One hundred and sixty workers have gone on unofficial strike at the Arigna Mines in County Leitrim in support of a former colleague who is seeking compensation for an injury he received while employed in the mines.
Francis O'Brien is staging a hunger strike outside the mines and his former colleagues are refusing to pass him to go to work.
Interview with Francis O'Brien on why he is on hunger strike and the compensation he wants from Arigna.
Interview with Charles Hopkins, shop steward, on support for Francis O'Brien.
The reporter is Tommie Gorman.
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