A strike at Aer Lingus over Paddy's weekend is now highly likely, according to SIPTU.
This long running dispute is over a shortfall in the Aer Lingus and Dublin Airport Authority pension scheme t the tune of 780 million euro.
Earlier this month workers at the airline and Dublin, Cork and Shannon Airports voted overwhelmingly to take industrial action.
It was feared a strike would coincide with St Patrick's Weekend when nearly a quarter of a million people arrive at our airports - and many thousands of Irish people head away for a long weekend.
Now SIPTU's Dermot O'Loughlin says the timing is very much looking that way.
Announcing preliminary resutls for 2013 this morning the CEO of Aer Lingus said a strike wont solve anything.
Christoph Mueller says they've put forward a viable solution based on last year's Labour Court recommendation
and that the company cant wait any longer to bring in a 30 million euro cost saving plan
Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has appealed to all sides involved in the row, to get back around the talks table and avoid a strike:
