Construction sector unions seek guaranteed 39-hour week
Unite says some employers sending workers home without pay during inclement weather
Construction workers vote for industrial action over 2.7% pay increase
Unions say workers worked hard to keep sites open, and pay rise is ‘least they deserve’
Plumbers, fitters, welders vote for industrial action if pay is cut
Unite union seeking implementation of 2.7% pay rise under existing agreement
Electricians’ union warns of ‘war’ over pay agreement
Move follows High Court finding that parts of industrial relations law is unconstitutional
Employers failing to sign up for wage subsidy scheme, says union
‘Morally unacceptable’ for profitable construction firms to lay off workers – Unite
Construction unions split over decision to allow sites to remain open
Stoppage of all but essential projects ‘inevitable’, Unite says
Cost of crane drivers’ pay dispute could soon top €1.5m a week
Construction lobby group says row is halting work on vital building projects
Crane operators to hold second day of industrial action
Dozens of operators to protest over pay and safety concerns with pickets at four key sites
Crane drivers to strike on Friday in dispute over claim for 10% pay rise
Protest also planned for outside head office of Construction Industry Federation
Crane operators to stage industrial action over pay
Construction Industry Federation says Unite seeking ‘unrealistic’ pay rises of 80%
Pres Cork top of the class in Munster
Glenstal denied a piece of history as Pres claim 29th Munster title
Mayo couple’s deaths ‘shattering’ for community, funeral told
News of Kitty and Tom Fitzgerald ‘left us speechless and empty like orphans’, priest says
Mayo couple: Son ruled out as suspect in deaths
Postmortem on the bodies of Tom and Kitty Fitzgerald indicate murder/suicide
Bodies of elderly couple removed from Mayo home where they died violently
Couple’s son treated in hospital for head injuries, Gardaí keeping ‘open mind’ on case
Investigations begin as four people die in violent incidents
Elderly Mayo couple had severe injuries consistent with being badly beaten
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Workers on Government-funded building project ‘employees’
Department ruling on status means workers may be entitled to range of PRSI benefits
Precarious work: the sectors at risk
Short-term contracts and casual work increasingly common in workplace
Peter Gallo’s intensely personal art of chicken bones and ‘skin’
Visual Arts: Gallo sets out to offer an alternative way of looking at art history
Pickets to resume at Kishoge Community College building site
Unite says row over alleged under-payments to workers could escalate
Pickets placed on school building site in Dublin
Trade union claims some bricklayers were earning less than €5 per hour
Garda inquiry into death of woman to be reviewed
Department of Justice refers complaint about investigation to new independent body
‘Limerick School’ calls in some of its star pupils
John Shinnors has put together a showcase of creativity at the City of Culture’s school of art and design
Coins marking JFK visit issued by Central Bank
€10 silver coin and €20 gold coin feature a portrait of President Kennedy, the first president of the United States to appear on an Irish coin
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