Dockers a Dublino sotto pressione dalla spedizione di container 1970
di Justinian2
Dockers a Dublino sotto pressione dalla spedizione di container 1970
di Justinian2
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Had to post when I saw that Anglo-Irish werewolf talking.
> Last year, it handled 5 and a half million tonnes of cargo and 6000 ships.
In 2023, Dublin Port handled 35.6m tonnes of cargo, and 7,228 ships. Shows the growth of the port – and the increase in the size and capacity of the ships.
Decimated the docklands. Few of my uncles never worked again. Hardy, fit men with no future in their mid 40’s-early 50s. Then Haughey handed the area to the finance industry with sweetheart tax deals, despite objections from department of finance. Little to no help was offered for the thousands in the locality cast aside by the changing world. Contributed greatly to the heroin epidemic and the social problems still blighting the area to this day.
Containers were hated all over the world by dockers. Reduced dramatically the amount of men needed on the docks.
They even had a computer down in Waterford…
Game over…
As a culchie living in Dublin a long time, because that’s where the most work in my field is, I’ve always found it difficult to understand why, compared to rural areas, unemployed people in Dublin are less likely to consider emigrating, or looking for work outside their locality in Dublin.
Even now, I know people in the area I now live in Dublin (a few miles from the city centre) who would never consider taking a job in town because it will be too far from home. Likewise, one hears of people living even closer to the centre who’ll rule out working outside their immediate locality.
Different strokes for different folks, I know, but when hundreds of thousands of people were willing to relocate within Ireland or emigrate for work, it’s hard to understand why unemployed people in cities wouldn’t consider moving. I’m open to learning though, so I’d be happy to find out why this is.