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The November series of rugby Internationals will be Ireland's toughest ever itinerary, with South Africa visiting on 6 November, followed by Samoa, then New Zealand, and finally Argentina. Declan Murphy previews series.
The team will want to do better than in the summer when they were trounced by the All Blacks, beaten by the New Zealand Maoris and, finally, by Australia. Here's a look ahead to each match.
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Tens of thousands of students marched in Dublin today to protest education cutbacks mooted for December's budget. But protest turned to violence as riot police attempted to move protestors from outside the Department of Finance. By Shane Creevy
The group had been attempting a 'sit-in' outside the Department as the large crowds were dispersing after the main event had finished.
Organisers of the student protest said they were saddened by the events and that those who attempted the sit-in were not representative of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI).
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Politico is running a series of interviews with Irish people living on the verge of poverty. These people will be severly impacted by cuts to welfare in the coming budget. In the first article, a Dundalk man describes the basic necessities his family can no longer since he became unemployed in 2008. [Interviews conducted in conjunction with the European Anti-Poverty Network.]
Roger has been unemployed for nearly two years. He lives in Dundalk with his family and previously worked for 20 years as a qualified electrician. In 2003, he was in a car accident and injured his back.
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A fairer, sustainable and more equal Ireland is possible said Fr Seán Healy, director of Social Justice Ireland (SJI) today. By Alison Spillane.
In an interview with Politico at the Claiming Our Future (COF) event in the RDS, Fr Healy said that the next step for COF would be to involve more people in the discussion. He said that involvement should be at local, regional, and national level and that there is tremendous potential in developing this type of citizens' forum and addressing the problems we are facing.
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1,000 people have gathered at the RDS today to discuss ways of achieving an equal, sustainable, and inclusive Ireland. The Claiming Our Future (COF) event, organised by civil society groups such as Is Feidir Linn, Social Justice Ireland and the Community Platform, aims to debate and agree on alternative policies for dealing with the recession. By Alison SpillaneThe movement began in January of this year when six civil society groups met to discuss ways of co-ordinating action to achieve a more equal and proactive Ireland. From these initial discussions, the movement has grown to include a wide range of organisations.
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Dan O'Brien argues that abandoning the four year plan to reduce the deficit to 3% of GDP by 2014 would be insanity (Irish Times Oct 21 2010). He is wrong. By Eoin Ó Broin.
This policy consensus is shared by Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Labour. If implemented, it will damage our economy and society. And ironically it will also do nothing to reduce the deficit.
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On Friday 22 October, RTE will announce the winner of the Ireland's Greatest poll. Each of the five finalists were the subject of hour-long documentaries, broadcast from September onwards. By Eoin Ó Broin.
Michael McDowell made the case for Michael Collins, Dave Fanning for Bono, Joe Duffy for James Connolly, Miriam O'Callaghan for John Hume and David McWilliams for Mary Robinson. The winner will be chosen, as was the shortlist of finalists, by popular ballot.
All of the finalists share a feature in common. Despite their differing political, social and ideological backgrounds they are all quite similar in one crucial way. They are all people who devoted a significant portion of their lives to changing the world in which they lived.
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A Dublin Film Festival marked EU Anti-Trafficking Day with two films and a discussion at Liberty Hall Theatre yesterday evening. By Alison Spillane.
Speaking at the film presentation was Nick Kinsella, head of the UK Human Trafficking Centre (UKHTU). He said that human trafficking is an international phenomenon but "very much a local crime". He highlighted the need for co-operation between the various agencies involved in combating trafficking, adding that that co-operation was needed at both domestic and international levels.
Mr Kinsella spoke as part of a panel discussion on human trafficking at the evening session of the festival which also involved a screening of Irish film Trafficked, released earlier this year. Other panellists included Sarah Benson of the Irish NGO Ruhama, Chief Superintendent John O'Driscoll of the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB), film director Ciaran O'Connor and Marian Walsh of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) in the Department of Justice & Law Reform. The event was organised by the AHTU to mark EU Anti-Trafficking Day.
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The Time to Make a Commitment campaign was launched in Dublin yesterday by a coalition of leading charities, trade unions, community and voluntary groups.
The campaign, organised by the Poor Can't Pay coalition, calls for the government to protect people on the lowest incomes from further cuts in the budget. Members of the campaign include The National Women's Council of Ireland, Age Action Ireland and St Vincent de Paul (SVP).
A series of two short video campaigns were screened at the launch explaining the terrible impact any cutbacks would have on those earning the minimum wage or living on social welfare (see videos below).
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