by | Aug 29, 2026 | Latest News Home, Lockout Series, The Sunday Read
Months before the Dublin Lockout, the ITGWU won a significant victory in a docks strike in Sligo. In this week’s Sunday Read, we republish history lecturer John Cunningham’s account of the dispute, in which the use of scab labour became a significant factor. In...
by | Apr 4, 2026 | Latest News, Lockout Series, The Sunday Read
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’...
