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Retained firefighters struggling to get mortgages as strike action looms

Aisling Bolton Dowling by Aisling Bolton Dowling
24/05/2023
in KCLR News, News & Sport
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Retained firefighters are struggling to get mortgages because their salaries are not enough.

That’s according to Kilkenny’s SIPTU County Shop Stewart, Philip Byrne speaking on KCLR Live.

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Retained firefighters across Kilkenny, Carlow and nationwide are due to take industrial action next month.

The action will commence on the 6th of June with members engaging in a campaign of non-cooperation with work outside of responding to emergency calls.

If no resolution is found, rolling strikes will begin on the 13th of June with an all-out strike on June 20th.

Currently, there are only 68 retained firefighters in Kilkenny and no full-time members.

Philip Byrne outlines some of the issues they want to see addressed:

“You need to give people a decent time off, which they have agreed that they will do by introducing more people to the service, so people can have that time. They’ll have to give people a more stable income, so they can get mortgages and other things because we have had people over the years just leaving.”

 

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