One-day strikes threatens Kilkenny Arts Festival

ONE of the country’s most popular tourist attractions will be closed to the public if a series of planned one-day strikes begins next week.

Guides, constables, general operatives, cleaners and storekeepers, who are SIPTU members at Kilkenny Castle and Park, have balloted in favour of industrial action starting on August 5.

SIPTU's local public sector representative Bill Mulcahy said the strike was part of an effort to improve the working environment and the climate of industrial relations.