TALKS aimed at preventing further industrial action get under way today between Waterford City Council and some of its maintenance staff.

BOTH sides in a dispute which sparked a refuse strike in Waterford have agreed to involve the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) in talks.

PILOTS who guide ships in and out of Waterford port and bring crews ashore have threatened to disrupt the city’s Tall Ships Race in July if the port authority proceeds with plans to reassign their contract.

MUNICIPAL service staff in Waterford who walked off the job last week are to sit down with city authority officials within three weeks in a last-ditch effort to avoid a waste crisis.