Result of Tara Mines worker ballot on temporary closure supports due by noon 

Worker Damien Gorman from Killbarrack who spent 22 years at Tara Mines, protesting outside Leinster House. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The result of a ballot of Tara Mines workers on management proposals to support them while they are laid off will be known by noon today.

Unions have recommended the proposals, brokered at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), be accepted.