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Bradley Manning nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
25 Mar 2013; posted by the editor - International

Bradley Manning—a gentle soul who is up against the mighty wrath of America's misguided militaristic warlords—has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Tags: Bradley Manning

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Irish Forest Sell-off—Government lost in the woods?
21 Mar 2013; posted by the editor - Environment, Ireland

Govt claims forest worth more 50% than they are to justify sell off. Bertie Ahern is facilitating this
Public may lose rights of access?
The government is planning to sell off our national forests which are currently owned by Coillte. The plan would be to sell harvesting rights on 500,000 acres out of 1.2 million that they manage. They claim it is worth €700 million although in the Peter Bacon report on Forestry, he puts the true value at €360 million or the equivalent of 3 days of government expenditure. Bacon said: "economic rationale for the proposed sale of harvesting rights no longer stands up and cannot be justified." and that he further concluded it would actually cost the state €1,300 million to sell the harvesting rights of Coillte due to various liabilities. The report says that the forests should be developed further as a public resource.

Tags: Forests

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The continuing attack on civil freedoms
10 Mar 2013; posted by the editor - Human Rights, Opinion, United Kingdom

Any state that deploys mandatory retention of private electronic communications is guilty of sliding deeper into the practice of oppression and repression of its people.

Tags: Civil freedoms

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EPA should ask Is Fracking Really a Good Idea for Ireland?
09 Mar 2013; posted by the editor - Environment, Ireland

Fracking could accelerate climate change, destroy communities and landscapes, and prevent creation of sustainable employment and that is before we look at the impacts of the technology itself.

Tags: fracking, Environmental Pillar

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Position of Ireland's top EU official becoming increasingly untenable—An Taisce
09 Mar 2013; posted by the editor - Environment, European Union, Ireland

The EU's top official—Ireland's Catherine Day, Secretary General of the European Commission—has found herself repeatedly embroiled in controversy over the past months, making her position increasingly untenable, says An Taisce.

Tags: Aarhus Convention, Catherine Day

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Blasphemy and the Arts
09 Mar 2013; posted by the editor - Ireland

By Michael Dickinson
Criminalising concepts like blasphemy is dangerous for free speech because there can be no common definition of what it is.

Tags: blashpemy

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