Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said building sites can continue to operate in Ireland despite calls for them to be shut to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

Unite trade union demands that all work should stop.

Construction firms have expressed support for a new pay agreement for mechanical craftworkers and apprentices but have voiced strong opposition to introducing travel allowances as part of any new deal.

Aircraft manufacturer Bombardier’s Northern Ireland operations have been sold to US firm Spirit AeroSystems.

A planned strike by engineers at Aughinish Alumina refinery due to take place later this week has been suspended, and the dispute referred to the Labour Court.

Former Thomas Cook workers have staged noisy protests outside the UK Business Department amid claims they were "abandoned" by the British Government.

Thomas Cook staff left in limbo are preparing to go without their wages tomorrow – which should have been their payday – following the collapse of the travel giant.

A union has described talk of a confirmed buyer for British Steel as “pure speculation”.

A planned strike by thousands of workers at Heathrow Airport has been suspended while they vote on the latest pay offer.

There was a time when people cast spells. They didn’t necessarily work, but people cast them.

The announcement that 148 workers would be laid off was made on July 11 and since then, union representatives and Bord Na Móna have been in talks over the staff losses.

Heathrow Airport could be "shut down" this summer due to a series of strikes over a pay dispute, union Unite said.

Kerry Foods is planning to close its factory in the UK town of Burton-on-Trent - a move that will lead to 900 job losses.

Aviva Ireland says it is too early to know whether or not it will be affected by the British insurance group's plans to cut 1,800 jobs in its global operations.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) maintains that the recognition of other trade unions except Siptu, which represents frontline staff, would undermine work relations.

Trade union Unite, which represents workers in the hairdressing sector, welcomed the decision.

The owner of Cadbury is looking to lay off 70 staff at its Dublin production plant.

Energy firm SSE said it would cut jobs in its customer service and metering teams in Britain as the company faces a perfect storm of stiff competition, higher costs and a cap on how much it can charge.

Uncertainty again faces 3,600 jobs at Bombardier in Belfast after the Canadian planemaker said it had put up for sale facilities across the city.

Bombardier is to sell its aerostructures business in Belfast, the company has announced.

Further ambulance strikes are likely if the HSE continues to refuse to recognise the right of more than 500 personnel to be represented by the union of their choice, the Psychiatric Nurses Association has warned.

More than 500 ambulance service personnel belonging to the Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) will be on strike again today as the dispute over trade union representation rights intensifies.

Brexit played an "inevitable role" in the reported decision by Nissan to abandon plans to build its X-Trail model at its Sunderland plant, an MP has said.

Benjamin Katz British Airways is refusing to offer pilots and other staff a new three-year salary package, citing an uncertain post-Brexit outlook in proposing a 12-month agreement instead.

In Dublin teachers at the English language school Grafton College have occupied the building.

Almost 500 jobs are to be lost at Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier in Northern Ireland.

Commercial archaeologists investigating a historical site in Dublin downed their trowels in a bid to force their employer to talk to them.

Staff at Irish Life are to stage a 24-hour stoppage on April 12 over the company’s plans to close off the defined benefit pension scheme to future accrual from June 30.

Electricity customers in Northern Ireland will save £50m (€57m) a year as part of a shake-up threatening almost 300 jobs.