William O'Brien's paper The Cork Free Press has been similarly critical of Mr. Murphy's newspaper, The Irish Independent, for the manner in which it has reported the Lockout dispute in Dublin.

They faced the choice of giving up union membership or being sacked. This marked the beginning of the 1913 Dublin Lockout which would ultimately involve 20,000 workers and 300 employers.

A short history of Ireland’s most significant industrial dispute: the mass lockout of 20,000 workers by 400 employers in Dublin from August 1913… ...