Dublin Port workers have been picketing the Marine Terminal protesting against imposed redundancies and swingeing cuts in pay and conditions.

The Scottish-based company which bought the business has also imposed redundancies without warning. Many local families will be affected if the company get their way.

Local SIPTU organiser Paul McDonough said: “This company has behaved appallingly and has avoided all our attempts to negotiate with it. I can tell them now that they will get the redundancies they are looking for provided they negotiate normally and are willing to offer a decent package. But they will not achieve their objectives by bullyboy tactics.

“We used to have very good relations with the company until it was taken over by its new Scottish-based owners, Peel Port, a few months ago. They have shown nothing but contempt for Irish workers, our industrial relations procedures and our institutions.”