Posted in Irish Economy, Irish social history, Irish Labour History on Aug 20th, 2011 4 Comments »
[The figures above are taken from the Census of Industrial Production series, which is published by the Central Statistics Office. The series, in various guises, goes back to 1926. The numbers for foreign-owned industry, however, start in 1983. The National Library call numbers are : OPIE I/77 (yrs 1926 - 1978) ; OPIE U/112 (yrs […]
Posted in Irish social history, Irish Labour History, Spain on Aug 9th, 2011 1 Comment »
The recently formed Peter Daly Society Wexford will unveil a memorial stone to the Socialist Republican Peter Daly in Monageer (Enniscorthy) Co. Wexford on Saturday the 3rd of September at 6.00 pm
Peter Daly fought and died with the Irish contingent of the International Brigade in the war against fascism in Spain in September 1937. […]
Posted in Irish social history, Irish Labour History on Jul 24th, 2011 4 Comments »
Short clip from an interview I recorded with Sean Garland as part of the Irish Left Oral History Archive.
Sean is currently fighting extradition to the United States. The following is a letter of support which is signed by Jack O’Connor, General President, SIPTU; Jimmy Kelly, Regional Secretary, UNITE; and Eamon Devoy, General Secretary, TEEU.
We […]
Posted in Irish Middle Class, Sins of the Father, Irish Economy, Irish housing, Irish Working Class, Irish social history, Irish Labour History on Jul 14th, 2011 No Comments »
[From Solidarity Books]
Solidarity Books is pleased to present a talk and book launch by Conor McCabe (of the blog “Dublin Opinion) on his new book, “Sins of the Father”.
The talk, which will be on the general thesis of the book – tracing the decisions that shaped the Irish economy over the last eight decades and […]
Posted in Sins of the Father, Irish Marxism, Irish Society, Irish History, Irish Labour History on Jul 11th, 2011 No Comments »
I’ve been praising this book since I first came across it about three years ago.
It is a hard book to track down, but in terms of Irish left-wing analysis I believe it to be essential reading.
To quote from p.18, where Eipper outlines the macro framework he brings to bear on his study of the […]
Posted in Sins of the Father, Irish social history, Irish Labour History on Jul 3rd, 2011 3 Comments »
Not only does the pamphlet make the case for the public ownership of Ireland’s natural resources, it is co-signed by Pat Rabbitte as well.
Pat Rabbitte is currently the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.
It can be read below or downloaded as a PDF by right-clicking here.
Enjoy.
Open publication - Free publishing - More economy
Posted in Sins of the Father, Irish Capitalism, Irish social history, Irish History, Irish Labour History on Jul 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
Recent developments highlight the remarkable contrast which has existed for almost a century-and-a-half between the fortunes of the Irish banking system and of Irish society. Few banking systems in the world have enjoyed such protracted, unbroken prosperity as the Irish banking system. By contrast, no country in the world can match Ireland’s record of political […]
Posted in Irish Labour History, Spain on Jun 2nd, 2011 1 Comment »
THE SONG OF SONGS
Music and Film
Bridewell Hall
St Bride Foundation, Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London EC4Y 8EQ
Saturday, July 16, 2011
7.00 pm
E’en as the sweetest note is born of pain,
So shall the song of songs be born in Spain.
T. E. Nicholas
Music: Michael Chant, Robert Coleridge, Hugh Shrapnel, John White
Film: Stuart Monro
Performers: Miguel Calvo, […]
Posted in Irish Labour History on May 19th, 2011 No Comments »
GALWAY COUNCIL OF TRADE UNIONS
in association with
Irish Labour History Society,
Galway City Museum,
School of Humanities / History, NUI Galway
commemorates
A CENTURY OF TRADE UNIONISM IN GALWAY
8 June 2011, 7.30 pm
Town Hall Theatre
- Part of the People’s History of Galway programme -
Programme
7. 15 Welcoming address from Helen Cousins, president Galway Council of Trades Unions
7.30 […]
Posted in Irish Labour History, Spain on May 17th, 2011 No Comments »
The Irish Labour History Museum is at Beggars Bush, Haddington Street, Dublin 4.
