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Bradley Manning Faces WikiLeaks Court Martial

Sun 5 Feb 2012 04:38 am filed by Keith Harris - International

The US Army has confirmed that Bradley Manning, the US soldier charged with passing thousands of secret documents to WikiLeaks, will face court martial and the risk of life imprisonment. Full story (http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16162898)

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Single parents unite to fight budget cuts

Fri 3 Feb 2012 12:17 pm filed by Keith Harris - Ireland

This week Minister Joan Burton will send to thousands of one parent families a letter to review existing one-parent claimants. As 65% of the poorest children in Ireland live in one parent households, this letter will terrify many single parents. The budget cuts for 2012 discriminated against single parents with mulitiple cuts. Single parents across Ireland on social media have been organising, and have set up a campaign SPARK to oppose these cuts. A protest is called by SPARK for February 18th at 2pm, meeting at the Garden Of Remembrance. Minister Burton attacked single parents, as they were seen as an easy target. She underestimated angry parents, and they will continue to protest and campaign to highlight her discrimination, and demand a reversal of the cuts that will inflict poverty for thousands of lone parents.

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Second Citizens' Against Charges publice meeting

Thu 2 Feb 2012 02:13 pm filed by Keith Harris -

A 'Citizens' Against Charges' public meeting in Newcastle West that drew such a large crowd that many were unable to gain entry is to be continued with a follow-up meeting.

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Online report published on excavations on Skellig Michael

Wed 1 Feb 2012 10:20 pm filed by Keith Harris - Ireland

An online publication of the archaeological stratigraphic report for excavations carried out by the National Monuments Service on Skellig Michael has now been published on-line.

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New €1m energy research projects as part of government-supported centre

Sun 29 Jan 2012 10:28 pm filed by Keith Harris -

Projects include exploring use of wireless networks to control building heating systems  The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte T.D., and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton T.D., have announced the approval of the first two projects as part of the government-supported International Energy Research Centre.

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