SIPTU members at Vita Cortex have voted unanimously to accept proposals aimed at bringing their 139 day dispute with the company over redundancy payments to an end.

Workers at the Vita Cortex plant in Cork have pledged to escalate their protest.

Vita Cortex management has today stated that it does not accept the solution suggested by mediators.

Protesting workers at the Vita Cortex plant in Cork have voted to accept a series of recommendations from the Labour Relations Commision (LRC) aimed at ending the dispute.

Attempts to mediate a dispute in the redundancy row at the Vita Cortex plant in Cork have failed, it was announced this afternoon.

There was fresh hope today that the long-running Vita Cortex dispute could finally be brought to an end.

Workers protesting at the former Vita Cortex factory in Cork today said they had locked the gates of the site in what amounted to an escalation of the dispute.

A sit-in being staged by former Vita Cortex workers in Cork has entered its 100th day.

Trade union SIPTU says its been informed by the Labour Relations Commission that there is, as yet, no basis for direct talks on the Vita Cortex dispute.

Talks have taken place at the Labour Relations Commission in Dublin as part of efforts to end the Vita Cortex dispute.

A new round of talks aimed at resolving the row at Vita Cortex in Cork begins today.

Vita Cortex has today expressed its disappointment after SIPTU rejected its latest offer on redundancy pay.

Workers staging a sit-in at the Vita Cortex plant in County Cork received another boost when they were visited by soccer star Paul McGrath this evening.

Former Republic of Ireland soccer star Paul McGrath is due to visit the workers of the Vita Cortex plant in Cork today - to pledge his support.

Vita Cortex workers are protesting outside employers' group IBEC in Cork today.

Thirty-two workers on sit-in at the closed Vita Cortex factory in Cork have earned a massive morale boost after Alex Ferguson joined a growing line of supporters.

Vita Cortex workers, who have been staging a sit-in at the plant for almost two months, received a surprise phone call yesterday from Alex Ferguson.

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions is calling on the public to take part in a march in Cork city later in support of the Vita Cortex workers.

Former staff of the Vita Cortex foam packaging company in Cork have spent their 50th night occupying the factory in a row over redundancy payments.

Workers at the Vita Cortex plants in Cork have announced they will get their statutory redundancy payments from the Department of Social Protection next week.

Vita Cortex workers have taken their protest to the home of one of the company’s owners in Douglas, Cork.

Union representatives and management at Vita Cortex will resume talks at the Labour Relations Commission in Cork today.

Vita Cortex workers are calling on their former employer to "do the right thing" at today's Labour Relation Commission talks in Cork.

Family and friends of the former Vita Cortex workers in Cork will hold a solidarity march in Cork this afternoon.

A Dáil protest in support of workers at Vita Cortex is planned for later today.

The owners of the Vita Cortex plant in Cork are warning that the ongoing row over redundancy payments to former staff could result in further job cuts.