Irish government finds a way to ban South African goods.
At the end of 1985, it was announced that the Irish government had found a way to ban the importation of South African goods. While trade regulations did not allow for bans on political grounds, goods could be banned if they were produced by prison labour, something that would now be investigated.
Charlie Bird gets Mary Manning’s reaction to the news in this report. All the strikers are happy with the initiative. Cathryn O’Reilly says that a nationwide ban on the goods is “a much bigger victory” than what they originally sought, which was simply the moral right to refuse to handle them.
The strikers agreed to lift their picket at the end of that year, though they would not return to work until a ban was in force.
| Title: | A Way to Ban South African Goods |
| Clip Duration: | 00:02:58 |
| Material Type: | Video |
| Clip Title: | “A Much Bigger Victory” |
| Series Title: | RTÉ News |
| Information: | An RTÉ News report on a government initiative to ban South African goods. |
| Local Keywords: | Dunnes Stores Strike, Apartheid, South Africa, Mary Manning, Karen Gearon, Cathryn O’Reilly, Tommy Davis, Theresa Mooney, Veronica Munroe, Sandra Griffin, Alma Russell, Michelle Gavin, Liz Deasy, Brendan Barron, Trade Ban, South African goods |
| Coverage: | Ireland |
| Genre: | News |
| Topic: | Society and Social Issues |
| Provider: | RTÉ |
| Contributor(s): | Charlie Bird (Reporter) |
| Publisher: | RTÉ |
| First Broadcast Channel: | RTÉ One |
| Production Year: | 1985 |
| Country of Production: | Ireland |
| Original Identifier: | BN85/354 |
| IPR Restrictions: | Rights Reserved - Free Access |
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| Item Type: | part/extract |
| Colour: | Colour |
| Sound: | Mono |
| Aspect Ratio: | 4:3 |
| Language: | English (eng) |
