By Norman Croke, Secretary, Kildare Trades Council It is with great sadness that I heard of the passing of Fr Micheál McGréil, a former member and President of…
Matt Merrigan was a member of the small Irish Trotskyist group in the 1940s, the Revolutionary Socialist Party, and a socialist all his life. He eventually became president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, and died in 2000.
In the mid-50s, for a while, he wrote reports on Ireland for Labor Action, the paper of the Independent Socialist League of Max Shachtman, Hal Draper, and others in the USA.
Kilkenny Corporation s plan for outdoor swimming pool
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Here s what made the headlines on page one of the Kilkenny People 50 years ago this week - February 19, 1971
A £102,000 amenity scheme for the John s Quay-Greensbridge area of Kilkenny was adopted by the Corporation at their meeting on Monday.
The scheme includes the provision of an outdoor swimming pool, children’s paddling pool, shelter and changing kiosks, a footbridge over the Nore from the market yard to the quay, basketball pitch, children’s mystery playground, repair of the weir and the provision of seating and lighting, landscaping and paving of all walks.