UNISON Active readers may not be aware of the recent death of Tomas Mac Giolla, former President of the Workers’ Party, who made a major contribution towards peace and working class politics in Ireland.
President Michael Finnegan, the current Workers’ Party President said that Tomás Mac Giolla was a greatly underestimated figure in Irish politics who played a key role in the struggle for civil rights and democracy in Northern Ireland and for people’s rights throughout Ireland and internationally.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0205/1224263813682.html
Brendan Milne
