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By the end of January 1914 the Lockout ended with a decisive and crushing victory for the employers. Many leave Dublin to seek work in English cities and the striking girls and women from Jacobs are worst off. Most do not get work again and those that do are not allowed back until April. Actor Ronnie McCann voices James Connollys prophetic words, Dublin is isolated, and we hear from Connollys great grandson James Connolly Heron and from Larkins great grandchildren, Jim and Aoife Breslin. Historians Emmet O Connor, Padraig Yeates, Theresa Moriarty, Ann Mathews and Diarmaid Ferriter vividly describe events while author Ruth Dudley Edwards, a biographer of Connolly assesses the leadership of Connolly, Larkin and Constance Markievicz.

In Episode 6 we hear from contemporary leaders including Labour party Minister for Education, Ruairi Quinn, Senator Ivana Bacik, Former Fine Gael cabinet Minister Gemma Hussey and Martin Murphys present today in the person of Irish Business Employers Confederation (IBEC) Chief Executive Danny McCoy and General Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions David Begg and SIPTU Vice President Patricia King. We also hear from Managing Director of the Irish Times Liam Kavanagh who is currently president of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, one hundred years after William Martin Murphy was president independent equality consultant Niall Crowley and newspaper columnist Kevin Myers give their views on how the anniversary of the Lockout should be commemorated.

In Episode 5 we explore the impact of defeat on not just the trade union movement but also on our key characters. Is it the defeat of Lockout or the outbreak of World War One which defines 1916? We hear the voices of Connolly and Larkin read by Ronnie McCann and Stephen Murray as well as the views of historians and commentators including Padraig Yeates, Diarmaid Ferriter and Ruth Dudley Edwards.

To tie in with the documentary series Citizens: Lockout 1913 to 2013 three live discussions about the lockout will feature on the Today with Sean O Rourke show. In the third feature Sean was joined in studio by the CEO at IBEC, Danny Mc Coy, vice president at SIPTU Patricia King, Labour Seantor Ivana Bacik, and columnist for the Irish Independent Kevin Myers.

To tie in with the documentary series Citizens: Lockout 1913 to 2013 three live discussions about the lockout will feature on the Today with Myles Dungan show. In the second feature Myles speaks to some of the relations of the main characters of Lockout 1913 like William Martin Murphys great grandson Chris Martin Murphy, Jim Larkin's granddaughter and great granddaughter Stella Larkin McConnon and Aoife Breslin and James Connolly Heron, the great grandson of James Connolly.

Episode 7, broadcast on September 1st at 7pm on RTE Radio 1.

Episode 7, broadcast on August 25th at 7pm on RTE Radio 1.

Episode 6, broadcast on August 18th at 7pm on RTE Radio 1.

Episode 5, broadcast on August 11th at 7pm on RTE Radio 1. Diarmuid Breatnach sings Kevin Barry.

To tie in with the documentary series Citizens: Lockout 1913 to 2013 three live discussions about the lockout will feature on the Today with Myles Dungan show. In the first feature broadcast on August 9th Myles was joined in studio by Padraig Yeates, author of Lockout: Dublin 1913 and a member of the 1913 Committee, Mary Daly Professor of History and Archives at University College Dublin, Ciaran Wallace historian at Trinity College Dublin and Ann Matthews writer and historian at NUI Maynooth who all feature across the series.