'He had an incredible goodness in his heart': Dunnes strikers pay tribute to Desmond Tutu

Archbishop Desmond Tutu at Government Buildings, during a visit to Ireland in 1998. File picture: Billy Higgins 

Two of the leaders of the Dunnes Stores strike pay their own personal tribute to the man who inspired them, writes Noel Baker. 

Mary Manning was unsure and nervous. Archbishop Desmond Tutu had requested a meeting with her and other representatives of the Dunnes Stores strike while he was travelling to Oslo to collect the Nobel Peace Prize. How do you act in front of someone like that? What do you say?