Irish Ferries row moves to Labour Court

THE row over Irish Ferries’ controversial plan to lay off 543 staff and replace them with cheaper foreign workers will move to the Labour Court today with the company and trade union SIPTU both scheduled to attend.

But Irish Ferries last night insisted it would discuss only “procedural” issues and not the controversial redundancy plan itself.

A spokesman also said that, by Saturday night, over 90% of the workers had given written confirmation that they intended to accept the redundancy package on offer.