Lloyds staff apologise as strikes begin
Leo: Visit must be respected
Gerry Light STRIKES continue for Lloyds Pharmacy workers with two-day closures taking place today and tomorrow.
The stores affected are Tonlegee, Coolock, Killester and Crumlin in Dublin while the store in Mulligar, Co Westmeath, will also close.
Union Mandate said Lloyds is to blame and up to 30 more stores will be impacted as workers escalate their campaign for decent work and fair pay.
Spokesman Gerry Light said: “The decision to strike is difficult and is a last resort for members.
“They have tried in every way to have their right to trade union representation affirmed, but management have frustrated them at every opportunity.” Donald trump is coming in November
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LEO Varadkar last night said the news of Donald Trump’s visit to Ireland came out of the blue and argued the US President should be respected.
The Taoiseach revealed the Government had not known about the trip until a couple of DEFIANT John Halligan will join protests
days ago and he stressed there is a standing invitation for any US President to come to Ireland.
Mr Varadkar told the Marty Squad on RTE Radio 1: “I think they’ve all visited since Reagan, if not before, and obviously there’s an open invitation for me, or any
future Taoiseach, to attend Washington in March. We hadn’t known he was going to visit until a couple of days ago.
“I know a lot of people dislike him and object to him.
“A lot of people disagree with a lot of his policies, just as I do, but he is the President of America. The relationship between Ireland and the US is so strong and so important, much more important than any Irish government or any US administration, and I think we have to treat his office with the respect it deserves.”