CityJet has said it envisages no disruption to services in spite of a decision by a “minority” of its pilots to hold a series of 24-hour strikes starting next Thursday.

Unions have agreed to attend talks at the Workplace Relations Commission for exploratory talks on the Dublin Bus pay dispute.

Update 4.45pm: Siptu have said their members in Dublin Bus have been united in their support of strike action and also said they have been "humbled" by the support from the public.

Unions and management at Iarnród Éireann have denied industrial action is in the offing at the transport company, in the wake of claims by Transport Minister Leo Varadkar there could be strikes “within the next one to two months”.

Some of the 410 people employed by Lufthansa Technik Airmotive Ireland (LTAI) described news that the company is considering closure as a pre-Christmas “kick in the teeth”.

SIGNS of a potential breakthrough in a dispute between unions and a Dublin-based aircraft maintenance company have emerged following the intervention of the Labour Relations Commission (LRC).

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