Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
This question was raised every day by my colleagues in Seanad Eireann and in a stormy Dail debate. It referred to the Government commitment of €10 million to deal with the devastating floods that destroyed large parts of Ireland. Why so little? The deserts and sky rise cities of Dubai have literally nothing in common with the ruined homes in Athlone, Carrick on Shannon and Ennis. But some of the...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
An American plane named in an inquiry by the European parliament into alleged CIA torture flights landed at Birmingham airport last month and was met by British special forces helicopters. Plane spotters said the Gulfstream jet touched down from an undisclosed location on 2 October and was met by two army air corps Dauphin 2 helicopters used by the SAS at Hereford. The 22-seat plane is registered...
BLANKNEY JOURNAL (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
On this day in 1994, a meeting between two international statesmen in Ireland had to be cancelled - because one of them overslept. Russian President Boris Yeltsin (pictured right) had agreed to break a flight from the United States to Moscow in County Limerick for a reception with the Irish prime minister. But instead there was a minor diplomatic incident when the Russian leader failed to appear. Taoiseach...
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
Irish News 1 Sept 09 ICONIC: John F Kennedy pictured during his visit to Ireland in 1963 just five months before he was shot dead in Dallas Rare artefacts from John F Kennedy’s 1963 visit to Ireland were unveiled in Belfast yesterday as part of a new memorial exhibition on the assassinated US president . A handwritten poem about the River Shannon, which Kennedy scribbled on the back of a diary...
Dec's Rambling (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
We spent the weekend down the country with my family and at some stage we were discussing flights to Newfoundland. My girlfriend is from there and we go over at least once a year, she goes twice. The annoying thing about flying from Ireland to Newfoundland is the fact that you need to fly away from your destination to get to it. For example in the summer we have to fly from Dublin to Toronto, a flight...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
ANGLING NOTES:STAFF FROM the central and Shannon regional fisheries boards have eradicated chub from the Inny river system in Co Westmeath. The invasive species was illegally introduced by anglers attempting to establish a chub population in Ireland, which was first identified in 2005 by Dr Joe Caffrey, senior research officer with the Central Fisheries Board (CFB).
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
By Diana Rusk Irish News 08/07/2009 **Sign the petition to BRING-BRUCE-HOME at Care 2 **Watch the video DOGGED DEBATE: Shannon Brown’s dog Bruce who a court has ordered should be destroyed after determining the dog is a pit-bull, an illegal breed. Ms Brown maintains her dog is a Staffordshire-Bull terrier, inset DOG lovers across the world have backed a Co Down woman’s two-year legal battle...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
COLM O’GORMAN, executive director of Amnesty International in Ireland, has described as “barely credible” Green Party TD Ciarán Cuffe’s statement that he did not “believe” Shannon airport was being used by US flights involved in extraordinary rendition and that he was against extraordinary rendition.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
THE GOVERNMENT must admit that Shannon airport was used as a launching pad for rendition operations by the CIA, according to a new report from Amnesty International Ireland.
Another Green World (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
This is a photo from the Save Tara campaign. Tara Group Smoke Out Greens The Irish Sun - Tuesday, September 9, 2008 DEMONSTRATORS Siobhan Rice, Vincent Salafia and Colm MacNiallais, of the Save Tara Campaign don fat cat suits and smoke cigars to protest at Green Party headquarters in Dublin yesterday. They say the land for road construction at Tara highlights the Greens ’sell-out’ since...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009
Friday Flight homeWe left the hotel at 715 am for a 900 am flight out of Shannon Ireland. I went through Immigration customs and security with no problems. Now I'm on the plane to Newark New Jersey. I'm really excited to use my cell phone again We have just over a thousand more miles until we land. I can see land outside my window we're passing by Newfoundland and Labrador at the mo
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 05/09/2009
Shannon 19 Clontarf 19:Cruel and unusual punishment is normally a term reserved for situations far more important than a rugby match, but Clontarf will be tortured by the manner in which they lost the All Ireland League Division One final at Thomond Park this afternoon.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 04/25/2009
All-Ireland League semi-finals: Shannon regained the bragging rights local rivals Garryowen with a narrow 16-12 win at Coonagh this afternoon. The Limerick side will meet Clontarf in the Division One final after the Dubliners dumped out defending champions Cork Constitution.
Indymedia ireland (Free subscription) | 03/05/2009
Peace Forum to commemorate 6 Aniversary of start of Iraq War An important peace forum is being held at the Park Inn Hotel at Shannon airpport on Sat 21 March. Among other objectives, this peace forum is intended to initiate the process of establishing accountability for Ireland's shameful complicity in the deaths of over one million people in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Indymedia ireland (Free subscription) | 03/03/2009
Please attend this important event on 6th aniversary of Iraq War Over ONE MILLION people have died in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Ireland has participated in and been complicit in these wars. These Iraqi and Afghan people are our brothers, sisters and our children, not, "some others" in a "them and us" war of resources. Show your solidarity with the victims of a war that used...
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