THE State may have to financially help public servants to do night courses which have no relevance to their work, following a ruling involving an employee of Limerick County Council.

SIPTU has warned of a series of further one-day stoppages at National Car Test (NCT) centres unless a dispute about recent dismissals and the use of hidden cameras is resolved.

SIPTU has welcomed the intervention of the Labour Court in the dispute at Tara Mines in Co Meath.