Aer Lingus pilots marching at Dublin Airport recently. This week they accepted a Labour Court recommendation of a 17.75% pay increase. It has since emerged that some pilots had deductions made on their pay due to the industrial action. Photograph: Fintan Clarke, it has emerged. The pilots’ union is now considering raising the matter with the Workplace Relations Commission. Barry O’Halloran has the details on this latest twist in the pilots pay dispute at the airline.
EY Entrepreneur of the Year profiles: From providing healthier meal options to treatments to improve cancer careIrish company combines EV charger and heat pump into one unit to power our homes and cars Cork-based renewables business DP Energy is building one of Canada’s biggest solar farms in a €400 million-plus development. Barry O’Halloran hasby An Bord Pleanála this year by zoning and rezoning land to prevent new projects, according to Wind Energy Ireland, which has published the first in what it said it will be a new series of quarterly reports on the number of wind energy projects moving through the planning system. Ian Curran reports.
In the second part of our series profiling this year’s nominees for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award, we look atin the Emerging category, who range from providing healthier meal options and offering energy solutions, to branding for games and providing treatments to improve cancer care.