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national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Tuesday June 09, 2009 00:28 by Union Member
 3 comments (last - thursday june 11, 2009 03:25)
Indymedia readers will be familiar with the work of Frank Connolly- He is the closest thing we have had to a good investigative journalist in this country for many years. The Corrib Gas report, Quarryvale and most recently his untangling of the corrupt mess that emerged from the incestuous nature of the Galway Tent, Dublin Docklands and the Anglo Irish Bank are just a few examples of why we need vocal independent and committed people like him to help us try to hold our political elites to account. It might seem surprising that someone with his track record would write an unreservedly supportive article about Siptu’s recent performance under the stewardship of Jack O Connor, under whose leadership the union has accepted the inevitability of attacks on workers as the first and maybe only solution to a crisis that could disenfranchise a generation. Remember the day of action that was called off? The Pensions levy? read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Monday June 08, 2009 15:04 by Paddy Hackett
4 comments (last - monday june 15, 2009 18:29)  1 video file
The capitalist state forces revenue out of the workers in the form of taxation. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Sunday June 07, 2009 20:17 by Sean Matthews(personal capacity)
3 comments (last - monday june 08, 2009 21:37)
The brutal sectarian murder of voluntary community worker Kevin McDaid in Coleraine has again exposed the ugly face of sectarianism in Northern Ireland and the fallacy of the so-called peace settlement. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Saturday June 06, 2009 13:42 by Election watcher
27 comments (last - thursday june 11, 2009 14:56)  1 image
Anyone able to get tally figures,etc read full story / add a comment 
dublin / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Thursday June 04, 2009 16:24 by Joe Higgins
10 comments (last - friday june 12, 2009 14:32) 1 image
The Evening Herald today joined the political establishment in a desperate bid to dig FiannaFail out of an electoral hole in Dublin by publishing a pathetic 'Red Scare' smear against me as the Socialist Party Euro Candidate by Fianna Fail Minister of Defence, Willie O'Dea. Resorting to the most illiterate of political abuse, O'Dea pathetically tries to associate me with the ghost of the monster Stalin to scare Dublin voters, thereby insulting their intelligence. The Herald is guilty of sharp practice and contemptible and partisan pro Fianna Fail propaganda by publishing lies from both O'Dea and Eoin Ryan without, quite deliberately, having afforded me any opportunity to respond. read full story / add a comment 
limerick / animal rights / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 03, 2009 16:36 by John Fitzgerald
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The finding of three mutilated greyhound carcasses this week at a popular seaside resort (Kilteery Pier in County Limerick) shows just how expendable these animals are deemed by their owners once their performance days are over. The likelihood that they were greyhounds bred for hare coursing, judging from their build, should serve as yet another reminder that we are one of the few remaining countries that still permit this depraved and viciously cruel blood sport. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Monday June 01, 2009 23:05 by Joe Higgins
8 comments (last - tuesday june 02, 2009 15:53) 5 images
Just when Fianna Fail's Dublin Euro Candidate Eoin Ryan thought it couldn't get much worse, it did. Mary Harney publicly endorsed him! The hapless Eoin must have felt his political lifeblood chill as Harney's cold kiss of political support sealed his fate.Already spurned by many categories of workers from airport staff to teachers - all victims of Fianna Fail's slash and burn response to the Fianna Fail induced crash - now every nurse, doctor, hospital attendant and taxi driver whom Harney has alienated in her day will join the revolt. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Friday May 29, 2009 11:30 by Ishmael Lemass
1 comment (last - tuesday june 02, 2009 17:51)
The latest opinion polls continue to reveal a decline in support for Fianna Fáil, traditionally Ireland’s most successful political party. Disapproval of the coalition FF/Green Government’s performance is at 84%, a staggering indicator of dissent. Yet FF – the Soldiers of Destiny - retain support from some 20% of the electorate. Apparently not all who are dissatisfied will vote against the party.
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national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Thursday May 28, 2009 05:15 by Is Linn an Tír Seo
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Could Ireland, in its own way, become a beggar sitting in a bank of gold? read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday May 27, 2009 17:28 by Gregor Kerr
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Since the publication of the Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse last week, we have heard a litany of so-called apologies and calls for the religious orders responsible for the running of what should rightly be described as child labour camps to ‘face up to their responsibilities’. read full story / add a comment 
national / animal rights / opinion/analysis Monday May 25, 2009 10:48 by Bernie Wright
26 comments (last - tuesday june 09, 2009 10:13) 1 image
The animal liberation movement has the mammoth task of exploding the myths behind so-called "humanely produced" animal products, such as cage-free and free-range eggs or meat that is "certified humane." We try to expose the truth behind the marketing of food products that supposedly cause less harm to the animals used to produce them--foods that are meant to assuage the guilt of people who are concerned about animals (sort of) but who stop short of not eating them. Of course this eases their consciences about causing suffering to animals. It is a half measure. read full story / add a comment 
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Sunday May 24, 2009 12:39 by Joe Higgins
8 comments (last - thursday december 17, 2009 11:03) 1 image
There is fear and loathing in the vegetable patch. The greens are nervous and restive. Inclement environmental conditions have sapped their once bright emerald hue leaving them looking pale and sickly. But worse is to come. Rumours abound of an army of ravenous caterpillars waiting to crawl all over them and expected to do so on June 5th. The greens know the consequences. Their once succulent leaves shredded, what beckons is a humiliating journey to the compost heap. Greens, however, have strong survival instincts and so they are desperately trying to stave off the evil day. ‘I’m off to Tralee,’ Twittered Senator Dan Boyle, ‘ to say something controversial.’ That something was a call for the renegotiation of their Programme for Government with Fianna Fail. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday May 20, 2009 23:35 by A Freeman
20 comments (last - saturday june 13, 2009 11:06)
No prosecutions of clerical child abusers? read full story / add a comment 
national / gender and sexuality / opinion/analysis Wednesday May 20, 2009 20:12 by ipsiphi
3 comments (last - tuesday may 26, 2009 15:44) 3 images
This story comes without a summary. It is indeed such a lengthy story that it could deserve the soundtrack of the popular movie "never ending story". & So are you invited to read the main text or simply skip an opinion with what might pass for analysis and simply peruse at the Irish commission into inquire into Child Abuse Executive Summary of May 2009 the gist of which is being read more than U2 lyrics throughout the catholic speaking world. http://www.irishtimes.com/focus/2009/childabusecommissi...x.pdf read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday May 20, 2009 14:34 by Roger Yates
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Gary Francione, US law professor, animal rights philosopher and founder of Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach explains why human and nonhuman rights are perfect together. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Monday May 18, 2009 14:48 by Diarmuid Breatnach, personal capacity
14 comments (last - thursday july 30, 2009 09:34)
Despite revolutionary socialist idealogues stating the right of nations to self-determination and the duty of socialists to offer solidarity, most of the non-Republican Irish Left have ignored the Basques. With political, social and cultural organisations banned and their activists arrested and often tortured and then jailed for long prison terms (765 convicted political prisoners), the pro-independence Basque Left movement is entitled to socialist and anti-imperialist solidarity. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Thursday May 14, 2009 22:13 by Joe Higgins
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Key Questions Not Being Answered The fact that an economics commentator on the national broadcast network resigns to run in a Bye-election is hardly an earth shattering event. Yet it commands acres of coverage in the printed media and endless airtime. Why? read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday May 07, 2009 22:34 by Tara L
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The major problem with the sex- trafficking issue in Ireland is legislation read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Wednesday May 06, 2009 17:14 by Chris.M.
14 comments (last - tuesday september 15, 2009 10:24) 2 video files
Why have we not been given reasons to vote yes? read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday May 05, 2009 16:10 by Marek Lenarcik
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Please switch off the voice recorder. I will tell you about the arrest and interrogation. It’s not for my safety, but for yours. I am afraid that they will search you when you will be leaving the country. A woman in her late 20-ies opens the door to the hotel Firouzeh in central Tehran. She is dressed in blue jeans and a purple hijab covering her faultless shape. Headscarf which is supposed to cover her hair is struggling to stay somewhere on the back of her head. Delicate smile on her cheerful face is assisting a firm handshake. It’s Maryam, an activist of the One Million Signatures Demanding Changes to Discriminatory Laws towards women. “Marek jaan (dear), welcome to Iran!” read full story / add a comment |
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