Caredoc staff based in Carlow town are escalating an industrial dispute over an unpaid 8 per cent wage increase agreed under a national Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) process in 2023.

Over 2,000 secretaries and caretakers went on strike for eight days at the start of the school term.

STAFF members at Saplings Special School for Autism and Complex in Killeshin, who stood in support of their colleague as part of a nationwide strike action by secretaries and caretakers over pension rights, returned to work yesterday (Monday).

The disruption comes at the start of Europe's summer holidays, one of the busiest travel periods of the year.

The company said it does not believe services will be impacted.

Airline reported an operating profit of €139 million for the third quarter of this year

Protests are being staged at 11 courthouses around the country

Criminal barristers are holding a day of strike action nationwide as part of the dispute over fees

The Irish Air Line Pilots' Association has recommended that its members accept a 17.75 per cent pay increase proposed by the Labour Court

The airline said further flight cancellations would be announced on Thursday

The cancellations will impact flights scheduled for Monday to Wednesday

If these rounds of talks fail, the pilots union said it would return to consider an escalation of its industrial action

Representatives of both sides are to meet with the Labour Court on Monday, in an effort to resolve the disagreement.

The airline cancelled a further 122 flights next week as the bitter industrial dispute rumbles on

The latest cancellations will impact flights scheduled from Wednesday, July 3rd to Sunday, July 7th

Dozens of flights have been cancelled since pilots began a work-to-rule on Wednesday in a bid for an improved pay offer

Tens of thousands of passengers have been affected by 270 flight cancellations so far.

Speaking on RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland, Mark Tighe said pilots did not want to be in this situation, but it was the “level of corporate greed” in Aer Lingus that had led to the current dispute.

The pilots’ association and the airline set out their positions at the Labour Court with little chance of an agreement in prospect.

Taoiseach Simon Harris said there would be ‘very little sympathy’ for any side that was not making efforts to resolve the escalating row

Pilots will begin work-to-rule action on Wednesday before an eight-hour strike on Saturday

The Irish Air Line Pilots' Association confirmed on Friday that an eight-hour strike will be staged on Saturday, June 29th

Barristers will withdraw their services on a number of dates in July following similar action last October

Aer Lingus has warned the indefinite work-to-rule action will have a 'cumulative and negative impact' on customers

Turnout for the ballot was 89%.

The first walkout in the dispute over pay will take place on Thursday February 1.

An estimated 150,000 workers are taking part in walkouts on Thursday.

Public sector workers are taking part in walk-outs in a dispute over a pay award.

The walkouts are expected to be the largest strike in the North in recent history

Translink said none of its bus or train services would operate on Friday due to industrial action, and full timetables would resume on Saturday

All five major teaching unions, including the National Association of Head Teachers, were on strike together for only the second time.

The court sat as usual at 10.30am, with all business completed by 10.45am

A ballot for industrial action at the ICTU health group of unions took place after Workplace Relations Commission talks collapsed in July