by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
SIPTU is supporting a vigil in solidarity with the Cuban Five which is taking place at the Spire in O’Connell Street, Dublin, on Thursday, 12th September, at 6.00 p.m. The Cuban Five are five Cuban men who are unjustly imprisoned in the...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
The President of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, John Douglas, on Thursday (12th September) called for the immediate release of the ‘Cuban Five’ from custody in the United States and for them to be allowed to return to their homes and...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
SIPTU Economist Marie Sherlock welcomed the latest Live Register figures, indicating a consistent decline in the seasonally adjusted numbers of people signing-on over the last six months of 2012, but warned that the statistics hid the impact of emigration....
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
Labour Ministers have called on the European Central Bank (ECB) to recognise Ireland’s commitment to sustainable economic recovery and deliver a bank debt deal. Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin, said: “We had very...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
SIPTU has called on the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide clear commitments that proposed primary legislation governing the establishment of a new company, encompassing Shannon Airport Authority (SAA), Shannon Development and...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
Scottish author Irvine Welsh is the latest high profile cultural figure to back the campaign to name the new transport bridge over the Liffey in Dublin in honour of James Connolly. Stating why he supported the campaign Welsh said, “Connolly was a true man...
