@jentaaffe
 Dublin City, Ireland
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Nice one to everyone who bought a fanzine on Friday and indeed over the last few weeks. Special shout out to @nc1895 who gave up his evening to help sell it. A couple of copies left, catch us in the Cat prematch or the fanzone
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🚨Talks on school secretary and caretaker pensions break down at WRC. This follows the Department of Education’s failure to engage meaningfully with union proposals on a range of pension issues, including the recognition of prior service #PensionParity forsa.ie/talks-on-school-sec…

Talks on school secretary and caretaker pensions break down at WRC - Forsa

Fórsa signals disappointment and warns further strike action “cannot be ruled out” as pensions issue referred to Labour Court Fórsa has confirmed that negotiations at the WRC (Workplace Relations...

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@IrelandFootball28 Oct 2025
ABBIE LARKIN 😍😍😍 90’ | 2-1 (4-5 agg)
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They won!! Huge well done @forsa_union_ie @Forsase and all those who stood up for what was right.
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Fórsa trade union@forsa_union_ie5 Sep 2025
📢Strike Withdrawn - well done to secretaries & caretakers!! After agreement at the WRC with: - Commitment to negotiate comparable pension entitlements - Discussions on caretakers' pay framework - Access to bereavement, sick & acute illness protocols rte.ie/news/education/2025/0…

Fórsa withdraws school secretary and caretaker strike

Fórsa has withdrawn strike action by school secretaries and caretakers after an agreement was reached at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) to bring the dispute to an end.

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thejournal.ie/education-mini… Please rt. 👊👊👊 – at Ireland

Education minister says pensions 'on the table' for striking school staff if Fórsa joins talks

Helen McEntee said that the government is ready to talk “without preconditions” on pensions, sick leave, and other entitlements with staff currently on strike.

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An update before the weekend for school secretaries and caretakers. Please rest, stay strong, and well done after a truly historic week of strikes! #PensionParity
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Listening to @HMcEntee on @RTENewsAtOne and her statement that everything including pension parity would be on the table in a talks process, it would be useful for some direct contact with @forsa_union_ie to see if there's a sufficient basis to suspend the strike pending talks.
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Day 7… Helloooo @jackfchambers #pensionparity
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Thank you @forsa_union_ie @Forsaschoolsecs Once bitten, twice shy.. #pensionparity
Irish Times Education@IrishTimesEdu_5 Sep 2025
Fórsa declines to suspend week-old schools strike irishtimes.com/ireland/educa…
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Day 6…. @HMcEntee @jackfchambers the silence is deafening 🧐 #pensionparity
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🚨@HMcEntee has asked all schools to send their Aistear sand boxes up to @Education_Ire buildings to help them bury their heads from the caretaker and secretary strike.
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andy pike@apike13 Sep 2025
RTE news : Students unable to attend school in Gorey due to strike rte.ie/news/2025/0903/153151…

Students unable to attend school in Gorey due to strike

At the largest school in the country, half of its students have been unable to attend this week or last as their school attempts to manage the impact of the school secretaries and caretakers strike.

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Day 5… the rain won’t dampen our spirits 👊🏻 #pensionparity
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Huge support in Drimnagh for our @forsa_union_ie secretaries & caretakers. I went down this morning to support the secretaries & caretakers in Our Lady of Good Counsel. The message is loud & clear. The government must give #pensionparity
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Great to chat with you this morning @DaithiDoolan thanks for the support 💪🏻 #pensionparity
Cllr. Daithí Doolan@DaithiDoolan2 Sep 2025
Huge support in Drimnagh for our @forsa_union_ie secretaries & caretakers. I went down this morning to support the secretaries & caretakers in Our Lady of Good Counsel. The message is loud & clear. The government must give #pensionparity
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Day 4, lets go 💪🏻 #pensionparity
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6 years later and still fighting for fairness. September 2019, January 2020 and today. #pensionparity
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Fantastic show of support from colleague’s and the public so far. We’d much rather be in work today, but determination is growing for every hour spent on the picket line. Please continue to support in any way you can 💪🏻 #pensionparity
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