Strike could affect electricity supplies

ELECTRICAL supplies could be severely affected by as early as this afternoon after the Technical, Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) yesterday served strike notice with immediate effect on one of the ESB’s largest plants.

Up to 200 Polish workers at Moneypoint station voted in favour of industrial action on Sunday night, claiming they had not been paid since the beginning of September and faced the prospect of losing their jobs.

They were working on a €350 million refurbishment programme at the 900 megawatt station in Clare, which supplies approximately one-eighth of the country with electricity.