Court rules Irish Rail should not pay €200k for now

The Labour Court has rejected a claim by unions that Irish Rail should now stump up around €200,000 in relocation allowances for almost 100 workers.

The court made its ruling after Irish Rail pleaded an inability to pay the 97 workers represented by the National Bus and Railworkers Union (NBRU) and Siptu.

The dispute centres around the staff working on Irish Rail’s ‘New Works Programme’ who have been transferred to other locations and the numbers involved is increasing due to staffing demands.