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N Tipperary ambulance strike averted

Ambulance drivers - Dispute over rosters
Ambulance drivers - Dispute over rosters

Ambulance drivers in north Tipperary have called off a strike due to start at midnight.

The action, which would have affected Nenagh, Thurles and Roscrea stations, will not now go ahead after an intervention by the Labour Relations Commission.

The drivers voted to go on strike in a row over new work rosters being introduced.

SIPTU claimed the new rosters would add up to 25 minutes to the response times for the ambulance service.

Talks will take place to resolve the row at the LRC next week.

SIPTU says if the talks fail the strike will be reintroduced.