A member of UB1913 reports on the series finale of their podcast series as aired on NEARfm. This past Monday (26 August) marked 100 years to the day of the commencement of the great Lockout of 1913. While official commemoration events are planned for this weekend. for the day that was in it, RTE that evening screened a…
The surge of precarious and part-time employment, unpaid internships and false starts expose Ireland’s bad attitude to young peoples’ future, writes Ronan Burtenshaw. Originally posted here. IN 1913, thousands of Dublin workers found themselves locked out of their workplaces for demanding recognition. As we remember the centenary of that great struggle it is easy to forget…
Sarah McCarthy writes about the scandal that has raged this week about banks possibly forcing parents to give up their jobs. There has been a good deal of uproar this week about the soon to be published Personal Insolvency Service guidelines. The controversy has centred around the possibility that parents whose incomes is less than…
– Sarah McCarthy writes about Eamon Gilmore’s recent refusal to attend an males-only dinner in the US. On his St. Patrick’s Day trip to the US, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore decided to skip the traditional visit to the city of Savannah in Georgia. He did so to avoid the awkward moment of having…