Congratulations to all those in Dublin today who’ve given the mass murderer Tony Blair the welcome he deserves: Protesters hurled shoes and eggs Saturday as Tony Blair held the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in the Irish capital. Hundreds more people lined up to have their books autographed — evidence that the...
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Yesterday saw the launch of “Beat the Boreholes”; a campaign of mass civil disobedience to stop Shell works in Mayo this Summer. At 7am in the morning campaigners entered the water in Broadhaven Bay in kayaks and a safety rib in a peaceful attempt to prevent Shell from bringing in a second borehole drilling...
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There has been much political and media speculation in recent years about the possibility of a state visit to the Twenty-Six Counties by the British head of state, Elizabeth Windsor. This speculation has formed part of an elaborate ‘softening-up’ exercise designed to prepare the ground for the first such visit by a British head...
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In response to a Dail question by Caoimhghin O Caolain (9/12/09) of Sinn Fein, Noel Dempsey, Minister of Transport said 243,000 US soldiers had used Shannon Airport to date. Roger Cole, Chair of PANA said: “PANA held the first demonstration at Shannon Airport in May 2002 in protest against the use of Shannon Airport...
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Farmers are not allowed to farm, or buy and sell their produce as they wish. They must spend every working second of their lives following orders from an unelected dictatorship in Brussels….and now we have to thank the Irish for granting ever more power to these monsters. Scenes of riot police clashing with protesting farmers are...
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Better late than never…. With two and a half weeks to go until the second Irish referendum on the Lisbon treaty it’s probably too late to save Ireland…..or offer any hope to us in the UK that a ‘No’ vote in Ireland could mean a stay of execution for us by way of dodgy...
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US Military Officers Oversee War Activities at Shannon 3 September 2009 Information provided by the Minister for Foreign Affairs sheds disturbing new light on US military use of Shannon Airport. According to the Minister the troop and air force crews that pass through the airport are not the only US military there. There are...
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Tripod protesters stop Shell’s illegal beach work in Co. Mayo
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