“Members of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland working in third level have voted for industrial action in a dispute over the establishment of technological universities. The union says the dispute been caused by the Department of Further and Higher Education’s failure to adhere to an agreement reached seven years ago, and that a ballot of its 4,600 members in the sector produced a huge majority in favour of taking action …” (more)
[Emmet Malone, Irish Times, 25 January]