AER LINGUS cabin crew will complete a ballot on industrial action by August 9, with disruption in airline services a possibility later that month.

The country's largest trade union Siptu has backed the Croke Park agreement.

The IMPACT union and the HSE will meet at the Labour Court this morning for talks on a row over cuts in the health service.

Talks are set to take place between HSE management and the IMPACT union this morning.

The IMPACT trade union has today called on the Labour Relations Commission to intervene in the dispute between Aer Lingus and its cabin crew.

The Impact union has said its members will provide essential emergency cover as its work-to-rule extends to the HSE in the west of the country.

HUNDREDS of children will lose the support of special needs assistants (SNAs) on February 1 even though two-thirds of schools have yet to have their allocation of these staff assessed under a delayed review.

IMPACT boss Peter McLoone says there are no trade off negotiations taking place with the Government.

LABOUR leader Eamon Gilmore has called for the resignation of the entire board of Fás and criticised the trade union members who sit on the board.

THE HSE last night agreed to a four-week moratorium on job losses among its temporary staff while talks between union officials and health managers continue.

Air traffic controllers could be brought in from other countries to help Ireland's overworked staff, the IMPACT union said today.

THE incineration of the vital research documentation behind Ireland’s lucrative benchmarking pay deal for public sector workers must rank as one of the great wage negotiation scandals of all time.

EAMON Coughlan and Keith Wood are amongst the high profile board members of the new Irish Institute of Sport under the executive chairmanship of Sean Kelly.

THOUSANDS of special needs assistants working with disabled children in schools fear they may lose their jobs as a result of a Government review.

SIPTU has indicated that it will serve industrial action notice on airport operator Aer Rianta tomorrow morning.

MAJOR disruption in the country’s vocational schools has been averted by the deferral of a strike threatened by administration staff next week.

The Western Health board's plan to axe 200 jobs in a cost-cutting exercise was under fire today from the Government as well as opposition politicians and trade unions.