Government plans to finally back the partial sell-off of Aer Lingus today is the wrong decision for the country, the State’s biggest union said.

Workers at Shannon Airport have voted by a 90% majority in favour of industrial action over planned redundancies.

A second meeting between union officials and management at Aer Lingus ended today without a solution to the row over restructuring plans.

Workers at Aer Lingus voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action today over management plans to slash the workforce by more than a quarter.

MANAGEMENT at Aer Lingus will brace themselves for the threat of strike action later today when the results of a ballot of members of trade union SIPTU are announced.

AER LINGUS management was given the all-clear by the Government yesterday to cut jobs and costs, as the board of the State airline approved a plan to lay off 1,300 workers.

Aer Lingus bosses agreed tonight to a three year plan which could cut 1,300 jobs.

AER Lingus is in play. Whether the Government likes it or not the ‘for sale’ sign has been firmly hoisted.

Unions representing workers at Aer Rianta have announced plans to mount industrial action to protest Government plans to break the company into three competing entities.