Archive for September 2013 | Monthly archive page
Thirty years after the passing of the 8th Amendment to the Constitution on Sept 7, 1983, women in Ireland are still denied abortion except under the most restrictive circumstances. Clare Daly and Joan Collins call for a referendum to remove Art. 40.3.3 from the Constitution.
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by Jamison Maeda
Bradley Manning was a 25 year old intelligence analyst in the US Army, who was arrested in 2010 for leaking hundreds of thousands of confidential, government and military documents to the public via Wikileaks. Manning claimed his objective was to remove “the fog of war and reveal the true nature of 21st century asymmetric warfare.” Manning accomplished much more.
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At about 3.45 pm on Sunday September 1st peace activists Margaretta Darcy and Niall Farrell were arrested in Shannon airport in the vicinity of the main runway. They were taken to Shannon Garda station where they were questioned and detained overnight. They were then brought before Limerick District Court at on 2nd September 2013 with Judge Eugene O’Kelly presiding. About 45 minutes after the arrests of Darcy and Farrell two other individuals, including photo-journalist and human rights activist Tommy Donnellan, were arrested several miles from the scene of the airport incursion. Tommy and his friend were later released without charge.
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