Further strike action by ambulance workers postponed with talks to resume Monday

Members and supporters of Siptu and Unite unions on the picket line outside Dundalk Ambulance Station, as paramedics in the National Ambulance Service go on strike. Picture: PA

A planned paramedic strike next week has been called off as engagement involving unions, the HSE and the Labour Court is to continue.

The Labour Court held a meeting with unions representing workers in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) on Thursday, and a separate engagement with the HSE.