HSE support workers at University Hospital Waterford are to be balloted for industrial action.

Many of the teachers and lecturers who took part in strikes today are not directly affected by what they deem "pay discrimination" but see the impact it is having on colleagues, and on the education sector.

Secondary School union the ASTI has dismissed suggestions strike action by TUI members amounts to election blackmail.

Creche workers have said they are being treated like glorified babysitters by the Government.

Staff at Virgin Media Ireland could go on strike after voting in favour of industrial action over job cuts.

School secretaries will strike for a day next year in an escalation of a row over pay.

Secondary teachers with the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) say they will strike for a day in February.

GoSafe speed camera van operators have suspended their industrial action.

Members of the Irish Medical Organisation have voted unanimously in favour of holding a ballot for industrial action.

A trade union has warned that the English Language Teaching sector could well be facing into a period of serious industrial relations disruption.

Up to 500 ambulance staff are threatening to intensify their campaign of strike action.

A series of strikes planned by Ryanair pilots in the UK have been called off.

Ryanair has lost a High Court bid in England to block strike action by its UK pilots – hours after winning a similar legal move in Dublin.

Unions representing Ryanair cabin crew in Spain have announced plans to hold 10 days of strike action next month.

A planned strike by thousands of workers at Heathrow Airport has been suspended while they vote on the latest pay offer.

Ryanair's British pilots are to stage a series of strikes after voting in favour of industrial action in a dispute over pay and conditions.

British Airways has lost a Court of Appeal bid to block pilots from taking strike action in a dispute over pay.

6,000 psychiatric nurses will begin industrial action this evening.

Ambulance workers from the Psychiatric Nurses Association say they have been left with no choice but to go on strike.

Siptu have confirmed that its union members working in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) in Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare will be balloted for industrial action.

Paramedics who are members of the Psychiatric Nurses' Association will protest at Leinster House later, demanding the HSE recognise their union.

The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar hopes the union representing health support workers will reconsider proposals to hold talks at the Labour Court in a bid to avert tomorrow's strike.

A series of protests are taking place across Ireland today in support of striking ambulance workers.

Talks are to resume on Monday to try to prevent 10,000 health workers going on strike.

Talks are due to take place today in a bid to avert strike action by hospital support staff.

Psychiatric nurses have been offered a new pay contract with the HSE.

Public sector workers could demand a pay increase of 6% if the Government does not reduce their working hours.

Up to 17,000 hospital support workers are being balloted from today on strike action.

More than 7,000 hospital support staff are to be balloted for strike action.

Community Employment supervisors seeking security over pensions will strike today at six locations across the country.

The general secretary of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI), Kieran Christie, has described Fempi legislation on industrial action by public service unions as “draconian and repugnant.”

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is meeting this afternoon to discuss the recommendations issued by the Labour Court, following the suspension of strike action.

Marathon talks continue at the Labour Court tonight, aimed at ending the nurses dispute with the Government over pay and working conditions.

A national rally is taking place today as INMO nurses prepare to enter a third week of strike action for better pay.

The Psychiatric Nurses Association has announced an escalation of its industrial action to include 24-hour bans on overtime.

Industrial action by nurses is set to intensify in the weeks ahead as the stalemate continues.

The knock-on effect of cancelled procedures and appointments due to the nurses' strike will be felt for some time, the HSE says.

Tomorrow’s nurse’s strike is to go ahead after the Labour Court decided not to intervene in the dispute.

Two further days of strike action are being planned by around 500 ambulance personnel.

Nursing unions and the HSE are to attend "informal" talks at the Labour Court within the next hour.

The strike by nurses and midwives is on course to go ahead after talks trying to avert the industrial action ended without resolution today.

Talks resume at the Workplace Relations Commission later, aimed at averting next week's strike by nurses.

Representatives from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation are to meet with the HSE this afternoon.

The nursing dispute may escalate to other parts of the public sector, the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned.

The INMO will announce details later of the first of a series of 24-hour strikes by members.

Tesco staff in Sligo and Carrick-on-Shannon are striking this weekend in a row over pay and conditions.

The Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has said he will not be giving in to nurses' pay claims.

Sinn Féin have said the health system will not be able to cope if nurses go on strike.

A one-day strike planned for today by the Psychiatric Nurses Association's ambulance personnel has been deferred.