Bank of Ireland's computer support staff are believed to have rejected a proposal aimed at averting their plan to go on strike over the "outsourcing" of their jobs to US multinational Hewlett-Packard.

Bank of Ireland's computer support staff have deferred their planned one-day strike after receiving compromise proposals from the bank's management.

Bank of Ireland is due to resume talks with its computer support workers today in an effort to avert tomorrow's planned one-day stoppage.

Workers at Bank of Ireland ITSIS have announced plans to go on strike over the "out-sourcing" of their work to Hewlett Packard.

KEY Bank of Ireland staff will strike if any attempt is made to transfer their employment without agreement, their union warned yesterday.

Staff at Bank of Ireland's information technology arm have served two weeks' strike notice on the bank after voting in favour of industrial action.

KEY staff essential to the operation of Bank of Ireland’s information technology operations are expected to vote for strike action over plans to outsource the maintenance of the bank’s computer systems.

FRUSTRATED information technology (IT) workers want Bank of Ireland to tell them the 600 Irish-based jobs will not be outsourced to India.