Is it just me of is the latest poster campaign from Youth Defence just slightly unsettling? Who exactly thought that putting a gun-sight on a woman’s face would help their argument? Or maybe they just don’t give a shite any more, having abandoned their attempts to appear cuddly and are just going with the violent bully-boy persona that was hiding under those smiley faces all along. Nice one Youth Defence … Read More
Action on X
Hundreds gathered at the Central Bank and walked to City Hall for a demonstration calling for legislation on the X case. Sinead Kennedy of Action on X spoke to the crowd: When it comes to protecting bankers they can keep the Dáil open late and introduce emergency legislation, but when it comes to protecting women’s lives there is delay, after delay, after delay Many other speakers called for legislation, the honouring … Read More
Can You Help?
Activists organising the Rally for X on Monday in Dublin have had many posters and flyers taken down. They are looking for all available hands to meet up tomorrow and help distribute posters and spread the word. If you are like minded and would like to help out or simply meet with activists call down to the Central Bank between 2pm and 4pm tomorrow (Saturday 2nd March) (There may be … Read More
10 Days of Abortion Rights Action
The Abortion Rights Campaign have launched an action today; they hope to get sympathisers to send 30,000 postcards to their representatives in Dáil Eireann between now and the summer asking for legislation for X. You can get involved, and receive the postcards here. Learn more about the ten days of action starting March 1st here
Still getting the boat
A story from this week’s Connacht Tribune will come as a fresh reminder to readers in the west of the sorry state of our democracy. More than a decade into this new millenium and we are still exporting our women, on the hoof, to England. An Irish answer to an Irish problem. Between 2008 and 2011, 726 women with addresses in Galway travelled to England or Wales for termination. The … Read More
Choose. Life.
The main photo was taken tonight at the Life House on Capel St. in Dublin. It features pages from this evening’s Evening Herald which carries the leaked report on the death of Savita Halappanavar. The Life House is situated on possibly the most contradictory corner in any European capital. The Life House itself on the corner of Capel and Parnell St in distinctive red and white represents numerous, supposedly different … Read More
Savita and the real ‘culture of death’
The draft report into the death of Savita Halappanaavar has been issued to all parties involved. James Reilly the hugely controversial minister for health says he hasn’t seen it yet. Someone should get him a copy of the Evening Herald. According to the report the infection that contributed to Savita’s death went undiagnosed for three days at Galway University Hospital. It adds that by the time she was admitted to … Read More
Think of the kidneys
Broadsheet picked up on this lunacy from us. One of our scouts found these rather strange flyers circulating at the Vigil4Life event on Saturday. The one (above) is accusing a Lebanese man of harvesting embryo balls (NB testicle transplants don’t work let alone ones from a foetus to an adult male) and the above handout refers to kidneys. The anti-choicers must have some new technologies the rest of us don’t. … Read More
Pro Life Loo(ser) Posters.
Who’s behind putting these disgusting anti-choice ads in the jacks? Some thirsty rabblers braved the Xmash jumper twats last night for tasty pints in O’Reillys. That cheapo place under Tara St station. Last night while having a slash one of our lot noticed these really crude and sickening posters staring down from the wall. We’re not usually the sort to complain, but it was brought up with the staff – … Read More
A Tsunami of death – Creep after creep after creep
John Waters and a rake of other creeps line up for a head fuck of a video. They claim ” We stand among the nation as a “solidly pro life nation” and features among others Wendy Grace, one of those token young folk that gets wheeled out by the Catholics to prattle on about her faith every now and then. She’s actually really into sex. Or so she told the … Read More