The Association of Electrical Contractors is meeting today to discuss whether or not to accept recommendations on pay increases for workers.

One of the main groups representing electrical contractors in Ireland has accepted the Labour Court's recommendations for resolving the electricians' pay dispute.

Two groups representing electrical contractors are due to meet this morning to discuss the Labour Court's recommendations on electricians' pay.

One of the groups representing electrical contractors in Ireland is due to meet later today to consider its response to the Labour Court's recommendation on electricians' pay.

Thousands of electricians are to return to work across the country this morning following the suspension of their strike action.

Fine Gael Enterprise, Trade & Employment spokesperson Leo Varadkar has today cautioned that the electricians' dispute is not over.

Electricians are to return to work tomorrow.

The Labour Court has recommended a 4.9% pay hike for electricians, union chiefs said last night.

The Labour Court has presented its recommendations to both parties in the electricians’ dispute.

The electricians’ strike is taking its toll on the already fragile economy, Brian Cowen warned today.

Full talks are to resume at the Labour Relations Commission to bring an end to the electricians’ dispute.

Talks to resolve the four-day-old electricians' strike are set to resume at the Labour Relations Commission later today after adjourning in the early hours of the morning.

A pharmaceutical firm that makes life saving medicines used to treat cancer and hepatitis has secured an injunction prohibiting picketing of its Co Cork-based manufacturing site.

It was looking increasingly unlikely this evening that a deal between electricians and employers could be found.

Talks aimed at resolving the electricians' dispute are due to resume at the Labour Relations Commission today after they were adjourned in the early hours of this morning.

The two sides in the electricians' dispute remained locked in face-to-face talks at the Labour Relations Commission this afternoon, with a resolution still apparently a long way off.

Striking electricians vowed to keep up their all-out stoppage today as union leaders re-enter talks with employers regarding a pay row.

Striking electricians tonight vowed to keep up their damaging all-out stoppage as union leaders agreed to re-enter talks with employers over a bitter pay row.

Employers' organisations say the nationwide strike by more than 10,000 electricians is putting thousands of jobs at risk.

More than 10,000 electricians are beginning a second day of strike action today as part of a bitter pay dispute with employers.

The Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) today applied to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions for an all-out picket, escalating the dispute between electricians and their employers which has seen electricians down tools countrywide.

Union chiefs were today pushing for an all-out strike on construction sites after up to 11,000 electricians downed tools in a row over pay.

The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise has called on both sides in the electricians' dispute to resolve their differences.

Some of the country’s largest construction projects are expected to face serious disruption today as almost 11,000 electricians down tools in a row over pay.

The country's largest trade union SIPTU is pledging its support for a nationwide strike by electricians tomorrow.

The country is facing widespread disruption tomorrow as more than 10,000 electricians vow to go on strike.

Around 10,000 electricians look set to strike after talks between electrical contractors and the TEEU at the Labour Relations Commission failed to reach agreement.

More than 10,000 electricians across the country look set to proceed with strike action from next Monday as part of a pay dispute with their employers.