Airports strike on despite peace bid

Siptu has warned strikes which will ground thousands of passengers at the country’s three main airports in the run-up to the St Patrick’s Bank Holiday will, as of now, still go ahead in spite of an intervention in the pensions dispute by the Government, IBEC and ICTU.

The union is due to meet its committees in Aer Lingus and the Dublin Airport Authority today, but does not expect the action to be cancelled until it secures what it wants from the company.

Following talks between the employers’ body, umbrella trade organisation and officials from the Departments of Jobs and Transport, an expert panel has been appointed to try to find a final resolution to the three-year long dispute over the Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme.