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To mark the centenary of the Irish Volunteers a new exhibition at Glasnevin Cemetery also sheds light on some of those who took part in the Irish revolution.
Several leaders of large trade unions in the US were in Dublin this week to argue against austerity. They also spoke to TheJournal.ie about the political deadlock in the US.
Although the turnout was lower than expected at today’s Dáil Lockout protest, there were a few tense stand-offs.
The radical newspaper cartoonist Ernest Kavanagh was shot dead on the front steps of Liberty Hall in 1916. A friend said “the poverty and wretchedness of the Dublin workers weighed heavily upon his heart,” writes James Curry.
Today everyone’s talking about the Seanad voting ‘no’, the Halawa siblings and the arrest in Dromore.
The tapestry commemorates the historic event, which saw workers fighting for their rights almost a century ago.