Unequal pay upheld under Croke Park deal

The Labour Court has rejected a claim by researchers at one of Europe’s largest research centres for information technology for pay parity with their colleagues at University College Cork.

The Tyndall National Institute at UCC was established in 2004. It has over 420 researchers and receives €32m in annual research funding. The centre was the last port of call for Queen Elizabeth II on her four-day visit to Ireland last year.

Members of Siptu and the Irish Federation of University Teachers had lodged a pay claim seeking parity with their colleagues at UCC.