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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday March 08, 2004 23:45 by Fintan Lane
 26 comments (last - monday march 15, 2004 05:17)
On International Women's Day, it is worth reminding ourselves of the dedication of those Irish women who struggled for the women's right to vote in the early 20th century. Sometimes one gets the impression that the vote was gained through nothing more than polite lobbying. Not the case, as the following excerpt from Maria Luddy's short biography of Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1995) shows. These women went to jail while fighting for a basic right, and today a number of women (Deirdre Clancy, Nuin Dunlop, Karen Fallon and Mary Kelly) are facing jail sentences for similar actions, taken while protesting against an immoral and unjust war. These women stand in a proud tradition of civil disobedience against injustice. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Monday March 08, 2004 17:52 by jordanista
15 comments (last - monday march 22, 2004 16:55)
After a report carried out by Deloitte and Touche, it seems Dublin Institute of Technology SU has found that the best way to increase the participation of students in their organisation is to write students out of the constitution! read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Monday March 08, 2004 14:10 by Jolly Giant
10 comments (last - thursday march 11, 2004 00:27)
Die Gruenen, Les Verts, the Green Party - the German, French and UK Green Parties, along with 29 other European Green parties, are now one party standing on one platform. This move comes ahead of the European Parliament elections in June, in which the Greens hope to make gains. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Sunday March 07, 2004 15:21 by ipsiphi
1 comment (last - sunday march 07, 2004 18:48)
It has long been observed that the mass on their non banking days readily absorb shite. This is why coups are most successful on the weekend, and elections as well. It is on your non-banking days that you are presented with the most filagree woven tissues of spirit and lie, ghost and truth. It is through weekend that we have considerable space in your head. read full story / add a comment
louth / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Sunday March 07, 2004 14:21 by Sean Crudden
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At a recent debate on education held in The Fairways Hotel attended by a few hundred teachers and parents, et al - including Minister for Education, Noel Dempsey, the function of teachers as role models received heavy emphasis. In particular some of the teacher/speakers (men) seemed to think they were of vital importance as role models for young boys. read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / opinion/analysis Saturday March 06, 2004 18:04 by John McDermott
6 comments (last - tuesday march 23, 2004 10:51)
Todays 'Irish Independent carries some more of the horrendous facts relating to the jailing of decent T.D.'s and working people while the gangsters in and out of government carry on business as usual. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday March 05, 2004 19:25 by CWU member
6 comments (last - saturday may 02, 2015 19:06)
...or how to become a millionaire by abusing your position as a trade union official. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Friday March 05, 2004 16:15 by Janus
22 comments (last - saturday march 13, 2004 18:53)
Socialist revolutionaries and the use of force read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Friday March 05, 2004 01:48 by John McDermott
The cosy arrangement between Fianna Fail politicians from Bertie Ahearn's own Dublin constituency was brought to an abrupt end when Mary Harney began a crusade to reform the Taxi industry...read on for details of the fallout,(compensation)as announced by minister Seamus Brennan this week. read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Thursday March 04, 2004 17:52 by Nader for Pres
Interesting comment from Ralph Nader in the States over the use of electronic voting there. Good background for our problems with electronic voting here... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday March 04, 2004 16:26 by Paul Bowman
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Western Imperialism Finally Re-united in Haiti? Lessons from the US-backed coup in Haiti read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday March 04, 2004 11:34 by JMcK
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"I play the Terminator, but you guys are the real terminators." Arnold Schwarzenegger, Baghdad, 4 July 2003 read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday March 04, 2004 05:36 by john throne
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The Grocery workers strike/lock out in Southern California came up against the refusal of the union leaders to mobilize the power of the working class. Read some comments and reports from California. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 03, 2004 23:09 by Tara Monitor
2 comments (last - friday march 05, 2004 13:01)
Despite a letter signed by the leading world experts and support from former Taoiseach John Bruton RTE is ignoring the voices thyat wish to preserve the Tara/Skryne valley. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 03, 2004 01:29 by reeuq
Earlier this year Hugh Brady held an address that was open to students. During the A&Q period two students asked him questions about accessibility at UCD. One student who uses a wheelchair brought to his attention that not all the entrances and washrooms were accessible to her and other students that she knew. Then another student asked him about getting audio materials for those with visual impairments. To both of these questions he deflected the responsibility to the newly appoint vice-president of ‘students’ and encouraged them to lobby on the issues. read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / opinion/analysis Tuesday March 02, 2004 17:49 by ANIMAL LIBERATION.be
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PEOPLE WHO ARE VIOLENT TO ANIMALS RARELY STOP THERE read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday March 02, 2004 16:13 by Gaz
4 comments (last - wednesday march 03, 2004 15:20)
Despite the Minister for Education Noel Dempsey's repeated mantraof social inclusion and widening access to education, the government has systematically targeted the most disadvantaged sectors of Irish society and reneged n virtually all its election promises by introducing cutback after devastating cutback. Since being re-elected in 2002 there has been a constant erosion of funding for schemes aimed at assisting those from disadvantaged backgrounds. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday March 02, 2004 15:41 by Dermo
31 comments (last - tuesday march 09, 2004 00:28)
An opinion after seeing the Photographs at the National Press exhibition in the Photographic Gallery in Meeting Hall square. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday March 01, 2004 13:30 by Anarcho
When the [British] government abandoned its prosecution of the GCHQ whistleblower Katharine Gun, it suggested that Blair had something to hide. The prosecution offered no evidence against Ms Gun, despite her admitting that she leaked information about an American spying operation at the UN in the run-up to the war. She said she acted to try to prevent Britain illegally invading Iraq. Arrested nearly a year ago and charged eight months later under the Official Secrets Act, she is now a free woman. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Saturday February 28, 2004 13:36 by Eoin Dubsky
1 comment (last - sunday february 29, 2004 11:57)
When a publican wants to renew his license to sell intoxicating liquor we are all equally entitled to make an objection, in writing or in person to the District Court. If the same guy wanted to start, say, a salmon farm in a nearby estuary (polluting it), he would have to post notices in the papers to alert the public of his plans, who once again could try to stop him with objections and appeals. If his business involved selling lethal weapons for export to regimes which torture and kill their opponents, guess what, his license application would be dealt with in secret by Mary Harney's functionaries in the Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment. No public scrutiny, not even parliamentary scrutiny. read full story / add a comment |
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