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THE National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has renewed its call for an investigation into the loyalist murder of one of its members on the anniversary of his death.
Martin O’Hagan, who worked for the Dublin-based Sunday World, was shot on September 28 2001 in Lurgan, Co Armagh.
NUJ leaders Michelle Stanistreet and Seamus Dooley have written to Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Taoiseach Simon Harris, Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill and her deputy Emma Little-Pengelly demanding an inquiry into the killing and subsequent police investigation.
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LAURA DAVISON traces how Murdoch’s mass sackings, political deals and legal loopholes shattered collective bargaining 40 years ago – and how persistent NUJ organising, landmark court victories and new employment rights legislation are finally challenging that legacy
A new group within the NEU is preparing the labour movement for a conversation on Irish unity by arguing that true liberation must be rooted in working-class solidarity and anti-sectarianism, writes ROBERT POOLE
