Local authority-led Covid-19 community response forums have been established around the country to help ensure that vulnerable people benefit from a coordinated community response to the crisis.  We speak to Fórsa member Ann Marie Maher, who put herself forward when Laois County Council sought volunteers to staff its community helpline.

Governments across Europe must shun austerity and take an imaginative approach to the huge fiscal and economic challenges that the coronavirus has unleashed, according to Fórsa general secretary Kevin Callinan.

Fórsa’s social media campaign to highlight the work of members who are part of the coordinated effort to address the Covid-19 crisis continues this week.

Fórsa has thrown its weight behind an Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) call to extend the powers of the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) to encompass all health and safety issues related to Covid-19.