The protest against South Africa’s apartheid regime was one of the most compelling stories of 1985. Workers were arrested during the strike outside Dunnes on Henry St, Dublin, says Michael Clifford.

The Dunnes Stores strike began on July 19, 1984.

Despite all the talk of and unity, there is still one piece of rapprochement outstanding from the Mandela era.

WHEN Vonnie Munroe walked off her job in protest at the Dunnes Stores selling South African goods 20 years ago today, she did not realise that it would cost her her home.

THE South African embassy in Ireland is refusing to recognise the trade union which fought to end the apartheid system through the Dunnes Stores strike.