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Renowned human rights activist and writer, Noam Chomsky discussed their 161 day sit-in with the former Vita Cortex workers in Cork on Thursday (4th April). During the ninety minute meeting at the Riverside Hotel the workers including SIPTU shop stewards,...
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The body of the mineworker killed in an underground rockfall on Thursday (4th April) in the Lisheen Mine, Co. Tipperary, will be repatriated to his native Philippines this week. The body of Mario Francis (49) was finally recovered on Saturday night. Prior...
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The Irish Congress of Trade Unions on Monday, 8th April, welcomed a commitment from the Minister for Social Protection to ratify an international convention on rights for Domestic Workers. Minister Joan Burton told delegates at the International Labour...
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On Wednesday April 10th the Nevin Economic Research Institute published its latest Quarterly Economic Observer outlining the think-tank’s most recent set of projections for the Republic of Ireland economy. These suggest a period of low-growth and...
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Minister for State at the Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport, Alan Kelly, has criticised the actions of management at Killarney Golf Club in initiating redundancies and outsourcing, while negotiations with the Labour Relations...
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More than fifty pupils from three Dublin schools received certificates for their work on the 1913 Lockout Commemoration tapestry at a ceremony in the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) today (Tuesday, 9th April). The pupils from Larkin Community College...
