Good morning colleagues, 

Katie Morgan will take the stage this morning with Ryanair's Darrell Hughes at the Industrial Relations News conference in UCD today. Good luck to Katie and best wishes also to first-time Fórsa delegates to the conference, always a significant date in the IR diary.

As the conference gets underway, the annual CIPD/IRN survey reveals that more than half of businesses are planning a basic pay increase in 2025 but the average hike is lower than last year.