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1 May, 2008 |
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WHEN IRISH IMMIGRANTS began arriving in the United States in the mid 19th Century, they found an economy in the midst of an industrial boom. The benefits of that boom, however, were not being reaped by everyone. Photo: The Haymarket rally, 4 May 1886 Interview : US trade union activist and now SIPTU organiser Jim Grogan 
A WORKING-CLASS HERO is something to be. Songs dedicated to working-class heroes have been prolific over the last decade, and for good reason. In the United States, songs were often used to venerate men and women who took up the labour struggle in what was often a dangerous climate. From the Haymarket Martyrs, commemorated at May Day, to Joe Hill, being in a union in America has often been an unsafe place to be. Photo: Jim Grogan raising the voice of SIPTU construction workers in Ireland Annual Fergal O'Hanlon Memorial Lecture 
THE Annual Fergal O'Hanlon Memorial Lecture was delivered on 20 April by Michael Kenny, Assistant Curator, National Museum of Ireland. The venue was Teach na nDaoine, Cortolvin, Monaghan, where Sinn Féin Councillor Seán Conlon welcomed the audience. Photo: Michael Kenny delivers the 2008 Annual Fergal O’Hanlon Memorial Lecture 
The two oil giants Shell and BP have once more announced huge profits totalling billions of pounds as the price of home heating oil and the cost to motorists' skyrockets. The consumer is bearing the brunt of this while the oil companies and the governments make windfall profits and tax revenue. Deir Yassin, Gaza agus fó-dhaoine... 
TÓGADH raic ansin ar na mallaidh nuair a dúirt Richard Falk, an duine a bhéas mar fear fiosrúcháin speiséalta an UN ó taobh droch-iompar lucht Iosrael ar mhuintir na Pailistíne - sa Stráice Gaza ach go háirithe - nuair a chuir sé Rialtas Iosrael i gcompáraid leis na Naitsithe agus a gcuid gníomaíochtaí.... Photo: SÉANNA BREATHNACH 
Nuair a d'iarr an tEagarthóir orm tréimhse eile a chaitheadh ag scríobh don pháipéar, d'aontaigh muid go seachnóinn, comh fad agus is féidir, aistí Gaeilge ag moladh Gaeilgeoirí as labhairt na Gaeilge ag imeachtaí Gaeilge blah, blah, blah. 'Sin a d'aontaigh muid, ach mar a dúirt Naomh Augustine tráth, "cuidigh liom a bheith glan, ach ní fós..." Photo: Íochtar reoite! Síle Scott, Cumann na Gaeltachta, Ceanada; Daragh Ó Tuama, Glór na nGael agus Lorcan Mac Gabhann, Glór na nGael ar chuairt chuig Gaeltacht Ceanada International : Campaigners against water privatisation 
ALTHOUGH water is absolutely fundamental for life to exist, over 1 billion people in the world lack safe access to clean water and 25 million people in the world die every year as a result of contaminated waters. Photo: Enrique Galán 
The Irish Times: Past and Present 
THE four football league titles were decided at the weekend. The victories of Derry and Westmeath were probably unexpected, there was never going to be much between Wexford and Fermanagh, and Offaly were strong favourites to overcome Tipperary in the Division Four final. POLITICAL journalists in Ireland inhabit a very small world located at the south end of Dublin city centre. Among its more prominent locations are Leinster House, Buswells Hotel, Doheny & Nesbitts pub, the Shelbourne Hotel, an outpost in distant Donnybrook located in RTÉ headquarters, and various lesser-known pubs and dinner party venues. An Phoblacht's famous weekly satirical column. |
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