WHATEVER the rights and wrongs of the case involving the jailing of three Dublin building workers, it has inevitably focused the spotlight on mounting concerns about the competing rights of employers and employees in the Irish workplace.

SIPTU has said it will not enter into talks on a new national partnership deal until the issues around job displacement and exploitation are addressed.

The EU Commission is to intervene in the Gama controversy.

TÁNAISTE Mary Harney does not come well out of the controversy surrounding the scandalous underpayment of Turkish workers in Ireland.