As Gardaí go door to door in central Dublin trying to intimidate any residents who might be tempted to protest against the visit of the British queen, their colleagues in Britain have mounted raids on social centers and squats across London. Five social centers were raided this morning in London and over 60 anarchists have […]
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Ireland: They Say Cut Back, We Say Fight Back
I left Ireland in 2007 at the height of the economic boom there, the unemployment rate was under 5%1, house prices had gone through the ceiling and the head of state had suggested that anyone who thought there might be an end to the boom should go and kill themselves. I passed through Philly in […]
Not getting the context of the Corrib police rape tape remarks
An editorial in Thursday’s (April 7th) Irish Times titled "Loose talk or malice?" accepted the interpretation that the Gardai recorded on the Corrib video were simply making a private joke about rape. The editorial found that unacceptable but less serious then previous "corrupt and illegal actions by a small number of its members." The attitude […]
Irish police behavior at Shell protests needs a independent international inquiry not internal investigation
Shell to Sea held a well attended press conference today (7 April) at which it was highlighted that the video recording of Garda discussing using rape threats as part of an interrogation was symptomatic of the policing of the entire Shell Corrib project. Local resident John Monaghan revealed that another Garda sergeant made abusive sexual […]
Irish police dirty tricks and attacks on campaigners in aftermath of release of rape discussion video
Garda in Mayo took revenge for the publication of the Corrib cops rape threat video yesterday (4th April) by attacking Shell to Sea campaigners during another protest near the site where the women were arrested. Alongside this there are clear indications of a dirty tricks campaign being waged by the Garda Press Office. The fact that Garda […]
Garda – “Give me your name and address or I’ll rape you”
Give me your name and address or I’ll rape you” – the words of a Garda Sgt as he discussed with at least two other Gardai how they were going to interrogate one of two female Shell to Sea campaigners they had arrested and who were being brought to Belmullet Garda station. Just second earlier […]
A week of setbacks for Shell but Labour Party now to force Corrib refinery on community
This week as Shell prepares to start construction on the final leg of their controversial Corrib gas pipeline & refinery they have faced multiple set backs. In Erris Shell were prevented accessing construction sites by a blockade of protesters on a number of days while in Dublin Shell were forced to pull out of a […]
The 1% are doing all right – Irish rich now much richer
The richest 300 people in Ireland are now worth 57 billion, almost as much as the entire IMF /ECB bailout. What’s more, when the rest of us saw our take home pay fall massively in the last year they got 13% or 6.7 billion euro richer. Which hasn’t stopped them demanding pay cuts for the […]
Audio from the 2011 Feminist Walking Tour in Dublin
Around 80 people took part in Sunday’s annual Feminist Walking Tour to mark International Women’s Day. The tour was organised by Choice Ireland, Lashback and RAG and for the first time was confined to the south side of the city, starting at Stephen’s Green and ending up in Temple Bar. The audio from the individual […]
Corrib pipeline – resistance wipes out Shell’s profits but Fine Gael are clueless
It has been revealed that the decade long resistance of the people of Erris to Shell’s experimental gas pipeline has now wiped out Shell’s projected profits from the project. Brian O’Cathain, the Managing Director of Enterprise Energy Ireland let the cat out of the bag at a debate at the IFI on the 4th December. […]