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

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.

The Labour Court has ruled that the Dublin Airport Authority (Daa) pay almost a thousand of its staff a lump sum equivalent to six months’ value of lost increments and pay progression. 

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.

Fórsa members in the community and voluntary sector were told that it was time Government ministers showed them the respect they deserved after 14 years without any pay improvements.

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.