by | Oct 21, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
I want to compliment the Peace and Neutrality Alliance for its initiative in launching two publications and arranging this meeting to mark the centenary of the founding of the Irish Neutrality League in October 1914 by James Connolly, Tom Clarke, Eamon...
by | Oct 21, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU has called on the Government to ensure that new high quality jobs are created in Lisheen, Co. Tipperary, following the agreed wind down of operations at the local mine. SIPTU Organiser, John Regan, said: “Our union has been fully...
by | Oct 21, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
The Government needs to take a step back on the water controversy and find a way of providing the new investment required to deliver a proper supply of treated water in a way that meets with widespread acceptance, if not approval, while retaining it in...
by | Oct 17, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
Soon after hostilities broke out in Europe in August 1914, the Irish Neutrality League brought together a broad alliance of those opposed to the First World War including: James Connolly of the IT&GWU, Arthur Griffith of Sinn Féin,...
by | Oct 17, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
The Building and Wood Workers International (BWI) brought its global ‘No World Cup in Qatar without Migrant Workers Rights’ campaign to Ireland during the union federation’s European Regional Conference held in Dublin this week. Delegates at the...
by | Oct 16, 2014 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2014
SIPTU has called for the Government to begin a process of pay recovery for its members in the Health Sector and the ending of the restrictive FEMPI legislation. Responding to an address by Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin, to the...
