Tomás Ó Flatharta

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FreedomWaves Ships to Gaza – Key Information and News Items

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Emergency Demonstration – Support the #FreedomWaves ships to Gaza – End the Siege of Gaza

Friday 4th November
6pm, The Spire
O’Connell Street
Dublin 1

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNGhWzv5Tzc

Gaza flotilla interception ‘violent and dangerous’

Sunday, November 06, 2011 – 04:09 PM

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/gaza-flotilla-interception-violent-and-dangerous-527312.html#.Tra8ZEFySKA.facebook

http://www.paulmurphymep.eu/breaking-news-bad-treatment-of-crew-of-mv-saoirse-in-israeli-prison

Irish Ship To Gaza campaign – http://www.irishshiptogaza.org/

See also http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/11/201111335159309793.html

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Nov 3, 2011 at 10:27 pm

Posted in Gaza, Ireland, Palestine

Joe Higgins. SP/ULA, questions Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, Labour Party Leader, Purpose of His Party?

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Here is a video well worth watching :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yJi-K6nYS_g

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Nov 3, 2011 at 10:20 pm

Posted in Dublin West By-Election, Fianna Fáil, Financial Crisis (September 2008 onwards), Fine Gael, General Election 2011, Ireland, Labour Party (Ireland), Socialist Party, United Left Alliance

David McWilliams: All bets are off, so why pay for costly Anglo gamble? – David McWilliams, Columnists – Independent.ie

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http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/david-mcwilliams/david-mcwilliams-all-bets-are-off-so-why-pay-for-costly-anglo-gamble-2923011.html

A Clear Case for not paying the Anglo Irish Bank Profiteers

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Nov 3, 2011 at 10:49 am

Posted in Financial Crisis (September 2008 onwards), General Election 2011, International Political Analysis, Ireland, Tugging the Forelock

A mark of respect – Thu, Nov 03, 2011 – Mr Myers Writes

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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/letters/2011/1103/1224306977748_pf.html

No comment needed

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Nov 3, 2011 at 10:25 am

Posted in Black Humour, Humour, Ireland, Six County State

The Billion Dollar Anglo Irish Bond – Cedar Lounge Revolution – and the Greece Referendum

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http://cedarlounge.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/the-billion-dollar-anglo-bond/

and a cartoon which says it all :

More, from the NAMA Winelake :

http://namawinelake.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/black-wednesday-imf-dependent-4-6m-population-country-with-debtgdp-over-100-and-rising-today-pays-usd-1bn-unsecured-unguaranteed-debt-of-completely-bust-bank/

Dave Allen has the last word :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5y_gE1Rb1Y

 

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Nov 2, 2011 at 3:44 pm

Posted in Financial Crisis (September 2008 onwards), Fine Gael, General Election 2011, Greece, Humour, International Political Analysis, Labour Party (Ireland), People Before Profit, Referendums, Tugging the Forelock, United Left Alliance

Elections Over – Fianna Fáil Still Toxic, A Government Starting to Slide

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A Fianna Fáil Resurrection in Dublin West

– or A Fine Gael  Gift?

Ed Moloney in his always stimulating Broken Elbow Blog concentrates on the Sinn Féin performance and suggests in passing:

Fianna Fail did what no-one expected and put on a convincing impression of Lazarus. The FF result in the West Dublin by-election, the creditable performance of Sean Gallagher, the ersatz Fianna Failer – despite the late-breaking brown envelope scandal.

http://thebrokenelbow.com/2011/10/31/why-provo-lies-about-the-past-are-so-dumb/#comments

I disagreed, and posted a an explanatory reply.  This article expands on the topic.

The Fianna Fáil Dublin West by-election result must be analysed in tandem with the dire Fine Gael result achieved by a very weak candidate, Eithne Loftus.

http://www.electionsireland.org/changes.cfm?election=2011B&cons=112

http://www.rte.ie/news/vote2011/dublin-west.html Read the rest of this entry »

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Nov 1, 2011 at 11:27 pm

Posted in Dublin West By-Election, Fianna Fáil, Financial Crisis (September 2008 onwards), Fine Gael, General Election 2011, Green Party, Ireland, Labour Party (Ireland), October 27 2011, Opinion Polls, Referendums, Sinn Féin, Socialist Party, United Left Alliance

Fairytales of Dundalk – Mr Myers,Mysterious IRA Mole-Cells, Gardai whose second-name starts with C

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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1029/1224306730026.html

Readers are encouraged to go past this unexciting headline in the Saturday October 29 2011 Irish Times – “Myers tells tribunal he will not reveal sources”.

The Smithwick Tribunal is investigating claims that IRA “moles” based in Dundalk Garda Station helped organise the killing of two Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers, Buchanan and Breen during “the troubles”. Read the rest of this entry »

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Oct 30, 2011 at 3:58 pm

Posted in Black Humour, Ireland, Six County State

Occupy Wall Street 2011 Meets Mexico City Olympics 1968 Black Power – Viva John Carlos

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Dave Zirin Writes

Last night I had the privilege of introducing 1968 Olympian Dr. John Carlos to the General Assembly at Occupy Wall Street. This morning I had the duty of introducing John Carlos to Sen. Chuck Schumer in the MSNBC green room. Both were unforgettable experiences

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/10/11-10


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Oct 10, 2011 at 2:59 pm

Posted in Financial Crisis (September 2008 onwards), USA

Berlin Solidarity with PIIGS

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A spirit of Internationalism from Berlin

Merkel and Sarkozy Pulling Strings

Puppet Masters of the Euro-Universe

http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/10/06/got-to-save-the-banks-blame-it-on-those-lazy-greeks-berlin-funny-fotos-pull-up-those-piigs-poster-in-berlin/

 

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Oct 9, 2011 at 11:01 pm

Posted in Ireland

A Table Quiz : Support Ruth Coppinger’s Run for the Dáil in the Dublin West By-Election: Wednesday October 12 8.00pm, in the Teachers’ Club, 36 Parnell Square, Dublin 1

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Rag-Bag Productions Proudly Presents :
A Table Quiz to support Ruth Coppinger’s run for the Dáil in the Dublin West By-Election:
Wednesday October 12 8.00pm, in the Teachers’ Club, 36 Parnell Square, Dublin 1
Brought to You by the Motley Crew
Ruth Coppinger, a Fingal County Councillor, is running for a Dáil Seat in the Constituency of Dublin West. The By-Election is coming soon – on Thursday October 27.
Ruth is a Socialist Party Candidate, part of the United Left Alliance (ULA), which  has five seats in the Dáil elected on February 25 2011.
With the ULA what you see is what you get – an independent left-wing campaigning group which will never enter coalition with right-wing parties such as Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael.
We are very hopeful Ruth’s campaign will be successful, but nothing can be taken for granted.
Elections cost money – we’re running a table quiz to support Ruth’s run for the Dáil :
Wednesday October 12, 8. 00pm, in the Teachers’ Club,
36 Parnell Square, Dublin 1

An ideal preparation for the fight against Michael Noonan’s December Budget of Doom –
Which is a theme of this quiz –
Dress for the occasion!
It costs only €5 per person to participate, and there will be a raffle.
You could help, if you wish, by
donating a prize (or two!)
telling your friends, comrades, sisters, brothers…
sending a donation even if you can not attend.
And – the politics of the campaign?
Websites  :
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cllr-Ruth-Coppinger/156398467784136?sk=wall
http://www.unitedleftalliance.org/
http://ruthcoppinger.com/
You can watch and listen to by-election debates here :
http://ruthcoppinger.com/by-election-debates-drivetime-vincent-browne/
Another fund-raiser worth supporting :

See the legendary Don Baker in Murrays of O’Connell street on Saturday 15th October at 8pm.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cllr-Ruth-Coppinger/156398467784136?sk=wall


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Oct 9, 2011 at 4:07 pm

Posted in Dublin West By-Election, Ireland, Socialist Party, United Left Alliance

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