A two-hour work stoppage at Aer Lingus will go ahead next Monday, the SIPTU union has confirmed.

Today's emergency meeting of SIPTU's Aer Lingus' pension committee has concluded this evening as the threat of strike action still looms.

Aer Lingus passengers are facing disruption next month after talks between SIPTU and management at the airline broke down last night.

SIPTU said this evening that industrial action is now inevitable after talks with Aer Lingus regarding its pension scheme collapsed.

It is now "more than likely" that Aer Lingus workers will engage in indistrial action, a SIPTU organiser has warned today.

Aer Lingus has criticised SIPTU for releasing what it says are "wildly inaccurate" details about the process of resolving funding issues in its employee pension scheme.

The Dublin Airport Authority's High Court case to stop work stoppages at the country's main airports by SIPTU members has been put on hold due to talks between the parties.

Talks at the Labour Relations Commission over pay increments due to workers at the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) have been adjourned until Friday.

The Government was tonight accused of sitting idly by as two flagship employers in the aviation industry announced job cuts.

Workers at aviation ground handling company Aviance are to vote for a rescue package aimed at saving 150 jobs, it was announced last night.

As many as 1,500 jobs could be lost in north county Dublin, amid fears that Aer Lingus is about to end its maintenance contract with SR-Technics.

SIPTU workers this afternoon decided to carry out a series of stoppages at Dublin Airport in just under two weeks time.

Security staff at Dublin Airport are considering all-out strike action as part of a dispute over the hiring of part-time workers.

TRANSPORT Minister Martin Cullen distanced himself yesterday from the surprise resignation of an airport worker-director over a deal with Ryanair.

A SIPTU representative on the newly-established Dublin Airport Authority has reportedly resigned in protest at a recent deal reached between Ryanair and the independent Shannon Airport Authority.

INTENSE negotiations on a new national pay deal started yesterday, with transport unions on course for a head-on collision with the Government over the break up of Aer Rianta and CIÉ.

Twenty-two TDs from six Dublin/Meath constituencies will face airport workers at a meeting on Thursday to present their views on Minister Seamus Brennan's proposals to break up Aer Rianta.