Irish Ferries threaten to reduce redundancy offer

IRISH FERRIES has threatened to reduce its proposed redundancy offer by one-quarter if strike-hit services to Britain are not resumed today.

Last night, talks under the aegis of the Labour Relations Commission failed to resolve the bitter dispute.

Irish Ferries services between Ireland and Britain have been paralysed for 19 days in a dispute over the company’s plan to replace 543 Irish workers with cheap foreign workers on €3.60 an hour.