Event: Irish Anti-Apartheid movement

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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

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

Mandela denied Freedom of Dublin 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

Anti-apartheid strikers honoured with plaque

A plaque commemorating a group of supermarket workers who staged a two-and-a-half year anti-apartheid strike in the 1980s will be unveiled in central Dublin today.

Wed, 18 Jun, 2008