Ireland - Unions and Government go looking for cost-of-living measures - April 30, 2026

Trade union leaders and their business counterparts met with the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) in the Labour Employer Economic Forum. Following the meeting, the general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Union (ICTU), told reporters there would be more meetings to secure measures to support workers in the next four to six weeks. He said, they wanted to see a process where government engages with the unions over the coming weeks on fundamental issues that will protect workers in this cost-of-living crisis, some permanent, some temporary. He warned that if government don’t listen to organised labour at this time, strike action is probably inevitable as a result of that.

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