Normal services are set to resume at Irish Ferries tomorrow morning, after management and SIPTU agreed to return to the negotiating table.
Ferry services were cancelled and hundreds of employees were laid off during the eleven-day dispute over the company's plans to contract out some jobs on the French route.
The two sides hope the talks can be concluded within eight weeks.
SIPTU and Irish Ferries management agreed to resume negotiations on the basis of proposals presented today by the National Implementation Body.
The National Implementation Body outlined five steps to resolve the dispute over staffing and protect services to Wales and France.
The NIB's formula provides for management and unions to enter talks under the auspices of the Labour Relations Commission. Under the formula, if no agreement is reached at the talks, the dispute will be referred to the Labour Court.
It says all options to achieve the viable operation of the Ireland-France ferry route should be explored without preconditions by either side.
'Bed and breakfast' levy
The talks had reached a deadlock earlier today, when it emerged that the company planned to levy 'bed and breakfast' charges of €165 per night against the employees, who have spent 11 days aboard the company's vessels at Holyhead and Pembroke.
But SIPTU agreed to go ahead with talks following confirmation by the company that it had not yet deducted the charge.
SIPTU called on its members at Irish Ferries to report for work immediately.
The Dublin to Holyhead ferry service will resume tomorrow morning at 9am, while the Rosslare to Pembroke service will sail at 2.30pm tomorrow afternoon. There will be no fast ferry service tomorrow due to adverse weather conditions.
