Jimmy Somers, who has died aged 84, was a leading figure in the trade union movement and four-time Labour candidate for Dáil Éireann. Born in Cabra, north Dublin, on November 2, 1939, he was from a family of six boys and two girls. His father, Jimmy Sr, who worked for CIÉ, was a life-long labour activist whose values were shared from an early age by his son of the same name.
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James Larkin, the Irish labor organizer, is perhaps most known for his involvement with the famous Dublin Lockout of 1913. But did you know that when Larkin was jailed in Sing Sing, New York in 1920, he was visited by none other than comedic genius Charlie Chaplin?