Cork historian Dr Sean Pettit will guest at the 2016 Spirit of Mother Jones festival and summer school.

I note Mr Howlin is to begin an “orderly restoration” of public sector pension reductions made in recent years. This is happening when money is still being taken out of private pension funds. Another 0.15% this June.

One of Ireland’s best-known social campaigners and advocates for the poor is to appear at a Cork city festival to honour another champion of human rights.

A British MP whose campaign had a huge bearing on freeing the Birmingham Six will be guest speaker at a festival in Cork to honour another human rights champion.

Si Kahn says his music career began as a hobby. He is also a union activist.

THREE years ago many Irish people had never heard of Mother Jones.

After the death of her husband and four children, Mary Jones risked her life for decades fighting for US workers’ rights says Nicola Depuis.

CELEBRATING the workers’ rights activism of Cork-born firebrand, Mary Harris, The Spirit of Mother Jones Festival takes place in the Shandon area of Cork city from Jul 30-Aug 1.

I was horrified to read in the Irish Examiner (Aug 7) that our Taoiseach and Tánaiste topped up their salaries by €10,913 (€21 more than a person receives in social welfare in the week) and €5,000 respectively.

An Irishwoman once described as “the most dangerous woman in America” for her fearless campaigning for workers’ rights is to be honoured in her native city this week.

CAVAN:

WELL done to letter writer Mary Harris (May 21).

THE Irish Examiner displayed appalling insensitivity in publishing photographs (June 23) of a young woman jumping into the Liffey and being taken from it.