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Boycott

# boycott - Friday 10 May, 2013

Boston cardinal says he will boycott event because Enda Kenny is going

Cardinal Sean O’Malley said Enda Kenny is “aggressively promoting abortion legislation”.

# boycott - Thursday 7 March, 2013

From The Score Retro Gold

Los Angeles want 1980s revival as they plan future Olympic bid

When L.A last hosted the Games, Ronald Reagan was US President, Russians boycotted and Like A Virgin topped the charts.

# boycott - Friday 15 February, 2013

Just 84 applications for graduate nursing scheme processed

The INMO said the low numbers were a testament to the effectiveness of its boycott of the scheme.

# boycott - Thursday 17 January, 2013

INMO: Minimal applications means boycott on nurse graduate scheme working

The HSE has said that the numbers applying for the scheme have been small, leading to a review taking place.

# boycott - Saturday 12 January, 2013

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Do you think the water charge will be largely boycotted?

Government is concerned that people won’t pay. Are they right to be worried?

# boycott - Saturday 5 January, 2013

The Evening Fix… now with added signs your childhood is over (sorry)

Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.

# boycott - Friday 13 July, 2012

Michaela

Not guilty: Ireland reacts to Michaela McAreavey trial verdict

A ‘boycott Mauritius’ campaign was spontaneously started on Twitter last night.

# boycott - Tuesday 3 July, 2012

Higgins slams ‘manufactured controversy’ over use of TDs expenses

Independent TD Thomas Pringle said that he did not use expenses to travel around the country to urge people to boycott the household charge as other independent deputies have done.

# boycott - Monday 2 July, 2012

‘Absolutely justifiable’ to use allowances for boycott campaign – Higgins

The Socialist Party TD Joe Higgins has said it is okay that deputies use their travel allowances for the purposes of travelling the country urging people to boycott the household charge.

# boycott - Thursday 28 June, 2012

From The Daily Edge Boycott

Photographers boycott Stone Roses reunion tour in copyright dispute

The Stone Roses angered photographers with a contract requiring them to hand over copyright ownership to the band.

# boycott - Tuesday 19 June, 2012

Boyd-Barrett ‘should be ashamed of himself’ over Household Charge boycott, insists Kenny

The Taoiseach can only barely hold back after Richard Boyd-Barrett uses Dáil time to promote an anti-household charge protest.

# boycott - Monday 18 June, 2012

From The Score Intrigue

Tymoshenko to face charges in murder case

Former prime minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, whose imprisonment has cast a shadow over Euro 2012, will faces charges relating to the 1996 murder of Yevhen Shcherban.

# boycott - Monday 23 April, 2012

Aung San Suu Kyi boycotts Burma’s parliament over oath

Meanwhile, the EU has announced lifting sanctions against Burma after year of political reform.

# boycott - Saturday 21 April, 2012

Column: Ireland may not riot like Greece – but protests are spreading

The ongoing campaigns against the household charge, Anglo, and NAMA show the political terrain is ripe with possibility, writes Moira Murphy.

# boycott - Friday 13 April, 2012

Household charge registrations creep over 900,000 barrier

Around 10,000 new households have been accounted for in the last three days – still only just over half the population.

# boycott - Tuesday 10 April, 2012

Estimated 890,000 have paid the household charge

The official deadline passed on 31 March but several thousand property owners have paid the €100 charge over the past ten days.

# boycott - Friday 6 April, 2012

Several thousand a day paying the household charge

The final deadline was at midnight last Saturday when an estimated 800,000 people had paid – but how many people have paid the charge now?

# boycott - Wednesday 4 April, 2012

How many people have paid the household charge now?

The official deadline passed at midnight on Saturday night – but more people have paid since then.

# boycott - Saturday 31 March, 2012

Planning to pay the household charge today? Here’s what to do

Today is the deadline for paying the household charge. Decided you want to pay but not sure what to do? Here are your options.

Planning NOT to pay the household charge today? Here’s what to do

So you’re liable for the household charge but you’ve decided you’re not going to pay? Here’s a few things you might want to do instead.

# boycott - Thursday 29 March, 2012

Over half a million have paid the household charge

A poll today found 61 per cent of householders say they will pay the €100 charge, with 39 per cent saying they won’t.

# boycott - Wednesday 28 March, 2012

More than one million have not yet paid the household charge

Just over 31,000 payments were made in the past day – a slight decrease on the previous 24 hours.

# boycott - Saturday 24 March, 2012

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Have you paid the household charge?

There’s exactly one week to go before the deadline for paying the charge and the government insists there’ll be a last minute rush. So we’re asking – have you paid it?

# boycott - Friday 17 February, 2012

SIPTU calls for suspension of ‘unfair’ household charge

The country’s largest trade union said that the €100 household charge penalises low and middle income families and called on the government to suspend it.

# boycott - Thursday 19 January, 2012

Column: Why the household charge is a ‘gateway tax’

Socialist TD Clare Daly is suggesting that it might be time to revive the Irish-coined concept of boycott instead of complying with the €100 household levy.

# boycott - Wednesday 11 January, 2012

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Have you paid the household charge?

Almost every homeowner in Ireland is liable for the controversial charge, but have you paid it yet or will you at all?

# boycott - Wednesday 7 December, 2011

Ban

TCD bans Daily Mail from campus shops

Students voted last night to ban the newspaper from shops over an inaccurate article it ran about UCC student Caolan Mulrooney.

# boycott - Wednesday 3 August, 2011

From The Score Dispute

Pat’s players “determined” to boycott European tie over compensation row

Players say Inchicore club are refusing to discuss loss of earnings with them.

# boycott - Wednesday 11 May, 2011

From The Score No Show

IFA slam fans’ plans for Aviva boycott

Association defends decision to require fans to travel to Carling Nations Cup on official buses costing £30 per person.

# boycott - Friday 31 December, 2010

From The Score State Papers

State Papers: Government tried to stop Moscow Olympics and Lions athletes

The government withdrew funding for the Olympic Council of Ireland for participating in Moscow 1980, and opposed the Lions tour to SA.

# boycott - Sunday 29 August, 2010

Israeli actors boycott West Bank settlement

57 Israeli actors and playwrights have refused to perform on the contested land of the West Bank.