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Photos give insight into lives of dock workers

Photos of the lives of dock workers are displayed in a fascinating photography exhibition at the Liberty Hall in Dublin this month.

THE LIVES OF DUBLIN dock workers will be on show at a special photographic exhibition in the capital this month.

SIPTU General President, Jack O’Connor, is launching the Dublin Dockworkers’ Preservation Society exhibition in Liberty Hall tonight.

The exhibition is part of the 2012 May Day celebrations in Liberty Hall Theatre, Dublin, from Wednesday 9 May to Wednesday 16 May.

The exhibition of 40 photographs and over 500 slides features images of life and work on the Dublin Docks from 1940 to 1990.

Speaking at the launch were Dublin Dockworkers Preservation Society spokesman Declan Byrne, and labour historian Padraig Yeates.

SIPTU said that: “All are encouraged to come along and enjoy this unique celebration of Dublin’s working class history”.

The Dublin Dock Workers Preservation Society was set up in 2011 with the aim of preserving the history of Dublin Port. So far, it has amaassed more than 1,000 photographs, and is still collecting them.

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