17 MARKING MAY DAY


Photo: David McConnell


Members of the Belfast and District and Derry and North West branches took part in annual May Day rallies and marches. In Belfast, participants gathered at Writers’ Square


for speeches from union speakers, before the parade, including trade unions, marching bands and drummers, wound through a sunny city centre. The theme for this year’s march and rally in Derry


was Internationalism, Peace and Solidarity. In a passionate and wide-ranging address, Eamonn


McCann, one of the speakers at Guildhall Square, credited trade unionists for their involvement in the civil rights movement over the past 50 years and reminded the rally that the struggle continues. Above, from left, in Belfast: John Ley, Ciarán Ó Maoláin, Kathryn Johnston, Gerry Carson, John Coghlan, Michael Fisher, Gerry Coghlan, Bob Miller and Una Murphy. Below, from left, in Derry: Anton McCabe, Bernie Mullen, Felicity McCall, Darach MacDonald and Eamonn McCann.


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