NUI Galway urged to attend talks

The Labour Relations Commission is again asking NUI Galway to come to talks with staff of a college due to come under its control, following Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan’s intervention in the dispute.

At the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) congress on Wednesday, Ms O’Sullivan said unions should be consulted in any such move and expressed a wish that progress could be made through the LRC.

The union represents staff at St Angela’s College in Sligo who have scheduled a second one-day strike next Thursday as they continue to seek to negotiate with NUIG about their planned incorporation into the university.