Today's planned health support staff strike has been deferred to allow for talks. RTE reports that negotiations between SIPTU and health service management will resume at the Workplace Relations Commission this afternoon in an attempt to resolve the dispute over pay.

In further health news Fórsa, SIPTU and INMO unions, representing staff at St Patrick’s Centre in Kilkenny, have sought the intervention of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) to assist with ongoing industrial relations difficulties at the centre. Unions are concerned that the recent announcement by the board of St Patrick’s Centre, to withdraw their governance by December 1, will cause further difficulties for staffing and services.

Following on from the Ana Ana Kriégel trial, social media companies came under pressure yesterday over the uploading and sharing of photographs on their platforms purporting to identify the two boys convicted of her murder. In an unprecedented move by Mr Justice Michael White, representatives of Twitter and Facebook were summoned to the Central Criminal Court to answer contempt of court proceedings arising from the publications.

The Economic and Social Research Institute says the economy is now growing so strongly that the Government should increase taxes to avoid overheating, notably through increasing taxes on carbon and property. 

In employment news LinkedIn is adding 800 staff to its international headquarters in Dublin, which will bring its Irish workforce to 2,000 by next year.

And finally this morning, St Brigid's National School in Greystones in Co Wicklow has sparked food for thought in staff rooms across the country following a decision to  introduce a gender neutral school uniform policy following proposals from the students' council. The Irish Times reported that the school will allow boys to wear skirts or girls to wear trousers from next September.

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