Show Notes
May Day, or International Workers’ Day, is one of the biggest days in the Social Democratic calendar. The Left Bank marked May Day with an event in Dublin’s Teacher’s Club. Speakers included:
Dr Laura Bambrick - Head of Social Policy and Employment Affairs at the Irish Congress of Trade Unions
Jesslyn Henry - Social Democrats local election candidate in Whitehall-Artane
Gary Gannon – TD for Dublin Central
The party’s three European election candidates – Sinéad Gibney, Susan Doyle, and Dr Rory Hearne.
We caught up with all of these speakers to give our listeners a flavour of what the event was like.
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