ESB union threatens strike over board row

ESB unions last night threatened to strike over an increasingly bitter dispute involving board membership at the company.

The dispute is about the position of ESB deputy chairman and Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) executive member Joe LaCumbre on the board of the company.

Mr LaCumbre claims he was effectively dismissed as deputy chairman last week after another board member was selected to chair meetings following a dispute over a €511 million pension deficit at the ESB.