Parents and pupils at a school closed for two weeks because of a strike by teachers called today for the North’s Education Minister to step in.

A pupil at the centre of a teachers’ strike which has forced the closure of a school is to face a criminal prosecution, it was disclosed today.

Talks to end a school strike triggered after a pupil allegedly assaulted a teacher adjourned today without settlement.

Talks to resolve a strike at a school in the North, triggered after a pupil allegedly assaulted a member of staff, broke up without agreement tonight.

An end to a teaching strike which has left hundreds of Northern Ireland school pupils out of class may be in sight, the Stormont education committee claimed today.

The decision to suspend striking teachers’ pay in Northern Ireland will be reviewed if they agree to seek mediation, the education minister said today.

Teachers expected to join industrial action at a secondary school in the North called today for independent mediators to become involved.

Striking classroom assistants in the North have suspended their action in a bid to broker a settlement, it was announced this evening.

The threat of strike action at Ulster Carpets in Portadown was lifted today after management and unions agreed a new three-year pay deal.

Hundreds of Aer Lingus workers are balloting on industrial action this weekend in a dispute over pay and conditions.

Deliveries of home heating oil could be disrupted before Christmas because of strike action by drivers at the North’s largest supplier.

The system for solving industrial disputes must be overhauled to bring it into line with EU practices, trade unions warned today.

A leading estate agency in the North, which employed just one Catholic, showed contempt for fair employment laws, a tribunal has found.

A teachers' strike at a Northern Ireland school is piling new torment on the girl at the centre of a bitter assault row, a children’s watchdog warned tonight.

Belfast aerospace company Shorts today appealed to striking employees to return to work.

Around 4,000 workers at Belfast aerospace company Shorts remained on strike for a second day today after six hours of informal talks between management and unions failed to find a way out of the dispute.

Thousands of workers at Belfast aerospace company Shorts began an all-out strike today.

Workers at troubled Belfast aerospace company Bombardier Shorts are threatening to begin industrial action at the weekend, it was revealed today.