Labour Court move for SIPTU vice-president

SIPTU vice-president Brendan Hayes has been named deputy chairman of the Labour Court just three months after he was forced to issue a circular to the union’s 200,000 members denying he had been offered the €150,000 per-year post.

Last October, newspaper reports claimed Tánaiste Mary Coughlan, in her role as Enterprise, Trade and Employment Minister, planned to give the 56-year-old the role instead of going through a Public Appointment System to find a candidate.

The article also claimed “everyone at the SIPTU conference last week knew that Brendan Hayes is in line for it”.