James Larkin arrived in Ireland in 1907 to begin his union organising work. The first members were enrolled on 20 January 1909 in the new Irish Transport and General Workers’ […]

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Martin Duffy (Liberties Press, €17.99) ISBN 9781907593468 This book chronicles how the general workers in Guinness’s brewery became unionised and ended up as members of Larkin’s Workers Union of Ireland […]

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Adrian Grant (Four Courts Press, €50) ISBN 9781846823619 This is an important book that tackles big issues. Adrian Grant makes a strong case for the compatibility of socialism and republicanism […]

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Francis Devine (ed.) (Four Courts Press, €24.95) ISBN 9781907002106 The centenary of the Lockout has generated a new interest in the period that goes beyond just historians and trade union […]

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In keeping with the Lockout theme, Bookworm has cast the net a bit wider for this issue, which means that the first and most obvious book to mention is a […]

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