Striking classroom assistants in the North have suspended their action in a bid to broker a settlement, it was announced this evening.

The North's Children's Commissioner today called on all sides involved in the classroom assistants' strike to put children first and quickly resolve the dispute.

The British government was warned today it faced widespread industrial action by public servants in Northern Ireland in resistence to reform initiatives.

Civil servants are staging a protest in Belfast today to highlight what they claim is the scandal of low pay in the Northern Ireland Civil Service.

More than 20,000 Northern Ireland civil servants were today urged to vote for an all-out strike over pay.

A strike by up to 2,000 Water Service workers today could cause disruption to water supplies and a risk of environmental pollution in the North, the British government has warned.

Civil servants in Northern Ireland have taken a “take it or leave it” pay offer from the British government in defiance of their union leaders who wanted an all-out strike, it was announced today.

The civil service union NIPSA tonight suspended strike action in nine MOT Centres across the North closed since May.

Striking civil servants were preparing to step up industrial action in the North today.

Northern Ireland Minister Barry Gardiner today called on the Civil Service union to ballot its members on its latest pay offer.

Striking civil servants in Northern Ireland will continue their bitter pay dispute with the British government after turning down a fresh pay offer, their union said today.

The British government today offered striking civil servants in Northern Ireland a fresh pay deal in a bid to end their bitter 34-week dispute.

Industrial action by civil servants in Northern Ireland is to continue after intervention today by the North's Secretary of State Paul Murphy failed to resolve the long running dispute.

Union chiefs tonight vowed to fight any move by Gordon Brown to axe a quarter of administrative jobs in Northern Ireland’s civil service.

Union chiefs have warned against expectations of an early settlement to civil service strike action in Northern Ireland.

Striking civil servants will attempt to hit the payment of grants and subsidies to Northern Ireland’s thousands of farmers when they extend industrial action next week, it was announced today.

Striking civil servants will attempt to hit the payment of grants and subsidies to Northern Ireland’s thousands of farmers when they extend industrial action next week, it was announced today.

More than 60 staff from the Child Support Agency in Belfast were going on strike today as part of demands by civil servants for more pay.

A pay dispute which has plunged Northern Ireland’s civil service into disarray intensified tonight after Jobcentre staff were suspended without pay.

Industrial and employment tribunals are being postponed today as thousands of Northern Ireland civil servants intensify industrial action.

Up to 20,000 civil servants in Northern Ireland are set to strike today.

Thousands of civil servants in Northern Ireland are to go on strike next month, it was announced tonight.

Peter Hanna toured the neat little Co Tyrone course at Fintona in five-under-par 67 to win the club’s annual pro-am tournament with three shots to spare over the chasing pack.