Talks on Green Isle dispute resume

Talks aimed at resolving the ongoing dispute at Green Isle Foods in Naas, Co Kildare, resumed last night.

Ten workers who are members of the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) have been on strike since last summer in support of three colleagues who were dismissed at the food production plant. A third worker is scheduled to begin a hunger strike today.

Shop steward Jim Wyse has been refusing food for the last fortnight, while former Offaly footballer John Guinan has been on hunger strike for a week.

Local Kildare TDs Bernard Durkan and Jack Wall have been acting as mediators in the dispute. On Monday night, Dublin City Council adopted a motion expressing its support for the Green Isle workers.