Both sides in the Aer Lingus cabin crew roster row are due back at the Labour Relations Commission at 12.30pm this afternoon.

Cabin crew at Aer Lingus will protest next week against management plans for increased working hours.

The result of a ballot for industrial action by Aer Lingus cabin crew is expected today.

THE dispute between the HSE and its employees which threatened to escalate into staff suspensions and service cuts has ended after the union accepted a Labour Court recommendation.

HSE chief executive Brendan Drumm has written to all 100,000 of its employees warning of “direct” action against staff whose industrial action is crippling its financial and service administration.

HEALTH worker members of IMPACT trade union will this morning stop answering phone calls from members of the public as part of the escalation of their campaign against budget pay cuts imposed on the public sector.

IN fraught exchanges at an Oireachtas Committee, Aer Lingus management has been told the company would lose goodwill among staff and the public if it pressed ahead with its restructuring plan.

THE Labour Party has said it will seek a reduction in the number of full-time politicians in a soon-to-be published policy document.

THE Finance Minister’s decision to impose a 1% levy on workers could sound the deathknell for the new national wage agreement.

Aer Lingus is reportedly offering its staff a €250m "sweetener" to coincide with the planned privatisation of the State airline.

THE Labour Court is to seek advice from the European Court of Justice about issues raised in the State’s appeal against a finding that it had breached the rights of civil servants.

TRANSPORT Minister Seamus Brennan yesterday dismissed concerns about the break-up of Aer Rianta following the leaking of more details of a damning report into the future of the company.

Behind-the-scenes efforts are underway today in an effort to avert a one-strike by Aer Lingus pilots planned for February 11th.