Journalists to stage one-day stoppage

Reporters at the Leinster Leader, Limerick Leader, the Leinster Express, the Offaly Express and the Clonmel Nationalist, are to stage a one-day work stoppage next Tuesday.

The move is in protest at job losses arising from a new editorial production system being introduced by parent company, Johnston Press Group, which the NUJ says will also undermine editorial quality in the newspapers.

Further talks are scheduled to take place in Naas, Co Kildare tomorrow.