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Cearbhall appointed to
TUG post NUJ activist Cearbhall Ó Síocháin has been appointed to the post of full-time secretary of the RTÉ Group of Unions. He will be taking
secondment from his current role as Producer/ Clár Reachtaire, Raidió na Gaeltachta.
Cearbhall is a member of the NUJ’s Irish Executive Council and is an NUJ representative on the Trade Union Group executive. He has worked across television and radio as a researcher and producer. An MA graduate of the
National University of Ireland, Maynooth he holds a graduate diploma in journalism from Dublin Institute of Technology. In recent years Cearbhall
has worked closely with the NUJ and SIPTU in re- organising unions within the radio centre at Donnybrook.
Celebrating Connolly with a fight
The Lord Mayor of Dublin Mícheál MacDonncha will open the doors of the Mansion House on June 5th to members of the NUJ, SIPTU, Equity, and the Musicians Union of Ireland. The occasion will be the launch of a campaign highlighting the rights and needs of freelance workers in an increasingly difficult marketplace. The “Fighting for Freelances” seminar will
fittingly mark the birthday of former journalist and writer James Connolly who, with Jim Larkin, was a staunch defender of what are now regarded as precarious workers.
NUJ activist Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh will chair a panel discussion which will include writer Colin Murphy, Galway freelance Bernie Ní Fhlatharta, singers Karan Casey and Niamh Parsons and actor Conor Mullen. They will give an overview of what it is like to
work in the media, arts and culture sector as a freelance while Michael Doherty of NUI Maynooth will give an overview of the legal position of freelance workers – and how it might be improved. It promises to be an engaging event with special guests and lively, audience participation.
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