SIPTU demands major State investment in Early Years Sector in Budget 2026

by | Aug 29, 2025 | Campaigns, Community Sector, Latest News, Latest News Home, Public Administration and Community

SIPTU – the Early Years Union has outlined a series of key demands for Budget 2026, calling on the Government to make a transformative investment in the pay and conditions of Early Years professionals to secure the future of the sector. The Union is calling for urgent...

SIPTU urges Minister acts to safeguard grassroots football ahead of FAI board meeting

by | Aug 25, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Services

SIPTU has today (25th August) called on Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan, to urgently intervene to ensure that decisions made by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) do not undermine the health of the game at grassroots level. The...

SIPTU to meet with senior management at Leprino Foods following shock closure announcement

by | Aug 19, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Manufacturing

SIPTU representatives are to meet with senior management at Leprino Foods in Portlaoise tomorrow, Wednesday, 20th August, following the announcement that the company intends to cease production at the plant in 2026. SIPTU Industrial Organiser, Terry Bryan, said: “Our...

Inclusion of social care aspect critical to transport police

by | Aug 12, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Transport Sector, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction

SIPTU representatives have welcomed the announcement that recruitment for a new transport policing service could begin in 2026 but warned that inclusion of a social care element will be crucial to the success of the new force in dealing with issues on the public...

SIPTU Early Years members back pay proposals including an up to 10% wage increase

by | Aug 1, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Public Administration and Community

SIPTU members working in Early Years services have delivered a decisive mandate in support of a proposed pay deal, with more than 90% backing it in a consultative nationwide ballot counted in Liberty Hall. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Diane Jackson, said: “SIPTU members...

SIPTU recommends members accept proposals in long-running ambulance pay dispute

by | Jul 30, 2025 | Ambulance Sector, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU representatives are recommending members in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) accept Workplace Relations Commission proposals on pay and work practice changes in a ballot which could conclude a long-running dispute over changes to the service.  The proposals...