The plight of a family caught up in the maintenance strike, which brought Irish industry to a standstill in 1969.
| Title: | Maintenance Strike |
| Clip Duration: | 00:05:10 |
| Material Type: | Video |
| Clip Title: | “We Have No Source of Income At All” |
| Series Title: | Seven Days |
| Information: | 'Seven Days' began broadcasting on 26 September 1966 and was RTE television's flagship current affairs programme for ten years. The programme's young production team was made up of producer Lelia Doolan, directors Eoghan Harris and Dick Hill, and reporters John O'Donoghue, Brian Cleeve and Brian Farrell. Muiris Mac Conghail became producer of '7 Days' in 1967 when the programme was merged with another current affairs programme, 'Division'. |
| Local Keywords: | Industrial disputes, Maintenance strike, Pickets, Strike pay, Social Welfare entitlements, Marie Whelan, Jimmy Whelan |
| Coverage: | Ireland |
| Genre: | Factual |
| Topic: | Society and Social Issues |
| Provider: | RTÉ |
| Publisher: | RTÉ |
| First Broadcast Channel: | RTÉ |
| Production Year: | 1969 |
| Country of Production: | Ireland |
| Original Identifier: | P189/00069 |
| IPR Restrictions: | Rights Reserved - Free Access |
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| Item Type: | part/extract |
| Colour: | Black and White |
| Sound: | Mono |
| Aspect Ratio: | 4:3 |
| Language: | English (eng) |
| Original Language: | English (eng) |
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