Representatives of Fórsa’s Aer Lingus Cabin Crew branch and unions officials are to meet with the airline’s new executive director of employee engagement this week, ahead of the branch’s consideration of a ballot on a new three-year pay proposal brokered at the Workplace Relations Commission.

An Post has successfully achieved a ‘zero’ gender pay gap for the second year running.

On Wednesday, Fórsa, sent a message of solidarity to trade unions in the UK as the TUC held a national ‘right to strike’ day.

Fórsa has said that Government’s reliance on the private sector to build social housing is “disappointing but not surprising”.