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kildare / education / opinion/analysis Tuesday October 06, 2009 20:35 by W.Carney- FEE NUI Maynooth
 10 comments (last - tuesday october 13, 2009 09:11)  3 images  1 video file
Reflections on the appointment of Bertie Ahern by the NUI Maynooth School of Business and Law. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday October 06, 2009 17:49 by Michelle Clarke
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In the past, I have written about a treasure trove of information much under utilised for parents, for individuals, for children, for the elderly concerned about the future, and for students. It is the EU office in Dawson Street. This is adjacent to the Royal Irish Academy, and St. Anne's Church which is also a haven for people with time on their hands and a curious mind. They have a coffee centre and for over 50's they assist people in learning how to use the computer read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Monday October 05, 2009 12:24 by Paddy Hackett
2 comments (last - monday october 05, 2009 19:50)
The call from the agents of the bourgeoisie for further cuts in the pay of public employees as a means of solving the economic crisis on the grounds that they receive better pensions, pay and working conditions than the private sector is not valid. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Sunday October 04, 2009 09:10 by John C
11 comments (last - friday october 09, 2009 11:41)
When Michael O’Leary joined the yes campaign I thought to myself that this would actually be beneficial for the No side. For most Irish people, O’Leary’s arrogance and clown antics are irritating the best of times. He did not appear to be as knowledgeable as Declan Ganley on the overall text of the Lisbon treaty. O’Leary just kept repeating the same two points over and over again, the Commissioner and taxation. I thought that O’Leary’s support for the Yes side was a blessing in disguise. I believed that his personality alone would drive some people to vote No. read full story / add a comment 
national / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Thursday October 01, 2009 23:32 by o as if
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All good children are now washed and asleep in their cots and ought have little idea how their parents & elders intend to vote tomorrow in Ireland's 2nd referendum to ratify the Lisbon Treaty. Theirs is not the duty nor the concern to weigh local political and national debate with the long term consequences of a potential post-Lisbon European Union. For the most part they will have noticed the plethora of posters and the volume of bilge wash which the Irish voters have seen and been brought through since immediately after they voted No! in the first Lisbon referendum and which has continued unrelentlessly as a tsunami until this last evening of reflection. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday October 01, 2009 23:26 by Valentine Julien
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A message from Brussels to the Irish people! PLease VOTE NO for us! read full story / add a comment 
dublin / eu / opinion/analysis Monday September 28, 2009 18:20 by Terawrizt
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New anti-Lisbon treaty music video i have released in aid of the No campaign. read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Saturday September 26, 2009 12:02 by ud
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A few of us may be waking up with a headache this morning but nothing like the one encountered yesterday by Google lawyers who thought that piracy by any other name would be tolerated Vis the GBS (The Google Book Settlement). It's a fine idea to digitise every single book ever published if that is what you claim you were instigated for; but to get up the noses of the writers and libraries whose commitment to truth, to their art and to their poverties in the process of digitising 7,000,000 books- of which 5,000,000 were in copyright its another tale altogether. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tec....html read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Tuesday September 22, 2009 13:42 by mhawk
3 comments (last - monday september 28, 2009 09:27)
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland are very keen to ensure that none of their clients are involved in conflict of interest situations. Indeed they have stated that even the appearance of a theoretical conflict of interest must be avoided at all costs, and transparency ensured through thorough external auditing. read full story / add a comment
national / education / opinion/analysis Saturday September 19, 2009 16:51 by Fred Johnston
13 comments (last - sunday october 11, 2009 15:14)
University presidents in the Republic grieving over challenge to rather large purses . . . So where are the student protests? read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday September 18, 2009 01:33 by Marc Spring
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Jack O'Connor and SIPTU leaders are making some noises about the outrageous treatment of Irish Coca Cola workers these days, but does anyone remember that they vitriolically attacked a campaign of solidarity with Colombian Coca Cola workers whose lives were threatened, a short few years ago? read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Monday September 14, 2009 13:25 by Eugene Mc Cartan
Women and the European Union Paper presented by Deirdre Uí Bhrógáin, National Executive Committee, Communist Party of Ireland, to Desmond Greaves Summer School, 2009 read full story / add a comment 
international / eu / opinion/analysis Saturday September 12, 2009 19:55 by susan Boyle
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In what could have seemed like a typical storm in a tea-cup about a fortnight ago & in my opinion didn't merit comment or reporting then, a village consultation in Catalonia has evinced EU parliament cross party condemnation of the Spanish state. The leaders of the EU conservatives, socialists, greens and liberals have expressed their concern at the continued operation of the Spanish Falange party. Manfred Weber leads the conservative block in the EU parliament he has said "this demonstration celebrates a brutal and inhuman totalitarian system in which thousands of European died and it must be stopped" or Bernhard Rapkay leader of the German socialists in the EU "we must punish any European who uses fascist symbols". What could have caused that? The story really is extraordinarily interesting, ironic, though provoking & of interest to Welsh, Scot or any referendum voter. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday September 10, 2009 16:24 by Sean Matthews- personal capacity
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A few years ago a comrade from Leeds introduced me to the life and times of this colourful figure, Dr John Creaghe who helped spread the flames of anarchism across three continents. In the words of the famous Italian anarchist Bartolomeo Vanzetti this pamphlet is dedicated to the ‘nameless in the vast crowd of nameless ones.’ read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Thursday September 10, 2009 03:01 by Johnfitz
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President Jacques Chirac, who campaigned hard for a "Yes" vote, accepted the voters' "sovereign decision", but said it created "a difficult context for the defence of our interests in Europe". read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Wednesday September 09, 2009 21:16 by Johnfitz
Referendums modify Irish foundational law and are, in effect, a court and citizens are the jury This requires, in the interest of fair conduct, criteria such as the following are complied with as in the courts. There must be careful, truthful, balanced and clear exposition of the various aspects of the amendment no preconditioning or intimidation of citizen jurors adequate opportunity and time for all concerned citizens to evaluate the issues adequate opportunities for citizen jurors to evaluate the credibility proponents of Yes & No cases etc read full story / add a comment 
national / eu / opinion/analysis Wednesday September 09, 2009 17:22 by ludopath
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On the 21st of March, 1953 a cartoon appeared inthe "New Yorker" by the Scottish cartoonist Ale Graham which showed one UFO, one horse in a field, two extra-terrestials with the caption take me to your leader . The rest is history. In the list of possibly apocryphal quotations of Henry Kissenger (history has been rewritten since he started out) is included the question who do I call for Europe It is quite mind numbingly appalling for me as an Irish migrant to Europe to read not bit of coverage of the Isbon Treaty which doesn't not include comment on who are the candidates to take the Big Job of Permanent President of the European Council read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Wednesday September 09, 2009 13:18 by Johnfitz
A little thought would enable most to see that ending competition (war or commercial warfare in which the strongest, wealthiest, most devious etc generally win) is the imperative if we want a just & peaceful world. Those of us who blame “the system"- capitalism, communism, socialism or religions of any persuasion have been misled. The system is what those in power make it regardless of what it's called. Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, or their ilk control, dominate, terrorise, kill,even their own as well as the enemy to achieve their ends. Gandhi, MLKing or Christ would never use such methods because they loved humanity even their "enemies" read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Tuesday September 08, 2009 21:15 by I. Greene
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By all accounts it appears that members of the Gardai were not truthful in their dealings throughout Michael McKevitt’s case. The latest conflicting evidence between two senior Garda officers certainly warrant an immediate investigation to identify if flawed evidence also contaminated the civil case in Belfast, resulting in a double miscarriage of justice. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Monday September 07, 2009 20:53 by Paddy Hackett
The nationalization of the banks of the economy of a country is basically a nationalist policy. Nationalism and the nationalization of the banks are one and the same. read full story / add a comment |
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