Public expenditure minister Michael McGrath has now raised the issue of public service pay and inflation at Cabinet earlier this week, and a formal engagement with his department’s officials is expected to get underway soon.

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has again called on the Government to do more to protect workers’ living standards as the World Bank forecasted that energy and other commodity prices, which are currently driving inflation, are likely to remain “historically high” until 2024.

John Rossiter, who died on 30th April 2022, was a customs officer, a GAA referee and inspector of referees, and a collector of thousands of CDs. For a period of about 15 years, up to his retirement in 2012, he was among the most important decision makers in the Public Service Executive Union (PSEU), one of the forerunners of Fórsa.

Fórsa has welcomed the recent announcement of increased funding and meaningful engagement on a strategic plan for the national parks and wildlife service (NWPS). But the union said it will be insisting on full consultation in advance of any proposed changes.

Fórsa’s menstrual health survey closes at noon on Thursday 12th May. If you haven’t already, take five minutes out to fill in this questionnaire and inform the union’s policies and work in this important area.

A former Ryanair pilot in the UK has been successful in a ‘bogus self-employment’ claim against Ryanair at a British employment tribunal. The pilot was working as a contractor pilot, supplied to Ryaniar through McGinley Aviation (MCG).