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A wonderful player and a great humanitarian who gave so much to victims of conflict through his foundation. Fondly remembered in Waterford where he played for and against the Blues , most memorably in the European Cup in 1968/69 - still the record attendance at an inter club game in Ireland. May...

Huge congratulations to the Irish cricket team who defeated England by 5 runs in a rain affected match in Melbourne earlier. Brilliant batting and bowling performance , fielding was pretty patchy with some relatively easy catches dropped

This review body chaired by Kieran Mulvey has recommended that thousands of public sector employees should have their hours reduced to lower pre austerity levels from the 1st July albeit with a 35 hour week limit. This review has met with Union approval and now awaits Government approval.

Good to see UEFA opening up the game to everyone. Quoted €1,110 for 6 tickets for the three Dublin based games

Myself and my wife have rented apartments for a similar time period in Seville,Porto and San Sebastián and enjoyed ourselves immensely and intend traveling again shortly. I have little experience of Italy outside Rome , Florence and Venice . Has anyone experience of smaller cities with good...

Sad to read of Gordon Banks death , may the sod rest gently on him. As a kid growing up everybody played ball on the streets or school playgrounds and everybody wanted to be be Best , Charlton or Law but when it came to the unavoidable and you were forced into goal then Banks was your only man -...

Excellent news , the European Committee of social rights have confirmed that the Irish armed forces can affiliate with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions after a 4 year battle with the Department of Defense.

A big shout out to the former workers and their Union Siptu whose doggedness forced Natrium into both a financial settlement and an agreement on future local employment in which the former 135 workers will be given a " process to recognise " their previous service .

The annual €3,000 allowance for 4,500 non consultant doctors is to be reintroduced this summer as the Government agreed to a deal to head off a Court case brought by the IMO which was scheduled to start today.

As an added bonus from a Trade Union perspective a large number of staff joined the Finance Union when the issue of staying or not was up in the air.

I'm heading to Spain for the winter , spending the bulk of time in Seville. I was thinking of spending a few weeks in Cadiz , has anybody been & would you recommend it ?

Confirmation email received from EUFA confirming my application for tickets was successful :) Anyone else on the site going ?

The Cabinet has approved the draft legislation including long promised reforms that will allow Trade Unions to represent members even where employers refuse to recognise them for collective bargaining purposes. The legislation means that in instances where employers do not recognise collective...

A huge shout out to Dunnes stores whose intransigence has brought the question of zero hours/low hours contracts front & centre . It is heartening to see cross party support for Mandate supported employees stance in this matter & even more heartening to see the public's support in ensuring that...

The Irish Examiner reported that " A landmark decision is expected to rule that Ireland is breaching International laws by denying the Gardai the right to form a Union." The Court of Europe ruling is due out on the 17th May.

Brilliant news ! Unite Trade Union/Waterford Crystal workers have won their case versus the State in the European Court on all counts - the matter is now to go to the High Court to decide the percentage pension to be paid to the Crystal pensioners.

I cannot believe that a thread has not been started previously ! Let me start - She's only in hell less than a day & she's already tried to shut three furnaces !

ICTU are organising a series of marches countrywide at 1.30 pm - for further details see www.ictu.ie. For anyone interested the Dublin assembles at Cook Street ( beside Civic Offices , Wood Quay )

Interesting Ipsos MRBI report in the Irish Times. Participation levels in Soccer at 12% outstrips Gaelic football 6% , Hurling/camogie 3% & Rugby 2% combined. Soccer is the only team sport where participation levels have risen since 1987 - 12% from 10%. I must admit that I am suprised that...

Sad to note the passing of one of the great drummers & singers of all time - his contribution to American music was huge both as a solo artist & as a member of the Band. His last solo album " the Dirt Farmer " was a fitting finale to an illustrious career. May the sod rest gently on him.