Posts Tagged ‘Ireland’

A rural community in the west of Ireland is fighting a group of companies led by Shell who are trying to build a life-threatening gas pipeline & polluting refinery in their area. There was about 850-1000 people at the demonstration. They were mainly from the Left, the Parties, trade unions, NGOs and a big contingent…

Dear President, I write to nominate President Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías for an honorary doctorate at the National University of Ireland, Galway.  President Chávez is the head of State of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.  He was first elected to this post in 1998 and has won eight elections and referendums since then.  He has…

By Maggie Ronayne, Ireland Current Affairs Weekly, 2 September 2005 Some say Article 41.2 of the Constitution is sexist and should be abolished.  While it is sexist to refer to work in the home as a woman’s “life” and “duty”, it would be even more sexist to obliterate the only constitutional recognition of unwaged caring work…

Press statement, Global Women’s Strike Global Women’s Strike Calls Women to Shannon Airport on 8th March! by Global Women’s Strike Working Group Galway. Global Women’s Strike Women in Ireland say No War — Invest in Caring Not Killing — Globalise Neutrality The Global Women’s Strike is organising a national event against war at Shannon airport…