{{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 The Dublin Council of Trade Unions is the

trades council A labour council, trades council or industrial council is an association of labour unions or union branches in a given area. Most commonly, they represent unions in a given geographical area, whether at the district, city, region, or provincial or ...

for

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. In 1884, 34

craft union Craft unionism refers to a model of trade unionism in which workers are organised based on the particular craft or trade in which they work. It contrasts with industrial unionism, in which all workers in the same industry are organized into the s ...

s were involved in organising an exhibition of artisan work in Dublin. This necessitated regular meetings, and encouraged the unions to continue working together. As a result, in 1886, 27 of the unions founded the Dublin Council of Trade Unions, with a meeting at the Odd Fellow's Hall."The Dublin Council of Trade Unions", ''AP/RN'', 27 February 1986 The organisation was successful, and by 1894 it was able to convene a meeting of trade unions from across Ireland, which formed the

Irish Trades Union Congress The Irish Trades Union Congress (ITUC) was a union federation covering the island of Ireland. History Until 1894, representatives of Irish trade unions attended the British Trades Union Congress (TUC). However, many felt that they had little imp ...

(ITUC). In the 1920s, supporters of the

Irish Transport and General Workers' Union The Irish Transport and General Workers Union (ITGWU), was a trade union representing workers, initially mainly labourers, in Ireland. History The union was founded by James Larkin in January 1909 as a general union. Initially drawing its memb ...

left the council to form the Dublin Workers' Council, while supporters of the

Workers' Union of Ireland The Workers' Union of Ireland (WUI), later the Federated Workers' Union of Ireland, was an Irish trade union formed in 1924. In 1990, it merged with the Irish Transport and General Workers Union to form the Services, Industrial, Professional and ...

, led by P. T. Daly, dominated the council. They joined the

Profintern The Red International of Labor Unions (russian: Красный интернационал профсоюзов, translit=Krasnyi internatsional profsoyuzov, RILU), commonly known as the Profintern, was an international body established by the Comm ...

and disaffiliated from the Labour Party. At the 1923 general election, the council put up four candidates in Dublin seats. None were elected, although Daly beat the official Labour Party candidate.Peter Barberis et al, ''Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations'', p.734Arthur Mitchell, ''Labour in Irish politics, 1890-1930'', p.189 Following the 1945 split in the Irish Trades Union Congress, the Dublin Council split into the Dublin Council of Trade Unions and the Dublin Trades' Union Council. The two reunited in 1960, and the reunited organisation played a leading role in the

Dublin Housing Action Committee The Dublin Housing Action Committee (DHAC) was a 1960s protest group formed in response to housing shortages in Dublin, Ireland's capital city. It quickly moved to direct action and successfully squatted buildings to oppose redevelopment plans. ...

Secretaries

:1886: John Simmons :1915:

William O'Brien William O'Brien (2 October 1852 – 25 February 1928) was an Irish nationalist, journalist, agrarian agitator, social revolutionary, politician, party leader, newspaper publisher, author and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of ...

:1919: Thomas Farren :1919: P. T. Daly :1944: Mark Daly :1947: Terry Waldron :1954: Jim Collins :1960: Sean Dunne :1968: Tom Brady :1971: Tommy Watt :1978: Paddy Carmody :1979:

Sam Nolan Sam Nolan (born 1930) is the secretary of the Dublin Council of Trade Unions and a political activist. Biography Born in Dublin, Nolan became active in the Irish Workers' League soon after World War II, and was a member of its executive commit ...

President

:1884:

Joseph Nannetti Joseph Patrick Nannetti (19 March 1851 – 26 April 1915) was an Irish nationalist Home rule politician, trade union leader, and as Irish Parliamentary Party member and Member of Parliament (MP) represented the constituency of College Green, Du ...

:1904: F. Farrell :1905: P. T. Daly :1907: John Lumsden :1908: W. McLoughlin :1909: Michael O'Lehane :1910: Henry Rochford :1913: Thomas MacPartlin :1914:

:1915: Thomas Farren :1916: John Lawlor :1945: John Swift :1978-1981 : Mai Clifford : Des Bonass : Tony Whelan : Mary Enright : Mick O'Reilly :2018-2020: Betty Tyrrell-Collard

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