9-11 October 2015: Irish Labour History Society annual conference: ‘Labour in 1915: on the cusp of the revolutionary year’, Liberty Hall, Dublin 1
On 9-11 October 2015 the annual conference of the Irish Labour History Society took place in Dublin’s Liberty Hall. The theme of this years conference was ‘Labour in 1915: on the cusp of the revolutionary year’. The conference was sponsored by the Irish Labour History Society in conjunction with the Women’s History Association of Ireland, SIPTU, History Ireland and the Young Workers Network. Speakers included President Michael D. Higgins, Brian Hanley, Mary McAuliffe and Padraig Yeates, and the conference also incorporated a History Ireland ‘Hedge School’ debate.