Tuesday 8th May – Friday 11th May – The Hope Collective - Sendiana Niall McGuirk Venue: Liberty Hall Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Venue: Cois Life Bar 8:00 p.m. A collaboration between Irish and Palestinian artists. Sendiana - the acorn in Arabic - celebrates through dance, SIPTU Ticket Price: €6 music, spoken word and theatre the unquenchable spirit of Palestine past and present. An Irish welcome to Liberty Hall Performers from 1977 punk bands The Stougers and for a Palestinian grandmother to mark 70 years since the Boy Scouts to talk about the Dandelion Market and 1948 Nakba. Irish dance meets Palestinian Dabke. With Kila, Wpunek dinn Deubslind baayck t9hetnh. May – Rafeef Ziadah, Hannah Khalil, Edwina Guckian, Catherine SYoauntgu, Srordchaa yFo x1, 2Netilhi C o&nr o1y3. Dtehsi gMneda byy R –ob ert Ballagh, Got the Tee Shirt directed by Jim Culleton. And very special guests. Venue: Cois Life Bar, Liberty Hall Theatre, Palestine Freedom 8:00 p.m. Conference Venue: Liberty Hall Theatre CELEBRA TING Moderated by Betty Purcell - An evening of Saturday 12th at 9:30 a.m. WORKER S’ CUL TURE conversations with the wonderful women who have been on the front line in the fight for equal pay, for Lubnah Shomali SIPTU MayFest 2018 aims to contraception, divorce, information and much more celebrate and invigorate workers’ sTinhceu trhes ‘7d0as uyp t1o0 thteh pr eMsenat yda y–. culture with a series of events in Speakers include; Playing on the Left Jamal Juma the home of Irish trade unionism. Venue: Cois Life Bar, Liberty Hall Theatre, BDAr.D MILo nRaes Eolu Fracer rCa enter for Palestinian Residency This festival season includes 7.00 p.m. - 9.30 p.m. and Refugee Rights plays and events that deal with working class history, culture Coordinator of the Stop The Wall Campaign in Palestine Omar Barghouti and politics. Director of Gaza Projects of the Middle East Children’s Alliance Red Phoenix Sports Club and SIPTU Sports present Sunday 13th at 12:00 noon an evening of discussion on trade unionism, DCor.- fJoouhnnd Rere yonf tohled sBDS Movement, Fatin al Tamimi IPSC community, politics and sport. Eamon McMahon • Dan Lambert (Bohemians Foundation) • Karen Duggan, member of the Republic of Sahar Francis – Law Lecturer Maynooth, International Women’s Football Team Women's Dr. Shir Hever TICKET SALES: • Sam McGrath (Historian, Come Here to Me blog) Ali Abunimah – Trade Union Friends of Palestine • Member of the Hijab and Hat Tricks Ticket Price: €5 per day Laura Woods Muslim women’s football team – ADDAMEER Ticket Price: €5 • Timmy Hammersley (Former Tipperary Hurler) SIPTU would like– t oP otalikteic tahl iesc oopnpoomrtiusnt iatyn dto a tuhtahnokr all Sponsors [email protected] • MC: Kevin Brannigan (Sports writer and Supporters– fCoor -tfhoeuinr dherlp o ifn t hmea Ekilnegct Mroanyi cF eIsntt iaf asduac cweessb. site Tel: 01 858 6354 Liberty newspaper and Sports producer RTÉ) Tuesda y 1st May – Thursday 3rd May – Friday 4th May – Jim Connell Children’s Book Enough by and Read ing a nd Venue: SIPTU College, South Circular Road, Joe O’Byrne at 1:00 p.m. Discussion Venue: Liberty Hall Theatre Venue: Liberty Hall Theatre 8:00 p.m. 10:30 a.m.

The first of a series of lectures hosted by SIPTU College. Mae lives with her son, Steo, but he is hell bent Historian and musician Francis Devine will be speaking on revenge on a drug dealer who he believes is about Jim Connell, the Irish man who wrote The Red Elizabeth Rose Murray, writes fiction for children rTeiscpkoent sPibrilece fo: €r 1th0 e death of his father. This musical Flag. The Red Flag is a socialist song, emphasising the and young adults. In 2014, Elizabeth signed two play sets out to explore the world of Mae as she tries sacrifices and solidarity of the international labour books deal with two different publishers, resulting in to restrain Steo from destroying his own life. movement. The event will also include live music. three books published in her first twelve months as Sunday 6th May – ATlul weeslcodma e.y It w1sillt a lsMo bae ybro–ad casted live via the an author. Her debut, The Book of Learning – Nine SIPTU College Facebook page. Lives Trilogy 1 (Mercier Press) was chosen as the ISSU Concert 2016 Dublin UNESCO Citywide Read for Children. DCTU May Day The Book of Revenge – Nine Lives Trilogy 3 is due Venue: Liberty Hall Theatre Venue: Cois Life Bar September 2017. Keen to encourage new and 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Temheurgrinsg dwarityer s3, Erlizdab Metha reygu l–ar ly facilitates wLoarksuhopns fcor bhot h oaduflt s Jandi cmhild reLn. arkin Ticket Price: €5 A talent showcase event of young and upcoming Credit Union App artists. Featuring The Felonies and Wolff. Plus Dublin Council of Trade Unions more. mWarechd enndeinsg dwaithy a s2ocniadl a nMd ay – Venue: Connolly Hall/ musical evening in Liberty Hall. Cois Life Bar Monday 7th May – Opening of Exhibition 5:00 p.m. Housing Coalition “Social Fabric” Venue: Cois Life Bar Family Day Out 6:00 p.m. followed by conference at 6:30 p.m. Venue: Cois Life Bar Thhe uAprps wdilla bye l a3unrchde dM ay – Cby Rlaéch aeCl Rlyuan. b Enjoy a fun movie in the Theatre, face painting, SLoiscaia Gl Foadbsroinc /CNoCnfAeDrence and Exhibition on the role MayFest Special cInrevaitae tainoinm oanl layn edv sehnatp iens awsistohc biatlliooonn benders with Focus Ireland of fabric in the development of communities and and refreshments tErda dHea ullnionism in the labour movement. Venue: Connolly Hall/Cois Life Bar Ger O’Leary 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Rachel Fallon CRhoabierprte rBsaoln lagh Ticket Price: €5 - All welcome. Sponsored by