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		<title>Ráiteas Preas: (translation attached) An Conradh Fioscach</title>
		<link>http://www.thefuture.ie/notes/raiteas-preas-translation-attached-an-conradh-fioscach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diarmaid Ó Cadhla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cork]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cutbacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ráiteas Preas: (translation attached), 17ú Bealtaine 2012 Seo cóip PDF den ráiteas, PDF copy of statement available here. Beidh taispeántas póstaeir agus ráiteas eisithe ón eagraíocht &#8216;thefuture Initiative&#8217; ar an Luan seo chugainn (21ú lá) ag Meán Lae 12:00, taobh amuigh de gheataí Dáil Éireann, Teach Laighean, Baile Átha Cliath. &#160; Tá thefuture Initiative ag iarraidh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Invitation to Discussion &#8211; to all Citizens &amp; Organisations</title>
		<link>http://www.thefuture.ie/blog/an-invitation-to-discussion-to-all-citizens-organisations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefuture.ie/blog/an-invitation-to-discussion-to-all-citizens-organisations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 10:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diarmaid Ó Cadhla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Renewal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revolution]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefuture.ie/?p=906</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We the People Must Organise to Empower Ourselves! Some of us have spent decades campaigning on various issues, taking positions in defence of the people’s interests, advocating what we consider to be progressive policies.  We have condemned the powers-that-be for their disgraceful abuse of the people’s mandate.  We have protested and written articles, we have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vótáil i gCoinne an Conradh Fioscach!</title>
		<link>http://www.thefuture.ie/blog/votail-i-gcoinne-an-conradh-fioscach/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefuture.ie/blog/votail-i-gcoinne-an-conradh-fioscach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 22:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diarmaid Ó Cadhla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cutbacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaeilge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irish Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisbon Treaty]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefuture.ie/?p=882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tá thefuture Initiative tar éis 350 póstaer a chur amach i gcoinne an Conradh Fioscach, le dhá phointe dhéag dhifriúla ar fad orthu, agus meascán dathanna chun aird a tharraingt orthu. An príomh rud a seasann amach ar na bpóstaeir seo ná gur ina hiomlán i nGaeilge atá siad, agus cén fáth ná bheadh!  É [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is there No End to this Crisis?</title>
		<link>http://www.thefuture.ie/blog/is-there-no-end-to-this-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefuture.ie/blog/is-there-no-end-to-this-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diarmaid Ó Cadhla</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Household Charge]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefuture.ie/?p=871</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This weeks&#8217; discussion on the question of water meters, and the revelation that there will be problems applying it to one third of households, tells its own story.  It was the same with the household and septic tank charges, there is a blinkered haste to impose this policy. The point is that this policy is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A lie that is just too much to take!</title>
		<link>http://www.thefuture.ie/notes/a-lie-that-is-just-too-much-to-take/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefuture.ie/notes/a-lie-that-is-just-too-much-to-take/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diarmaid Ó Cadhla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Notes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefuture.ie/?p=860</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shock horror! Cork City Councillor Kenneth O&#8217;Flynn says he is prepared to &#8220;take to the streets to oppose the IMF&#8221;. He says he is committed to defending our senior citizens, their medical cards, public transport, subsidies on gas, electricity, TV and other services.  Cllr O&#8217;Flynn also wants senior citizens exempted from the household charges &#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A letter from Diarmuid O’Flynn &#8211; Ballyhea Says No!</title>
		<link>http://www.thefuture.ie/reference/a-letter-from-diarmuid-o%e2%80%99flynn-ballyhea-says-no/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diarmaid Ó Cadhla</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefuture.ie/?p=856</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ballyhea Charleville Co. Cork 086 2752664 February 17th 2012 Dear Sir/Madam: IRELAND ENSLAVED                 We are an enslaved people, our function to provide funds for the major European and world financial institutions. As slaves, and in common with the people of Greece, another enslaved nation, we have no rights, we have only uses. People wonder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Sé tús maith leath na h-oibre &#8211; ag iarraidh úsáid na Gaeilge a chur sa chéad áit!</title>
		<link>http://www.thefuture.ie/notes/se-tus-maith-leath-na-h-oibre/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefuture.ie/notes/se-tus-maith-leath-na-h-oibre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diarmaid Ó Cadhla</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefuture.ie/?p=835</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is é seo an chéad iarracht  dúinn alt a fhoilsiú as Gaeilge.  Bíonn leisce orainn an Ghaeilge a úsáid mar go mbíonn eagla orainn faoi easpa cruinneas teangan, ach is dócha go mbeidh sé sinn i gceist i gcónaí agus gur cheart dúinn tús a chur lenár n-oibre ar aon chuma, seachas bheith ag caint [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fornocht do chonac thú &#8211; ag Pádraig Mac Piarais</title>
		<link>http://www.thefuture.ie/reference/fornocht-do-chonac-thu-by-padraig-mac-piarais/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefuture.ie/reference/fornocht-do-chonac-thu-by-padraig-mac-piarais/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diarmaid Ó Cadhla</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Easter Rising]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pádraig Mac Piarais]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefuture.ie/?p=830</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fornocht do chonac thú Fornocht do chonac thú, a áille na háille, is do dhallas mo shúil ar eagla go stánfainn. Do chualas do cheol, a bhinne na binne, is do dhúnas mo chluas ar eagla go gclisfinn. Do bhlaiseas do bhéal a mhilse na milse, is do chruas mo chroí ar eagla mo mhillte. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bréagadóirí ar fad atá sna Páirtithe Polaitiúla &#8211; gach duine acu!</title>
		<link>http://www.thefuture.ie/blog/breagadoiri-ar-fad-ata-sna-pairtithe-polaitiula-gach-duine-acu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefuture.ie/blog/breagadoiri-ar-fad-ata-sna-pairtithe-polaitiula-gach-duine-acu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diarmaid Ó Cadhla</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefuture.ie/?p=814</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is deacair a chreidiúint go bhfuil bliain imithe ón lá a síneadh an conradh fealltach sin leis an Troika &#8211; an IMF/ECB/EU, an &#8216;bailout&#8217; mar a ghlaotar air go minic.  Rinneadh an conradh sin idir an Taoiseach, an tAire Airgeadais agus an Troika ar son muintir na hÉireann &#8211; ní raibh aon réamheolais, fiú ag [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Inequality in our Society Accepted?</title>
		<link>http://www.thefuture.ie/notes/is-inequality-in-our-society-accepted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefuture.ie/notes/is-inequality-in-our-society-accepted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diarmaid Ó Cadhla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Notes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefuture.ie/?p=807</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In an article published today Vincent Browne presents a excellent analysis of the gross inequality in our society, not just in Ireland but worldwide.  But he suggests that this system of inequalities has the consent of the people, we disagree on that. &#8221; The greatest trick capitalism has ever pulled was persuading the world its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Our Sovereignty is Gone&#8221; &#8211; No it is not!</title>
		<link>http://www.thefuture.ie/blog/our-sovereignty-is-gone-no-it-is-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefuture.ie/blog/our-sovereignty-is-gone-no-it-is-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diarmaid Ó Cadhla</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefuture.ie/?p=794</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though our rights are being stripped at every level, and our resources have been sold off, and we are enslaved to an avaricious financial system which cares nothing for our future &#8211; we are still a Sovereign people.  It is still our right to direct the affairs of our state, it is the right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cén sórt Saoi atá againn le Micheál D?</title>
		<link>http://www.thefuture.ie/notes/cen-sort-saoi-ata-againn-le-micheal-d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefuture.ie/notes/cen-sort-saoi-ata-againn-le-micheal-d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diarmaid Ó Cadhla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Notes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefuture.ie/?p=778</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Foilsíodh &#8216;An Saoi&#8217; ar an idir-lion le @FEICIM ar Twitter. Mise a chur an dara rann leis &#8230; beagán sport, ach ag iarraidh chur le mo chuid Gaeilge ag an am céanna.  Ba maith liom colún rialta a chur amach ar cúrsaí reatha ach caithfidh mé cruinneas a chur ar na cúpla focail ar dtús. Má [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: Chairman of Referendum Commission #oiref</title>
		<link>http://www.thefuture.ie/reference/interview-judge-mcmahon-chairman-of-referendum-commission/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefuture.ie/reference/interview-judge-mcmahon-chairman-of-referendum-commission/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diarmaid Ó Cadhla</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefuture.ie/?p=754</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Referendum on Oireachtas Committee of Inquiries (Amendment 30) has shades of the &#8216;House Un-American Activities Committee&#8217; of infamy during the USA&#8217;s McCartyite Era It is the view of thefuture Initiative that these powers are far in excess of what any Government inner circle should ever have &#8211; they replace the role of independent courts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gallagher &#8211; the Dragon Emerges from his Lair</title>
		<link>http://www.thefuture.ie/blog/gallagher-the-dragon-emerges-from-his-lair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefuture.ie/blog/gallagher-the-dragon-emerges-from-his-lair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diarmaid Ó Cadhla</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefuture.ie/?p=735</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What about Seán Gallagher, former National Executive member of Fianna Fáil, looking like favourite in Presidential election? The business and corporate ethos remains to the fore. &#8220;Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.&#8221; &#8212; Benito Mussolini It is not proven that these words were every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Constitutional Ammendments 29 &amp; 30</title>
		<link>http://www.thefuture.ie/blog/vote-no-on-constitutional-ammendments-29-30/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefuture.ie/blog/vote-no-on-constitutional-ammendments-29-30/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diarmaid Ó Cadhla</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefuture.ie/?p=721</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two amendments to our Constitution, Bunreacht na hÉireann have been included in the voting next Thursday, thefuture Initiative advocates a NO vote. The following article was issued by Kathy Sinnott, we feel it explains the case: For what it is worth, looking at the Irish Constitution (our rights and limits on government necessary to safeguard them) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mattie McGrath did an interesting thing</title>
		<link>http://www.thefuture.ie/notes/mattie-mcgrath-did-an-interesting-thing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefuture.ie/notes/mattie-mcgrath-did-an-interesting-thing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diarmaid Ó Cadhla</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefuture.ie/?p=715</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, in the final days of nominations for the Presidential election an interesting thing happened in South Tipperary.  Mattie McGrath TD went back to his constituency to get a decision on how he should vote on the question of whether he would nominate David Norris or not. Of course McGrath did not mean he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shameful neglect of &#8216;Special Needs&#8217; highlighted</title>
		<link>http://www.thefuture.ie/blog/shameful-neglect-of-special-needs-highlighted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefuture.ie/blog/shameful-neglect-of-special-needs-highlighted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diarmaid Ó Cadhla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A packed meeting last week heard upsetting stories from hard pressed parents, teachers and Special Needs Assistants (SNA).  These normally silent and voiceless people suffer from services withdrawn by the previous government and again by the current FG/Labour coalition. The effect of these cuts has been to deprive children of their rights as equal citizens. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on welfare &#8216;Fraud&#8217;, the values are bogus.</title>
		<link>http://www.thefuture.ie/blog/burtons-welfare-fraud-campaign-is-itself-a-fraud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefuture.ie/blog/burtons-welfare-fraud-campaign-is-itself-a-fraud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diarmaid Ó Cadhla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have condemned Minister Burton&#8217;s Campaign Against Welfare Fraud as being a witch-hunt against the weakest in our society.  She is appealing to the basest intellect &#8211; encouraging neighbours to spy on each other and criminalising masses of citizens who are already victims of continued corrupt political and economic systems. She has quoted millions of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burton&#8217;s Campaign Against Social Welfare Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.thefuture.ie/blog/burtons-campaign-against-social-welfare-fraud/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diarmaid Ó Cadhla</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefuture.ie/?p=667</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Joan Burton&#8217;s anti-fraud campaign is encouraging us to report anyone suspected of making false or improper welfare claims.  She says that there are hundreds of millions being recovered in this campaign and that this year so far they have received over 8,500 anonymous tips from members of the public. It is a curious thing for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talk Talk scandal reveals conflicting interests</title>
		<link>http://www.thefuture.ie/blog/talk-talk-scandal-reveals-conflicting-interests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diarmaid Ó Cadhla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The people of Waterford are to lose a further 575 jobs.  Talk Talk announced closure last week giving only one months notice to staff &#8211; the minimum possible &#8211; even though some have 10 years service.  Some workers were left to hear the news through social media or news reports as they were not present [...]]]></description>
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