DAA to seek injunction to stop airport closures

The Dublin Airport Authority will next Tuesday seek an injunction preventing Siptu from closing Cork and Dublin airports for four hours on March 14.

DAA was yesterday given leave to apply for the injunction directing the union to withdraw its notice of the planned action, which is being taken over the ongoing failure between Siptu, DAA and Aer Lingus to agree how to address the near €800m hole in the aviation pension scheme.

The company said it is seeking the legal ruling “on the basis that the proposed action by Siptu is unlawful, as it is contrary to the provisions of the Industrial Relations Act”.