FAI workers’ Union warn current approach risks undermining Irish football 

by | Aug 21, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU members in the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) have raised serious concerns over its strategic direction, the credibility of its Transformational Programme and threats to the game at grassroots level ahead of a meeting of the FAI Board next week. SIPTU...

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...

Gaza journalists’ murder an atrocity that is an attack on all media workers

by | Aug 11, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU representatives have called the targeted killing of five journalists working for Al Jazeera in Gaza overnight an attack on all media and the very basis of international law with its concept that certain categories of workers should have a protected status even...

SIPTU says thousands without domestic waste collection service highlights need for reform

by | Aug 11, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU has renewed its call for the radical reform of domestic waste collection services following reports that thousands of homes in north County Dublin without a provider are being investigated for possible illegal dumping of rubbish. SIPTU Public Administration and...

SIPTU writes to Stryker CEO following major safety breach at anti-union plant

by | Aug 11, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU representatives have written to the US-based CEO of the medical devices manufacturer Stryker, expressing grave health and safety concerns after another fire at the company’s facilities in Carrigtwohill, County Cork, which are the centre of an ongoing union...