Postal services resume as talks begin

Talks aimed at resolving the industrial dispute that led to the disruption of postal services are to take place this afternoon.

A strike by workers at a firm contracted to maintain An Post’s automated mail sorting machines was suspended late yesterday afternoon after a mediator stepped in.

The 36 staff of IO Systems had been on strike since midnight last Thursday over cuts to pay and loss of shift premiums that resulted from the company’s introduction of new rosters.