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national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Sunday February 08, 2009 19:33 by Paul O' Sullivan
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Last week, Martin Mansergh unwittingly gave an insight into the Fianna Fail's attitude toward the opinions of the electorate. His appearance on TV3 was a reminder of his less antagonising sibling. read full story / add a comment
national / education / opinion/analysis Saturday February 07, 2009 01:13 by Conor.M
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Third level fees should be re-introduced. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday February 06, 2009 10:00 by Gavin
2 comments (last - tuesday february 10, 2009 06:08)
Dublin Bus is slated to see huge cuts in both staff and services. As many as 290 workers and 100 buses will be cut. This means fewer routes and less frequent service. If the Dublin Bus workers go on strike, it will mean an inconvenience for a few days. However, if they take action and force the company to back down, it will in the long run save us all time and money and will help the environment. It will also serve as a message to the politicians. If they want cuts, they can start by tightening the belts at the top, not the bottom. The politicians are giving bailouts to bankers while they hand out cuts to workers and commuters. It's clear where the money to support public services should come from. It should come from the people who created the crisis! read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday February 05, 2009 18:39 by Con Carroll
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class political identification. this is not a recession this was well though out political economic agenda. this is war against the working class by capitalist interests read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday February 05, 2009 17:04 by Gerry Downing
7 comments (last - saturday may 30, 2009 21:37)
The strike is now coming to a conclusion. The British labour movement will emerge from it a great deal worse that when it began. The negotiations are centred around which nationality gets which jobs, with even more reactionary demands emerging from the SP that jobs should be 'local'. The strike began about BJ4BW, some gave whole hearted support and pretended the posters, union jacks and pickets comments were just 'media lies' (Galloway et al), others came to the schizophrenic conclusion that the strike might be on reactionary demands, but ‘really’, dialectically, in a contradictory way it was about a fight to advance the rights of all workers and since it might become that it was ok – a sort of ‘if your aunt had balls’ argument. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday February 05, 2009 14:33 by Paul O' Sullivan
A look at who's really to blame from a self-confessed Celtic Tiger cub read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday February 04, 2009 18:36 by Mik Wilde
Is the use of intrusive technology like that used by BetEire to track who is using the M50, when they used it and to extort payment for usage the first step down the road to where technology of this kind will be used to track and control our every movement? read full story / add a comment
cork / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday February 03, 2009 21:35 by Paul O' Sullivan
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Account of covering local council meetings read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Tuesday February 03, 2009 19:17 by Clare Gallagher
5 comments (last - thursday february 05, 2009 08:42)
What a biased media rhetoric we really have in this country! The agenda of RTE has become apparent to anyone tuning in to so-called National Broadcaster that it serves to maintain the interests of the social order. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 27, 2009 21:33 by Sean Matthews
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DUP MLA Sammy Wilson claims jobs should be given to locals before migrant workers. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 27, 2009 10:26 by 1st of May branch
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For almost twenty years those of us who argued for an alternative to capitalism were told There Is No Alternative (TINA). We were presented with two arguments, firstly that capitalism was resulting in increased prosperity across the world and over time there would be a trickle down of that prosperity so that even the poorest would benefit. And secondly that socialism meant dictatorship and inefficiency so whatever our ideals it was no real alternative. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Friday January 23, 2009 14:25 by Marie O'Connor
1 comment (last - saturday january 24, 2009 13:08)
Privatisation is at the heart of the Government's so-called 'reform programme' in health. Now cloaked by the current economic crisis, the present 'slash and burn' approach to public health services, has been in preparation since the mid-90s. 'Transformation' is a code for marketisation. read full story / add a comment 
national / environment / opinion/analysis Thursday January 22, 2009 13:40 by Dunk
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Dear Pat, (Wednesday 21 January, 2009) Strange times indeed! Yesterday Martin Luther King’s dream was realised with Barack Obama becoming the first black president of the united States. Today sees Ireland celebrating, after much movement building based on Hope and Bold-ness of vision, the 90th anniversary since the first meeting of Dail Éireann. But strangest of all is that we are living in times of such climate catastrophe, which threatens our collective existence regardless of nation and race, and in Ireland this fact is neither sufficiently recognised, nor is sufficient assistance given to those with visions for sustainable change. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday January 22, 2009 01:22 by Liz Curry
1 comment (last - thursday january 22, 2009 16:30)
This is an attempt at a summary of the results of questionnaires, interviews and a focus group at the Dublin Grassroots Gathering in June 2008 on the theme of what is winning in horizontal activism. This was done to hopefully be part of a broader movement discussion on goals, strategies, and visions. Thanks again to everyone who participated. Long may the experiments continue! Queries and comments welcome. Thanks again! read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 20, 2009 11:56 by Shane OCURRY
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It reads more like the adoring parish gazette piece about the bell ringer retiring after 30 years of good Christian service, than objective reporting about the significant, and highly unusual development of a Chief Constable being called to give evidence before an Inquiry into the murder of a solicitor in circumstances that are suggestive of a security force cover-up, if not actual collusion in the murder. It is hard to imagine how anyone could have heaped more praise onto the north of Ireland's former security top-dog. read full story / add a comment 
national / animal rights / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 20, 2009 11:42 by Bernie Wright
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For a number of years (4 at least) Circus Vegas and other Irish Circuses with animals,( American Circus, Sydney, New York etc,) have been the target of the ALF (Animal Liberation Front) who repeatedly removed or destroyed their signs on a regular basis. This was due to their use and abuse of both Wild and domestic animals in their shows. The Vegas Circus told us as we demonstrated at their circus that they had signs damaged to the tune of over 2000 euro a few years ago. This circus is owned by some of the Courtneys Brothers from Wexford. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Sunday January 18, 2009 10:51 by Maidhc Ó Cathail
Wall Street's successful lobbying of the U.S. Congress led to the current financial debacle. But the bankers have no need to worry. The government have come to their rescue with American taxpayers' money, raising serious questions about whose interests the politicians really serve. read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Saturday January 17, 2009 16:20 by Jim Bean
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And give back the money he took from Shell. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday January 14, 2009 20:08 by paul o toole
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Happy war, christmas is over read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Wednesday January 14, 2009 19:23 by jim travers
The vicious assault on a bus driver and the theft of a Dublin Bus in Cork Street, Dublin last week has once again shown us that antisocial behaviour in becoming increasingly out of hand. For the past week bus services to the outer suburban estate of Jobestown and Brookfield have been suspended because of the continued rise in antisocial activities over the past number of months. read full story / add a comment |
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