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The kite march

Posted by Lizzy Noone | in Concern Blog | 12 June 2009 | 0 comments
Griffeen Valley pupils take part in the Stop Child Labour day.Photo: Steve Ryan

I’m just back from the World Day Against Child Labour march on O’Connell Street. The rain held off, so some god or other must agree with us that we must put a stop to child labour.

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>> Stop Child Labour: student declaration

12 June 2009
Stop Child Labour: student declaration

Representatives of the Concern Campaigning Academy then read out their “European Youth Against Child Labour” student declaration. It outlines what the European Union should do about child labour.

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Protesting against child labour: photos

Posted by Alan O'Reilly | in Get Active! | 12 June 2009 | 6 comments
Protesting against child labour: photos

As I type, there’s a group of kite-flying, tattoo-bearing, banner-wavers marching down O’Connell Street. It’s World Day Against Child Labour today and the protesters are making their voices heard.

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Back in the swing of things

Posted by Grainne O Brien | in Get Active! | 10 September 2008 | 1 comment

By now, I’m sure you are back in the swing of school life and the summer holidays seem like a distant memory. Don’t worry though; the mid-term break is only eight weeks away!

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Stop Child Labour investigates

Posted by Lizzy Noone | in Get Active! | 20 June 2008 | 4 comments

We have just found very incriminating evidence of the use of child labour by trans-national company Tiny Pickers International.

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Stop Child Labour

Posted by Naoise Kavanagh | in Concern Blog | 10 September 2007 | 2 comments

Hundreds of kites were seen flying high over the Festival of World Cultures and The Electric Picnic, calling for every child to be in school - not in work.

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