Memories and Observations
by Hugh MurphyPublish: Dec 20, 2022Biographies & Memoirs History True Crime Book Overview
The Belfast Dockers, himself included, refused to work with Asbestos. So the Union joined forces with the employers and formed a Union and Employers Court, which summoned him - and fired him. The Dockers went on strike, but it only lasted three days. The Union declared he was a communist, and they were going to fire him themselves. Disgusted, he walked out the Dock gates and never returned. This started his writing career with his first stage play, ‘Justice’, touring NI and being performed in the Belfast and Dublin Theatre Festivals. However, because of his outspoken views and the fact that he has written a play about Belfast Docks - named ‘The Judas Goat’, the powers that be who rule Theatre in Ireland are behaving much like the Belfast Employers.
