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galway / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday April 24, 2007 06:40 by Perplexed
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Public servants were leaned on, to not attend a protest in Galway City yesterday, 23rd April, about the water situation. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday April 22, 2007 21:57 by Catalan Solidarity: Ireland Committee
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This year marks the 300th anniversary of the occupation of the Catalan Countries by the Spanish State following the battle of Almansa in 1707. This date cannot be easily forgotten as both the national and social oppression by the Spanish State over the Catalan Countries still continues. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday April 22, 2007 19:15 by Niall Harnett
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“The State guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate the personal rights of the citizen”. Constitution of Ireland - Bunreacht na h-Eireann, Article 40.3.1. The wide-spread and systematic corruption of Gardaí that has been exposed in this country might lead us to believe that we should be entering a new era of accountability. No, far from it, the opposite is true. That new era began last October 2006 and continues now with the practical ongoing training and conditioning of hundreds of Gardaí at Bellanaboy, to the use of violence over the rule of law. In that context of institutionalised Garda violence, I‘d hope that this article could go some way in empowering you to adopt the policy of: Never cooperating with the Gardaí unless ... 1) You have been informed of a reason why they suspect you of committing an offence, or 2) You are being assaulted by them and/or threatened with fear for your personal safety or your life. read full story / add a comment 
national / environment / opinion/analysis Sunday April 22, 2007 16:49 by F. Fish
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By air and sea it will stretch from Donegal to Galway and beyond. read full story / add a comment
national / housing / opinion/analysis Friday April 20, 2007 12:21 by the great excluded
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Fianna Fail plan to renage on the promise to sell local Authority flats to long term residents at a reasonable price read full story / add a comment
national / environment / opinion/analysis Friday April 20, 2007 12:18 by Lily
Appeal to other communities who have been subjected to the infamous Rural Planning Services form of 'consultation'. Shell have recently appointed RPS to consult our community about where we would like the high pressure raw gas pipeline to go...hum i can think of a few places!! read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Friday April 20, 2007 12:07 by Martin Clancy
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This article consists of notes for a guest lecture in NUI Maynooth on the anti-war movement in Ireland at its highpoint between September 2002 and March 2003. The focus is on the use of direct action in opposition to the use of Shannon airport for re-fuelling by the American military, and the different arguments within the anti-war movement in favour of, or against, the direct action tactic. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Friday April 20, 2007 10:19 by C Murray
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At the time of the murder of Rachel Kiely, Ian horgan was sixteen year old boy. He was originally convicted of rape and murder but eventually got imprisoned for manslaughter. A murder conviction would have carried a mandatory life sentence. Horgan was due to be released this year but the DPP applied to have the case appealed by the higher courts. The new sentence is a twelve year sentence for rape and man-slaughter (to run concurrently) which taking into account the four years already served means he should be out in a three-five year period. He's very young at twenty three is he not to be doing such heavy time? Is Ireland trying children as adults? read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Friday April 20, 2007 00:17 by MJ Costello
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In a recent Irish Independent article Kevin Myers blamed RTE for "hate mail, death threats, and abusive graffiti on my car, concluding with my home having to be given round-the-clock Garda protection" Kevin says this resulted from Joe Duffy’s Liveline whipping up the “mob” "after (as I admitted within a day and repeat now) was [sic] a very poor article of mine". Major Myarse, as Kev is known affectionately, does not reveal why he was persona non-grata with the “mob”. Was it opposition to poor syntax, bad grammar, or irritation at Kev not letting facts get in the way of his opinions (or of his apology, which took two days to appear, not one)? Not the latter, we can be sure. Otherwise the mob would be scribbling its criticism on Kev's car every day of the week and Kev, like Salman Rushdie, would require permanent ”round-the-clock Garda protection”. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Thursday April 19, 2007 22:05 by Dónal Griffin
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A look at the plasticity of the Irish political scene in the run up to the general election. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday April 19, 2007 21:13 by blonde haired bar worker
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Without the right to bear arms almost a hundred years ago the Irish Republican Brotherhood would have found their strategy for Irish Independence somewhat more challenging. As we know many militia were present in Ireland at the point in our history. As for Ireland the universal right to bear arms which had first been codified in "modern law" as a privilege by the British Bill of Rights in 1689 facilitated insurrection, rebellion, revolution & held the forces of oppression in check throughout the world. The whole world. Not the bit you see in the movies or can send an email to. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday April 17, 2007 22:40 by El Bull
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In February of this year, the government released new forms of contract to be used for the procurement of public sector construction projects. Designed to deliver cost certainty, the new forms of contract transfer considerable risk to the Contractor. It is widely accepted that one of the results of these controversial new contracts will actually be higher construction costs, albeit with certainty about the (higher) contract prices. However, there are some other very significant implications of these new contracts, in particular with regard to how protestors will be treated on construction sites in the future. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Monday April 16, 2007 20:35 by Kevin Walsh
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Some years ago, we had a tragic murder at Grange Gorman hospital of two innocent women. It was one of the most horrific murders in the history of the State. Another horrific point about it is the investigation of the Garda Siochana. Dean Lyon was a young drug addict. Depressive, suicidal and now in hindsight Dean had a walter mitty state of mind as a result of drugs. Yet Gardai had him incarcerated for 9 months in Mountjoy prison. Within a few weeks, they knew their mistake but a junior member within their ranks pushed the issue. Some time later, Dean Lyons, took his own life in London. read full story / add a comment 
international / gender and sexuality / opinion/analysis Sunday April 15, 2007 18:46 by C Murray
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The LPR in Poland had attempted at the end of 2006 to force through an amendment to the article 38 of the Polish Constitution which would have transcended the already legislated for abortion rights of Polish women. The amendment was to have read ' to protect human life from the moment of Conception'. The campaigners launched a global letter of protest which went through many women's groups and a political campaign to raise awareness of the issues surrounding women's reproductive rights. The Vote happened and the LPR lost. Marek Jurek has been forced to resign. During the almost five month campaign which saw deep division in the Polish Parliament, the Alicia Tysiac case was heard in Strasbourg, The ECHR ruled that the Polish State had failed in their legal obligation to provide the mother of three with a legal abortion on medical grounds, despite three doctors advising that she would lose her sight if she was to proceed with her pregnancy. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Sunday April 15, 2007 12:15 by Alan MacSimoin
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The Workers Solidarity Movement, along with anarchist organisations throughout the world, refuses to take part in parliamentary elections. Is it not downright weird, or even hypocritical, when anarchists claim to want more democracy than anyone else? Is this a rejection of democracy? Alan MacSimoin tries to answer some of the questions that arise again and again read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday April 15, 2007 03:41 by Seán Ryan
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When water is finally privatised we will thank our masters for it read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Saturday April 14, 2007 14:24 by Sean Crudden
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What is wrong in the health services? Is it a question of money and working hours? Perhaps it is the quality of the work professionals are expected to implement? Is a more research orientated outlook important for all nurses and doctors? Is it any longer possible to have blind faith in the administrators or, even, in the stock nostrums of medicine? read full story / add a comment
galway / environment / opinion/analysis Friday April 13, 2007 11:26 by Galway water crisis
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Galway Spring Water get looked after by Galway City Hall. The people of Galway, having already lost their choice to drink tap water, now told they must drink Galway Spring water if they want to avail of the "buy one, get one free" offer. read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Monday April 09, 2007 13:59 by Missing
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There are over one hundred women missing in Ireland. They are presumed dead. It is fourteen years since Annie Mc Carrick Vanished. There is no longer an operational website for families of vanished children, parents, sisters and brothers, to use. Last week families of the missing women joined together to make protest. read full story / add a comment
galway / environment / opinion/analysis Saturday April 07, 2007 16:21 by useless eater
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Frank Fahy has launched a webpage called www.isupportthebypass.com Ye can add yer votes and comments. I do NOT support the bypass for the following reasons: read full story / add a comment |
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