Short film commemorates Lockout centenary
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Niall Shanahan of IMPACT’s Communications Unit has produced a short film commemorating the union’s contribution to last year’s Lockout centenary commemorations. The video was first shown at the union’s 2014 biennial delegate conference where the Lockout tapestry was also on display. A large number of IMPACT members were involved, in professional or voluntary capacities, in commemorative events and initiatives at the National Museum, the National Library, the National Archives, the Hugh Lane Gallery, the Irish Labour History Society, Dublin and Dun Laoghaire libraries, Dublin local authorities and elsewhere. IMPACT members also participated in a food ship reenactment in October 2013. The union also gave significant financial support to the Dublin Tenement Experience: Living the Lockout initiative. ANU Productions won the prestigious judges’ special award at the Irish Times theatre awards for the sell-out theatre event at 14 Henrietta Street, Dublin, which ran for over six weeks with seven performances a day. IMPACT staff were also involved in the planning and execution of the official commemoration ceremony, led by President Michael D Higgins in Dublin’s O’Connell Street on 31st August 2013, where a number of IMPACT members participated in a reenactment of 1913’s infamous Bloody Sunday baton charge. The Municipal Employees’ Trade Union banner formed the centrepiece of the ‘Banners Unfurled’ exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland and remained on display in the museum’s Lockout exhibition. IMPACT also part-funded a special module and video competition, about the Lockout and the continuing struggle for decent work, for the ICTU Youth Connect schools programme.
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