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The Dublin lock-out was a major industrial dispute between approximately 20,000 workers and 300 employers that took place in Dublin, Ireland. The dispute, lasting from 26 August 1913 to 18 January 1914, is often viewed as the most severe and significant industrial dispute in Irish history .
The site's consensus states: "'A Most Powerful Adversary' delivers a shocking twist ending to a superb episode of The Leftovers." [6] Matt Fowler of IGN gave the episode a perfect "masterpiece" 10 out of 10 and wrote in his verdict, "'A Most Powerful Adversary', like most great Leftovers episodes, answered questions while immediately raising ...
2 July – A bomb damages the main Dublin–Belfast railway line at Baldoyle. Gardaí believed it was the work of the UVF. [5] 13 October – Saor Éire member Liam Walsh (35) is killed in a premature explosion when he and another member Martin Casey are planting a device at a railway line at the rear of McKee army base off Blackhorse Avenue in ...
During the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis (party conference) in Dublin, a majority of delegates voted to end the party's policy of abstentionism – refusing to take seats in Dáil Éireann (Irish parliament). This led to a split and Ruairí Ó Brádaigh , Dáithí Ó Conaill and approximately 100 people staged a walk-out.
In a Big Brother twist that even the most devoted fans wouldn’t have seen coming, something truly unexpected happened to Season 24 earlier this week: It got good. Until a few days ago, the ...
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland.
[37] [note 4] Initially, the dirty protest did not attract a great deal of attention, and even the IRA regarded it as a side issue in the context of the armed struggle. [39] [40] It began to attract attention when Tomás Ó Fiaich, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, visited the prison and condemned the conditions there. [41]
For centuries, Americans have celebrated July 4 as a celebration of “individual liberty and individual rights. But Juneteenth is really the day that celebrates individual rights,” Roosevelt said.