Friday, Jan 27th 2012
ei: International solidarity and the Freedom Flotilla massacre
As news spread around the world, foreign governments began to react. Greece and Turkey, which had many citizens aboard the Flotilla, immediately recalled their ambassadors from Tel Aviv. Spain strongly condemned the attack. France's foreign minister Bernard Kouchner expressed "profound shock." The European Union's foreign minister Catherine Ashton [...]
According to the 2006 Census 15% of the Irish workforce was comprised of non-Irish nationals from 188 different countries. Although this figure has certainly declined since the onset of the current recession, a large percentage still remain.
Migrant workers from the EU and EEA (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland) are entitled to take up employment in [...]
Israel attacks aid ship, kills at least 10 civilians - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
As Americans suffer extreme cuts in education for their own children and a further deterioration in basic economic security (including Social Security), will they continue to acquiesce to the transfer of billions of dollars every year to the Israelis, who — unlike [...]
Social Welfare Reform falls short of the mark : News & Events : Latest News : AONTAS : The Irish National Adult Learning Organisation
Changes proposed in the new Social Welfare Bill will not help lone parents out of the poverty trap, said Berni Brady, Director of AONTAS, reacting to the publication of the new Bill [...]
The Immigrant Council of Ireland - ICI calls on Gov’t to reverse planned attack on the rights of EU citizens’ family members
The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) has called on the Government to reverse its planned change to immigration procedures affecting the non-EU citizen family members of EU citizens, which are in clear breach of [...]
Update: Twitter is a very fast way of getting updates on the situation today. You can follow ILR updates based on what we’re seeing on our twitter page @irishleftreview.
Advise from Raymond Deane, if you want to do something about the Israeli attack on the Gaza Flotilla.
I’d say ring Foreign Affairs and demand action - [...]
Chinese workers link sickness to n-hexane and Apple iPhone screens | World news | The Guardian
Next month, amid the usual hoopla, Apple is expected to officially unveil its latest gadget: the much-awaited iPhone 4G. But halfway round the globe from the company's California headquarters, a young worker who has spent months in an eastern Chinese [...]
Who has the right to comment on the Croke Park Public Service Agreement?
Labour leader Eamon Gilmore says that political parties should not ‘interfere’ in what is a matter for public sector workers. They should be left in peace, he says, to consider the strengths and weaknesses of the agreement and make their decision accordingly.
I don’t [...]
French minister says bail-out alters EU treaty | FT
In an interview with the FT, French Europe Minister Pierre Lellouche has said that the eurozone's €440bn debt guarantee scheme marks an "unprecedented" change to the EU treaties. "It is an enormous change," Mr Lellouche said. "It explains some of the reticence. It is expressly forbidden in [...]
Imagine what would happen if Irish politicians from across Dáil Éireann - from Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, The Green Party, Labour, and Sinn Fein - came together to demand a policy change that they all agreed on, and, what is more, if they were willing to make a very visible public demonstration of their agreement [...]
