. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Monday April 04, 2011 20:13 by Mickey   text 5 comments (last - wednesday april 06, 2011 16:51)
The last few days has seen a rush to be seen in the cameras condemning the actions that took place in Omagh on Saturday 2nd April. What is the point of all this hot air and rhetoric other than to boost the egos of those who are making the utterences. The death of anyone is a sad occasion, the sudden death of a loved one is devastating. Make no mistake this was a tragedy in Omagh. It is a tragedy because no-one has learned the lessons of the past. read full story / add a comment
Libyan jet shot down.
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Sunday April 03, 2011 06:02 by Roy Batty   text 4 comments (last - tuesday april 05, 2011 11:16)   image 1 image
If you ask liberal talking heads like Ed Schultz and other Nattering Nabobs of Progressivism, who would support Dick Cheney if he was a Democrat, they'll tell you, "Well, this is a cheaper war, a Democrat war and besides, it's not a war." read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday April 01, 2011 15:19 by Sean Matthews-personal capacity
Last Saturday, 26 March saw up to half a million take part in a TUC organised anti-cuts protest in London. In the aftermath of the protest there has been much controversy about the 700 strong black bloc that broke away from the protest to throw paint at and break the windows of banks, luxury car dealers and the 4,000 a night Ritz hotel in Central London. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 30, 2011 11:12 by Galway Alliance Against War
The Galway Alliance Against War produces a monthly e-bulletin: this is the March 2011 edition. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday March 29, 2011 10:54 by Arthur Óg Rimbaud   text 1 comment (last - tuesday march 29, 2011 16:49)
As society tears itself apart and reactionary forces come to the fore, well organised and confident of success. The left, the anti-authoritarians, the radicals and alternatives are in utter disarray. The only glimpse of light in the darkness of a seemingly overwhelming anti-liberation tsunami has been the acts of publicised resistance by the Anarchists in London and Greece. Although more spectactular pantomime for televison consumers. The mega machine of oppression remains intact and the negativity it creates in the human mind becomes overwhelming. read full story / add a comment
Dont sentence  me and my friends to death in China.
national / animal rights / opinion/analysis Tuesday March 29, 2011 00:00 by Bernie Wright   text 1 comment (last - tuesday march 29, 2011 04:06)   image 2 images
WE NEED YOUR HELP.

GREYHOUND ACTION IRELAND are currently getting thousands of flyers printed to distribute at the 16 remaining tracks in Ireland. We are asking people to BOYCOTT GREYHOUND RACING and to contact their TDs expressing their opposition to Greyhound exports to China by the IGB.
NOW WE NEED YOU TO HELP US LEAFLET AT THE TRACKS BELOW. Especially the rural ones
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'we want every tracks takings to be down'........ the China deal will turn the public against the Industry!

WHO CAN GIVE AN HOUR BEFORE RACING STARTS {chart below] TO HAND OUT FLYERS???
THIS WILL PUT PRESSURE ON THE IGB,THEY DO NOT WANT TO LOSE BUSINESS DUE TO THEIR SICK NEW MONEY-MAKING SCHEME IN CHINA

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Live hare coursing, sponsored by Hotel Minella in Clonmel
international / animal rights / opinion/analysis Monday March 28, 2011 22:41 by Anti Blood Sports   text 10 comments (last - tuesday april 05, 2011 17:37)   image 6 images
Major hotel is both sponsoring live hare coursing events and hosting a big awards night aimed at enhancing the image of coursing clubs in Ireland read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Saturday March 26, 2011 16:28 by Christopher Isherwood   text 2 comments (last - wednesday april 25, 2012 04:25)   image 1 image
There is not one word on his literature about his position on abortion, civil partnership, his opposition to gay rights in general, his opposition to sex education. Not one word about religious values. No reference to his support for the Iona Institute and the right wing economic policies of its director David Quinn (overspending on public services was the problem)

His Brief CV makes no mention of his period as sec to archbishop Connell. He is only for adult stem cell research etc

You would think he was a soft-hearted liberal!

When will he come out as a catholic extremist? read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 23, 2011 15:41 by Astrid Essed
By applauding the Western military actions against Libya, the Libyan resistance doesn't rely on their own strength, but will be bound to either a Western occupation, or a far going Western influence, when Gaddafi is defeated

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 23, 2011 09:22 by Francesca Palazzi Arduini
In October 2010, the Irish website Count Me Out, which had until then supplied the forms needed to carry out formal Defection from the Roman Catholic Church, suspended distribution of the forms and its own activity as a result of a statement from the Catholic Church in Ireland regarding the acceptance of defection requests. But was the Archdiocese of Dublin being truthful when it issued its statement? Italian anti-clericalist Francesca Palazzi Arduini examines the changes in which led to the Church's statement and finds that the answer is "NO".. read full story / add a comment
Fukushima reactor 3 explodes
national / environment / opinion/analysis Thursday March 17, 2011 18:02 by ferret   text 17 comments (last - thursday april 07, 2011 13:00)   image 2 images   video 2 video files
Recent events in Japan and revelations by wikileaks regarding the nefarious and corrupt activities of the nuclear industry working in India should be a wake up call for those considering the arguments of vested interests who are quietly pushing the nuclear agenda in our media. It would certainly be a nice profitable centralised earner for themselves and their friends but a panacea for our future energy woes it certainly ain't! read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 16, 2011 21:16 by Muhammad A. Al Mahdi   image 1 image
Gaza March 15 - HAMAS and FATAH join forces in cracking down on pro-democracy protesters calling for unity read full story / add a comment
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international / gender and sexuality / opinion/analysis Saturday March 12, 2011 16:10 by Yassamine Mather   image 1 image
Yassamine Mather examines the reality of the continuing struggle against the regime's oppression.

On March 8, for the second time in a week, demonstrators gathered in the streets of Tehran and other major cities in Iran to protest against the regime - despite its attempts at suppression, its armed security forces, its tear gas and its arrests.

Thirty-two years ago, on March 8 1979, tens of thousands of Iranian women took part in the first major demonstration against the newly established Islamic Republic of Iran, following the forced imposition of the hijab. The women’s slogans were: “I say it every moment, I say it under torture: either death or freedom!” “Freedom is neither eastern nor western: it is universal!” “Death to censorship!” “In the dawn of freedom, the place of women is empty: revolution is meaningless without women’s freedom - we do not want the hijab!” read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday March 11, 2011 15:27 by Liam Mac Sheamais   text 11 comments (last - friday march 18, 2011 04:08)
With the vitsit of the British Monarch to Dublin due to take place in May 2011, many Irisih Republican's consider this to be the last part of a process which has been aimed at solidifying the partition of Ireland and legitimising the continuing British occupation of six northen counties. A process that began with the establishment of a 'friendly' (in British terms) leadership of the Irish Republican Movement in 1986, continuing through ceasefires, decommissioning, treaties and open support for the British colonial police, referred to as the PSNI. The visit by the British Monarch to Dublin is seen by many as the concluding part in this drawn out process. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday March 10, 2011 17:28 by Ruairi Og
The following letter appeared in various newspapers last year addressing the issue of Orangism and the Orange Order in particular. I came across it and believe it is worthy of republication here. Specifically as the issue that is addressed is the clash between Republican ideology and Orangism, which have become pertenent with the debate around the British Monarch coming to Dublin in May. The traditional battle between Republican's and Monarchists is still with us and will remain while the so-called Irish Question is unresolved read full story / add a comment
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