# protests - Monday 13 May, 2013
Various political scandals and our current economic woes have increased levels of mistrust in politicians among young people. This does not mean we are apathetic, we just need to be engaged, writes Órla Ryan.
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# protests - Thursday 9 May, 2013
Austerity has not worked in Ireland or across the eurozone, writes Joan Collins, who points out that even the architects of our bailout admit it was the wrong path.
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# protests - Sunday 21 April, 2013
Today’s protest comes just two days ahead of a decisive parliamentary vote that would make France the 14th country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage.
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# protests - Sunday 31 March, 2013
Protests erupted in western Kenya yesterday after a court upheld Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory in the country’s presidential elections.
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# protests - Monday 25 March, 2013
The people of Cyprus are no strangers to losing their belongings, as history has shown, writes Yiota Demetriou – who questions why her country is getting the short end of the stick.
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# protests - Saturday 9 March, 2013
Five other defendants received life sentences over the deadly football riot in Port Said last year.
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# protests - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
Chairman Peter Osborne issued a lengthy statement last night about the ongoing Union flag demonstrations and the next marching season.
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# protests - Saturday 9 February, 2013
It began with a vote and ended with burnt-out offices, dozens of injuries and arrests, and a sense that a fragile peace had been disrupted.
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# protests - Saturday 2 February, 2013
The 23-year-old was shot dead as protesters clashed with police.
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# protests - Thursday 31 January, 2013
Senior officers met with the Ulster People’s Forum over the protests which have been ongoing for almost two months.
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# protests - Sunday 27 January, 2013
Riots took place in several cities across the country yesterday following the sentencing to death of 21 people for riots at a football game last year.
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# protests - Monday 21 January, 2013
The eleven have all been arrested on charges of obstructing roads as part of an ongoing protest over the flying of the Union flag.
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# protests - Saturday 12 January, 2013
Meanwhile Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said the violence is nothing to do with flags and is being orchestrated by “known criminals” intent on causing chaos.
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There was yet another night of disturbances over the decision to not fly the Union flag throughout the year.
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# protests - Tuesday 8 January, 2013
Police officers were attacked with missiles while vehicles were damaged with hatchets and sledge hammers.
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# protests - Monday 7 January, 2013
The PSNI said the cannons were deployed after missiles were thrown between “rival factions”.
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A 9mm bullet and a sympathy card containing the name and photograph of the SDLP MLA were intercepted at a sorting office.
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A 38-year-old who was arrested on Saturday will meanwhile appear in court charged with possession of a gun.
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# protests - Sunday 6 January, 2013
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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The head of the Police Federation of Northern Ireland said loyalist paramilitaries have hijacked the flags protests and are using “any excuse” to attack the police.
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# protests - Friday 4 January, 2013
The protests are part of an ongoing campaign against restrictions on flying the union flag at Belfast City Hall.
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# protests - Wednesday 2 January, 2013
When she was in hospital she “held her mother and whispered, Mummy, I am sorry… I am sorry”.
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# protests - Friday 28 December, 2012
The 23-year-old died of severe organ failure in a Singapore hospital where she had been airlifted yesterday.
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# protests - Wednesday 26 December, 2012
The news comes as the Indian government announced a special inquiry into a gang-rape which occurred on 16 December.
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# protests - Monday 24 December, 2012
Manmohan Singh said that he “will ensure justice is delivered”.
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# protests - Saturday 22 December, 2012
Violence erupts as impatience grows with government of President Cristinia Kirchner.
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# protests - Thursday 20 December, 2012
The heads of the five main political parties will meet to discuss the unrest across Northern Ireland over the past two and a half weeks.
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The controversial international counterfeiting treaty will no longer be sent to the European Court of Justice.
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# protests - Tuesday 18 December, 2012
An 11-year-old, a 12-year-old and two 13-year-olds were among those arrest after disorder broke out at loyalist protests last night.
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# protests - Monday 17 December, 2012
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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# protests - Tuesday 11 December, 2012
The demonstrations in Cairo come over a bitterly divisive referendum on a new constitution.
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# protests - Thursday 6 December, 2012
Last night the offices and homes of Alliance Party members were attacked and a number of police officers injured in protests.
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Five demonstrators died overnight as supporters and opponents of president Mohamed Morsi fought outside the presidential palace.
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# protests - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
Reports say there were hundreds of protesters camped in front of the palace this morning, after it was besieged by crowds last night.
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# protests - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
A group of angry protesters clashed with police outside Belfast City Hall last night as the council voted to reduce the number of days the Union flag flies outside the building.
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# protests - Wednesday 28 November, 2012
Egyptian police fired tear gas at protesters camped out in the Cairo square this morning as demonstrations against a power grab by President Mohamed Morsi took place across the country.
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# protests - Monday 19 November, 2012
Here are the nine stories you need to know as you kick off your day.
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Pre-Budget protests will take place across the country this week.
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# protests - Saturday 17 November, 2012
People are expected to gather in Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, London and other cities to protest or hold a vigil in remembrance of Savita Halappanavar.
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Man held over social media comments made over Union flag dispute
A 28-year-old man is being held by police in north Belfast over comments made on Facebook in relation to the ongoing Union flag controversy.
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