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donegal / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Tuesday August 10, 2010 13:12 by Paula Geraghty   text 7 comments (last - tuesday october 26, 2010 07:32)   video 1 video file
Thousands marched to defend health services at Letterkenny hospital from going under the knife. Anger and hurt was clearly evident on the streets of Letterkenny as pensioners and workers most vulnerable to any cuts in health services brought traffic to halt.
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galway / arts and media / event notice Monday August 09, 2010 23:35 by Shay Leon   video 2 video files
Seanua is a multicultural project based in the West of Ireland, featuring musicians from around thirty countries in the World.
Our 2nd album is about to be launched this Friday, 13th of August in Kelly's, Galway.
Free concert 3-5 outside Galway Museum. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday August 08, 2010 16:17 by Conall O & Freda H   text 2 comments (last - monday august 09, 2010 23:22)   video 1 video file
On Sunday 8th of August, on a sunny day in Dublin, around 30 members and supporters of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign gathered at the Spire on O'Connell Street to take part in the international day of solidarity with the people of Sheikh Jarrah. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / press release Sunday August 08, 2010 13:08 by Jennifer O' Leary   text 3 comments (last - tuesday august 24, 2010 11:21)   video 2 video files
The Irish Climate Camp will take place this year at Victoria Bridge, County Tyrone, from the 12th to the 16th of August. The camp is taking place in support of the local community and their opposition to the proposed new A5 – a project that will cost a lot of money, a lot of energy (carbon emissions) and really makes no logical sense since vehicle numbers using that route have decreased considerably over recent years. Climate camp Ireland is a group of individuals that believe in taking direct action to prepare for and mitigate the effects of climate change. The camp is open to anyone to attend, and will host numerous workshops on many aspects of climate change. read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday August 04, 2010 23:47 by Trade Union TV   video 1 video file
Thousands marched through the streets of Belfast in support of LGBTQ rights. The Trade Union movement along with many other workplaces solidly turned out to demonstrate their commitment to fight for equality in the workplace. read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday July 31, 2010 15:30 by TD   text 23 comments (last - sunday august 08, 2010 18:13)   video 2 video files
Instead of being "cannon fodder for the Russian masses on the German plains," Queen's shilling Irishmen can now engage in imperial conquest in Afghanistan. Happily, they are "not stepping off to Afghanistan with the words of the prime minister ringing in their ears.” Ovinely, “they are going because the guy next to them is going.” read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday July 31, 2010 09:15 by Trade Union TV   text 2 comments (last - tuesday august 03, 2010 16:34)   video 1 video file
Watch the protest and picket here at Trade Union TV with Aonghus O'Snodaigh TD, Brendan Archbold, Unite, Freda Hughes and David Landy of the IPSC. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Wednesday July 28, 2010 22:05 by A Bike in Dublin   video 1 video file
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Monday July 26, 2010 12:42 by indyjourno   text 9 comments (last - wednesday august 11, 2010 12:06)   video 1 video file
Today’s Irish Independent features a rather poor attempt at a hatchet job of left wing activism in Ireland. Will Hanafin decided to hang around several left wing protests at the request of the Irish Independent. What emerges is a tale of him meeting middle-aged women and humourless platitudes. Of course maybe “far-left protesters” are just humourless individuals or idiots, as Hanafin seems to suggest. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday July 24, 2010 17:56 by Madam K   text 1 comment (last - thursday july 29, 2010 13:48)   video 1 video file
A lovely walk along the beautiful bay is enough to unnerve those recruited to steal our natural resourses.
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antrim / arts and media / press release Thursday July 22, 2010 21:32 by anphailistin   video 1 video file
Féile an Phobail's August Féile 2010 will this year host a very special concert with some of Ireland's greatest young musicians in aid of 'Ceol go Phailistín' (meaning 'Music to Palestine'), a very important cause. All door proceeds on the night will go to support the next Gaza floatilla. Tickets are just £7, for this very special night of music, and in support of a very important cause. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Thursday July 22, 2010 13:49 by Madam K   video 1 video file
Sruwaddacon estuary,the estuary is a Special Area of Conservation and Special Protected Area ,National Heritage Area read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday July 21, 2010 20:44 by Madam K   text 3 comments (last - saturday july 24, 2010 13:11)   video 1 video file
After serving five months and one week for opposing Shell Pat O`Donnell arrives back home in Erris to a Hero`s welcome read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday July 21, 2010 01:06 by DD   video 1 video file
After serving the full five and a half months of his sentence local fisherman Pat 'The Chief' O'Donnell was released from Castlerea Prison on July 17th. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday July 19, 2010 04:53 by TD   video 1 video file
Last night, the West Bank village of Bil'in was subjected to yet another Israeli Occupation Forces terror raid at 1.30 am when an unusually large number of IOF soldiers intruded into the outskirts of the village to arrest a local youth; 17 year old Ahmad Abed Al-Fatah Burnat - which unfortunately they effected. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday July 14, 2010 15:21 by Trade Union TV   text 2 comments (last - thursday july 15, 2010 23:30)   video 1 video file
On Bastille Day, Otis workers hold a mass picket at Otis lifts head office in Bluebell.
Watch the video and hear about their dispute in their own words. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / news report Tuesday July 13, 2010 23:32 by Michael Gallagher   text 11 comments (last - thursday july 22, 2010 22:37)   video 1 video file
A documentary film four years in the making, The Pipe tells the story of the people of Rossport in the West of Ireland and the efforts of the Shell oil company to lay a pipeline through their community. The discovery of gas off this remote coastal village has led to the most dramatic clash of cultures in modern Ireland. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / feature Friday July 09, 2010 10:34 by eeekkk   text 2 comments (last - thursday july 08, 2010 15:49)   video 1 video file
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday July 03, 2010 17:49 by TD   video 2 video files
The weekly Friday protests in Nabi Saleh against the theft of village land for the construction of the illegal Israeli "settler" colony of Halamish have the reputation as the most violent in the West Bank and yesterday's confirmed this hitherto perception: Once the peaceful demonstrators reached the line of army jeeps and soldiers blocking their passage, some were manhandled to the ground and coordinator of the protests; Bassem Tamimi received rough handling, later Jonathan Shapiro an Israeli with live conscience and strong for Palestine was violently arrested. read full story / add a comment
derry / arts and media / opinion/analysis Saturday July 03, 2010 10:17 by John O'Leary in the grave   text 3 comments (last - sunday july 04, 2010 11:33)   video 1 video file
Thomas Kinsella's Butcher's Dozen was written after the publication of the British Government's Widgery Tribunal Report in 1972. Here he is reading the poem and talking about it. The text of the poem is available here:

BUTCHER'S DOZEN:
A LESSON FOR THE OCTAVE OF WIDGERY
by Thomas Kinsella
http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/bsunday/kinsella.htm

Also, here is Seamus Deane's poem [click poem to read it or download], taken from his collection, Gradual Wars (IUP, 1972).
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