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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday February 25, 2007 20:46 by Bob Wilson   image 1 image
Five men from the village of Rossport, Co.Mayo, were jailed when they refused to stop resisting workers from Shell who had been awarded a Compulsory Acquisition Order to put a high-pressure gas pipeline through their land. They became national heros of a fast-growing campaign to defy the multi-nationals and their government backers and make them build their gas refinery at sea. This was the Shell to Sea campaign and this book tells the story of 'The Rossport 5' in their own words. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Sunday February 25, 2007 20:14 by Brendan Young   text 32 comments (last - wednesday june 06, 2007 22:44)
The debate on the French Left about the forthcoming elections has parallels for the Left in Ireland – in particular for those leftwing Independent TDs and those on the Left who do not agree with supporting a government of the parties of the Right. In France the question is: should a united-left (anti-neoliberal) candidate support or be part of a government led by the Socialist Party (which will be a social-liberal or Blairite government)? In Ireland the question is similar: should the non-right-wing parties (Labour, Greens, Sinn Fein) be part of a government of the Right (FF, FG, PDs)? And should Independent TDs support a government of the Right? read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday February 24, 2007 06:09 by J. P. anderson   text 11 comments (last - thursday march 01, 2007 17:32)
The most needy, most deprived are indeed very poorly served by the political establishment in Ireland. There is overwhelming evidence to suggest that most crime is linked to poverty, social exclusion, educational disadvantage and dysfunctional parenting, often each are combined. If we really want to reduce crime, we have to invest in the education and welfare of our disadvantaged children right from birth and even before birth.
Early school-leaving has consistently identified as a major risk factor for offending, but there are no systematic supports for those at risk of dropping out of school.
http://uk.360.yahoo.com/greagues2
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Rospuda Valley
international / environment / opinion/analysis Friday February 23, 2007 21:39 by Laure Akai   text 1 comment (last - saturday february 24, 2007 07:01)   image 6 images
Anarchists and ecologists are in their 12th day of a protest camp out in -20 degree weather. The proposed road through the Rospuda Valley threatens a unique wetlands but local residents have had enough of the lethal traffic problems in their town. A look at the problems facing activists in Poland with getting the word across when even the local priest tries to organize his parishoners to carry out a pogrom against the activists. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Wednesday February 21, 2007 10:09 by Jim O'Sullivan   text 7 comments (last - saturday july 14, 2007 18:35)
Over the past few years operators have been allowed to exploit mobile phone owners by misleading them into "subscriptiopn servcies" where they are exploited. Its time to call a halt. read full story / add a comment
Sean Crudden
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday February 20, 2007 16:03 by Sean Crudden   text 3 comments (last - tuesday february 27, 2007 19:15)   image 1 image
"A useful starting point, therefore, might be to ask not why there is so much disruptive behaviour in Irish second-level schools but why there is so little?"

Professor Tom Collins

The Irish Times, 20 February 2007.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday February 18, 2007 21:32 by Kevin T. Walsh   text 9 comments (last - friday october 12, 2007 21:40)
Education..........

Community Service

Cookery classes for prisoners at Castlereagh read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Saturday February 17, 2007 14:19 by La Plataforma   image 1 image
The Spanish “Transition to democracy” was simply a way to fortify the capitalist economic model. With such Transition, the Spanish dominant class eliminated all sort of social resistance and opened the way for business; they made a Francoism without Franco and presented the Transition as a triumph of the people. It was a history written by the owners of money and their fascist sentries.
But Memory, Dignity and Struggle continue
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galway / eu / opinion/analysis Friday February 16, 2007 15:28 by gníomhaí   text 1 comment (last - friday may 11, 2007 10:15)
Faoi dheireadh tá Gaeilge ina teanga oifigiúil den Aontas Eorpach, ach is scannal é nár tharla seo 30 bliain ó shin nuair a chuaigh muid isteach san AE ar dtús.
Measaim gur seo seans deireanach don Ghaeilge teacht slán. Is trua é seo mar tríd is tríd táim i gcoinne an Aontais Eorpach. I mo thuairim, tá an eagraíocht ann go príomha chun an bóthar a réiteach do ghnóthaí móra. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday February 15, 2007 15:06 by gníomhaí   text 5 comments (last - sunday february 18, 2007 20:14)
Food prices 'set to soar'. I urge all Indymedia readers to pay heed- this is by all accounts only the beginning.... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Wednesday February 14, 2007 15:00 by RogerC   text 2 comments (last - sunday february 18, 2007 18:25)
I know that while the Northern Ireland assembly was running the local parties didn't seem to have a problem introducing water charges. However it would be foolish to let them off the hook at this time. read full story / add a comment
Aircraft auctioned off to sole bidder,a Mr Humpty Dumpty.
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Wednesday February 14, 2007 12:55 by John McDermott   image 1 image
Fianna Fail threatened with voting meltdown catastrophy in north county Dublin. read full story / add a comment
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national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Wednesday February 14, 2007 09:33 by Peter Sharp   image 1 image
Isn't that a crime? read full story / add a comment
the Old Chestnut.
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Tuesday February 13, 2007 20:23 by C Murray   text 9 comments (last - tuesday march 20, 2007 10:04)   image 2 images

http://www.justice.ie has details of a new 'Counter Gangland Crime Law'
published 'draft legislation' which means he thinks he's coming back, or
the guillotine will be used.

The Guillotine is a handy little device which the FF/PD administration has
been using for many years, in which full debate is disallowed ,to shove
everything through in time for 'snap' elections- of which there are few,
or recesses (of which there are many). read full story / add a comment
Train our revolutionary offspring !! for Peace now War is ended!! practise your scriabin!!
international / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Tuesday February 13, 2007 04:39 by iosaf   text 12 comments (last - wednesday may 09, 2007 22:27)   image 5 images
It has been long observed that people for some reason on their non-banking days readily absorb shite about Dangerous Places, Famous People, Sensible Saving Options, Holidays, Interesting facts, Sport results, Media, gardening and health as well looking ahead at “democratic evolution” or looking back at "how history was made". We will assume dear & attentive reader that you are one of those who has passed directly from Saturday to almost Tuesday with the sort of crumpled Sunday Papers a person uses to mop up spilt things like milk. Maybe you didn’t absorb your interesting facts & didn’t want to absorb more Dangerous places. We all have a limit of absorption, like that point where credulity ends & credibility is lost. This edition I will consider the mystical progress from Tolstoy's "War & Peace" and his accompanying anarchist beliefs to the composer Scriabin & his experimental music & then his nephew a.k.a. Comrade Molotov, Soviet negotiator with Hitler & daddy of the "petrol bomb". read full story / add a comment
Abortion will be legalised through parliamentary majority...
international / gender and sexuality / opinion/analysis Monday February 12, 2007 10:38 by Chris murray   text 2 comments (last - saturday february 17, 2007 15:43)   image 1 image
The Socialist Leader Jose Socrates insists that abortion rights will
be legalised in Portugal after a large abstention in the electorate.
The Leader of Christian Democratic Party Riberio de Castro says
that the referendum is not legally binding,Of the % that voted the right
to legal abortion was carried. The Socialist Party must now use
their parliamentary majority to legalise abortion as they promised in the 2005
election. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Sunday February 11, 2007 18:42 by jim travers   text 9 comments (last - thursday march 01, 2007 01:28)
History was made today as the GAA opened its doors and welcomed in a modern Ireland for all to enjoy.
The pitch was fantastic, the fans were in their thousands and the stadium was a shining tribute to an association that calls itself the governing body of amateur games while boasting a world class stadium for its members to play in. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Saturday February 10, 2007 20:03 by jim travers
Integrated ticketing is a most desirable move forward in helping public transport users move from one form of public transport to another with relative ease, if only it was as easy as that. Providing an actual operational and successful integrated ticketing system such as those seen on the continent, while desirable is but the final process once we have resolved the various other issues that inhibit the successful introduction of the system. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday February 07, 2007 20:31 by Michelle Clarke   text 19 comments (last - sunday july 27, 2008 01:24)   image 4 images
Thankfully these men were found out.......Thankfully the police system and legal system could take this to court - to the Crown Court. This is about hard core paedophiles, their fantasies and using websites on the internet to conspire a plan - a plan that would mimic what happened to 'Holly and Jess' RIP, to young girls who experienced a sordid death.

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national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday February 06, 2007 19:32 by jim travers   text 1 comment (last - thursday april 12, 2007 01:21)
In order to survive we must eat, when there is a plentiful supply of food we live in the knowledge that since variety is the spice of life and food is in abundance, there is nothing to think about and less to worry about. Despite our preferences towards organically grown produce, modern 21st Century life styles dictate that the foods we eat must be readily available, possibly precooked and ready for consumption at the click of a switch. read full story / add a comment
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