One of the country’s largest public sector unions has warned that the complete repeal of the legislation which cut the pay and pensions of State employees during the recession would see high earners gain substantially more than their lower-paid colleagues.

One of the country’s largest public service unions has said talks on pay restoration for public servants will have to form part of a wider drive for pay recovery for all workers.

TREASURES OF THE MED CRUISE

One of the country’s largest public sector unions has rejected suggestions that transferring local authority staff to Irish Water or making them redundant would have had zero cost and also questioned the ESRI’s assertion that 1,700 staff could run the country’s water services.

Passengers face disruption on regional flights out of Ireland next week as pilots at Aer Arann plan to strike over pay.

Trade unions warned today that there will be industrial action if the Government imposes further public-sector pay cuts.

The IMPACT union have accused Aer Lingus of changing the duties of their cabin crew on the morning of their working day.

ENVIRONMENT Minister John Gormley has been criticised for “extreme irresponsibility” after suggesting “a type of civil war” existed between workers in the public and private sectors.

THE weekly pay of public sector workers rose by €30 in the space of a year, show figures released by the Central Statistics Office.

The voluntary redundancy package on offer from Aer Lingus has been over subscribed.

THE pro-smoking ban health and trade union lobby, representing at least 1.1 million people in Ireland, wish to express our deepest disappointment and frustration at the decision of the Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI) and the Irish Hospitality Industry Alliance (IHIA) to continue to oppose and obstruct this vital public health initiative.

FINE GAEL’S controversial call to abandon the €1.2 billion benchmarking process may result in a major backlash against the party.

AER LINGUS passengers face delays and disruption from today as cabin crew begin an indefinite work-to-rule.