James Larkin
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Is it time to lift restrictions on sexually active gay men giving blood?
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Elevated elegance on landmark Monkstown terrace for €2.35m
Montpelier Parade Georgian perfected for modern living with self-contained apartment
Refund policies drive customers to the point of no return
Readers’ queries: What are my rights when bringing back unwanted or faulty goods?
Superquinn, Xtra-Vision and Roches Stores: The shops we loved so much
Pricewatch: They may be gone, but the once household names are certainly not forgotten
Helena Molony: A persistent fighter for working women
Vote 100: The life-long trade unionist advocated for improved conditions and representation for women
Riot in Ringsend: How Shels and Bohs played a part in the 1913 Lockout
From The Back Pages: Scenes of violence marred the opening of Shelbourne Park
Retired doctor agrees €1.86m settlement with Revenue
Valerie Donnelly is one of 61 taxpayers named in defaulters list
Citizen Lane: Art and the creation of the Irish nation
Hugh Lane’s contribution to cultural history is the focus of Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s new film
Vigil held in Co Louth town for missing Coast Guard officer
Capt Mark Duffy’s family attends Blackrock vigil to honour crew of crashed helicopter
Archives reveal recurrent nature of Ireland’s housing crises
Exhibition House and Home is a necessary resource for those interested in current issues
Discovery of police files opens new chapter on Rising era
Records found in Clontarf attic detail arrests of Larkin and Connolly during Dublin lockout
Graveyard shift: A day with the dead of Glasnevin Cemetery
The heroes of 1916 may be the initial draw for many, but Dublin’s Glasnevin Cemetery is full of weird and wonderful stories, from mocking gravestones to murderous elephants
Newspaper coverage of the Rising
The coverage of the Rising in Irish newspapers was largelyshaped by their ideological positions on Irish nationalism
Selfies, sunshine and gur cake at Dublin’s Road to the Rising
The real star of the day is the sun, making its first lasting impression since the end of last summer
Siptu out of touch in seeking 5% pay rise, says employers’ group
Ibec says €11.45 living wage is utterly impractical and would destroy job creation
Siptu calls for 5% pay increases and €11.45 minimum wage
Ibec says trade union’s statement is reckless, foolish and detached from economic reality
Siptu to seek 5% pay rises across public and private sectors
Union chief Jack O’Connor signals campaign to seek €11.45 per hour minimum living wage
History and charm in Phibsboro for €375,000
1870s villa-style house close to the city with two bedrooms
The Times We Lived In: Marching on for Big Jim Larkin
A solemn laying to rest of the giant of trade union history and general Dublin legend
Commons people: how Nadine Dorries went from Irish Liverpool to Westminster
The Conservative MP has written a novel about the Irish in 1950s Liverpool. She recalls sectarianism in her home city and talks about attitudes to ‘people like me’ in the House of Commons
An Post stops the presses on new commemorative stamp
Doubt over true identity of man named as ICA volunteer Captain Jack White
More than the men of 1916 William Martin Murphy defined the ethos of the new Ireland
Opinion: Capitalist outlook espoused by 1913 Lockout victor became fundamental to the character of the independent Irish state
Call for collective bargaining rights at Lockout exhibition opening
Larkin’s granddaughter says Lockout leader would ‘stand up’ about rights issue
Contemporary social democrats are deriving their own lessons from 1913
Opinion: Events of the year concerned not just class struggle but the right to citizenship
Lockout: biased media on both sides
Cartoon sketches satirised both James Larkin and William Martin Murphy
The meaning of the Lockout
At twenty to ten on the morning of Tuesday 26th August, 1913, the trams stopped running.
1913 Lockout ‘deliberately conceived’ by business leader, Minister claims
Descendants of William Martin Murphy defend his record at west Cork gathering
Hundreds march in Dublin May Day Parade against austerity policy
March organised by Dublin Council of Trade Unions
‘Strumpet City’: the impossible Irish novel
In his introduction to a new edition of James Plunkett’s classic story of Dublin during the Lockout, Fintan O’Toole celebrates this year’s One City One Book title
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