Fás staff refuse to give up 70 days’ holiday

MORE than 100 Fás staff members have refused to give up their claim to 70 days-a-year of paid leave in an impasse that threatens to derail the Croke Park deal.

SIPTU has demanded a pay-off for 105 workers in return for giving up generous leave entitlements secured in the 1980s.

The agency — then called Anco — gave workers up to 44 extra days off in their last two years before retirement to help them “acclimatise” to life without work.