Tesco says Sligo store will remain open despite strike
Tesco says its Sligo store will remain open during a strike by workers tomorrow (Friday). Staff are walking off the job in a row over working conditions. They’ve also announced two more stoppages, planned for next Friday and Saturday. Workers from Tesco in Carrick-on-Shannon will also strike next Saturday.
Sligo railway worker says they’ve been left with no choice but to strike
Hundreds of people across the Northwest have had to make alternative travel plans this morning because of the rail strike. Fourteen train services between Sligo and Dublin are out of operation because of the row over pay. Shane Gilmartin is a depot worker at Sligo Railway Station, and he says…
Rail travellers face disruption this morning
Hundreds of commuters across the North West face disruption this morning as rail drivers begin a strike. Trains stopped from midnight in the first of five planned strike days. Irish Rail workers argue they haven’t got a pay rise since 2008 – and they’re looking for 3.75 per cent a…
Fears strike could soon hit school buses
A West of Ireland TD says school buses will be affected very soon if some kind of a resolution is not found to the bus strike. The strike is now in its 5th day with unions not happy with the plans for cost-cutting at the company while Bus Eireann says…
Fears for school bus services as result of Bus Eireann cuts
There are now fears that school bus services in the North West will be hit next as a result of planned cuts at Bus Eireann. Siptu are holding a meeting with Bus Eireann at the workplace relations commission this Friday and if they are not happy with the outcome school…
14 Tesco workers from Sligo join strike in Longford
Fourteen Tesco workers from the supermarket chain’s Sligo store are on the picket line in Longford. A planned strike at the Sligo store has not taken place because of what union Mandate described as ‘a technical error’ in the original ballot for strike action. These staff are now going to…
Richard Bruton has one week to find solution to ASTI dispute says TD Marc MacSharry
Fianna Fáil TD for Sligo Leitrim, Marc MacSharry, has said that the Minister for Education, Richard Bruton has one week to find an amicable solution to the ASTI dispute otherwise schools across the country will be forced to shut permanently. Deputy MacSharry was commenting on the issue as Summerhill College,…