Casann Easpag Desmond Tutu le na stailceoirí.
Bishop Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his stance against apartheid in South Africa. His journey to the award ceremony in Oslo involved a stopover in London, where he asked some of the Dunnes strikers to meet him. Karen Gearon and Mary Manning went with IDATU official Brendan Archbold. The meeting gave the strike credibility, a moral boost and a lot of publicity.
In this ‘Féach’ report , Tutu calls for “a groundswell of support” for the strikers. Reporter Pat Butler meets Mary Manning and Cathryn O’Reilly on the picket line, six months into the dispute. They compare themselves with nurses, who would not be penalised for refusing to carry out abortions. They are also disappointed with the lack of support they're getting from other Dunnes workers.
| Title: | Meeting Bishop Desmond Tutu |
| Clip Duration: | 00:04:19 |
| Material Type: | Video |
| Clip Title: | "A Groundswell of Support" |
| Series Title: | Féach |
| Information: | The bilingual current affairs series 'Féach' reported on national and international events and was broadcast from 1967 to 1984. Féach was aired every Sunday evening and featured reports in both Irish and English. The Irish word "Féach" meaning "Look" gives an indication of what the programme was about as editor John Ross stated "It will try to show, from a fresh viewpoint, what is happening at home and abroad each week". (RTÉ Guide, 14 July 1967, p.17) The show was originally anchored by Andy O'Mahony with reporting assistance from Seán Duignan and Mícheál Ó Briain. |
| Local Keywords: | Dunnes Stores Strike, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Apartheid, South Africa, Féach, Mary Manning, Karen Gearon, Cathryn O’Reilly, Nobel Peace Prize, Brendan Archbold, IDATU |
| Coverage: | Ireland |
| Genre: | Factual |
| Topic: | Society and Social Issues |
| Provider: | RTÉ |
| Contributor(s): | Pat Butler (Reporter) |
| Publisher: | RTÉ |
| First Broadcast Channel: | RTÉ One |
| Production Year: | 1985 |
| Country of Production: | Ireland |
| Original Identifier: | P17/85 |
| IPR Restrictions: | Rights Reserved - Free Access |
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| Item Type: | part/extract |
| Colour: | Colour |
| Sound: | Mono |
| Aspect Ratio: | 4:3 |
| Language: | English and Irish |
