SIPTU representatives announced an escalation in industrial action at Ireland’s largest dementia care facility with a 72-hour strike scheduled for next week following a lack of progress in talks.

SIPTU representatives have today expressed serious and deep concerns following the publication of the Government's Summer Economic Statement.

SIPTU members overwhelmingly accepted Labour Court proposals today (Friday, 17th July) resolving a six-year dispute over pay rates in the National Ambulance Service (NAS).

The National Executive Council of SIPTU, meeting in Liberty Hall ratified the election of Adrian Kane as the Union’s new Deputy General Secretary for the Public Service.