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School closures in Limerick for second day as strike action starts

THE vast majority of secondary schools across Limerick are closed this Tuesday, with hundreds of teachers out on strike. Picket lines were set up at school gates across the city and county this morning, as the Association of Secondary School ...

08 Nov 2016 at 11:10

Health

Union says 'no light at the end of the tunnel' for Limerick nurses and midwives

THERE IS “no light at the end of the tunnel” for frustrated Limerick nurses and midwives who are set to go on strike at the end of the month, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. This Tuesday afternoon, the INMO ...

09 Jan 2019 at 13:38

Sport

England’s Richard Cockerill feels Wales could be galvanised by off-field issues

England forwards coach Richard Cockerill believes that Wales’ players will be galvanised by current off-field issues ahead of next week’s Guinness Six Nations clash. Player strike action is thought to be a possible option amid an ...

15 Feb 2023 at 22:00

Sport

Hollie Doyle and Oisin Murphy stand together in Parliament Square, with racing on strike

Hollie Doyle, Tom Marquand and champion jockey Oisin Murphy were among the riders who swapped the racecourse for Parliament Square on Wednesday, as racing descended on Westminster to demonstrate its opposition to proposed ...

10 Sept 2025 at 14:59

Sport

Racing calls one-day strike over proposed betting tax rise

British racing will stage an unprecedented one-day strike on September 10 in protest at a proposed rise in taxes on horserace betting. The four scheduled fixtures at Carlisle, Uttoxeter, Lingfield and Kempton will not ...

17 Aug 2025 at 11:39

Sport

Racing tax: What is it and why is the sport going on strike

What is happening? For the first time in the modern history of the sport in Britain, its participants will voluntarily go on strike for a day. A day of protest will be held in Westminster. What does that mean? It ...

17 Aug 2025 at 11:34

Sport

Key figures speak out over proposed rise in tax on racing

With racing having taken the unprecedented step of cancelling a full day of action to demonstrate its opposition to a proposed rise in tax on horse race betting, key figures both from within and outside the ...

10 Sept 2025 at 16:34

Sport

John Gosden makes impassioned case on day of strike action over tax fears

On a day when racing staged unprecedented strike action, former champion trainer John Gosden issued a stark warning on the potential consequences should the sport’s plea to the Government to shelve ...

10 Sept 2025 at 19:54

National News

SIPTU ambulance workers vote overwhelmingly for strike

Members of Ireland's largest trade union in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) have voted overwhelmingly for strike action. Services Industrial Professional and Technical Union (SIPTU) members ...

08 May 2023 at 17:39

Sport

Racing set for strike action on historic blank day

British racing will come to a halt on Wednesday as the sport seeks to demonstrate its opposition to proposed betting tax changes. It was announced last month fixtures scheduled for Carlisle, ...

09 Sept 2025 at 12:27

Sport

Racing tax: What is it and why is the sport going on strike

What is happening? For the first time in the modern history of the sport in Britain, its participants will voluntarily go on strike for a day. A day of protest will be held in Westminster, ...

09 Sept 2025 at 12:28

BGC warns racing tax strike may be a ‘futile political gesture’

Sport

BGC warn racing tax strike may be a ‘futile political gesture’

Racing’s planned strike next month could be a “futile political gesture” that risks “antagonising” the Government, the Betting and Gaming Council has warned. The British Horseracing ...

17 Aug 2025 at 18:55

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