by | Apr 22, 2025 | History, Latest News Home
The men who printed the Proclamation — the printer or pressman Christopher Brady, and compositors Liam O’Brien and Michael Molloy — were ITGWU employees producing The Workers’ Republic and workaday union print jobs. All were members of the Dublin Typographical...
by | Apr 21, 2025 | Education, History, The Sunday Read
In the weeks leading up to the Easter Rising, the police raided Liberty Hall. In response, the Irish Citizen Army was mobilised across Dublin. James O’Shea remembered how “all jobs stopped (with) men running out of foundries, fitting shops, forges and building jobs....
by | Jan 19, 2025 | Education, History, Latest News, The Sunday Read
The Great Dublin Lockout remains the seminal event in the history of the Irish working class. That epic struggle also ranks as one of the great battles in the history of the workers’ movement internationally. Until recently, it was viewed as some kind of curtain...
by | Jan 3, 2025 | History
Trade union badges first became commonplace with the rise of the ‘New Unionism’ of the 1890s among the previously unorganised dockers, carters and general workers in Britain and Ireland. In order to ensure union members were given preferential treatment at the dock...
by | Jan 2, 2025 | History
SIPTU was established in 1990 – with the merger of the country’s two largest unions, the Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union and the Federated Workers’ Union of Ireland. Both were founded by ‘Big’ Jim Larkin in the early years of the twentieth century. Until...
by | Sep 7, 2024 | History, Latest News, The Sunday Read
Nestled in the sleepy countryside of county Leitrim, Effrinagh is a small village that holds a significant place in the hearts of many Irish trade unionists. Its picturesque green fields and winding country roads charmingly disguise its importance as the birthplace of...
