Articles by Irish Examiner

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UN Rapporteur: US Sanctions against Venezuela Causing Economic and Humanitarian Crisis
Irish Examiner – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Feb 2019

28 Jan 2019 – A former United Nations rapporteur has criticised the US for engaging in “economic warfare” against Venezuela which he claimed was the real reason for the economic and humanitarian crisis facing the country. Alfred de Zayas, who last year became the first UN rapporteur to visit Venezuela for 21 years, also suggested in his recently published UN report, that US sanctions on the country are illegal and could amount to “crimes against humanity” under international law.

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Unquestionable Adoration of Obama Is Ludicrous
Clare Daly – Irish Examiner, 1 Jul 2013

What was really so “outrageous” about the points I made regarding the visit of President Obama and the G8 summit on Tuesday morning [18 June 2013]? The Government lackeys are not doing any favours for American people by offering Obama unquestionable adoration. We would serve them better by highlighting the tax havens which Ireland has kindly provided for big US corporations so that they can avoid paying tax in the US.

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Eminem Reveals He Was Two Hours from Death on Prescription Drugs
Irish Examiner – TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 Jul 2013

“When I took my first Vicodin, it was like this feeling of ‘Ahh.’ Xanax, Valium, tomato, it’s same thing … F**k it, take it… They were gonna have to put me on dialysis. They didn’t think I was gonna make it. My bottom was gonna be death.” While the rapper is now clean, he admitted detoxing was a huge struggle.

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