The third annual Robert Tressell Festival will take place in Liberty Hall in Dublin on Saturday 24th May 2025. Following last year’s highly successful event, the festival of debate, music and drama includes a range of leading international and Irish labour movement figures. 

Tressell festival committee member and Fórsa official, Lisa Connell stated that the Robert Tressell Festival celebrates everything that the labour movement has to offer, particularly in terms of art, culture and real left-wing solutions to societal problems. 

Lisa explained, “The event is a safe space that allows for the trade union movement in Ireland to discuss the best ways to keep the wheels of progress turning with our international union sisters and brothers.” 

Festival publicity organiser and SIPTU official Paddy Cole said: “Building on the success of last year’s Tressell Festival we hope to bring together trade unionists, working class people and political activists from Ireland, Britain and the U.S. to debate and discuss how we can combat the carnival of reaction that is unfolding around the world. We are particularly honoured to have Senator Bernie Sanders deliver the Annual Robert Tressell Festival address this year.” 

Tickets are available here.

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