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A clipping of a report a debate in the Northern Ireland senate referring to fears that ‘communist influences’ were at work in the trade union movement in Ulster. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Times’ (11 January 1950).

A clipping of a report on Hilda Verlin, a Dublin woman who was part of a ‘British women’s delegation who made a three-week tour of the Soviet Union’. The clipping is taken from the ‘Sunday Press’ (29 December 1950).

A clipping of an interview with Muriel MacSwiney, the widow of Terence MacSwiney. The interview includes recollections of her husband’s role in the revolutionary period and how ‘he had always been a democrat with a fellow-feeling for the masses’. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Workers’ Voice’ (November 1950).

A clipping of an advertisement for a public meeting on the Mother and Child health scheme. It is noted that the meeting was sponsored by one hundred women including Louise Bennett, Rosamond Jacob, and Hilda Tweedy. The clipping is taken from the ‘Evening Mail’ (11 April 1951).

An appeal from Michael O’Riordan to CIE employees asking for their support in the forthcoming general election.

A flier stating Seán O’Casey’s support for Michael O’Riordan at the general election. O’Casey refers to O’Riordan’s ‘decent and daring qualifications’ and to his record as a fighter for Republican Spain. He writes ‘I hope Michael will win. With all good wishes to the Mother and Child Scheme … and to all the Old Guard of “Jim Larkin’s Union”’.

A clipping of a report on the final count in the south-west Dublin constituency in the 1951 general election. The final tally of Michael O’Riordan’s vote is highlighted in pen. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (1 June 1951).

A clipping of an article on the appearance around Dublin of posters seeking 5,000 recruits for the so-called ‘Black Legion’ group, an anti-communist organisation wishing ‘to safeguard the Fatherland’. The clipping is taken from the ‘Evening Mail’ (13 October 1951).

A clipping of an article by Gabriel Fallon criticising the protests which marked the appearance of Orson Welles at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. Fallon repudiates the actions of the Catholic Cinema and Theatre Patrons’ Association who organized the protests. The clipping is taken from ‘The Standard’ (4 January 1952).

A clipping of a letter from Seán Ó Faoláin defending the Irish Association of Civil Liberty against allegations that it has a communist affiliation. Ó Faoláin was President of the Association. The clipping is taken from ‘The Standard’ (13 June 1952).