https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/ en-us 11 Jun 2026 08:31:35 IST 11 Jun 2026 08:31:35 IST https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/rss.xml Newsweaver Noreply@forsatradeunion.nw008.com (Fórsa trade union) support@newsweaver.ie (Newsweaver) 60 true https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/x1phq68ckd4?lang=en&rss=true Good morning colleagues, Fórsa will present its research on remote working to the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) today. 02 Jul 2021 12:00:00 IST e2ac675507528b8f4077a730f12ab7b2 Articles A Niall Shanahan <p><span style="color: #000000;">Good morning colleagues,</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Fórsa will present its research on remote working to the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) today.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Our colleague Kevin Donoghue is due to speak to Anton Savage on <em>Newstalk Breakfast </em>shortly about that presentation to the NESC, while the news is <a href="https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/xeajhmnf6f1/external?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">reported by regional media outlets</a>, and <a href="https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/7fac3abkuqw/external?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RTÉ also reports</a>. Kevin is also booked in for live interviews with Kildare fm and Cork's 103.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">In other news, more than half of office workers in Ireland say they’ve felt under pressure <a href="https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/w51a3c7fsq4/external?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">to cut corners on compliance in order to meet targets or deadlines</a>, according to research by tech firm Landmark Technologies. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Meanwhile, <a href="https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/1r45tegkz0p/external?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">27 people have been made homeless</a> as a result of the unrest in Belfast last night, during a second night of anti-immigration rioting. Crowds gathered in Dublin’s O’Connell Street yesterday to protest against immigration and the EU migration pact, <a href="https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/1xj1echrwh4/external?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">and were addressed by figures involved in the April fuel blockades</a>. The EU migration pact comes into effect on Friday. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">ELsewhere, the European Central Bank is expected to follow up "<a href="https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/to2bzwvtpot/external?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">an almost-certain quarter of a percentage point hike</a>" to interest rates today, the first in almost two years, with another increase anticipated in September, and Chartered Accountants Ireland's <a href="https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/14um7l6zzk3/external?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">pre-budget submission</a> calls for index linked income tax thresholds, measures to address business costs and changes to capital gains tax (CGT).</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Your Zen this morning is a charming mini-documentary which<span class="ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor" dir="auto" style="color: #131313;"> takes a look at the unique model of <em>Are You Affiliated</em>, a music venue within a working social club which is bringing some of the biggest names in music to a previously little known post industrial town in North East England: </span><a href="https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/1mlrewmmf5/1dg341bj093/external?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Are You Affiliated at King Street Club. A Short Story about Clubs & Clubbing</a>. <br></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Have a great day. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>NS</strong></span></p> <p> </p> Fórsa news here