Workers at Brinks Allied are beginning a strike this morning as part of a month-long dispute over the introduction of new security vans and procedures.

Bank customers are being reassured that disruption to ATM services will be kept to a minimum next week.

Hundreds of ATM machines in Dublin and along the east coast are now likely to be empty for the forseeable future as the Brinks Allied escalates further during the next 48 hours.

The dispute at Brinks Allied which has left scores of ATM machines in the east of the country empty is set to continue as Brinks tonight refused to accept Labour Court recommendations.

Brinks Allied has said it will respond to the Labour Court recommendation tonight.

Trade Union SIPTU has accepted the Labour Court recommendation to resolve the dispute at Brinks Allied.

A decision is due from workers at Brinks Allied today on whether they will accept Labour Court recommendations or go ahead with a planned strike on Monday.

Trade Union SIPTU has said that it is hopeful of some settlement being reached in the Brinks Allied dispute in Labour Court recommendations to be issued later today.

Planned strike action by workers at security firm Brinks Allied was put off today after days of negotiations, union chiefs said.

Strike action planned for tomorrow at Brinks Allied may yet be postponed.

As a special hearing at the Labour Court began today with Brinks Allied management, union officials expressed hopes that the ongoing dispute could be resolved.

Staff and management at security firm Brinks Allied agreed today to attend a special sitting of the Labour Court to end a dispute over new working rules.

Talks are underway at the LRC in an effort to resolve the Brinks Allied dispute but significant differences remain, according to SIPTU.

SIPTU has vowed to call off next week’s planned strike action at Brinks Allied if the company’s staff are allowed to work under normal terms and conditions.

Talks aimed at resolving the ongoing dispute at the Brinks Allied security firm are due to get underway at the Labour Relations Commission today.

SIPTU is expected to serve seven days’ strike notice on the Brinks Allied security firm as part of a dispute over the introduction of new vans and procedures.

The security van dispute which has led to cash shortages at ATMs across the east coast could be brought before the Labour Relations Commission again, it emerged tonight.

Workers at cash-in-transit security firm Brinks Allied voted unanimously in favour today of all-out strike action.

Workers at the Brinks Allied security firm have voted in favour of all-out strike action as part of the ongoing dispute over the introduction of new vans and procedures.

Workers at the Brinks Allied security firm are due to begin a strike ballot today as part of their dispute over the introduction of new vans and procedures.

Staff at cash-in-transit security firms face a vicious circle of fear and stress over death threats and armed attacks, union chiefs claimed today.

SIPTU representatives from a number of Irish firms involved in the transportation of cash are meeting in Dublin today to discuss concerns about the safety of workers.

Workers at Brinks Allied are to be balloted for strike action following the collapse of talks aimed at resolving a dispute over new security vans and procedures.

Money dispensers across the east coast are in danger of running empty after talks to solve the security dispute at the cash-in-transit company Brinks Allied failed, it emerged tonight.

€4m was stolen in armed raids across Ireland in the first six months of the year, union chiefs claimed today.

SIPTU and Brinks Allied are due to resume talks at the Labour Relations Commission today in an effort to resolve the dispute affecting ATMs in the east of the country.

A union warned today that if a staff dispute at cash-in-transit firm Brinks Allied escalates it could have huge ramifications for the industry nationwide.

Both sides are expected to return to the Labour Relations Commission early next week in an effort to solve the dispute at Brinks Allied, which has seen some ATM machines run out of cash in recent days.

Staff at cash-in-transit security firm Brinks Allied are being “locked out” of work, union chiefs claimed tonight.

SIPTU officials are meeting with Brinks Allied management this afternoon in an effort to resolve an ongoing dispute over the introduction of new security vans and procedures.

Bank of Ireland has said 85% of its ATM network is still fully operational, despite the on-going dispute at Brinks Allied.

Management at the Brinks Allied security firm have rejected an invitation to Labour Court talks aimed at resolving the dispute over the introduction of new security procedures.

Bank branches in Dublin and along the east coast could begin running out of cash by the weekend unless the dispute at the Brinks Allied security firm is resolved.