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Back to Work

Tara Mines: Workers vote 2:1 to back deal as company promises to 'begin process of re-opening'

3 May 2024

5.6k

ballot

Voting underway on deal to reopen Tara Mines in Co Meath

26 Apr 2024

6.8k

Teachers' Union to ballot academic staff at technological universities on industrial action

12 Jan 2024

11.1k

teaching strike

Teachers’ Union of Ireland to hold industrial action ballot in September if pay not improved

11 Aug 2022

14.0k

Junior Doctors

IMO commence ballot for industrial action for junior doctors over contracting issues

10 May 2022

6.8k

Debenhams

Mandate says Debenhams deal close after months of protests while liquidator says 'progress being made'

4 Sep 2020

12.7k

forsa

Aer Lingus workers reject proposals on working conditions

22 Jun 2020

35.7k

virgin media

Siptu announces it is to ballot its Virgin Media members over industrial action

20 Nov 2019

10.4k

IMO

Doctors to vote on taking industrial action over pay for consultants

7 Nov 2019

14.2k

Go Safe

Speed camera operators vote to go on strike

6 Sep 2019

42.6k

Ryanair

Trade union Fórsa agrees to attend mediation talks over Ryanair pilots' dispute

13 Aug 2019

9.7k

Ryanair

Ryanair pilots in Ireland vote in favour of industrial action

9 Aug 2019

31.3k

NURSING DISPUTE

INMO recommends members accept Labour Court recommendations

13 Feb 2019

14.7k

teachers pay

INTO rejects government's pay proposals for teachers recruited since 2011

30 Oct 2018

15.6k

Ryanair

Ryanair pilots in Ireland to strike on Thursday 12 July

Updated 3 Jul 2018

125k

Explainer

Australia is voting on same-sex marriage - but it's not as straightforward as our referendum

12 Sep 2017

21.5k

102

ballot

Largest Bus Éireann union votes to accept Labour Court recommendations

22 May 2017

9.2k

Bus Eireann

School bus drivers to be asked if they want to join strike action

31 Mar 2017

16.6k

119

TESCO STRIKE

Four Tesco stores vote to join strike, six vote against

21 Feb 2017

27.7k

Transport

Bus Éireann Unite members vote unanimously to strike

31 Jan 2017

11.1k

lack of ambulances

Dublin Fire Brigade to be balloted on strike action

13 Jan 2017

9.5k

trouble ahead

Health Minister: 'I don't believe the threat of industrial action helps anyone'

28 Dec 2016

8.3k

Dispute

Gardaí vote overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action over pay

27 Sep 2016

19.2k

117

to the voting booths

We've been promised four referendums - but not one on abortion

11 May 2016

27.2k

218

ballot

Robbie Keane did NOT vote for Lionel Messi to win this year's Ballon d'Or

11 Jan 2016

15.8k

planes trains automobiles

People are coming #HomeToVote and it's making Ireland fierce emotional

22 May 2015

36.2k

210

Strike

'Irish prisons run smoothly on the goodwill of staff - that will end'

12 Mar 2015

8.5k

ballot

Snap elections to be held after Greece fails to elect a president

29 Dec 2014

4.9k

ballot

'We're ready': Fianna Fáil selects two familiar faces to run in the next general election

13 Dec 2014

14.0k

Christmas

Union insists no plans for Christmas strike as Aer Lingus cabin crew vote on action

30 Nov 2014

8.3k

ballot

Ukrainian voters head to the polls in snap elections for a new parliament

26 Oct 2014

4.9k

ballot

Staff in six of Dublin's major hospitals vote for strike action

10 Oct 2014

8.3k

choo choo flu

Irish Rail staff could strike over proposed pay cuts

7 Jul 2014

6.0k

ballot

Irish Rail staff to have their say on proposed cuts

6 Jul 2014

8.1k

Impact

Hospital workers ballot in support of industrial ballot, but might not affect services

20 Jun 2014

7.1k

ballot

SIPTU members at Irish Rail to vote on new proposals

16 Jun 2014

4.6k

what's the question?

Ballot papers unchanged since 1963 need to be 'modernised'

12 Jun 2014

3.5k

Going nowhere

Irish Rail workers vote for industrial action but don't want to strike

4 Jun 2014

8.3k

Big Phil

"We have to be more sensitive, obviously" --- Phil Hogan's response to Election 2014

26 May 2014

8.3k

selfless acts

Selfies in the polling booth are a bad idea, says Department

22 May 2014

15.1k

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