New hope for Waterford Crystal staff in pension row

There are fresh hopes that the Waterford Crystal pension dispute could be resolved before it goes to High Court next year.

The trade union, Unite has accepted an invitation to talks at the Labour Relations Commission in a bid to settle the row, which has dragged on for five years.

The Irish secretary of Unite, Jimmy Kelly, said yesterday that he had been in touch with Kieran Mulvey, chief executive of the LRC, and that formal engagement would begin later this week.