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| Name: | Indymedia ireland |
| Description: | All the latest news posted to Indymedia Ireland's open publishing newswire. Indymedia Ireland is a collectively run media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth, offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage of Irish news and events. |
| Site URL: | http://www.indymedia.ie |
| RSS feed URL: | http://www.indymedia.ie/newsfeed.php |
| Syndic8 ID: | 31094 |
| Language: | en |
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25 most recent entries:
Photo-story from the Public Health Service Campaign march in Dublin on Saturday (Oct 13 2008 01:16 GMT)
The message was made loud and clear to Harney and Drumm 'Fund our health- Not your pockets' and to provide a health service that we can trust.
Still more Questions than Answers at Shannon (Oct 12 2008 19:41 GMT)
Monthly vigil well attended, but questions over unidentified plane meets a wall of Garda silence A relaxed yet determined crowd gathered at the monthly vigil in Shannon this Sunday evening to protest against the ongoing use of the airport by the US military and CIA. Not surprisingly there was an unidentified aircraft sitting on the airport tarmac at the time. And also not surprisingly, the Gardai were determined to stop any of the concerned vigil attendees from identifying it.
Animal Rights Information Table & Foie Gras Protest (Oct 12 2008 17:49 GMT)
Get active for animal rights, join us on Saturday!
Police Repression in Liverpool Results in Random Arrests (Oct 12 2008 14:33 GMT)
New Model Special B's The Police have made arrests and issued fixed penalty notices of two political activists in Liverpool. Liverpool has long historical links with Ireland and the attached articles may be of interest. The arrests were made as a result of a number of campaigning groups setting up stalls on Church Street, these ranged from the Anarchist Federation to the National Health Service.
Shell and Ferrovial at Corporate Ethics Summit in Barcelona, 13-14 Oct, Call for action (Oct 12 2008 11:39 GMT)
We need activists to attend conference or help with email campaign FERROVIAL, who are building the M3 motorway through the Tara archaeological complex and SHELL, who are building the gas pipeline in Mayo are just two of the companies attending a conference on Stakeholder Engagement, within the realm of Corporate Social Responsibility in Barcelona this Monday and Tuesday, 13th and 14th of October We need people to help us engage in the conference, by sending activists and emailing participants. http://www. ethicalcorp. com/stakeholder/agenda.
Marxist Internet Archive attacked (Oct 12 2008 11:04 GMT)
The Chinese government is suspected of being behind the recent ?denial of service attacks? on the Marxist Internet Archive website . Brian Basgen who has worked on the site since 1990, says that ,since January , there have been hundreds of attacks ,99 percent of which emanate from China . As a consequence , the MIA may be forced to sacrifice its Chinese language material to keep the rest of the archive open .
Funeral ceremony in Brussels of EU treaty . (Oct 11 2008 20:26 GMT)
NO Means NO Today in Brussels representatives of the belgian people (Attac, Onzezeg, Notremotadire, CAP ao.) burried the Lisbon Treaty at the bourse in the centre of the Europeen Union. People of Europe want their say on the EU.They want the referendums to be respected; This Treaty is not democratic and not protecting our social security.
RAG Open Meeting (Oct 11 2008 20:22 GMT)
Refugee Action Group Open Meeting in Belfast
Hundreds march through Dublin to demand a better health service (Oct 11 2008 19:44 GMT)
Over a thousand people marched through Dublin today as part of the Dublin Council of Trade unions organised demonstration for a decent health service.
?Reconfiguration?, ?Centres of excellence? - Buzzwords for privatisation and screwing the worker (Oct 11 2008 16:43 GMT)
Brendan Drum of the HSE had earmarked the St Mary?s Orthopaedic Hospital in Cork as next in line for his cuts. But workers at the hospital are intent on fighting back and not accepting this. Kevin Doyle interviewed Paula Walters, SIPTU member, and a hospital attendant with over 30 years experience at the hospital.
Hammered by the Irish (Oct 11 2008 16:36 GMT)
Kick Ass Gig and Book Info Update Some photos from a rockin' gig. Text to follow shortly.
Grass Roots Gathering in Cork (Oct 11 2008 16:02 GMT)
The next Grass Roots Gathering will take place in Cork on the weekend of the 14th, 15th and 16th of November.
Is this the end of capitalism? (Oct 11 2008 15:36 GMT)
SWP Public Meeting in Balbriggan
Public meeting urges people to build a real alternative (Oct 11 2008 09:41 GMT)
Good turn out at public meeting organized to relaunch People Before Profit Cork Banking Crisis, Recession, Rocketing Prices, Rising Unemployment: What is the Solution?
Call for Int. Day of Action (Nov. 5th) Against Commercialisation of Education (Oct 11 2008 09:41 GMT)
The International Students Movement for Free and Emancipating Education has called for a coordinated day of action, right across the globe, against the commercialisation of education and education spaces.
Shell to Sea court cases - 8 & 9th October (Oct 11 2008 07:48 GMT)
Below is a rundown on the Shell to Sea cases on Wednesday and Thursday last in Belmullet and Ballycroy court.
CWPS Construction Workers Pension, Scheme or Scam (Oct 10 2008 20:21 GMT)
CWPS Construction Workers Pension, Scheme or Scam CWPS Construction Workers Pension, Scheme or Scam
32nd Anniversary of a Murdered Child (Oct 10 2008 18:37 GMT)
32nd Anniversary of our brother who was murdered by a British solider and buried on his 14th Birthday
Public Statement on the Extra-Judicial Execution of at least 46 Young Men in Colombia (Grupo Raíces) (Oct 10 2008 18:11 GMT)
We, Grupo Raíces/Grúpa Fréamhacha, condemn the extra-judicial execution of 46 Colombian young men between January and August this year, as emerged on the news two weeks ago.
Salmon Poetry Event In London (Oct 10 2008 16:40 GMT)
Salmon Poetry event in London: Todd Swift, Patrick Chapman, Susan Millar DuMars, Kevin Higgins, Pete Mullineaux & Jessie Lendennie.
French State Found Guilty of Neglect of Basque Language (Oct 09 2008 16:36 GMT)
United Nations Criticices French State Policy Towards Minority Languages United Nations language rights body asks French state to change its policy and practice towards the Basque language and to assist its speakers through facilitating teaching and broadcasting in the languages.
Spanish Governmente Turns the Screw on Basques (Oct 09 2008 16:21 GMT)
another political party banned by Spanish state; also jails officers of political refugees support group -- Dublin Committee issues leaflet of protest On 16th September the Spanish State banned yet another socialist and pro-independence political party -- the ANV/EAE (Basque Nationalist Action). In the same month it jailed prominent members of the Amnistia movement.
Saor Pól Brennan Anois! (Oct 09 2008 16:11 GMT)
The Irish Republican Youth Movement, Ógra Shinn Féin, have said that they are committed to campaigning for the immediate release of 1983 Long Kesh Escapee Pól Brennan, who has been incarcerated in a US prison since January this year. They said they will be stepping up efforts to highlight his plight in the time ahead, which includes two ?Free Pól Brennan? vigils on Tuesday 14 October, one at 6.30pm outside the GPO in Dublin and the other at Queen?
Canadian Government Collaborates with Spanish Torture (Oct 09 2008 16:08 GMT)
Iban Apaolaza Sancho refused habeas corpus by Canadian Superior Court and due for deportation to Spain; Iban on hunger strike in protest. Dublin Committee calls for support for protest action on 17th This month, a Canadian court refused to hear a habeas corpus writ to challenge the continuing detention of Basque refugee Iban Apalaoza Sancho and the state's plans to deport him to Spanish jurisdiction. The court ruled that the country's Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not apply to residents in Canada who are not citizens. Iban is now on hunger strike in protest and the 17th has been set by the Canadian authorities for his deportation.
Public Meeting Introducing Cork Palestinian Children's Charity (Oct 09 2008 15:04 GMT)
Wed. 15th October, 8pm, Rossmore Room, Imperial Hotel, Cork A public meeting will be held in the Imperial Hotel, at 8pm on the 15th of October to explain the purpose of the 'Cork Palestinian Children's Charity' and to canvass support for the Aid Convoy which is proposed.
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