Alan Weldon outlines the scope of the recent unusual Nearfm take on the 1913 Lockout Reinterpreting 1913 is a radio series which looked at the Artistic influence that the lockout has had on a number of different artistic disciplines over the past Century. It aims to explore how historical conflict can give creative inspiration to […]
THE ASKWITH INQUIRY TO BE SHOWN AS PART OF JAMESON FILM FESTIVAL The Inquiry: From the 29th September to the 6th October 1913, in a meeting room in the East Wing of Dublin Castle, the two key protagonists of the lockout, trade unionist Jim Larkin and industrialist William Martin Murphy were cross-examined, delivered evidence […]
Benefit for Dublin Simon Community Service Users of RADE take a direct role in supporting the Dublin Simon Community and mark the end of the centenary celebrations of the 1913 Lock Out with a final farewell performance, in Liberty Hall Theatre, of their acclaimed play “A Hundred Years Ago” on Tuesday 4th March at 7.30pm “A Hundred Years Ago” explores the […]
Stella McConnon, Jim Larkin’s grand daughter and Tess Carroll, who worked in an umbrella factory he organised, remember Jim Larkin https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-5Bgk23VHSWc19mZXQ0ZnBocXc/edit?usp=sharing These four short films were created by students of Larkin Community College during the third year of a three-year partnership project between the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts & History and Larkin […]
The timing of the TEEU strike is interesting. It is not just about pay (a 4.9% increase recommended by the Labour Court almost five years ago as opposed to the 10% cut employers are threatening to introduce unilaterally), it is about defending the Registered Employment Agreement shot down last year by the Supreme Court. The […]
TEEU members vote overwhelmingly for national strike in electrical contracting industry February 7th, 2014 Members of the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union have voted by 94 per cent in favour of industrial action to protect pay rates and working conditions in the electrical contracting industry. The ballot followed a decision by the Electrical Contractors Association, the largest […]
Harry Owens explains background to the Fund Raiser at the Teachers’ Club in Parnell Square on Friday, March 7th at 8.30 pm This is a fundraiser which began last year, when we started our second level students’ essay competition to write on the Irish and the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39. […]
Speech by Jack O’Connor, General President, SIPTU At the Larkin Commemoration Glasnevin Cemetery Sunday, 2nd February, 2014 Comrades and Friends we are assembled here to commemorate the man who brought the ‘new unionism’ to Ireland, who organised low paid workers previously denied the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining by replacing the […]
Thank you for the honour of the penultimate Noble Call of the season. I’ve seen the Risen People three times now in the Abbey and on each occasion the cast have brought even more energy and panache to the performance. I don’t know what they are taking but it should be bottled and sold in […]
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