Dublin

Socialist Review Archive

‘A titanic struggle’

The revolutionary socialist James Connolly played a key role in the Dublin Lockout, taking over the leadership of the ITWU when Larkin was arrested. He wrote this article in the British socialist paper, the Daily Herald, in December 1913 as part of the fight to win solidarity from British workers.
01 September 2013
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Socialist Review Archive

The stamp of militancy

One hundred years ago thousands of workers took part in what became known as the Great Dublin Lockout.
01 September 2013
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International

Big march for choice in Dublin

The biggest ever pro-choice protest in Dublin took place last Saturday after the death of Savita Halappanavar.
20 November 2012
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Letters

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Occupation victory for La Senza shop workers La Senza shop workers at the Liffey Valley shopping centre in Dublin courageously occupied their workplace—and won. This victory sets an example to follow for retail workers who want to fight back.
17 January 2012
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Video of La Senza shop occupation in Dublin, Ireland

Workers at La Senza are occupying at the company’s store in Dublin’s Liffey Valley shopping centre. Some 1,300 workers in Britain and Ireland were left without a job when the company went into administration on Monday.
12 January 2012
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La Senza workers occupy Dublin shop

Workers at La Senza are occupying at the company’s store in Dublin’s Liffey Valley shopping centre. Some 1,300 workers in Britain and Ireland were left without a job when the company went into administration on Monday.
10 January 2012
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Light falls on shadowy world

Former British intelligence officer Ian Hurst said he was shown evidence that his emails were intercepted and later faxed to the News of the World’s Dublin office.
02 August 2011
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More News of the World links to the police

A former Dublin-based News of the World journalist was working for Scotland Yard while employed by the paper.
19 July 2011
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Video of student protest in Dublin

Video of the mass student march in Dublin on Wednesday 3 November 2010
04 November 2010
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Protest at Blair’s Tate Modern book launch party

Tony Blair today cancelled his book-signing event at Waterstone’s in central London, in fear that hundreds of protesters would wreck it. This followed a militant anti-war protest against a similar event in Dublin last Saturday.
06 September 2010
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Spirit of Greece comes to Dublin as 2,000 march on parliament

Two thousand people braved lashing rain to march to the Dail (parliament) in Dublin, southern Ireland, on Tuesday to protest at the Bank Bail-Out.
13 May 2010
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Reviews & Culture

The Hostage

It’s Ireland 1958 and a young IRA man is sentenced to death by the British. The IRA reply by taking a British soldier hostage and bringing him to a squalid Dublin boarding house.
02 February 2010
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Dublin Marine Terminals strike in eighth week

Dockers in Dublin are into to the eighth week of strike action against job cuts at one of Whittakers’ companies, Marine Terminals Limited (MTL).
01 September 2009
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Brutal police assault on Thomas Cook workers in Dublin

bosses and the Irish government have launched an appalling assault on workers fighting for their jobs.
04 August 2009
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Protest in solidarity with Thomas Cook occupiers

Workers in occupation at two travel agents shops in Dublin are asking for urgent protests outside Thomas Cook shops in Britain in solidarity with their struggle.
02 August 2009
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Thomas Cook occupation spreads to second shop: worker speaks

The Dublin branch of Direct Holidays, a sister shop to the Thomas Cook office occupied yesterday, has also gone into occupation.
01 August 2009
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New occupation against redundancies in Dublin: a voice from inside

Twenty workers have occupied a Thomas Cook travel agents shop in Dublin after they were told they were being sacked with immediate effect.
31 July 2009
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Comment

Child abuse that links the Catholic Church and Irish state

The report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, published in Dublin last week, is the map of an Irish hell. In devastating detail it reveals the systematic abuse of tens of thousands of children perpetuated by the Catholic Church – with the knowledge and collusion of the state.
26 May 2009
Ireland shows the way to resist the recession
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Ireland shows the way to resist the recession

Anger at the Irish government's response to the recession erupted onto the streets of Dublin last Saturday.
24 February 2009
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Video of Waterford Crystal workers occupying the receiver’s offices in Dublin

Workers from the Waterford Crystal occupation occupy the head office of the company’s receiver Deloitte and Touche in Dublin, Wednesday 4 February 2009
04 February 2009
Letters
Letters

Letters

We need the Irish spirit over here Tens of thousands of teachers, parents and students protested in Dublin last Saturday against the Irish government’s plans to make cutbacks in the education budget.
09 December 2008
James Connolly: a socialist rebel against the empire
In Depth

James Connolly: a socialist rebel against the empire

On 12 May 1916, James Connolly was shot by a British army firing squad for helping to lead the Dublin Easter Rising. His execution shocked the labour movement across the world.
24 June 2008
George Bernard Shaw: a fascinating contradiction
Reviews & Culture

George Bernard Shaw: a fascinating contradiction

George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin in 1856. He was one of the most prolific playwrights of his time. In 1891 Shaw introduced the work of the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen to the English-speaking world and in the process he helped create 20th century realism on the English stage.
26 February 2008
Once
Reviews & Culture

Once

This is a lovely, eccentric and very musical film set in Dublin. Writer and director John Carney says he set out to make a "visual album" – and the songs play as important a role in the film as the dialogue.
13 November 2007