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Is the Communist one party state in Cuba on the verge of collapse? The weekend has seen unprecedented protests across many cities including the capital Havana. It comes after a series of hunger strikes and other events largely ignored by the world media, though covered on this platform. Cubans, incensed by food shortages, lack of […]
Sinn Féin protests outside Catholic Church for not flying gay pride flag. The message: “Accept our agenda or else.” Ben Scallan reacts. #gript
“HEADS NEED TO ROLL” – Independent Cork TD Michael Collins rips government failures in the fishing industry ahead of a major Cork harbour fishing protest this week. #gript
Hundreds of pilots have taken part in a demonstration lining the street around Dáil Éireann calling on the government to listen to a plan being submitted by the Irish Air Line Pilots Association (IALPA) for safe reopening of international air travel. Hundreds of pilots have gathered on the streets outside Leinster House It comes ahead […]
A protest outside the Cork city offices of RTÉ claimed that RTÉ had “betrayed” its duty as a public broadcaster because it engaged in “biased and one-sided reporting” of the Covid19 lockdown. The event was organised by the Independent Campaign for Truth & Proper Healthcare which held several anti-lockdown demonstrations in Cork previously. Speaking for the […]
Demonstrators gathered in Cork Saturday to protest Irish government measures against Covid-19, and what organisers said was an “international coalition of governments, corporations and NGOs that has worked to legitimize extended lockdowns”. While the specific focus of this protest was vaccine passports, the variety of placards on display gave evidence of multifarious agendas among the […]
Gardai made 16 arrests today at anti-lockdown protests, after creating a ring of steel around Dublin to stop demonstrators attending. But yesterday, a protest organised by the left-wing group ROSA took place without incident. #gript
Unbiased journalism, and critical inquiry is absent in reporting of lockdown protests ‘When a fallacy is left unchallenged, it becomes strengthened in the average mind as the absolute truth’. This is something the mainstream media in Ireland know only too well. Following the anti-lockdown protests in Stephen’s Green and the ensuing scramble to denounce the […]
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main ….any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.” ― John Donne The news story of the military […]
Up to 200 people have attended a protest and prayer vigil at RTÉ studios in Donnybrook, in what they describe as “an act of public reparation” for the New Years’ Eve sketch which accused God of rape. Participants prayed and held banners displaying the Holy Face of Jesus and signs which accused RTE of failing to […]
A group describing themselves as Catholics from across the country are set to host a protest / prayer vigil this coming Saturday at RTÉ studios in Donnybrook, in what they describe as “an act of public reparation.” The protest comes after the state-funded broadcaster apologised for the sketch, which, it acknowledged, had caused grave offence. […]
Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been sentenced to 13 and a half months in prison by a Hong Kong court.
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