Early day motion 1217

THE RED FLAG

• Session: 2001-02
• Date tabled: 30.04.2002
• Primary sponsor: Smith, Llew
• Sponsors:
  • Cryer, John
  • Davies, Denzil
  • Mahon, Alice
  • Simpson, Alan
  • Skinner, Dennis

That this House notes the 150th anniversary of the birth in 1852 of Jim Connell, who wrote The Red Flag; recalls Connell worked on Keir Hardie's newspaper, the Labour Leader and was also secretary of the Workingmen's Legal Aid Society during the last 20 years of his life; recognises the relevance of the words in the Red Flag: 'well recalls the triumphs past, it gives the hope of peace at last, the banner bright, the symbol plain, of human right and human gain'; and makes a commitment to these and other sentiments in The Red Flag, including to keep the red flag flying for many May days to come.

Amendment 1217A1 - THE RED FLAG;Amdt. line 7:

• Session: 2001-02
• Date tabled: 01.05.2002
• Primary sponsor: Russell, Bob
• Sponsors:

  at end add '; and calls on the Government to explain why it has abandoned the principles and ideals promoted by Jim Connell.'.

Amendment 1217A2 - THE RED FLAG;Amdt. line 7:

• Session: 2001-02
• Date tabled: 09.05.2002
• Primary sponsor: Farrelly, Paul
• Sponsors:

  at end add 'and congratulates the Jim Connell Memorial Committee on the monument erected to him in Crossakeel, near his birthplace in Kilskyre, County Meath; praises the efforts put into the very successful event celebrating Jim Connell's 150th anniversary over the May Bank Holiday weekend; thanks the GMB and other trades unions for their support for the memorial and the event; and remembers the contribution made by Irish emigrants like Jim Connell to the advancement of a fairer and a more decent society for all.'.