Event: Anti-Apartheid Movement

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Christy Mooore among those playing gigs to protest at Eurovision final

Christy Moore is among those playing gigs coinciding with the song contest final on Saturday, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Thu, 16 May, 2019

When sporting events become political protests

The use of sport as a place of political protest is not new. For as long as modern organised sport has existed in Ireland, people have sought to use sporting events to make political protests.

Fri, 10 Nov, 2017

Luke Kelly remembered: A force of nature on stage

ONE of the things friends remember about Luke Kelly — who passed away 30 years ago next Thursday — were his teeth. He got them fixed up in England where he went to live for a few years at 17 years of age.

Fri, 24 Jan, 2014

Classified files reveal Mandela honour was dismissed in 1983

Politicians shot down plans to honour Nelson Mandela with the freedom of Dublin just five years before he was eventually awarded the accolade, classified files have revealed.

Fri, 27 Dec, 2013

‘Wooing’ of Irish workers to apartheid countries

A MEMBER of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement posed as a printer for a job interview to prove that Rhodesian companies were targeting Irish workers under the pretence that they were recruiting for South Africa.

Fri, 30 Dec, 2005