Talks are due to take place today in a bid to avert industrial action by Cork city’s firefighters later this month.

The Workplace Relations Commission recovered €1.8m in unpaid wages for workers last year — an 8% increase on a year earlier.

Siptu will today count the ballot of its members in Aer Lingus to establish whether they, like their colleagues in the Dublin Airport Authority, are prepared to strike over the €800m hole in their pension scheme.

In the absence of an adequate resolution body, disputes loom large, says Stephen Rogers.

Union members marching in protest over statutory redundancies heard speakers criticise the employers' body IBEC.

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of towns and cities across Ireland today to support a national day of protest over statutory redundancies.

Thousands of Union members are involved in a day of protest in towns and cities across the country at the level of statutory redundancy payments.

The Government has criticised workers and trade unions for embarking on a day of protest today over the low level of statutory redundancy payments in Ireland.

Bus, rail and air travel disruption is expected later today when workers throughout Ireland down tools for a national day of protest over the low level of statutory redundancy payments.