News | Latest Breaking News Stories & Headlines

Some Luas employees began a work-to-rule on Saturday

Work-to-rule contributes to Luas disruption

Services on the Luas Red line from Connolly Station to the Docklands area were halted this morning by a technical fault.

News • 08 Feb 16

Hundreds of non-emergency procedures had already been cancelled for tomorrow

Nurses strike averted after late night talks

The nurses strike scheduled for seven hospital emergency departments tomorrow has been called off pending INMO members balloting on a new set of proposals, the union said after talks at the Workplace Relations Commission.

Ireland • 14 Dec 15

The INMO has described the talks as a constructive engagement

INMO begins talks with HSE over threatened strike

Talks have commenced at the Workplace Relations Commission aimed at settling the threatened strike action across the country's Emergency Departments on 15 December.

News • 03 Dec 15

Saturday's strike on an Afghan hospital killed 22 people

Air strike on Afghan city hospital 'a mistake'

The deadly air strike that hit a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz was a mistake made within the US chain of command, the American commander of international forces in Afghanistan said today.

News • 06 Oct 15

Opposition parties had raised concerns that the industrial action at An Post will hit up to 82,000 social welfare

An Post says post warning remains in place

An Post says the situation at the company remains very serious and that their advice to the public not to post mail remains in place.

News • 04 Oct 15

Staff who maintain key equipment in the four An Post mail centres are taking strike action over cuts in pay

CWU accuses An Post of sabotaging postal service

The Communications Workers Union has accused An Post of sabotaging the postal service and says it is concerned that 10,000 An Post's workers will not be paid next week because of the suspension of delivery services.

News • 05 Oct 15

The airline said that it expects to return to a normal schedule on Thursday

German court orders Lufthansa pilots to end strike

A German court has ruled that Lufthansa pilots must halt a strike that led to the cancellation of around 1,000 flights, in an increasingly bitter row over cost cuts and pay at the airline.

Business • 09 Sep 15

Lufthansa said it would operate 90 out of about 170 planned long-haul flights for Tuesday thanks to pilots volunteering

Lufthansa cancels flights over pilot strike

Lufthansa has cancelled just under half of its long-haul flights planned for Tuesday after pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) called an all-day strike in a long-running dispute over pay, retirement benefits and cost cuts.

Business • 07 Sep 15

Industrial action at Dunnes Stores and Dublin Bus accounted for almost all of the lost days

8,792 days lost to industrial disputes in Q2 - CSO

More than 8,790 days were lost to industrial disputes between April and June, according to the Central Statistics Office, up slightly on the same period of 2014.

Business • 25 Aug 15

Unions at Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus have escalated their plans for industrial action

Donohoe urges bus unions to engage with LRC

Minister for Transport Paschal Donohoe has said that the LRC is the most appropriate and effective forum to deal with the current dispute over the privatisation of bus routes.

News • 21 Apr 15

93% of those balloted in Dublin Bus favoured strike again

SIPTU bus drivers vote to back strike action

SIPTU drivers at Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann have voted overwhelmingly to back strike action over Government policies to open up 10% of bus routes to private sector tendering.

News • 11 Apr 15

Dunnes stores workers and former workers outside the GPO in Dublin

Dunnes workers strike in low-hour contract row

Thousands of staff at Dunnes Stores staged a one-day strike today in a dispute over low-hour contracts, job and income security and the right to trade union representation.

News • 02 Apr 15

Public sector workers at a mass rally in Belfast city centre

NI public service workers stage one-day stoppage

Several thousand public service workers have taken part in a rally at Belfast City Hall as part of a one day strike over spending cuts and planned redundancies in the civil service in Northern Ireland.

News • 13 Mar 15

The biggest strike at US refineries since 1980 is set to add to the world's oversupply of oil

Oil rises as US refinery workers go on strike

World oil prices rose today, reversing earlier losses, with focus on the US where refineries were on strike.

Business • 02 Feb 15

Teachers on strike at St Joseph's Secondary School in Rush, Co Dublin

Fresh talks planned following teachers' strike

The General Secretary of the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland has said that unions would sit down with the Department of Education next Thursday to discuss a way forward, but that no compromise would be made on the proposal to assess their own students' work.

News • 22 Jan 15

Jan O'Sullivan said the strike would cause a huge inconvenience to parents and students

Minister calls on teachers to call off strike

Minister for Education Jan O Sullivan has again urged teachers not to go ahead with their planned strike action next week, which she says will not serve any purpose.

News • 16 Jan 15

Both the TUI and ASTI say that a strike scheduled for 22 January will still go ahead

Talks on Junior Cycle reform planned

Trade unions representing second-level teachers are to meet Department of Education representatives next Wednesday in talks aimed at resolving the dispute over Junior Cycle reforms.

News • 22 Jan 15

The quarter included the long-running industrial dispute at Greyhound Recycling

10,914 days lost to industrial action in Q3 - CSO

More than 10,900 days were lost to industrial disputes between July and September, according to the Central Statistics Office.

Business • 20 Nov 14

The strike is the first such strike by NHS staff over pay in more than 30 years

4,000 health workers in Northern Ireland on strike

4,000 health workers from two trade unions in Northern Ireland - Unite and the GMB - took part in a three and a half hour strike as part of a dispute over pay.

News • 13 Oct 14

Pilots at Air France waged the longest strike in the company's history between September 15 and 28

Air France estimates strike cost at €500m

French flag carrier Air France today said last month's two-week strike would have an impact of around €500m on its bottom line for this year.

Business • 08 Oct 14

Air France estimates strike is costing the company up to €20m a day

Air France offer to halt low-cost project rejected

Unions representing striking French pilots have rejected Air France-KLM's move to delay the contested roll-out of its low-cost operations and vowed to stay on strike in defence of French pay and conditions.

Business • 22 Sep 14

Air France said yesterday it expected to operate 45% of its flights today

Air France pilots vote to extend strike

Air France pilots have voted to extend their week-long strike over cost cuts and plans for its Transavia unit by a further four days until 26 September.

News • 20 Sep 14

Iarnród Éireann has said the proposals will help protect the future viability of the company

Strike action at Iarnród Éireann averted

Strike action has been called off at Iarnród Éireann after both sides in the dispute agreed on a new set of proposals at the Labour Relations Commission.

News • 03 Sep 14