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Unions on collision course with Labour over treaty
1 month ago

UNIONS are on a collision course with the Labour Party over urging voters to reject the EU fiscal treaty referendum next month.The latest poll shows the Coalition cannot be complacent about passing the referendum -- as more than half of voters don't unde
Representatives refuse to hand back state-board fees
2 weeks ago

Union and employer representatives are still getting thousands of euro in state board fees -- despite Public Spending Minister Brendan Howlin giving them the chance to hand the cash back to the taxpayer.Those still getting fees include former senator and
Begg under attack after call to delay ratification
2 weeks ago

ICTU chief executive David Begg was last night accused of spreading confusion after he called for a delay in signing the fiscal compact treaty into law.The treaty can only be ratified if there is a Yes vote in the May 31 referendum -- and it is then up t
Union head Begg takes an annual salary cut of €10,000
1 month ago

THE leader of the trade union movement has taken a pay cut believed to be in the region of €10,000 a year, the Irish Independent has learned.The general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) David Begg took a cut of up to 8pc of his €137
Government denies treaty leaflets call for 'Yes' vote
1 month ago

THE Government is planning to deliver two separate leaflets on the EU fiscal treaty to every house in the country -- but denies that it is breaching the ban on using taxpayers' money to promote a Yes vote.The Coalition insists that the leaflets are "fact
Treaty 'for children of future'
1 month ago

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said the European fiscal treaty is an insurance policy for Ireland and the children of the future.As three major trade unions formed a formidable No bloc, Mr Kenny urged voters to think about how they will guarantee their future
Third major union comes out against fiscal compact as TEEU urges no vote
1 month ago

A third major trade union has come out against the European fiscal compact and will urge its 40,000 members to vote No in the referendum.The Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) executive has followed Unite and Mandate in opposition to tight
Bank chief 'free to express views'
1 month ago

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has insisted the governor of the Central Bank is free to give his views on the European fiscal treaty.Mr Noonan said: "Patrick Honohan is independent as governor of the Central Bank and is quite free to express his view."H