by | Feb 5, 2026 | Latest News, Latest News Home
SIPTU and Sofina Foods have jointly confirmed the formal recognition of SIPTU as the representative trade union for employees at the Carroll’s Cuisine site in Tullamore, County Offaly. SIPTU Manufacturing Divisional Organiser, Neil McGowan, said the agreement...
by | Feb 2, 2026 | History, Latest News Home, The Sunday Read
It was the sight of an infant huddled beside its dead mother in the slums of Liverpool that awoke in the young Jim Larkin a great passion to struggle against injustice. As Jim’s granddaughter, Stella Larkin McConnon, recalls: “He was giving a hand with some work when...
by | Feb 1, 2026 | Latest News Home, The Sunday Read
A silent coup by a billionaire elite is rolling back hard-won progress, exacerbating inequality, and hollowing out democracy. As we face this modern counter-revolution, Larkin’s ‘Divine Gospel of Discontent’ is not a historical artefact, but an urgent manifesto writes...
by | Jan 29, 2026 | Latest News, Latest News Home
SIPTU representatives have committed to saving the high-quality employment provided by Glen Dimplex at its manufacturing plant in Newry, County Down, following an announcement by management of a proposed 51 redundancies in the facility during 2026. SIPTU Organiser,...
by | Jan 28, 2026 | Latest News, Latest News Home
As Storm Chandra continues to batter Ireland with heavy rain, high winds, and flooding, resulting in travel disruption and power outages, SIPTU has renewed its call for a binding national protocol to govern how Local Authority and State Agency workers are deployed,...
by | Jan 22, 2026 | Health, Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases
SIPTU members working as Health Care Assistants (HCAs) in the HSE Home Support Service across counties Donegal, Clare, Limerick, Cork and Kerry will engage in strike action during February, on a regional basis, in a dispute arising from their employer’s failure to...
