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 Ogle speaking at a demonstration against Water Charges in the mid-2010s |
Brendan Ogle is an Irish trade union official. He is a senior Unite the Union officer in the Republic of Ireland.
Brendan Ogle | |
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| Ogle speaking at a demonstration against Water Charges in the mid-2010s |
Brendan Ogle is an Irish trade union official. He is a senior Unite the Union officer in the Republic of Ireland.
Ogle led the Irish Locomotive Drivers Association and is the former secretary of the ESB Group of unions. [1] [2] He was the first non-ESB employee to become secretary of the GoU. [3] During his tenure he caused controversy by referring to workers in the ESB as 'spoilt' at a meeting of the dissident Republican group Éirígí. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Throughout this time he was, according to the Irish Independent , "subject to much adverse media comment" and he and his family endured threats to kill them. [1] Among those to publicly defend him were former Irish presidential candidate and senior Labour Party member Fergus Finlay. [9]
Ogle was in 2014 to 2016 a central figure in the protest movement against Irish Water's introduction of water charges in Ireland. [10] [11]
In March 2018, Ogle announced that he would launch a new political party in September. [12] As of August 2023 no such party has been launched.
Ogle is a senior officer in Unite the Union. [13] In 2023 he made a complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission about allegations of discrimination, harassment, whistleblower penalisation and the failure to provide reasonable adjustment after he returned to work from cancer treatment. [14] [10]
Ogle is an independent candidate for the Dublin constituency at the 2024 European Parliament election. [15]
Ogle comes from Dundalk, County Louth, [1] and had eight siblings. [16] He is married to Amanda La Combre. [10] Ogle was diagnosed with throat cancer in July 2020, and is now clear of the disease. [16]
Ogle has been chairman of Dundalk F.C. Supporters' Club. [16]
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