As we embark on a challenging year ahead, Kevin Callinan reflects on the successes of 2025, how they were built through collective action and solidarity. With the public sector pay deal due to expire, ongoing disputes, and a changing international political climate, we will need that solidarity to deliver for our ever-growing membership.
Fórsa took the case for school secretaries and caretakers all the way to the Labour Court. The Court has now adjourned and will issue a recommendation in due course. The hearing follows the collapse of talks at the WRC last November and marks a decisive stage in the fight for pension parity.
Discussions between Fórsa and the Department of Education and Youth on the new Special Needs Assistant (SNA) redeployment scheme are close to being finalised.
On Wednesday 14th January, the Department of Education and Youth formally launched the National Conversation on the Future of Education, a process inviting the public to help shape Ireland’s education system.
Fórsa has told the Government that Ireland’s 2026 Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which begins in July, must put housing, healthcare and the cost of living at the centre of the EU agenda.
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has condemned the continued blocking of Irish-funded maternity care from entering the Gaza strip and has urged the Irish Government to engage with its Israeli counterparts in ensuring the aid reaches those in need.
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