Ireland

Confronting Censorship In Ireland

June 13, 2019 David Swanson, Worldbeyondwar.org Resist! Censorship, Ireland, Wars and Militarism

According to exit polls from late May, an impressive 82% of Irish voters say Ireland should remain a neutral country in all aspects. But Ireland is not remaining a neutral country in all aspects, and there’s no indication of whether Irish voters know that, or specifically what they think of the fact that the United States military, year after year, ships large numbers of troops and weapons (and occasionally presidents) through Shannon Airport on their way to endless disastrous wars. When peace activists attempt to inspect the military planes at Shannon for weapons, they are thrown in jail...

Another Empire’s Boot Stomps On Ireland

May 27, 2019 Mike Ferner, Countercurrents.org Educate! Ireland, US Imperialism, US military

That’s the question a new mini-documentary explores about former Marine Ken Mayers and former Army paratrooper, Tarak Kauff as they begin a third month of activist exile in Ireland following a peaceful act of civil disobedience at Shannon Airport on St. Patrick’s Day, walking onto the airfield with a banner that said, “Respect Irish Neutrality. U.S. War Machine Out of Shannon Airport.” Effectively using photos and film accounts of troop planes arriving and departing, as well as images of Ireland’s “Easter Rising,” the Action from Ireland production, “War Crimes Facilitated At Shannon Airport” lets the words of three veterans and Clare Daly an Irish Member of Parliament provide the narration.

How Ireland’s Citizens’ Assembly Helped Climate Action

May 7, 2019 By Frances Foley, Resilience.org Organize! Climate Change, Extinction Rebellion, Ireland, Reform, United Kingdom (UK)

In July 2016, the new government – led by Fine Gael, backed by independents – put forward a bill to establish a national-level Citizens’ Assembly to look at the biggest issues of the day. These included the challenges of an ageing population; the role fixed-term parliaments; referendums; the 8th Amendment on abortion; and climate change. Citizens from every region, every socio-economic background, each ethnicity and age group and from right across the spectrum of political opinion convened over the course of two weekends between September and November 2017.

U.S. Vets Expose Irish Govt Complicity In War Crimes

May 1, 2019 Staff, Afri Resist! Ireland, US Imperialism, Veterans for Peace, War crimes

Tarak Kauff and Ken Mayers are two US Army Veterans and members of US Vets for Peace who felt called to come to Ireland to help expose the Irish Governments complicity in US led war crimes in the Middle East and North Africa. They were imprisoned for 13 days without bail and their passports were taken off them affectively holding them hostage in Ireland pending a trial. This legal action is in stark contrast to the treatment Clare Daly and Mick Wallace TD's got for essentially the same crime (both spending only 2 hours in a cell).

Antiwar Protesters, Tarak Kauff & Ken Mayers, Out Of Jail, Still In Ireland

April 3, 2019 Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance Resist! Ireland, Shannon Air Base, Wars and Militarism

Veterans for Peace members, Tarak Kauff and Ken Mayers were arrested protesting at Shanon Air Force Base. They were held without bail until an appeal was heard in the High Court before Judge Robert Eager who granted bail, but they are still in Ireland. They were part of a group of seven US Veterans for Peace took part in a protest against US Military Base at Shannon Airport on Sunday, March 17. Tarak and Ken were arrested at Shannon Airport on March 17 for entering the airfield to inspect and investigate an OMNI Air International plane on contract to the U.S. military.

EarthRx: The Irish Potato Famine Was Caused By Capitalism, Not A Fungus

March 27, 2019 By Ocean Malandra, Pastemagazine.com Educate! Capitalism, Famine, Food and Agriculture, Ireland

Put on the U2 and The Cranberries and let’s down some green brew folks, it’s that time of year again. But while St. Patrick’s Day is cause to celebrate everything Irish-American, it’s also a good time to ponder just why more than a million Irish were forced to leave Ireland while another million were dying of starvation in such a short period of time in the first place. The answer, which also explains why millions of children are currently going without enough food in the U.S., has much more to do with market systems than Mother Nature.

Two U.S. Veterans For Peace Refused Bail In Ireland

March 19, 2019 Ellen Davidson, Stop These Wars. Resist! Ireland, Wars and Militarism, weapons

Ireland - Two US veterans were arrested at Shannon Airport on 17 March for entering the airfield to inspect and investigate an OMNI Air International plane on contract to the U.S. military. The two, Tarak Kauff and Ken Mayers, were refused bail at Ennis District Court today. The plane, tail number N351AX, arrived at Shannon Airport about 8.30 a.m. from Eielson US air force base in Faribanks Alaska, believed to be on its way to the Middle East with up to 300 armed US troops. At about 10 am Mayers, a former Marine Corps Major and Kauff, a former Army paratrooper, both members of US Veterans For Peace, entered the airfield carrying a large banner...

Strong, Defiant Women Changed Ireland Forever – But Our Fight’s Not Done

December 28, 2018 By Sarah Monaghan, Huffingtonpost.co.uk Create! Abortion, Health Care, Ireland, Women

As I wrote this we learned the President of Ireland has just signed the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 into law. We did it. We repealed the eighth amendment and abortion services will be free, safe and legal from January 2019. It was an incredible day for all who have worked tirelessly on this issue, social change implemented from the ground up. It has been a long journey: an often torturous movement carried by the grassroots, the far from ‘ordinary’ women and men of Ireland, for months, years and decades. There were times when it appeared impossible, the odds insurmountable, the task of driving an appetite for change amid apathy threatened to swallow us whole.

Why I’m Going To Ireland To Try To Fix The United States

September 5, 2018 Staff, Davidswanson.org Create! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Ireland, US military

Ireland is a nation legally bound to maintain neutrality but actively assisting in the crimes of U.S. wars. This coming 11/11 is Armistice Day 100, and while Trump has been dissuaded from holding a weapons parade in Washington, he’s apparently headed for France and Ireland. Come on, France, put the weapons away! Don’t welcome fascists! Come on, Ireland! You can scare him off! Threaten to arrest him! “We Serve Neither King nor Kaiser, But Ireland,” it said 100 years ago on the facade of Liberty Hall in Dublin as the Irish successfully refused to be drafted into a British war. “We Welcome Neither President Nor Imperial Buffoon” might be a good new banner to promote a Trump-free Ireland. Within days of Trump’s possible visit, and of worldwide celebrations of peace and the movement to abolish all war on Armistice Day 100, I’ll be taking part...

If Ireland Can Get Out Of Fossil Fuels, Your Town Can Too

August 16, 2018 By Celia Bottger, Otherwords.org Resist! Fossil Fuels, Ireland, New Economy

On Thursday, July 12th, a small, rainy island in the North Atlantic proved it was on the right side of history. The Republic of Ireland passed a bill to divest its $370 million worth of investments in around 150 fossil fuel companies within five years. Should the bill pass the Irish Senate in September, which it is expected to do, Ireland will become the first country to fully divest from fossil fuels. This action marks a huge step forward. For years now, neighborhood climate activists have pressured cities, universities, and governments to divest their holdings in fossil fuel companies. The idea is to defund and denounce the industry that contributes the most to climate change, funds climate denial, and prevents climate action. With its divestment bill, Ireland will join a group of almost 900 cities, universities, and governments that have collectively divested over $6 trillion from the extractive fossil fuel economy.

Ireland’s Vote To Divest From Fossil Fuels Latest In A Global Campaign For Climate

July 14, 2018 Phil McKenna, Insideclimatenews.org Resist! Climate Change, Electoral Politics, Fossil Fuels, Ireland

Ireland is on its way to becoming the first country to fully divest all public funds from fossil fuel companies after a key vote in its parliament on Thursday. It's a major milestone in an international push by environmental organizations to shut off the flow of investor cash into coal, oil and gas companies. Over the past six years, the divestment campaign has generated public pressure on countries, cities and universities around the world to cut ties to the fossil fuel industry. Nearly 900 institutions worldwide representing more than $6 trillion in assets have so far committed to some level of divestment, according to the activist group 350.org. But the campaign also has highlighted a conflict between two different approaches to forcing changes in the name of protecting the climate: those who believe total divestment is the only option, and activist investors who believe they can more successfully persuade companies to change policies by working from the inside as shareholders with a stake and a voice.

Government Approves Ban On The Cultivation Of GMOs In Ireland

July 13, 2018 Staff, Sustainablepulse.com Create! Ban, GMOs, Ireland

The Government approved the transposition of an EU Directive, which will enable Ireland to opt out of cultivation of GMO crops approved for cultivation elsewhere in the EU. This will happen on a much wider range of policy grounds than had previously been the case. These grounds include where such cultivation would be contrary to environmental policy objectives, town and country planning, land use, socio-economic impacts, avoidance of GMO presence in other products, agricultural policy objectives and public policy. Announcing the Cabinet’s decision today, The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Denis Naughten said it was a very significant development.

Ireland To Pass Bill Boycotting Israeli Goods

July 12, 2018 Staff, Maannews.com Resist! BDS, Ireland, Israel, Legislation

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The Irish parliament is expected to pass a landmark bill prohibiting the importation and sale of goods and services originating in illegal Israeli settlements on Wednesday. This bill could potentially set a new precedent within the European Union. The Control of Economic Activities (occupied territories) Bill 2018 seeks to prohibit the import and sale of goods, services and natural resources originating in illegal settlements in occupied Palestine. The proposed bill was slammed as being “immoral” by the Embassy of Israel in Dublin. The Embassy of Israel posted on their Facebook page, entitled as "Israel in Ireland", saying that a bill that promotes any type of boycott should be rejected since it "rather empowers the Hamas 'terrorists' as well as those Palestinians who refuse to come to the negotiating table."

‘We’ve Made History’: Ireland Joins France, Germany And Bulgaria In Banning Fracking

July 4, 2017 Lorraine Chow, www.ecowatch.com Create! Bulgaria, Europe, Fracking, France, Germany, Ireland

By Lorraine Chow for Eco Watch - McLoughlin also issued a statement that mentioned the impact of fracking in the U.S.: This law will mean communities in the West and North West of Ireland will be safeguarded from the negative effects of hydraulic fracking. Counties such as Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan and Clare will no longer face negative effects like those seen in cities and towns in the United States, where many areas have now decided to implement similar bans to the one before us. If fracking was allowed to take place in Ireland and Northern Ireland it would pose significant threats to the air, water and the health and safety of individuals and communities here. Fracking must be seen as a serious public health and environmental concern for Ireland. Environmental group Friends of the Earth Ireland celebrated the bill's passage. "A day to celebrate. A day for #ClimatePride. The Irish parliament has passed a law to #BanFracking.

Thousands Shut Down Ireland’s Streets In Legal Abortion Protests

March 9, 2017 Lydia O’Connor, www.huffingtonpost.com Resist! Abortion, Ireland, Protests

By Lydia O’Connor for The Huffington Post - International Women’s Day marchers are optimistic, but change in a Roman Catholic country doesn’t come so easily. International Women’s Day Wednesday, thousands of vanguards went on strike to urge the repeal of Ireland’s Eighth Amendment, which broadly outlaws abortion unless the woman’s life is at risk. The strike is the first of its kind, says Abortion Rights Campaign volunteer Cathie Doherty, 31, of Dublin. Around 4,500 people gathered at Dublin’s O’Connell Bridge and proceeded to march in the streets, while sister strikes took off in other Irish cities, according to local media reports and strike organizers. The protesters, many donning thunderbolts as a solidarity symbol...

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