Staff at Trinity College Dublin are balloting for industrial action in defence of their free parking spaces. SIPTU is to conclude the ballot of members next Wednesday.
About 1,800 people, not all employees of TCD, possess parking permits for the 550 spaces which were available on campus until last summer. Since then the number has fallen to 260 because of extensive building work. Temporary spaces have been made available on a site off South Cumberland Street nearby, but staff must pay.