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Oberstown workers to begin 48-hour strike as dispute over staffing escalates

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Oberstown workers to begin 48-hour strike as dispute over staffing escalates [The Journal] 25-08-2026


ICTU holds global solidarity school on Wexford with warnings on rise of racist violence and attacks on workers rights worldwide [ICTU] 24-08-2026


Where oh where is our James Connolly? Inside the new documentary [RTE] 23-08-2026


Fórsa Youth Hold Housing Conference at Trinity Amid “Major Public Sector Strike” on the Horizon [University Times] 22-07-2026


End costly gimmicks and deliver a workers' budget, urges Irish Congress of Trade Unions [ICTU] 14-07-2026



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Fórsa members at Oberstown to escalate strike action 2026-08-25 [RTE]

Staff at Oberstown youth detention campus set to go on 12-hour strike as dispute escalates 2026-08-25 [The Irish Mirror]

Oberstown Youth Detention Centre Staff To Go On 12-Hour Strike 2026-08-25 [Nova News]

Oberstown workers to begin 48-hour strike as dispute over staffing escalates 2026-08-25 [The Journal]

ICTU holds global solidarity school on Wexford with warnings on rise of racist violence and attacks on workers rights worldwide 2026-08-24 [ICTU]

Where oh where is our James Connolly? Inside the new documentary 2026-08-23 [RTE]

Dublin care workers’ strike ends after Labour Court recommends letting pay review proceed 2026-08-21 [The Irish Times]

Palestine Higher and Further Education unions raise concerns over refusals of Gazan student visas 2026-08-19 [ICTU]

Ireland Northern Ireland Enniskillen factory staff to strike for two weeks as dispute escalates 2026-08-13 [The Telegraph]

Ireland Northern Ireland Sarah Doherty: women’s rights campaigner remembered by Derry and Inishowen family 2026-08-13 [Ireland Live]

Fórsa ballots 90,000 public service members for industrial action 2026-08-06 [Forsa]

Siptu members at Ireland’s largest dementia facility agree to WRC meeting, postponing strikes 2026-07-26 [The Journal]

Ireland Northern Ireland Derry factory workers' rights campaigner Sarah Doherty honoured 2026-07-23 [The Journal]

Ireland Northern Ireland The campaigner who gave shirt factory women a voice 2026-07-23 [BBC]

Ireland Northern Ireland Derry factory woman who led fight for workers' rights to be honoured 2026-07-22 [The Journal]

Fórsa Youth Hold Housing Conference at Trinity Amid “Major Public Sector Strike” on the Horizon 2026-07-22 [University Times]

New pay proposals accepted by Ireland’s ambulance workers after strike 2026-07-18 [The Irish Sun]

Nurses and midwives to vote on strike action in pay dispute 2026-07-16 [People]

End costly gimmicks and deliver a workers' budget, urges Irish Congress of Trade Unions 2026-07-14 [ICTU]

Government must press for release of imprisoned Gaza doctor-trade unions 2026-07-14 [ICTU]

Ireland Northern Ireland Five weeks of strike action ends at Haldane Fisher in Newry as workers secure ‘inflation-busting’ pay rise 2026-07-12 [Armagh I]

Профсоюзы Ирландии грозят стачкой из-за рекордной инфляции 2026-07-10 [dialectic.club]

  JOB  Europe Ireland urged to lead EU crackdown on unpaid internships during presidency 2026-07-07 [Extra]

Unions Call For Young Workers To Be Protected Against Unpaid Internships 2026-07-07 [Radio Nova]

  JOB   ndustrial Relations Executive 2026-07-04 [INMO]

Report on the International Labour Conference 2026 2026-07-04 [ICTU]

Global Report on the International Labour Conference 2026 2026-07-04 [ICTU]

Des centaines de travailleurs essentiels se rassemblent à Dublin et à Paris pour réclamer une réforme des marchés publics en faveur des travailleurs 2026-07-04 [UNI]

Unions to prepare industrial action ballots over stalled pay talks 2026-07-04 [RTE]

Unions will demand workers’ rights are linked to public contract tenders 2026-07-02 [SIPTU]

France Thousands of workers set to rally in Dublin and Paris for pro-worker procurement reform 2026-06-29 [UNI Global Union]

Ireland's EU Presidency: A Turning Point for Workers’ Rights? 2026-06-28 [Labour]

Remembering Veronica Guerin 2026-06-26 [NUJ]

Perfusionists’ strike to resume next week 2026-06-25 [Irish Medical Times]

SIPTU members at Castolin Eutectic to escalate strike action 2026-06-23 [SIPTU]

UK British and Irish unions condemn “repugnant acts of hate on our streets” 2026-06-22 [ICTU]

Unions welcome strengthening of workers’ rights on retirement age 2026-06-22 [ICTU]

Irish Congress of Trade Unions backs Moore Street master plan 2026-06-22 [ICTU]

Staff ‘slashed with weapons’ at Oberstown as workers take industrial action 2026-06-20 [Extra]

Balcas workers strike as food bank claims emerge 2026-06-18 [The Herald]

Ireland Northern Ireland West Belfast woman Maria standing for NIPSA general secretary post 2026-06-16 [Belfast Media]

Var på Herøya for å protestere mot det irske selskapet Jones Engineering som driver med fagforeningsknusing 2026-06-15 [LO]

Perfusionists’ industrial action paused 2026-06-13 [Forsa]

Ireland Northern Ireland Unite condemns violence and demands all employers ensure workers’ safety 2026-06-11 [Unite]

ICTU response to Government's proposed removal of triple lock 2026-06-10 [ICTU]

Ireland Northern Ireland Haldane Fisher workers set for strike in Newry after pay offer rejected 2026-06-09 [Armaghi]

ETUCE workshop in Dublin strengthens union action on AI and collective bargaining in education 2026-05-18 [ETUC]

Paramedic unions to attend Labour Court talks as further strike action planned 2026-05-14 [The Irish Examiner]

Talks between striking ambulance workers’ representatives and HSE officials move to the Labour Court 2026-05-14 [KCLR]

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