by | Jul 16, 2026 | General News, Latest News, Latest News Home
SIPTU officially launched its landmark document, A Roadmap for Affordable Early Years, yesterday (Wednesday, 15th July) at Leinster House. The research outlines a transformative vision to resolve Ireland’s ongoing childcare crisis and how government can deliver...
by | Jul 15, 2026 | General News, Latest News, Latest News Home
SIPTU representatives have called on the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Higher Education to launch an immediate examination into the decision to wind down Carlow College, St Patrick’s, as well as the flawed process that led to it. The Union, representing almost 70%...
by | Jul 14, 2026 | Divisions, General News, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home
SIPTU members employed as Household/Domestic Staff at St Joseph’s Centre in Shankill, Dublin, are to proceed with a strike on Wednesday, 15th July, following a breakdown of talks at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) on Monday. The dispute follows...
by | Jul 6, 2026 | General News, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases, Public Administration and Community
SIPTU has today (Monday, 6th July) launched nationwide workplace consultations in preparation for strike ballots involving tens of thousands of members across the public service over the coming weeks, following the Government’s failure to begin meaningful negotiations...
by | Jul 5, 2026 | General News, Latest News, Press Releases
The Public Services Committee (PSC) of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) confirmed that its 19 affiliated unions will convene their national executive bodies to prepare for potential industrial action ballots, following the failure to establish a basis for...
by | Jul 5, 2026 | Latest News, The Sunday Read
Last October, I travelled to Cuba and saw first-hand what decades of illegal, unjust economic blockade have done to a proud and resilient people. Hospitals without basic medical supplies. Families living through 20-hour daily power outages. Children, 12,000 of them,...
