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international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday November 19, 2007 10:19 by Malcolm
 66 comments (last - wednesday september 23, 2009 18:42)  2 images
Lieutenant General Dermot Earley the gung-ho ex-Ranger and commander of the Irish military must be licking his lips! The Minister for Foreign Affairs says he expects a Government decision to be made on Tuesday over the deployment of up to four hundred Irish troops in eastern Chad. Dermot Ahern has just returned from a four day visit to Sudan and Chad, during which he met with Government leaders as well as aid workers and local people. If the Government gives its go-ahead for the mission the Dáil will then have to give its approval. A gung-ho military bored with guarding armoured money vans wants to get its hands dirty in a nasty imperialist war in Africa. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Friday November 16, 2007 12:09 by Reductio Ad Absurdum
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Tony Blair had self-nominated David Miliband to take up the cudgels of office in the wake of his departure from office, but apart from creating a few little ripples the whole idea was a non-starter for Blair and for Miliband. He got placed, instead in Britain's Foreign Office and last night he began to use his office to 'make speeches' , which are both unbelievably crass and inopportune. They involve beligerence against an already pissed off Putin and a diplomatic word to 'Keep our promises to Turkey', meanwhile in Turkey, a political party with connections to the PKK is being banned. We all know what that means in Ireland.. Reductio ad Absurdum.:Reduce debate, achieve political consensus and sell off assets to benefit the wealthy. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / opinion/analysis Thursday November 15, 2007 22:35 by GEORGE NOEL FINN
1 comment (last - sunday november 18, 2007 18:26)
This Story, outlines in Graphic detail..... The Real Effects of everyday Smoking. A lot of people will tell you its OK ? I just guess they are wrong ! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday November 15, 2007 07:20 by paul o toole
10 comments (last - sunday november 18, 2007 15:25)
Hypocracy?? read full story / add a comment 
mayo / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 14, 2007 20:26 by Sopranos Fan
4 comments (last - sunday december 30, 2007 20:58) 2 images
People in Erris and around the world are puzzled by the resemblance of the new Garda Superintendent in Belmullet with "Johnny Sack" Sacramoni from the Sopranos Television programme. http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/cast/character/johnny_sack....shtml http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&tas...id=38 Locals have speculated that the two may be related, or even whether the actor Vince Curatola has been hired by Mayo Gardaí to portray a heavy-handed police officer. Recent gangster tactics seen in Erris may indicate that the actor has taken his role too far. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 14, 2007 20:03 by EPA
39 comments (last - wednesday november 21, 2007 16:39)
Was it a stitch up, or are the emissions really harmless? read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 14, 2007 20:02 by Michelle Clarke
12 comments (last - monday june 21, 2010 15:58)
Personal Reflections of illness and the Irish system MRSA and its impact on people, on families........Are we negligent? It is not acceptable for our hospitals to be plagued with a disease that is in effect a silent killer and if it fails to kill you leaves you a victim for life of health system that will eventually destroy you. For people with long term illness, the lack of multi-disciplinary medics and an over abundance of management/staff, cleaners etc., the hospitals do not get cleaned as used to be the case. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 13, 2007 11:24 by Margaretta D'Arcy
22 comments (last - monday november 19, 2007 13:09)
Questions must be asked about the State's attitude to the use of a security firm at Shell's Bellanaboy site. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday November 11, 2007 20:04 by Kevin T. Walsh
11 comments (last - monday march 23, 2009 17:50)
Today's papers suggest 'Bertie it is time to go' and would Mary Harney go with him. Also included is Professor Drumm and the bureaucrats in the HSE. Many years ago, women of Ireland marched in their thousands, outraged against the inequality they endured of not having the right of freedom to choose Abortion, Contraceptives, to work when married. I ask where are the liberals now. read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday November 09, 2007 22:28 by Marty McK
9 comments (last - wednesday december 05, 2007 15:40)
Should everyone return to the classroom and learn to count? Add up numbers published in press releases, is 7,000 classroom assistants a rounded up or down figure? Not by any stretch of the imagination are all classroom assistants members of a trade union. I am disappointed this is not an election year. Can you imagine the squirming and questions left hanging in the air by the "can we have your vote" and move the earth for you campaigners. Imagine an election turnout like GMB ballot figures signify anyone notice how did the GPA fair in comparison to GMB? (footballers). I missed out not seeing ballot returns. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday November 09, 2007 15:36 by solidarity seeker
1 comment (last - friday november 09, 2007 16:06)
Life is full of disappointments, Ms Ruane is "Disappointed" classroom assistants are returning to strike action. read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Friday November 09, 2007 01:59 by Nick Folley
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Those following the debate on the Hidden History programme about the shooting of the Pearson Brothers in Co.Offaly may find this transcript of Joe Duffy's Liveline programme broadcast on 5 November 2007 of interest . read full story / add a comment 
national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 06, 2007 18:39 by C Murray
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On the 04/09/07 there was a press release detailing a possible mis-diagnosis problem in relation to the mammogram service at Portlaoise Hospital, the press release said that there were possibly 5,000 women effected and there was no press release from Mary Harney's Department. The
Hospital board and the HSE managed the timed release of materials including the fact that
many of the patients had been on the Treatment Purchase Fund Scheme. This info emanated
in the direct aftermath of Ms Harney's travelling to Barrington's Hospital in Cork where up to
1,000 women were similarly effected. Today there is a press release from DOHC which is
written in response to emergent details of 8 women with a diagnosis of cancer who had
been cleared and 19 awaiting second opinions. http://www.dodc.ie/press/releaes/2007/200711102b.html read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 06, 2007 13:32 by solidarity seeker
15 comments (last - wednesday december 05, 2007 16:04)
GMB have had the best response ever to their ballot on the classroom assistants dispute. This may seem to be a possitive thing. However some important questions need to be answered and if anyone from the GMB read this I would love to hear their replies. 1) How many classroom assistants do you represent? 2) Why were ballot papers sent to cleaners, and caretakers? read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 06, 2007 08:56 by Watcher
19 comments (last - wednesday november 21, 2007 19:45)
With Iraq in ruins and the oil resources secured, the neo-cons that run the west have now turned their malign attention to Iran. All media is now saturated with propaganda putting Iran in the role of aggressor and a threat to world peace.Others day and daily place stories in the media portraying the internal position as one of oppression and brutality in which the Iranian people are supposedly yearning to be liberated by the west. Nothing could be further from the truth. Iranians want noting to do with western style "democracy" Medialens has collated a number of examples of how the media is being manipulated by the neo-cons as they whip up support for an attack on Iran We should take great care of what and who we give credance to in this very dangerous game in which Iran and it's perople are targeted and placed in deadly danger. read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Thursday November 01, 2007 22:03 by Sean
3 comments (last - monday november 05, 2007 17:35)
In response to a number of comments in relation to the Communist Party of Ireland's celebration of the Ninetieth anniversary of the October Socialist Revolution both on the internet and in the print media on what we might or might not say about events pertaining to the revolution and subsequent developments we have poster the speech delivered by Eugene Mc Cartan, to a packed meeting in Liberty Hall on Friday 26th October read full story / add a comment
limerick / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday November 01, 2007 20:43 by Cathal McCarthy
On 1 October 2007, the Weston Gardens Residents' Association, of which I am Cathaoirleach, sent a letter by registered post to Brendan Kenny (CEO Limerick Regeneration Agencies). When Mr. Kenny did not respond after 3 weeks, we decided to go public. On 24 October 2007, we bought a full page in the Limerick Leader and published a shortened version . The reaction of Mr. Kenny & co. was predictable; spin and deny. read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Thursday November 01, 2007 09:51 by Domhain Sceadaman
25 comments (last - friday november 30, 2007 01:47)
I cam across this tale whilst having coffee in leafy D4, in the Baggot Street area and this tied in with something that I had heard a few weeks ago in that Palace of Epicurian Delights the Embassy Grill in Ballsbridge. The story is about corporate greed, arogance and "murky stuff" which links back to the rendition flights out of Shannon. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Tuesday October 30, 2007 16:54 by paul o toole
7 comments (last - saturday november 03, 2007 02:02)
Hypocracy all across the board. read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday October 30, 2007 14:38 by Ender Yılmaz & José Antonio Gutiérrez D.
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An member of the WSM and the Turkish anarchist organization AKI look at the crisis in Turkey, a crisis pushed further into the spotlight since this article was written by the threats to invade Iraqi Kurdistan. Turkish politics are full of contradictions and paradoxical situations. But the bottom line is that both the “democratic” political Islam as well as the “authoritarian” army are elite alternatives opposed to the basic interests of workers, that have agreed on the fundamentals and will likely keep agreeing in maintaining the repressive political structures of the Kemalist state, read full story / add a comment |
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