Staff laid off in Irish Ferries dispute
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Irish Ferries has commenced laying off staff as a result of today&#39;s strike by ships officers belonging to SIPTU. It is understood that all ratings have been sent home with the exception of those required for emergency cover on the boats.
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Rail, air and ferry services have been forced to a halt as the south coasts of Britain and Ireland were battered by huge seas and gale-force winds.
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Large swathes of London's sprawling transport network shut down Monday evening after maintenance workers walked out in a dispute over job cuts, transfers and pensions.
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Proposals for ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Firth of Forth are pulled by the area's harbour authority.
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Helicopters and lifeboats involved in sea rescue after 19 people stranded on ferry in Irish Sea
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Passengers and non-essential crew were  airlifted off a ferry that had been at risk of capsizing in the  Irish Sea during a storm on Thursday and later ran aground,  coastguards said.
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Station fire adds to misery for thousands of travellers as bosses admit engineering work 'muddle'
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Workers losing their jobs at a County Londonderry computer company are to hear details of redundancy terms.
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The British Ministry of Defense said late Wednesday that three crew members from a stricken Canadian submarine drifting powerless off the northwestern Irish coast havebeen taken to hospital in Ireland for treatment.
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ULSTER BANK CLOSES Ulster Bank is to close its Isle of Man operation a ' a move which will affect 11 of its staff.
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LONDON -- Thousands of disgruntled vacationers were stranded at Heathrow Airport yesterday after British Airways canceled scores of flights because of staff shortages and technical hitches.
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Thousands of postal workers in Scotland are due to escalate action in a dispute over pay and modernisation.
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DUBLIN : Aer Lingus said that about 1,600 employees applied before a deadline for redundancy packages offered by the Irish state airline, which aims to reduce its workforce by 1,325 to 2,668 over three years.
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A ferry that ran into difficulties in the Irish Sea, prompting British and Irish rescue teams to be scrambled, ran aground Thursday evening at Blackpool, northwest England, officials said.
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LONDON, October 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Workers at the Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port, Merseyside are facing lay off tomorrow following strike action taken at the Bochum plant in Germany over the job losses announced there last week.
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FIRE AT SEA: The man died while being airlifted to hospital. Bad weather has delayed rescue of the remainder of the crew, who are adrift in waters northeast of Ireland.
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A ferry ran aground, trucks toppled over, river banks burst, people were evacuated from flooded houses and uprooted trees blocked highways as gale force winds swept Britain and Ireland, emergency services said.