by | May 11, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016
SIPTU has highlighted the threat to over 250 jobs from the ongoing uncertainty concerning planning permission for the Bord na Móna power plant in Edenderry, Co. Offaly. SIPTU Organiser and Bord na Móna Group of Unions Secretary, John...
by | May 11, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016
SIPTU Luas drivers have served notice today (Wednesday, 11th May) of a series of six four-hour work stoppages during June in an escalation of their industrial action in a dispute concerning pay and conditions of employment with the light rail operator Transdev....
by | May 11, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016
SIPTU presented ‘Prisoners Books’ concerning over 30,000 people arrested by the Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) between 1905 and 1918 to the Garda Síochána at a ceremony in Liberty Hall, Dublin, this morning (11th May). The...
by | May 9, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016
SIPTU has written to the new Minister for Health, Simon Harris, calling on him to immediately publish a Department of Health and Health Service Executive (HSE) commissioned capacity review of the National Ambulance Service (NAS). SIPTU Health Division...
by | May 4, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016
The SIPTU Dublin District Council is unveiling a series of plaques around Dublin to commemorate the men, women and young people who served with the Irish Citizen Army (ICA) during the revolutionary period. Two of the distinctive plaques have already be unveiled...
by | May 3, 2016 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2016
The SIPTU Meath District Council hosted events to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of Ashbourne on Saturday, 30th April, which were attended by over 100 trade unionists and local people. The events included a series of talks and poetry...