Norman Kennedy
Norman Kennedy was a trade unionist and politician in Ireland.
Kennedy worked in a Belfast linen factory for 20 years.[1] He was a prominent member of the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union. He served as President of the Irish Trades Union Congress in 1957.[2] He worked closely with James Larkin, Jr and John Conroy to complete its reunification with the Congress of Irish Unions,[3] and became President of the united organisation, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, in 1961.[4] He also served on the Northern Ireland Economic Council.[5]
Kennedy served as a Northern Ireland Labour Party member of the Senate of Northern Ireland from 1965 until its proguation in 1972. From 1970 to 1971, he served as a Deputy Speaker.[6][7] He then withdrew from politics and trade unionism, and led the consortium which established Downtown Radio, Northern Ireland's first commercial radio station.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/1111/741073-the-work-of-the-weavers/
- ^ Donal Nevin et al, Trade Union Century, p.437
- ^ W. J. McCormack, The Blackwell Companion to Modern Irish Culture, p.331
- ^ "Constitution and Standing Orders Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine" (2008), Irish Congress of Trade Unions, p.36
- ^ "Dáil Éireann - Volume 257 - 25 November 1971". Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ Members of the Northern Ireland Senate, 1921-72, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ "Contest for 12 seats in N.I. Senate", Irish Times, 21 May 1965
- ^ "Radio station for Ulster", The Guardian, 28 October 1975, p.15