EIRCOM deputy chairman Con Scanlon’s resignation as general secretary of the Communications Workers’ Union is being linked to a controversy over his dual role.

Con Scanlon is to resign from his position as general secretary of the Communications Workers' Union, but has told the Irish Independent that he was not pressurised into leaving the post and that it was entirely his own decision.

THOSE who bought into the Eircom flotation should be hopping mad.

VALENTIA Telecommunications, the owner of Eircom, has confirmed it will float the company on the Dublin and London stock markets next month, raising hundreds of millions in fresh capital.

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TAX rates for business and wealthy people should be increased to pay for better public services and infrastructure, the leader of the country’s biggest public sector union urged yesterday.

POSTAL workers will aim to deliver mail to those living in rural areas despite today’s closure of all sorting facilities at 540 sub-post offices run by the Irish Postmasters Union (IPU).