Roscommon council faces more strikes

Further crippling strikes at Roscommon County Council are planned for next Tuesday and Thursday as management and 160 staff members remain completely at odds over flexi-leave.

Calls to the council yesterday were met with an automated voicemail telling members of the public there was industrial action by the Fórsa trade union, for which council management apologised.

The union has claimed that council management has breached an agreement mediated by the Labour Court by not giving its members access to family-friendly flexi-leave for the last year.