End to three-week Irish Ferries dispute in sight

A RESOLUTION to the three-week impasse at Irish Ferries appeared closer last night as both sides began to make progress in Labour Relations Commission (LRC) talks.

If agreement is reached, the Ulysses and the Isle of Inishmore - stranded in Wales for nearly three weeks - could sail home as early as this morning.

With a threat of reduced redundancy payments hanging over staff yesterday, sources indicated last night that minimum wage rates for incoming agency workers on Irish Ferries’s ships were close to being agreed.