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Anti-Apartheid Dunnes Workers To Be Honoured

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08:11 18 May 2015


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Dunnes workers who protested against Apartheid in the 80s are being honoured today.

A plaque will be unveiled on Henry Street in tribute to the 11 workers who staged a picket for nearly three years calling for an end to injustice in South Africa.

It led to an eventual ban of South African goods being sold here during Apartheid.

One of the protestors Karen Gearon says the plaque being unveiled today will also remember the workers' union rep at the time - Brendan Archbald:


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