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Ireland Leads the Way in Academic Boycott of the Jewish State of Israel

Dervla Murphy, Ireland's preeminent travel writer spent a month in Gaza.

(DUBLIN) - Dervla Murphy shows us, through her account of life in Gaza, that the deepest wound from the holocaust is the treatment of the Palestinians since the foundation of Israel.

Be prepared to be shocked by Dervla Murphy’s very honest account in her latest book, A Month by the Sea: Encounters in Gaza.

A St. Patrick`s Day Immigration Message

The ILIR estimates 50,000 undocumented Irish reside in the U.S.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - On the eve of St. Patrick’s Day, an Irish-American organization strongly urged the passage of comprehensive immigration reform.

The Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR) joined hundreds of Latino, Asian, labor, business, religious, human rights, and other organizations that keep pushing for a reform in 2013.

Sinn Féin Welcome UN Vote on Palestine

"A just and lasting peace can only be achieved if it is based on international law and respect for human rights."

(BELFAST Refugee News Network) - Sinn Féin MLA and spokesperson on the Middle East Pat Sheehan has welcomed the historic decision by the United Nations General Assembly to grant non-member status to Palestine.

“Sinn Féin endorses the decision by the UN General Assembly and appeals to all governments and agencies to embrace this opportunity to build an effective and durable peace process.”

Irish President Unloads on `Wanker` Tea Party Radio Host

Michael D Higgins v Michael Graham - 2010 cut from Ireland's National Independent Talk Radio Broadcaster, Newstalk 106-108fm.

(DUBLIN) - From May 2010, an exchange between Michael D Higgins (who was elected President of Ireland last year) and Tea Party-loving radio guy Michael Graham on Irish radio station Newstalk 106-108fm.

Higgins unloads on Graham, a conservative American radio host, during a debate between the two on the Irish radio program Newstalk.

Two Important Updates from Kevin Annett and ITCCS

An important radio show Saturday, and a recent sabotage of communications.

(BRUSSELS) - Saturday May 12: catch 'Banishing and Occupying a Criminal Church' - A special report from the front lines, on Hidden from History: Blog Talk radio program.

Judge orders Boston College to hand over IRA tapes

The saga surrounding the so-called Belfast Project has rumbled on since May, due to the interest of US authorities...

(BELFAST) - Boston College (BC) has been ordered by US district court judge William G. Young to hand over selected contents from its controversial Northern Ireland oral history project.

Before deciding whether or not the tapes should be passed by the US Government to British authorities, however, the judge will review the transcripts in question.

New report says Irish emigration, unemployment set to grow

The ESRI estimates that although unemployment and emigration are both forecast to continue to grow, the unemployment figure will naturally be affected by the emigration figure.

(DUBLIN) - A new Quarterly Economic Commentary report published by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) in Ireland estimates that with the eurozone crisis continuing to cast a shadow over any possible Irish economic recovery, tens of thousands will continue to emigrate from the country in 2012.

“The financial crisis currently gripping the eurozone, coupled with tightening fiscal policy across the region, are likely to send the eurozone back into recession,” the report reads.

See How Police Treat the Poor and Disenfranchised in England

Brutality just barely begins to describe what happened at Dale Farm, it is the military industrial complex at work crushing the poor, casting families into homelessness, only working for the powerful controlling interests.

(CRAYS HILL, Essex UK) - As relayed in previous reports, the residents of Dale Farm are Irish Travelers, many identify them as Gypsies.

Regardless of what one calls them, they are a people who do not fit neatly into the brainwashed consumer culture. To the contrary, they are a sort of people that are impossible to tame.

Dreams of Democracy

"Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven." --H. L. Mencken

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Leno asks questions that anyone with a rudimentary knowledge should be able to answer. The extent of the ignorance of the average public is perfect for a comedian, but disastrous for a democracy.

Returning to the voices for democracy, Arab protesters often don't know what it entails other than a constitution, a vote and representative voices in a parliament or congress.

Freedom Waves to Gaza Boarded by Israeli Military

The Israeli military reported that the navy has been ordered by IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz to board the ships after “attempts to contact them failed.”

(GAZA CITY) - Canadian and Irish ships sailing with Freedom Waves to Gaza have been illegally boarded by the Israeli military in international waters a short while ago.

The Israeli military stated that “Upon arrival of the vessels at the Ashdod port, the activists will be transferred to the custody of the Israel Police and immigration authorities in the Ministry of Interior”.