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| Ryanair wins court bid to block Irish strike | Ryanair wins court bid to block Irish strike |
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| The High Court in Dublin has blocked a proposed strike by Ireland-based Ryanair pilots on Thursday and Friday. | The High Court in Dublin has blocked a proposed strike by Ireland-based Ryanair pilots on Thursday and Friday. |
| Ryanair's lawyers in Ireland told the court that the pilots union, which represents around 180 Ryanair pilots, had not let talks reach a conclusion before announcing the strike. | Ryanair's lawyers in Ireland told the court that the pilots union, which represents around 180 Ryanair pilots, had not let talks reach a conclusion before announcing the strike. |
| A London court is still hearing an urgent attempt by the airline to block a much larger strike by British pilots. | A London court is still hearing an urgent attempt by the airline to block a much larger strike by British pilots. |
| A judgement at that hearing is expected imminently. | A judgement at that hearing is expected imminently. |
| In a tweet, Ryanair welcomed the judgement from the Irish court. | In a tweet, Ryanair welcomed the judgement from the Irish court. |
| It said all Ryanair flights from Irish airports would now take off as normal. | It said all Ryanair flights from Irish airports would now take off as normal. |
| The airline had previously warned that the union would put holidaymakers' travel plans at risk if the strike went ahead. | |
| Justice McDonald told Dublin High Court that he would restrain the pilots' union, Forsa, "from directly or indirectly, organising, directing or endorsing" a strike by its members on Thursday and Friday. | Justice McDonald told Dublin High Court that he would restrain the pilots' union, Forsa, "from directly or indirectly, organising, directing or endorsing" a strike by its members on Thursday and Friday. |
| Forsa's lawyers had told the court that Ryanair had been "curt and dismissive" of a 30-page proposal it submitted to the airline on pay and conditions. | Forsa's lawyers had told the court that Ryanair had been "curt and dismissive" of a 30-page proposal it submitted to the airline on pay and conditions. |
| Earlier in August, Ryanair pilots in the UK and Ireland voted to strike in a row over pay and conditions. | |
| The British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) announced two 48-hour walkouts, one from 22-23 August and another from 2-4 September. | |
| About 180 Ryanair pilots based in Ireland were also set to strike on Thursday 22 and Friday 23 August. | |
| But Ryanair turned to the courts in London and Dublin in a bid to block the industrial action, prompting Balpa to accuse the airline of "bully boy" tactics. | |
| "If they think they can legally bludgeon us and their pilots into submission they are wrong," Balpa general secretary, Brian Strutton, said at the time. | |
| "This is a waste of time and money that would be better spent trying to resolve the dispute." | |
| When Balpa announced the planned industrial action, Ryanair responded saying the "ill-timed" strikes would endanger pilot jobs. | |
| But Captain Tilmann Gabriel, a former pilot who teaches aviation management at City University, told Radio 5 Live that pilots were in short supply with 800,000 needed over the next two decades. | |
| "That means we need to produce... 110 pilots every day [for] the next 20 years and we are producing much less," he said. "So of course the price goes up." | |
| But he said some pilots may be able to fill in during strike action. | |
| "Ryanair, of course has pilots based all over Europe and only the British Airline Pilots' Association-related pilots are threatening strike action tomorrow and the day after so they have a lot of opportunities to use other crews and other aircraft bases across Europe to do these flights." |