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    #32
    imme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭imme


    nesf wrote: »
    The difference is when someone like Jack O'Connor refuses to accept something on the News, rather than simply saying that like anyone these workers used the half day they had free to get some shopping done, undermines whatever good came from the strike by making it look like the leaders of said strike are detached from reality.

    The other side is that parents who had to take a day's leave to mind the kids on short notice aren't going to be particularly happy about people taking the day off for shopping. Now personally I don't agree with this but this kind of reaction will happen because many people will be pissed off about needing to lose a day's holidays over this and will latch on anything to give out about.
    O'Connor is with SIPTU.
    Was he defending his members, natural reaction, how was the Newry issue raised, did the interviewer suggest the strike wasn't a success because some PS workers might have gone to NI for some shopping?
    True, some people had to take a day off because schools were off for the day.


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    #33
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Is Newry the only town with shops in the North? ;)


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