1987.05.05 ESB Strikes Impacts

Report shows picket line outside Poolbeg Generating Station, Dublin.
The Moneypoint generating station. Aughinish Alumina plant, Irish Steel in Cork, the NET factory in Arklow and the Asahi plant in Mayo.
Interview with Ray Bowman, Confederation of Irish Industry (CII) on the potential for the strike to put jobs at risk.
A McDonald’s fast food premises closed because of the power cuts.
Candles being used in a pharmacy shops. Petrol being pumped by hand. Traffic lights that are not working due to lack of power. Shops in darkness.
Interview with elderly women and housewife on effects of dispute.
Interview with Francis Corrigan, Simpsons Hospital.
The reporters are Joe O’Brien and Vere Wynne-Jones