Vita workers hope for dispute breakthrough

The Vita Cortex workers hope that a crucial meeting today between the Taoiseach and the Enterprise Minister will result in a breakthrough in their protracted 54-day sit-in.

Enda Kenny is due to meet Richard Bruton later for an update on the state’s investigation into Vita Cortex boss Jack Ronan’s complex business empire.

It was launched after the millionaire Tipperary businessman claimed Vita Cortex’s ‘inability to pay’ the workers their 2.9 weeks’ per year of service redundancy. This is despite the fact he oversees a diverse range of business interests.