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Hayes questions 20% deposit rule
26 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland, Irish political, Fine Gael
Brian Hayes MEP today questioned the logic of the proposed 20% deposit rule given that the rental market in Ireland does not offer a proper alternative to home ownership for many people. He said that coupled with a loan to income ratio of 3.5 the rule would put home ownership beyond many people.
Tags: housing deposits, mortgagesSurvival or Extinction: Part Fifteen—Man or Nature
26 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Features
Survival or Extinction: Part Fifteen—Man or Nature- summary
By Kevin Mugur Galalae
The Final Solution is the scenario the military-industrial complex has prepared for and stands by to execute if the international community, led by the United Nations, does not succeed to stabilize the global situation with the soft and cooperative means it currently pursues under the name Millennium Development Goals that constitute the Bitter Pill scenario.Tags: Survival or ExtinctionCIA spy travel manual published
23 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - United States, European Union
Wikileaks has published a CIA manual that gives advice for spies who cross international borders and travel through foreign countries under false identities.
Draft Grocery Goods regulations published for consultation
23 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland
Draft regulations aimed at regulating certain practices in the grocery goods sector and following on from the enactment of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 have now been published for consultation.
100 sponsors cut ties with American Legislative Exchange Council
23 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - United States
Online auction behemoth ebay is the latest sponsor to sever ties with the highly criticised American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
China's Second 'Cultural Revolution'
23 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Features, China
By James Petras
China is in the midst of its second ‘cultural revolution’ in a half century. While the first (under Chairman Mao Tse Tung) was intended to ‘revitalize socialism’, the current is directed to ‘moralizing’ capitalism.Tags: Xi Jinping, Deng XiaopingHighland cattle in pilot Co Kildare wetland Conservation Grazing Project
22 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Environment, Ireland
A pilot scheme introducing Highland cattle in a Conservation Grazing Project has been started at Pollardstown Fen near Newbridge in Co. Kildare by the Government's Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Department.
Gaeltacht Service Towns named
22 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland
A list of towns which may be recognised as Gaeltacht Service Towns under the Gaeltacht Act 2012 has been published.
Tags: Gaeltacht Service TownsSupreme Court rejects New York Times reporter’s appeal
22 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Journalism, United States
Reporters Without Borders says it is deeply worried by the United States Supreme Court’s rejection of an appeal by New York Times reporter James Risen on 2 June 2014.
No More Khirbet Khizehs
19 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Features, Israel
By David Swanson
"Fields that would never be harvested, plantations that would never be irrigated, paths that would become desolate. A sense of destruction and worthlessness. An image of thistles and brambles everywhere, a desolate tawniness, a braying wilderness. And already from those fields accusing eyes peered out at you, that silent accusatory look as of a reproachful animal, staring and following you so there was no refuge."—Yizhar Smilansky, Khirbet Khizeh.Tags: Israel, Khirbet KhizehThe Unspeakable in Afghanistan
18 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Afghanistan
By Patrick Kennelly
2014 marks the deadliest year in Afghanistan for civilians, fighters, and foreigners. The situation has reached a new low as the myth of the Afghan state continues. Thirteen years into America's longest war, the international community argues that Afghanistan is growing stronger, despite nearly all indicators suggesting otherwise.Tags: Afghanistan, TalibanLandmark Companies Bill sent to President
17 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Business, Ireland
The largest substantive piece of legislation in the history of the State, the Companies Bill, has passed all stages in the Houses of Oireachtas and has now been presented to President Michael Higgins for final approval.
Tags: Companies BillCompetition open for European Capital of Culture 2020
17 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Europe, European Union, Ireland
An open competition for the selection of an Irish city as European Capital of Culture 2020 has been announced by Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys. Under the programme, two cities are designated a Capital of Culture each year. In 2020, Ireland will share the designation with Croatia.
The Case Against Re-Banning Torture Yet Again
17 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
Senator Ron Wyden has a petition up at MoveOn.org that reads "Right now, torture is banned because of President Obama's executive order. It's time for Congress to pass a law banning torture, by all agencies, so that a future president can never revoke the ban." It goes on to explain: "We live in a dangerous world. But when CIA operatives and contractors torture terrorist suspects, it doesn't make us safer—and it doesn't work. The recent CIA torture report made that abundantly clear. Right now, the federal law that bans torture only applies to the U.S. military—not our intelligence agencies. President Obama's executive order barring all agencies from using torture could be reversed, even in secret, by a future president. That's why it's critical that Congress act swiftly to pass a law barring all agencies of the U.S. government, and contractors acting on our behalf, from engaging in torture. Without legislation, the door on torture is still open. It's time for Congress to slam that door shut once and for all."Tags: tortureRising agriculture emissions should not cost taxpayer
17 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Environment, Ireland
By An Taisce
Irish agriculture claims it can dramatically increase the size and output of the national dairy herd while not increasing net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the sector. An Taisce believes these claims to be manifestly incorrect. It now calls on Agriculture Minister, Simon Coveney, as well as the Irish Co-Op Organisation Society (ICOS) to publicly guarantee the Irish taxpayers that they will not be forced to pick up the tab for massive EU fines as a result of spiralling agriculture sector emissions arising from the expansionist 'Food Harvest 2020'.Imperialism and the Politics of Torture
16 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Features
By James Petras
The US Senate Report documenting CIA torture of alleged terrorist suspects raises a number of fundamental questions about the nature and operations of the State, the relationship and the responsibility of the Executive Branch and Congress to the vast secret police networks which span the globe—including the United States.Tags: Politics of TortureIndustrial Relations (Amendment) Act to be reformed
16 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland
The Cabinet has approved new legislation to provide an "improved framework for workers who seek to better their terms and conditions where collective bargaining is not recognised by their employer", Richard Bruton, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation and Ged Nash, Minister for Business and Employment announced today. It is anticipated that the draft legislation will become law by mid-2015.
100 years of Shackleton's expedition
15 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Features, United Kingdom, Poland, Ireland
By Peter Mulvany
2014 marks the 100th Anniversary of Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton’s expedition to the Antarctica, mostly to Argentina’s most southern territory. Shackleton an Irish explorer and one of the principal figures of Antarctic exploration was born on the 15 February, 1874, in Co. Kildare, second of ten children and son of Henry Shackleton and Henrietta Gavan.
Tags: Ernest Shackleton, Félix ArtusoApplications sought for membership of Low Pay Commission
15 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland
People from worker and employer backgrounds, civil society groups and labour market experts are being asked to consider applying for membership of the new Low Pay Commission.
Tags: Low Pay CommissionIntersection of Mistakes With Misdeeds
15 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
On a pleasant spring day in December it's nice to drive past the endlessly under-construction intersection of Route 250 and McIntire Road in Charlottesville, Va., and realize that the darn thing must nearly be completed. It looks sturdy and attractive. There's a nice new bicycle path heading north from it. All must be right with the world.Survival or Extinction—Part Fourteen - Into the Wild
15 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Features
Survival or Extinction: Part Fourteen—Into the Wild - summary
By Kevin Mugur Galalae
What would happen if all borders were lifted and everyone were free to go and live anywhere on earth? As it is, borders keep citizens prisoner to the history, geography, economy, culture and politics of one’s country of birth and this restriction flies in the face of Article 13-2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states that “everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country”.Tags: Survival or ExtinctionBrazilian President Rousseff Declares War on the Working Class
13 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Brazil
By James Petras
The Brazilian working class is facing the most savage assault on its living standards in over a decade. And it is not just the industrial workers who are under attack. The landless rural workers, public and private salaried employees, teachers and health professionals, the unemployed and the poor are facing massive cuts in income, jobs and welfare payments.Tags: Brazil, President RousseffJustice Department backs off James Risen
13 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Journalism, United States
RootsAction.org co-founder Norman Solomon praised the U.S. Department of Justice's apparent decision to drop its threat to imprison author and journalist James Risen unless he reveals his source in reporting the story of Operation Merlin.
IAWM Condemns Irish Government's Complicity In U.S. Torture Regime
13 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - United States, Ireland
The Irish anti-War Movement (IAWM) say it is angered but not surprised by the revelations in the US Senate Report into torture used by the CIA.
29 Partridges but no pear trees given to Northern Ireland
12 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Environment, Northern Ireland, Ireland
Twenty-nine wild grey partridges from the Republic of Ireland have been handed over to Northern Ireland as part of a project to re-establish a wild population of the birds in the six-counties as part of a joint initiative between the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA). Wild grey partridges were declared extinct in Northern Ireland in 1992.
Tags: partridge reintroductionNational Roads Authority crashing into climate policy
12 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Environment, Ireland
By An Taisce
Ireland's Road-building agency is working contrary to Government policy on emissions reduction, claims An Taisce.How the media reported the Dublin water protest
11 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland
Organisers say an estimated 100,000 people took part in Wednesday's protest in Dublin against water meters and charges, though garda said only that numbers were 'in excess of 30,000".
Tags: water meters, water protestElizabeth Warren Could Use Some Elizabeth Peacen
11 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
Why people want to become fans of a senator rather than pushing senators to serve the public is beyond me. Why people want to distract and drain away two years of activism, with the planet in such peril, fantasizing about electing a messiah is beyond me.Tags: US Military Spending, US BudgetTorture "Architect" Mistaken in Claiming Nobody Punished for Drone Murders
11 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
A psychologist who played a key role in a U.S. torture program said on a video yesterday that torture was excusable because blowing up families with a drone is worse (and nobody's punished for that). Well, of course the existence of something worse is no excuse for torture.Illinois Makes it a Felony for Citizens to Record the Police
09 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - United States
Illinois—In March of this year the Illinois Supreme Court struck down the state’s eavesdropping law, and rightfully so, as it was touted as the most unconstitutional law of its kind in the country. But Illinois, being the the corrupt and violent police state that it is, couldn’t let their police and other government officials be held accountable by its citizens.
Tags: police state, IllinoisGermany Does Something the U.S. Hasn't for Peace
09 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - United States, Germany
By David Swanson
Imagine a letter co-signed by former presidents, former representatives from both sides of the aisle, House speakers, former governors, attorneys general, cabinet members, ambassadors, CEOs, movie stars and directors, writers, astronauts, religious leaders, mayors, academics, mainstream media correspondents, and more - all united in stating "Nobody wants war." Imagine the New York Times publishing this letter. The equivalent happened in Germany just a few days ago.Rand Paul Declares a Non-War War
08 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Opinion, United States
By David Swanson
Senator Rand Paul wants Congress to Declare war on ISIS. Some, like Bruce Fein, are willing to ignore the UN Charter and the Kellogg Briand Pact, and write as if a war would be legal if Congress would just declare it.No To British Military Base In Bahrain – IAWM
08 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - United Kingdom, Ireland, Bahrain
The Irish Anti-War Movement has condemned UK plans to build a 'permanent' naval base in Mina Salman Port, Bahrain.
Survival or Extinction: Part Thirteen—Involved in Mankind
08 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Features
Survival or Extinction: Part Thirteen—Involved in Mankind - summary
By Kevin Mugur Galalae
The absence of war must mean more than just peace with poison. The responsibility for the state of the world will shift from the nation state to the individual. A state of anarchy reigned in the world, a war of all against all wherein sovereign states were in continuous conflict.Tags: Survival or ExtinctionThe Rise of German Imperialism and the Phony “Russian Threat”
07 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Features
By James Petras
The principle Nazi ideological prop that secured massive financial and political support from Germany’s leading industrialists was the Communist and Soviet threat. The main Nazi military drive, absorbing two-thirds of its best troops, was directed eastward at conquering and destroying Russia. The ‘Russian Threat’ justified Nazi Germany’s conquest and occupation of the Ukraine, the Balkans, Eastern Europe and the Baltic states, with the aid of a substantial proportion of local Nazi collaborators.War by Media and the Triumph of Propaganda
06 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Journalism, International
The Following is John Pilger’s address to the Logan Symposium, “Building an Alliance Against Secrecy, Surveillance & Censorship”, organised by the Centre for Investigative Journalism, London, on 5th December, 2014
By John Pilger
Why has so much journalism succumbed to propaganda? Why are censorship and distortion standard practice? Why is the BBC so often a mouthpiece of rapacious power? Why do the New York Times and the Washington Post deceive their readers?Tags: media propagandaGolden Age of Pearl Harbor
06 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Features, United States
By David Swanson
As we read Ulysses on Bloomsday every 16 June (or we should if we don't) I think that every 7 December should not only commemorate the Great Law of 1682 that banned war in Pennsylvania but also mark Pearl Harbor, not by celebrating the state of permawar that has existed for 73 years, but by reading The Golden Age by Gore Vidal and marking with a certain Joycean irony the golden age of anti-isolationist imperial mass-killing that has encompassed the lives of every U.S. citizen under the age of 73.Tags: Pearl HarborEmbedding Structural Change Necessary to Maintain the Momentum of Recovery
04 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland
The National Competitiveness Council (NCC), has outlined its priorities for Ireland's competitiveness in its annual policy report, Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2014. This report, which is produced under the Action Plan for Jobs 2014, outlines the Council's view of the main competitiveness issues confronting the business sector in Ireland over the medium term, and sets out a series of policy responses required to address these challenges.
€1.3m to support the arts
04 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Arts, Ireland
€1.3 million in funding has been awarded to support the promotion of Irish arts worldwide through Culture Ireland's 2015 programme, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys has announced.
Tags: Culture Ireland 2015Irish artist wins Turner Prize
04 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Arts, Northern Ireland, Ireland
Irish artist Duncan Campbell has been awarded the 2014 Turner Prize for his work, It for Others.
Tags: Turner Prize, Duncan CampbellIsrael's Secret
04 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - United States, Israel, Ukraine
By David Swanson
Here in Virginia, U.S.A., I'm aware that the native people were murdered, driven out, and moved westward. But my personal connection to that crime is weak, and frankly I'm too busy trying to rein in my government's current abuses to focus on the distant past. Pocahontas is a cartoon, the Redskins a football team, and remaining Native Americans almost invisible. Protests of the European occupation of Virginia are virtually unheard of.Galway awarded UNESCO City of Film status
01 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Arts, Ireland
Heather Humphreys TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, has welcomed the decision to award the permanent status of UNESCO City of Film to Galway. Galway joins a select group of cities in the world to have been awarded this honour.
Tags: UNESCO City of Film, GalwaySurvival or Extinction: Part 12—Peace Without Poison
01 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Features
Survival or Extinction: Part 12—Peace Without Poison - summary
By Kevin Mugur Galalae
The Paris Peace Conference, which concluded World War I in 1919, begot the League of Nations, the first international organization created to maintain world peace. It took another global war, World War II, and the threat of assured mutual destruction by nuclear weapons, to compel the world’s sovereign states to create a neutral international organization in 1945, the United Nations Organization, and abdicate to it national jurisdiction over areas crucial to maintaining peace between nations, areas that were deemed international security prerogatives and were entrusted solely to the authority of the UN.Tags: Survival or Extinction
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