How the Cork Labour movement defined the struggle for Irish independence

A major one-day conference on the Labour movement and the struggle for independence takes place in University College Cork on Saturday. Here Luke Dineen looks at the labour movement in Cork.

A major one-day conference on the Labour movement and the struggle for independence takes place in University College Cork on Saturday.

The conference, which is open to the public, will feature leading historians discussing often neglected issues such as strikes, occupations, the role of women as combatants and the class tensions that permeated the period. Here Luke Dineen looks at the labour movement in Cork.