Divisional Head Kevin Figgis’s Monthly Update 

Divisional Head Kevin Figgis’s Monthly Update 

Last month, we held our 2026 AGMs across our six sectors, which are representative of our 42,000 members in health. The message we have received is very clear. Our members are demanding a strong successor Public Service Agreement that ultimately delivers real pay...
Our Union was central to the Easter Rising

Our Union was central to the Easter Rising

The Easter Rising of 1916 would not have happened without our Union. Under the leadership of James Connolly, the acting general secretary of the ITGWU, the predecessor of SIPTU, was at the very centre of the Rising. Connolly was a driving force behind the planning for...
Unfurling the Starry Plough

Unfurling the Starry Plough

During Easter week, the standard of the Irish Citizen Army (ICA), the Starry Plough, flew over the Imperial Hotel (former Clerys building) on O’Connell Street. The hotel was owned by William Martin Murphy of 1913 Lockout infamy. That the standard of the workers’...