Building industry chief takes swipe at union

THE head of one of the country’s top five construction companies says excessive union action has the potential to be a disaster for the industry.

Building and Allied Trades Union (BATU) general-secretary Paddy O’Shaughnessy, however, dismisses the claim as nonsense.

Managing director of John Sisk & Son, Tom Costello, singled out BATU for special criticism at the Institute of Engineers in Ireland seminar held in Cork yesterday.