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Eamonn Lynch: Bloody Sunday eyewitness

The election for the London Transport seat on the RMT's "Council of Executives", the body that leads the union nationally, is currently taking place. Tubeworker is backing Eamonn Lynch. We asked him a few questions about his record and his campaign. What successful and high profile campaigns have you been centrally involved in?

Sacked Bakerloo Line Tube driver Eamonn Lynch has won his employment tribunal case for unfair dismissal on the grounds of trade union activities. The RMT railworkers' union has called on Tube bosses to respect the tribunal decision and reinstate Eamonn. They should also reinstate Arwyn Thomas, another union rep unfairly sacked, whose tribunal case is still in progress. If Tube bosses do not budge, Tube drivers will start a series of strikes on 16-17 May.

You know things have changed dramatically in Belfast city centre when there are more pigeons than people on the pavements. No tumbleweeds blowing down the streets just yet, but take a stroll through Northern Ireland's busiest shopping area and you would be forgiven to thinking that the end of retail as we know it is nigh. Yes, those pigeons have little to coo about. Six months ago, I was staggered by the number of empty units on the city's main shopping thoroughfare. That sunny bank holiday at the end of August - just over five months into the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic - signs of decline were...