Prison officers in eleventh hour talks on overtime

TENSIONS are expected to mount today in the long-running prison overtime dispute as union and management meet for 11th-hour talks.

The Prison Officers’ Association (POA) last week agreed to defer any decision on possible industrial action pending the outcome of today’s session at the Labour Relations Commission.

Sources expect there is little chance of agreement between the two sides on the vexed issue of overtime, expected to hit 64 million this year.