A new appeal system for children refused school enrolment is still planned, but Education Minister Ruairi Quinn is to consider concerns raised about his idea to restrict it within schools.

IMPACT said it is hopeful it can reach a solution with Aer Lingus in the dispute over plans to close its cabin crew base at Shannon Airport.

President Michael D Higgins will lead the centenary commemoration of the 1913 Lockout later today.

Up to 80,000 people are expected to line Dublin’s main thoroughfare to mark the 100th anniversary of Ireland’s greatest industrial dispute.

Hundreds of thousands of commuters face major travel disruption this morning as the Dublin bus strike continues into its third day.

Police in the North have come under attack for the second consecutive night as violence flared following Orange Order parades in Belfast.

HUNDREDS of schools will be told about cuts to special needs assistants (SNAs) on Friday, but they will not be able to appeal for at least four months.

SOARING demand for training has left at least two people turned down for every successful applicant to restricted places on further education courses.

Electricians working at one of Dublin's largest and busiest hospitals are to stage an eight-hour work stoppage as their dispute with hospital management continues.

Unions are not ruling out further disruption at the passport office despite chaotic scenes in Dublin last week.

British Airways cabin crew have voted in favour of strikes in a bitter row over jobs and working conditions, raising the renewed threat of action which could cripple flights in the run-up to Easter, it was announced today.

British Airways has suspended 15 cabin crew while it investigates claims of intimidation against employees volunteering to work in the event of a strike.

British Airways was on a fresh collision course with cabin crew tonight as it faced the threat of a strike which could hit flights in the busy run-up to Easter.

Trade union Mandate today called on members of the public not to verbally and physically abuse Permanent TSB staff following the mortgage lenders' interest rate hike.

Over 200 Irish retail jobs were lost today after a liquidator was appointed to the Irish subsidiary of fashion chain Principles.

Superquinn bosses are not doing enough to reassure their workers that their jobs are safe, a leading trade union has claimed today.

The national council of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association is to recommend that its members accept the latest proposals on a new contract with the HSE.

The global search for 2,000 extra hospital consultants can begin now that an agreement has been reached on new contracts, Health Minister Mary Harney said today.

MIGRANT workers from non-English-speaking countries earn up to 31% less than Irish-born workers.

THE standards and reputation of further education awards could be at risk from proposed changes to assessment methods, teachers have warned.

Government policy is standing in the way of people having time to be parents, it was claimed today.

All workers need paid parental leave to achieve a good work-life balance, it was claimed yesterday.

British Nuclear Fuels today confired controversial plans to sell a US-based subsidiary in a move likely to raise around £1bn (€1.5bn) for the UK taxpayer.

THE country’s 13,000 civil servants have threatened to take industrial action amid concerns about dangers posed by mobile phone masts on the roofs of buildings in which they work.

The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has expressed dismay at the Government's spending plans for 2004.

CIÉ bosses were counting the cost of yesterday’s no-fares-day action by unions.

Engineers and electricians have overwhelmingly rejected the proposed new national pay deal.

Ten of thousands of people across Northern Ireland are set to stop work in protest at terrorism.