Government must update legislation

DESPITE yesterday’s 11th-hour bid to resolve the Irish Glass Bottle stalemate over redundancy payments, this vexed question has concentrated the minds of workers around the country in a way that few issues could achieve.

The prospect of leaving the workplace with a pittance after years of toil and commitment to employers is reprehensible.

Today’s planned protest in virtually every large city and town, from Dublin to Athlone, Limerick, Galway, Waterford, Cork, Clonmel and Roscommon, is a mark of just how high feelings are running in trade union circles.