Indymedia.ie
Encyclopedia
Indymedia.ie is an Irish
alternative media
website affiliated with the global Indymedia
network. It operates on the principles of open publishing
and the Creative Commons
. Contributions that adhere to the publishing guidelines are made by anyone that has pictures, audio, or text to contribute and are published immediately. Comments against the tenor of an accepted article are often edited out within minutes. Undesired comments are deleted by moderators without warning.
The underlying idea of the site is to allow publishing of information without the intervention of "professionals" or other opinion shapers. The site has been the host of several media scoops which were missed by mainstream media
, most notably that of the footage showing an attack by the Gardaí
on peaceful Reclaim the Streets
carnival-goers.
Indymedia.ie has served as the primary means of public expression of groups such as the Pitstop Ploughshares
. Stories from the site have been syndicated on Infoshop.org
. It was praised for its "[e]xcellent ongoing coverage and background" of the Shell to Sea
protests by CounterPunch
magazine.
In June 2010, Indymedia.ie was criticised after an article was falsely posted using the name of an RTE journalist in which it claimed that the Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan, Jnr
had died, which were reprinted across the internet. Indymedia subsequently removed the articles, calling them "malicious trolling" and "the product of a sick imagination".
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
alternative media
Alternative media
Alternative media are media which provide alternative information to the mainstream media in a given context, whether the mainstream media are commercial, publicly supported, or government-owned...
website affiliated with the global Indymedia
Independent Media Center
The Independent Media Center is a global participatory network of journalists that report on political and social issues. It originated during the Seattle anti-WTO protests worldwide in 1999 and remains closely associated with the global justice movement, which criticizes neo-liberalism and its...
network. It operates on the principles of open publishing
Open publishing
Open publishing is a process of creating news or other content that is transparent to the readers. They can contribute a story and see it instantly appear in the pool of stories publicly available. Those stories are filtered as little as possible to help the readers find the stories they want....
and the Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
. Contributions that adhere to the publishing guidelines are made by anyone that has pictures, audio, or text to contribute and are published immediately. Comments against the tenor of an accepted article are often edited out within minutes. Undesired comments are deleted by moderators without warning.
The underlying idea of the site is to allow publishing of information without the intervention of "professionals" or other opinion shapers. The site has been the host of several media scoops which were missed by mainstream media
Mainstream media
Mainstream media are those media disseminated via the largest distribution channels, which therefore represent what the majority of media consumers are likely to encounter...
, most notably that of the footage showing an attack by the Gardaí
Garda Síochána
, more commonly referred to as the Gardaí , is the police force of Ireland. The service is headed by the Commissioner who is appointed by the Irish Government. Its headquarters are located in the Phoenix Park in Dublin.- Terminology :...
on peaceful Reclaim the Streets
Reclaim the Streets
Reclaim The Streets is a collective with a shared ideal of community ownership of public spaces. Participants characterize the collective as a resistance movement opposed to the dominance of corporate forces in globalization, and to the car as the dominant mode of transport.-Protests:Reclaim The...
carnival-goers.
Indymedia.ie has served as the primary means of public expression of groups such as the Pitstop Ploughshares
Pitstop Ploughshares
The Pitstop Ploughshares were a group of five members of the Catholic Worker Movement who made their way into Shannon Airport in Ireland and damaged a United States Navy C-40 transport aircraft in the early hours of 3 February 2003...
. Stories from the site have been syndicated on Infoshop.org
Infoshop.org
- History :Infoshop was founded in January 1995 as the Mid-Atlantic Infoshop by Chuck Munson. Having previously co-founded an online archive of anarchist texts, the Spunk Library, in 1992, Munson established Infoshop as a general resource on anarchism, moving to the domain name Infoshop.org in 1998...
. It was praised for its "[e]xcellent ongoing coverage and background" of the Shell to Sea
Shell to Sea
Shell to Sea is a campaign based in Cill Chomáin parish, Erris, County Mayo, Ireland which opposes the proposed construction of a natural gas pipeline through the parish and the ongoing construction by Royal Dutch Shell, Statoil and Vermilion Energy Trust of a refinery at Bellanaboy intended to...
protests by CounterPunch
Counterpunch
Counterpunch can refer to:* Counterpunch , a punch in boxing* CounterPunch, a bi-weekly political newsletter* Counterpunch , a type of punch used in traditional typography* Punch-Counterpunch, a Transformers character...
magazine.
In June 2010, Indymedia.ie was criticised after an article was falsely posted using the name of an RTE journalist in which it claimed that the Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan, Jnr
Brian Lenihan, Jnr
Brian Joseph Lenihan was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and barrister who served in the government of Ireland as Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform from 2007 to 2008 and as Minister for Finance from 2008 to 2011...
had died, which were reprinted across the internet. Indymedia subsequently removed the articles, calling them "malicious trolling" and "the product of a sick imagination".