SIPTU members working in Section 39 organisations have voted overwhelmingly to accept the terms of WRC proposals aimed at resolving pay injustice in the sector.

Trade union representatives will meet Aer Lingus management later this week to discuss the airline’s installation of CCTV cameras at Dublin Airport to monitor what it terms “unacceptable behaviour” by some staff. While Ryan has signed a framework agreement with German pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), with a final detailed deal expected to be reached by the end of February. Across the Irish Sea Ryanair is facing enforcement action by the UK airline regulator over its refusal to compensate passengers for flight disruption caused by staff taking strike action. Elsewhere Ryanair avoids unions with ultra-low-cost unit writes Joanna Plucinska and Conor Humphries in the Examiner.

There are fears that homeless families in emergency accommodation could be kicked out of hotels and B&Bs over Christmas.

The union representing Bord na Móna ways the workers are being ‘treated abysmally’ (paywall protected - hard copy available in Communications Unit).

A budget surplus looks likely as the corporation tax take hits a record €9.4bn.

Over 30 journalists – including Jamal Khashoggi – have been murdered so far this year. The Guardian pays tribute to some of them.

Today's zen goes to Galway which has been named among 28 best trips to take next year by National Geographic Traveler, one of the best-known travel magazines in the US.