As Mary Robinson celebrates her 80th birthday, we're revisiting her classic interview with Hot Press – originally published in 1990, shortly prior to her e.
The Dublin lockout of 1913 was one of the greatest industrial disputes in Irish history. The conflict between some 20,000 workers and 300 employers lasted from Aug. 26,1913, to January 18, 1914. Its core demand was the right to organize. Dublin’s tenements were among the most squalid in Europe.