Latest: Ryanair slam strike action just before Christmas by 'small group' of pilots

Irish-based Ryanair pilots to strike on December 20.

Update - 3.15pm: Ryanair has confirmed that they have received notice this afternoon from the pilots union IALPA of a 24-hour strike “by pilots directly employed by Ryanair” on Wednesday, December 20, 2017.

79 out of 82 of Ryanair's direct employee pilots based in Dublin voted for industrial action yesterday in a row over collective bargaining and negotiating rights.