"In the Privy Council Chamber, Dublin Castle, October 2nd, 1913, Sir George Askwith, Sir Thomas R. Ellis, and Mr. J. R. Clynes, M.P., the Commissioners appointed by the Board of Trade to inquire into the circumstances of the Labour Dispute in Dublin, resumed their sittings. There was a large attendance of the general public in … Continue reading Larkin’s Scathing Indictment of Dublin Sweaters (1913) →

An address given to a demonstration organised by the National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers of Great Britain and Ireland. Report taken from the Freeman's Journal, 18 May 1891. . "… Mrs Eleanor Marx Aveling, who was received with cheers, addressed the meeting. She could not tell them how glad she was to … Continue reading Eleanor Marx on Class Struggle and Ireland, Sunday 17 May 1891. Phoenix Park, Dublin. →

LAST YEAR a conference of working farmers met in Galway. It was an actual in-out-of-the-fields conference composed of men who had to struggle hard to make a living. Unfortunately no women delegates were present, and a small-farmer congress that does not include women misses the sharpest details of the economy of the homes. This conference … Continue reading Plan of Campaign for Irish Working Farmers, by Peadar O’Donnell (1931) →