Bord Gáis is checking out of several of its office spaces on Cork city’s Lapps Quay — just as Cork City Council prepares a €2m quay upgrade, to include the €800,000 purchase of the old Cork Savings Bank at 1 Lapps Quay.

The Government has surely pinned its hopes on resurrecting Croke Park II on the efforts of Labour Relations Commission boss, Kieran Mulvey.

More than 100,000 bus passengers face travel disruption today as Bus Éireann drivers begin a second day of strike action that brought at least 95% of services to a standstill yesterday.

For a Government that employs more than its fair share of highly paid spin doctors to manipulate public opinion, the Fine Gael-Labour coalition has a deplorable track record of getting things wrong.

Dublin Fire Brigade is owed more than €200,000 in unpaid call-out fees after less than one-third of those liable for the charge had paid up.

The Finance Union, IBOA, have said the announcement by Ulster Bank that it is to seek a further 250 redundancies among the staff of the group is profoundly disappointing - given that a rationalisation programme involving 750 job losses has yet to be completed.

FAR from being the preserve of the politically correct, the acting profession is afflicted by “deeply ingrained discrimination”, particularly affecting older women and those from ethnic backgrounds.

Unions at Dublin Bus tonight accepted proposals to bring an end to a dispute with the company which has caused travel chaos to thousands of commuters.

Workers at Dublin Bus will today consider a Labour Court proposal to resolve a dispute with management which has caused travel chaos to thousands of commuters.

YOU report a Cork city councillor as saying (August 11) that Aer Lingus’s new 2008 Cork-Heathrow schedule is good for investors.

WHILE agreeing with the sentiments expressed in your editorial on gender and pay (July 19), there are a number of points that need to be made.

Trade unionists are calling on local authorities to ensure all the private companies they hire pay a minimum wage of €10-an-hour.

The family of a worker who was crushed to death by a truck today called for health and safety legislation to be fully enforced.

Ryanair has hit out at SIPTU for objecting to Ryanair's planned deal at Shannon Airport.

Trade unionists preparing a series of strikes are embarrassing the country, not just the Government, it was claimed today.