‘SOLIDARITY: A RETROSPECTIVE’ CONFERENCE IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK
18 SEPTEMBER 2010 The School of History, University College Cork, in association with the Institute of History of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, is pleased to announce that a one-day conference to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the creation of the Solidarity movement in Poland is scheduled to take place in University College Cork on [...]
EVENTS VIDEO ARCHIVE
March 20, 2010 by IPS · Leave a Comment
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IRISH SOLIDARITY WITH POLAND.
March 8, 2010 by IPS · Leave a Comment
Poland was a country in crisis in the early 1980s. The founding of the free trade union, Solidarity, in the Gdansk shipyard in August 1980, led to resistance to the Communist government. On 13th December, 1981, General Jaruzelski declared martial law and the army took control of the country. In Ireland a group of Polish [...]
SUMMARY OF THE IRISH POLISH SOCIETY ACTIVITIES DURING 2008/09
October 19, 2009 by IPS · Leave a Comment
The Committee of 12 members elected on 12th October 2008 had 10 meetings altogether (7 Nov, 5 Dec, 9 Jan, 6 Feb, 6 March, 3 April, 8 May, 5 June, 3 July, 4 Sept,). There was one-month break in August for summer holiday. However, during August some members of the Committee did some research and administrative work in relation to the Society.