ESB unions cancel strike for talks on share deal

A MAJOR restructuring of the ESB could be on the cards as the company prepares to enter talks on handing over an increased share of the State asset to its 8,000 employees.

A planned strike was called off yesterday after senior union officials accepted the talks as part of a package of proposals aimed at resolving a dispute which had threatened the country with blackouts from Monday.

A full meeting of the ESB Group of Unions, which includes the ESB Officers Association, SIPTU, ATGWU, the TEEU and Amicus, will be convened on Monday to formally accept the proposals.