Category Archives: News

Death of Sean Redmond, Former Connolly Association General Secretary, Irish Trade Union Official and Historian

Sean Redmond, former General Secretary of the Connolly Association, died on Saturday 15 December at his home in Drumcondra, Dublin, at the age of 76, having been ill for some time. Sean and his brother Tom grew up in Dublin … Continue reading →

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Communities against Cuts Pre Budget Protest

The Communities Against Cuts campaign is a joint trade union and community sector initiative aimed at protecting and maintaining public investment in the most vulnerable and disadvantaged communities across Ireland. Union activists have spent the past year campaigning and lobbying … Continue reading →

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New Booklet on Socialist Republican Jimmy Gralton

JIMMY GRALTON – Leitrim Socialist (1886-1945) Jimmy Gralton, the great Leitrim Socialist was born at Effernagh, near Gowel, Co Leitrim, on the 17th of April 1886. Like so many Irish people he was forced to emigrate, first to Britain and … Continue reading →

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AFA Ireland – 21st Birthday Celebrations – Bob Doyle – Connolly Books

The Peter Daly Society would like to congratulate AFA Ireland on the events they put on to celebrate their 21st birthday, the launch of the booklet “Undertones – Anti-fascism and the far-right in Ireland 1945-2012” the unveiling of the beautiful … Continue reading →

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New Trade Union Activists Website

A new trade union activists website has just been launched at www.tuleftforum.com. The purpose of the Forum is to encourage and initiate serious examination and debate from a Left/class perspective of the major questions facing the labour movement in Ireland.

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Book Publication – Irish Socialist Republicanism, 1909-36 by Adrian Grant

Four Courts Press are delighted to announce the publication of Irish Socialist Republicanism, 1909-36 by Adrian Grant. This book examines Irish socialist republicanism in the early part of the 20th century. Previous studies of the subject have pointed to the … Continue reading →

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LookLeft

The latest, 48-page edition of LookLeft is in Easons stores and selected newsagents, island-wide, now. Highlights include: Pushing the market out of housing: Justin O’Hagan identifies the threat to social housing in the North and Henry Silke assesses the media’s … Continue reading →

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Seamus Costello 35th Anniversary Memorial Event

The Seamus Costello Memorial Committee are holding the annual Seamus Costello commemorative evening, including a talk and an exhibition on Seamus’s revolutionary life and much more, on Saturday October 6th 2012 at 7pm in Newtown Community hall in Newtownmountkennedy, Co. … Continue reading →

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Book Launch and Talk

Dr Aleida Guevara March, daughter of the famous Cuban revolutionary, will launch Remembering Che: My Life with Che Guevara by her mother, Aleida March. Monday 1st October, 7pm @ Liberty Hall (Beresford Place)

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Black 47 – Peter Daly Memorial Attack

We’d like to thank Larry Kirwan and Black 47 for the support in the aftermath of the cowardly attack on the Peter Daly Memorial in Monageer, Co. Wexford. Here’s a great track from Black 47 to enjoy…

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