Action From Ireland
Afri Reports See also Development Education reports and Afri Newsletter, PEACEMAKER
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| The Lisbon Treaty, the European Military Project, and Europe’s Role in the World: Implications for Irish Voters | On the 12th of June this year, the Irish people will be asked to vote on the Lisbon Treaty. Just before that, at the end of May, the Irish government will host a major diplomatic conference, the aim of which is to negotiate a treaty to ban the manufacture, use or stockpiling of cluster munitions. Download Document | Writer: Dr. Andy Storey | |
| The Price of Our Souls: Gas Shell and Ireland | deals with the controversial Corrib Gas Project in North Mayo, where Shell is building a gas refinery and high pressure pipeline in a landscape of extraordinary natural beauty. Full Details | Writer: Michael McCaughan | |
| A Decade of Betrayal and the Challenge of Renewal | This research paper looks at the record of recent governments in the area of Ireland’s foreign and defence policy.Full Details | Researcher and writer: Mark Doris | |
| Death From A distance: | This report by Afri is in two parts. Full Details | Researchers and writers: John Cullen, Susan Ní Maolthuile | |
| International intervention and conflict in Macedonia | Chapters 1 and 2 will give a brief background to Macedonia since independence Full Details | Author: Marianne Osborn | |
| Defending Peace: | Ireland’s Role in a Changing Europe traces how the EU, under the influence of NATO Full Details | Author: John Maguire | |
| Inequality Violence and Resource Wars | This is the text of the Andy Storey’s speech (Development Studies Centre) Full Details | Researcher and writer: Dr. Andy Storey | |
| What Price Peace? | In the wake of the Good Friday Agreement (1998), and indeed prior to that, there has been much talk of a so-called “peace dividend” for the North of Ireland Full Details | Researcher and writer: Seán O Cuilin | |
| LINKS | This report, Ireland’s links with the Arms Trade and Military Industry, is presented in two parts. Full Details | Researcher and writer:John Cullen | |
| Famine is a lie | The first events to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Ireland’s Great Famine were organised by Afri in 1988.Full Details | Authors: Joe Murray, Pat Pidgeon | |
| Just a Second – Campaign | Afri’s “Just a Second!” campaign, as outlined in this book, has two purposes: Full Details | Editors: Don Mullan, Joe Murray | |
| Title | The Lisbon Treaty, the European Military Project, and Europe’s Role in the World: Implications for Irish Voters | |
| Author/Editor | Dr. Andy Storey | |
| Description | On the 12th of June this year, the Irish people will be asked to vote on the Lisbon Treaty. Just before that, at the end of May, the Irish government will host a major diplomatic conference, the aim of which is to negotiate a treaty to ban the manufacture, use or stockpiling of cluster munitions. While vigilant lobbying of the government will be necessary to ensure that the cluster munitions treaty negotiated is comprehensive and water-tight, this initiative nonetheless represents the kind of foreign policy Afri believes the Irish government could and should be pursuing. The Lisbon Treaty, on the other hand, represents a further development in the evolution of a very different type of Irish foreign policy. Donation of €2.50 suggested, to cover cost of production + postage |  |
| Date | 2008 | |
| Availability | Download here | |
| Title | The Price of Our Souls: Gas Shell and Ireland | |
| Author/Editor | Michael McCaughan | |
| Description | The Price of Our Souls: Gas Shell and Ireland is a new book, written by Michael McCaughan and published by Afri, which deals with the controversial Corrib Gas Project in North Mayo, where Shell is building a gas refinery and high pressure pipeline in a landscape of extraordinary natural beauty. The project has been met by a major campaign of local opposition which combines legal appeals with civil disobedience and challenges the project every step of the way. Price €10 |  |
| Date | 2007 | |
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| Title | The Militarisation of Ireland’s Foreign and Defence Policy: A Decade of Betrayal and the Challenge of Renewal | |
| Author/Editor | Researcher and writers: Mark Doris Editors: Dr. Andy Storey, Joe Murray | |
| Description | This research paper looks at the record of recent governments in the area of Ireland’s foreign and defence policy. The first part of the paper focuses on the controversial use of Shannon airport, in particular its use as a staging post or refuelling stop for troops and/or munitions en route to theatres of conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq, and its use by agents of the United States for the purposes of “extraordinary rendition”. The second part outlines the extent to which Ireland has become involved in various military structures outside the remit of traditional United Nations peacekeeping missions. These include NATO and the newly-formed EU Battlegroups. The third part summarises the Government’s response to Ireland’s participation in the international arms trade. |  |
| Date | 2007 | |
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| Title | Death From A Distance: the Ongoing Militarisation of Ireland | |
| Author/Editor | Researcher and writers: John Cullen, Susan Ní Maolthuile | |
| Description | This report by Afri is in two parts. The first part takes a look at some of our Third Level educational institutions and their involvement in research related to the arms trade. This is a largely hidden dimension of our educational activity. The second part looks at the militarization of Shannon airport, which has occurred in the wake of the attacks on the US in 2001, particularly as the US and Britain prepared for war in Afghanistan and Iraq. The report details how the airport has been affectively handed over to the US military by the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign Affairs without even informing the Dáil, not to mention the Irish people. It demonstrates the litany of deceit and subterfuge used by the Irish government in pursuance of this policy. |  |
| Date | 2003 | |
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| Title | International intervention and conflict in Macedonia cuasing problems… claiming solutions | |
| Author/Editor | Author: Marianne Osborn Editor: Dr. Andy Storey | |
| Description | The report is divided into three main sections. Chapters 1 and 2 will give a brief background to Macedonia since independence including the main political developments and a brief outline of the demographic situation. Chapters 3, 4 and 5 deals with the conflict itself examining both internal and external causes, highlighting the main developments in the conflict, and looking at the attitudes and actions of international actors as the conflict unfolded. Finally, chapter 6 looks at the response of the IC, and in particular the EU, to the events of 2001 and examines whether international intervention has improved the prospects for sustainable peace in Macedonia. |  |
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| Title | Defending Peace: Ireland’s role in a changing Europe | |
| Author/Editor | Author: John Maguire | |
| Description | Defending Peace: Ireland’s Role in a Changing Europe traces how the EU, under the influence of NATO, has evolved a disturbingly militaristic “common defence policy”, and how successive Irish governments have misled us into involvement in it. It shows that this policy is hugely at odds with the values allegedly underlying Irish foreign policy, particularly peace building under UN authority, and with those of the Peace Process. Far from failing, the UN has been prevented from fulfilling its mandate by the large industrial and military states, and a UN reclaimed by global civil society is the only practical alternative to NATO’s lawless aggression. |  |
| Date | 2002 | |
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| Title | Inequality Violence and Resource Wars | |
| Author/Editor | Dr. Andy Storey | |
| Description | This is the text of Andy Storey’s speech (Development Studies Centre, Kimmage Manor, and Afri) at the Community Workers Conference: Wealth, Power, Inequality: Challenges for community Work in a New Era, Kilkenny, 10th December 2001 |  |
| Date | 2001 | |
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| Title | What Price Peace? The Irish Peace Process and the International Arms Trade | |
| Author/Editor | Researcher and writer: Seán O Cuilin Editors: Annette Honan, Joe Murray, Dr. Andy Storey Preface by Dr Robbie McVeigh | |
| Description | In the wake of the Good Friday Agreement (1998), and indeed prior to that, there has been much talk of a so-called “peace dividend” for the North of Ireland and for the border region. Indeed, even before the formal end to hostilities it was clear from the interest shown by North American business capital that Ireland’s “peace dividend” would entail increased inward investment from high-technology companies. This report was born out of those concerns and its aim is primarily to investigate whether such concerns are justified. However, any new military-related investment must be viewed in the context of an already well-established military industrial base, namely that of Shorts. Therefore, in order to address the overall issue of military-related production in Northern Ireland a detailed look at shorts’ military activities is included in this report. |  |
| Date | 2000 | |
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| Title | LINKS – Ireland’s Links with the Arms Trade and Military Industry | |
| Author/Editor | Researcher and writer: John Cullen Editors: John Cullen and Joe Murray Editorial overview: Bridget Anne Ryan Design and Layout: Pat Pidgeon | |
| Description | This report, Ireland’s links with the Arms Trade and Military Industry, is presented in two parts. Part 1 focuses on Ireland and the arms trade. Terms of reference are set out by showing the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) criteria and the UK licensing legislation which illustrate how inclusive the “arms trade” is. Part 2 moves from the supply-side to the impact that the arms trade has on the majority world. We take two cases studies of countries that have been on the receiving end of the arms trade. |  |
| Date | 1996 | |
| Availability | Contact Afri | |
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Famine is a lie |
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| Author/Editor | Authors: Joe Murray, Pat Pidgeon Editorial team: Joe Murray, Pat Pidgeon, Dereck Speirs, Danny Cusack. Design and Layout: Pat Pidgeon | |
| Description | The first events to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Ireland’s Great Famine were organised by Afri in 1988. Since then a wide range of activities and initiatives have followed. This book is a gathering together of some of the events that have taken place as part of Afri’s Great Famine Project. It includes excerpts of talks given at some of our famine walks, conferences and seminars as well as quotations from historians and writers on contemporary justice issues. It is intended to form a basis for dialogue, discussion and debate. |  |
| Date | 1995 | |
| Availability | Contact Afri | |
| Title | Just a second – Campaign | |
| Author/Editor | Editors: Don Mullan, Joe Murray Preface: Archbishop Desmond Tutu | |
| Description | Afri’s “Just a Second!” campaign, as outlined in this book, has two purposes: 1- to fund small poverty projects in the developing world and in Ireland, and 2- to show how resources could be used for life-giving rather than death-dealing purposes. |  |
| Date | 1995 | |
| Availability | Contact Afri | |
