“Publicists of all kinds, philanthropists, literary men, lovers of their kind, poets, brilliant writers, artists, have all been conquered by the valiant heroism of the Dublin workers …” James Connolly spoke these words about the 1913 Lockout – the 100th anniversary of which occurs this year. Indeed, it is through the most famous novel of […]
Kevin Myers makes a very selective cull of Jim Larkin’s long and stormy career to character assassinate him and present a picture that is as unjustified as the ‘union cult of Larkin’ he seeks more legitimately to question. As an equally selective quote from my speech at the commemoration to mark Larkin’s death on January […]
‘WE ARE here today to commemorate James Larkin, the founder of our union and the modern labour movement,” declared Jack O’Connor, president of SIPTU, recently. “If we are to be honestly true to the legacy of Jim Larkin, it behoves us to abandon our sectarian comfort zones.” Good. So let’s revisit some of Larkin’s […]
More than 100,000 people took part in demonstrations across the country today, in protest at the country’s continued bank debt burden. The protests were organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and took place in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford and Sligo. Over 60,000 took part in the Dublin protest, while at least 15,000 […]
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