# Mary Manning

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Hello Houston (January 22, 2026)

On today’s Hello Houston, we begin the show by talking with Nathan Brownell, Vice President of Resilience and Capital Delivery at CenterPoint Energy, who tells us about the company’s readiness plan for the winter storm expected in Texas this weekend. Then, we hear from Kathryn Guerra, the current T…

The Power of the People

Radio documentary ‘The Power of The People’ examines the significant impact of the ‘Dunnes Strikers’ on Ireland’s relations with South Africa and their contribution to the abolition of apartheid On 19 July 1984 Mary Manning, a shop worker in Dunnes Stores on Henry Street in Dublin, refused to handl…

The Grapefruit Ladies - How 11 young people changed the world

Send us Fan Mail The "Grapefruit Ladies" were 11 young Irish Dunnes Stores workers who went on strike from 1984 to 1987 to protest apartheid in South Africa. Led by 21-year-old Mary Manning, they refused to handle South African fruit. Their 3-year protest led Ireland to become the first Western cou…

The woman deploying $15bn into Australia’s future: Quantum computing, space & defence

What does it take to deploy $15 billion into the industries that will define Australia's economic future? This week’s guest is uniquely placed to answer that. Mary Manning is the inaugural Chief Investment Officer of the Albanese government's National Reconstruction Fund. In this episode we discuss…

04 | Boycott! | The Grapefruit Ladies

It's 1984, and in Dublin, Ireland, 21 year old shop assistant Mary Manning refuses to sell a South African grapefruit. Her action draws world attention to the campaign to hit Apartheid where it hurts, by crippling the South African economy. At the same time a young Australian seaman starts a global…

The Irish shopworkers strike against apartheid

In 1984, a 21-year-old Irish shopworker refused to serve a customer buying two South African grapefruits. Mary Manning was suspended from the Dunnes store in Dublin, and ten of her colleagues walked out alongside her in protest.It was the start of a strike that lasted almost three years, and ended …

Together/Apart

Recorded May 14th, 2026. A panel discussion on the Irish anti-apartheid struggle featuring key members of the movement organised by the Trinity Long Room Hub with the Little Museum of Dublin. In conjunction with Together/Apart, a collaborative exhibition between the Little Museum of Dublin and th…

Grapefruits vs Apartheid

In a Dublin supermarket in 1984, a young woman makes a split-second decision.  She refuses to sell two grapefruits. Her job is on the line, and there’s a recession raging across the country. But she’s doing it for the human rights of people thousands of kilometres away, that she’s never even met.  …

19 July 1984: Dunnes store strike

On this day, 19 July 1984, the Dunnes Stores anti-apartheid strike began in Dublin, Ireland. Shop worker Mary Manning refused to check out a customer's South African fruit, as members of her union, Idatu, had voted to not handle South African goods. Manning was then suspended, and she and 11 of her…

When Reading Clicks: Mary Manning’s Teacher of the Year Story

Send us Fan Mail Mary Manning was the kid who “talked too much.” Luckily, one teacher noticed she was usually using all that talking to help someone else. Years later, Mary is GCA’s Teacher of the Year. She joins Hootworthy to talk about the teacher who first pointed her toward the classroom, the s…