Posted in Irish Working Class, Irish Labour History on May 18th, 2010 1 Comment »
[Photo by Helena Sheehan]
Yesterday was our final session with Sam Nolan. We recorded about 12 hours over six separate sessions, starting back in February, and we’re hoping to interview some more trade union activists during the summer.
I’m moving house this week so probably no more posts from myself until next week.
Posted in Irish Middle Class, Irish Society, Irish Economy, Irish Working Class on May 16th, 2010 No Comments »
First of all, the caveats.
The Quarterly Household Survey (QHS) is a sample survey, compiled by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the details of which are outlined in Tuesday’s post which looked at broad occupations.
There are 21 economic sectors in the NACE Rev.2, and for its purposes, the CSO has amalgamated some of these to give […]
Posted in Irish Middle Class, Irish Society, Irish Economy, Irish Working Class on May 11th, 2010 2 Comments »
Continuing on from our August 2009 post on the Quarterly Household Survey (QHS), Q1 2009, this is a look at employment and unemployment in the Republic, Oct-Dec ‘08 to Oct-Dec ‘09, based on the QHS Q4 2009.
We know that due to the government’s active pursuit of deflation, Ireland’s GNP shrank by world-beating 11.3% in […]
Posted in Irish Marxism, Irish Capitalism, Irish Economy, Irish Working Class, Irish Labour History on Apr 28th, 2010 22 Comments »
[Click on image to read the booklet]
I’m putting up this booklet with a couple of caveats, but in spite of them, the booklet does show how the Irish left has pointed out the serious flaws within the Irish banking system for decades, and that the problems are structural, not personal.
Last year’s publication by Shane […]
Posted in Irish Working Class, Irish Labour History on Apr 25th, 2010 1 Comment »
Posted in Irish Working Class, Irish Labour History on Apr 4th, 2010 No Comments »
On Easter Monday the 5th April 2010 The North Inner City Folklore Project will unveil a plaque to Captain Sean Connolly of the Citizen Army who was killed on the roof of the City Hall during the 1916 Rising.
1 At Liberty Hall, 12 noon, a pageant will take place which will include the unfurling of […]
Posted in Industrial Relations, Irish social history, Irish Working Class, Irish Labour History on Apr 4th, 2010 10 Comments »
Below is a clip from an interview with Sam Nolan of the Dublin Council of Trade Unions, where Sam discusses the 1979 tax marches. It’s taken from a series of interviews which have been conducted with Sam, and which chart his life as a political and trade union activist, going as far back as the […]
Posted in Irish Marxism, Irish social history, Irish Working Class, Irish Labour History on Apr 3rd, 2010 11 Comments »
I was given a box of pamphlets, leaflets and periodicals during the week, by a member of the Communist Party of Ireland who’s doing a bit of spring cleaning at home. ‘They’re just in my shed, Conor, so you can have them if you want. I can leave them in the bookshop for you.’
So […]
Posted in Education, Irish social history, Irish Working Class, History on Mar 17th, 2010 No Comments »
As part of the ongoing relationship with Aontas. It was suggested in mid 2008 that DCTV and the Aontas – Community Education Network would be a good fit to explore a production project. This series, supported by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland sound and vision scheme is the most visible result of that partnership […]
Posted in Irish Society, Irish Economy, dublin, Irish Working Class on Mar 17th, 2010 No Comments »
It’s 5pm and I’m walking down James Street, heading towards DCTV’s warehouse studio where there’s a launch reception for a series of programmes on cycling and the city. I’m hoping to catch the station manager to ask him about the next round of programme funding from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, and to take part […]
