Unions have called for the Government to increase corporation tax to make international companies contribute more to the crippling economy.As Taoiseach Enda Kenny prepares to defend Ireland's controversially low corporation tax at a key eurozone summit,
Around 300 staff members from EBS have picketed branches of the building society in protest over a pay dispute.The workers took strike action after the Department of Finance refused to sanction the long-standing 13th-month payment to lower and middle-gra
THE Government is refusing to reverse its decision to withhold a "bonus" payment worth up to €2,500 to EBS staff.A Department of Finance spokesman last night insisted there was no "softening" in attitude after 300 workers mounted pickets yesterday.But pr
THE Government was urged to reassess its jobs strategy after the unemployment rate rose to 14.4pc.Official figures revealed the long-term unemployed accounted for 56.3pc of those out of work between July and September, with 177,200 people lingering on th
The Government has been urged to reassess its jobs strategy after the unemployment rate rose to 14.4%.Official figures revealed the long-term unemployed accounted for 56.3% of those out of work between July and September, with 177,200 people lingering on
Northern Ireland's entire public transport system has been halted while hospitals and schools also face disruption as public sector unions stage a mass strike.More than 200,000 workers across the province will take industrial action in protest at public
Up to 2,000 people have attended an anti-austerity rally in Dublin.Hospital cleaners wielding brooms and pushing wheelie bins led the trade union-organised procession down O'Connell Street to the GPO.The Dublin Council of Trade Unions coordinated the pro
Up to 2,000 people attended an anti-austerity rally in Dublin.Hospital cleaners wielding brooms and pushing wheelie bins led the trade union-organised procession down O'Connell Street to the GPO.The Dublin Council of Trade Unions co-ordinated the protest
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