Fórsa has called on the Government to allocate funds to hire up to 125 additional driver testers to deal with an inevitable surge in demand for driving tests on foot of proposed new sanctions on car owners who allow their vehicles to be used by unaccompanied learner drivers.

Subsistence rates in the telecoms company eir are to be restored to their value after management conceded a Fórsa claim.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has announced the appointment of Eoin Coates to the post of assistant secretary in the ITF’s Civil Aviation Tourism Services section.

The Public Service Pay Commission (PSPC) says it has received a large number of submissions from unions on the issue of civil and public service recruitment and retention issues. These include submissions from Fórsa on problems in the civil service and among health and social care professionals.

The cost of childcare in Dublin is significantly higher than in other parts of the country, according to a new report by the union-backed Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI).

IALPA confirmed last Friday (16th February) that a majority of members voted in favour of a new pay and productivity deal with Aer Lingus.