Second-biggest union divided on referendum vote

The country’s second- biggest trade union, Fórsa, has divided sharply on the referendum on the Eighth Amendment during a discussion at its annual conference in Killarney.

Delegates refused to allow a vote which would have backed three motions calling on the union, representing 80,000 members, to support the repeal of the Eighth.

On Thursday, the general secretary of Ictu Patricia King urged the 800 delegates to take part in the plebiscite on May 25.