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US President Barack Obama will be conducting a State visit on Monday to Ireland. Queen Elizabeth II just concluded a State visit to Ireland which was the largest security operation undertaken by the Irish police force and Defence Forces in light of the dissident republican threat.   Although the threat to Obama is far less [...]

Whilst things at home are relatively calm (albeit slowly simmering under the surface), the people in other nations are rising up against repressive regiemes that have done little to alleviate the suffering of the poor and those in most need. Democracy Now!, a US national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman [...]

AP Photographer Charlie Riedel has filed the following images of seabirds caught in the oil slick on a beach on Louisiana’s East Grand Terre Island. More images can be found here. Whilst the financial suffering that will be bourne by the residents of the Gulf will be harrowing it is images like these that will [...]

Spokesperson for the People Before Profit Alliance and the Irish Anti-war Movement, Richard Boyd Barrett gave me a short interview today on Israel’s actions against the Peace flotilla. You can listen to the full interview here. The protest will take place on Thursday 3 June – assembling 6pm, at the Central Bank plaza, Dame St. [...]

Well it’s that time of year again, when all us bloggers gaze into the mystic ball and predict what the future holds for us all in 2010. Just a note on my 2009 predictions, most of them were right, some of them were also contradictory but hey! On to 2010: Irish Politics and economy The [...]