Lecture cancellations and library closures could be possible next week as an industrial dispute at one of University College Cork’s and the country’s most prestigious research centres hits the main campus.

Siptu will mount pickets at the Tyndall National Institute in Cork this morning over what it describes as a disparity of up to 20% in pay between its members and staff at University College Cork.

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The Labour Court has rejected a claim by researchers at one of Europe’s largest research centres for information technology for pay parity with their colleagues at University College Cork.

Industrial action due to take place at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) on Wednesday (21st March) has been deferred following the reinstatement of six SIPTU members to the institute’s catering staff.

A strike which was due to take place at Cork Institute of Technology today has been deferred following the reinstatement of six catering staff.

IT is hugely disappointing to hear people belittle Ireland’s potential to win the Triple Crown for the fifth time in seven years at Croke Park on Saturday.

Rocky Elsom has been named the Bank of Ireland Leinster Player of the Year.

THE world of Irish rugby put aside thoughts of next Saturday’s Munster-Leinster match yesterday as it celebrated the life of the late Irish and Lions captain, Karl Mullen, who died last Sunday aged 82.

IRELAND rugby stars, Marcus Horan, Jerry Flannery and Keith Earls got a huge welcome yesterday when they went back to their old Limerick college, St Munchin’s where they honed their rugby skills.

STAFF at the country’s largest local authority office face the prospect of foraging for their own food today, as their caterers are due to go on strike.

A UNION criticised the managers of Cork Opera House last night after job cuts were announced just weeks after a staff pay rise was agreed.

Workers at the Smurfit Kappa firm in Cork are staging a one-day strike today in protest at the company's sick-pay scheme.

LAST-MINUTE talks to avert a strike at a box-making factory in Cork have broken down, with SIPTU announcing a series of 24-hour stoppages to begin next Monday.

THE opening night of Cork’s biggest Christmas pantomime was in doubt again last night after last-ditch pay talks between Opera House staff and management collapsed.

SIPTU agreed to suspend its ban on overtime working in return for the withdrawal of protective notices at the Arcan zinc mine in Kilkenny.

ONE of the country’s most popular tourist attractions will be closed to the public if a series of planned one-day strikes begins next week.

NURSES at the accident and emergency department in Drogheda meet today to consider the threat of all out strike.

AMBULANCE workers in Kilkenny abandoned their fleets yesterday morning (responding to 999 calls only) in protest over changes in their working terms which they say were enforced by their health board.

The Irish Under 19 rugby squad will depart for Italy on St Patrick's Day to compete in the FIRA World Cup.