FAI management launches attack on grassroots football with job cuts plan

by | Oct 31, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU members in the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) have today (Thursday, 30th October) rejected management proposals to make 60 staff redundant, describing the plan as ill-informed and a devastating blow to grassroots football across the country. This...

Galway Community Sector to gather to discuss threat to services

by | Oct 28, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

Community organisations and workers have announced a major public meeting to discuss the threat to vital services across the county, under the banner Together, We Are Community which will take place in The Raheen Woods Hotel, Athenry, County Galway, on Thursday, 6th...

SIPTU members in Carroll’s Cuisine in Tullamore vote for strike action

by | Oct 23, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Manufacturing

SIPTU members employed at Carroll’s Cuisine in Tullamore, County Offaly, have voted to take industrial action, up to and including strike action, in a dispute arising from the employer’s refusal to engage with their Union to negotiate a collective agreement governing...

No cooperation with FAI management forum without union representation

by | Oct 16, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU members employed by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) have announced that they will not engage with a management forum, or other processes linked to the organisation’s so-called ‘transformation plan’, due to a failure to respect their right to trade...

SIPTU welcomes implementation of 10% pay increase for the Early Years sector 

by | Oct 3, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU representatives have welcomed the announcement by Minister Alan Dillon of the implementation date of the pay agreement benefiting over 30,000 Early Years professionals. The pay agreement, negotiated by SIPTU on behalf of thousands of members at the Early Years...

SIPTU calls for a ‘Donogh O’Malley Moment’ in Early Years Education and Care

by | Sep 27, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU has called on the Government to make a transformational change to the Early Years sector, similar to the historic decision by former Minister for Education, Donogh O’Malley, to introduce free secondary education for all. Addressing the SIPTU – Early Years...