Ireland begins its first general strike since 2009

More than 300000 public-sector workers in Ireland have started a general strike. The strike is the first general strike in the country since 2009. The cause is a deadlock in pay negotiations. The workers include teachers, health workers, and other civil servants.

The number given is more than 300000. The year of the previous general strike is 2009. The issue is pay. The status of talks is a deadlock.

Teachers are one group named. Health workers are another. Other civil servants are included in the same public-sector action. The action is a general strike.

Ireland is the country. The strike has started. The negotiations that stalled are pay negotiations. The historical marker is the first general strike since 2009.

The report does not list a settlement. It lists the start of the strike and the reason. The reason is the pay deadlock. The scale is more than 300000 workers.

The recorded labor event is the general strike. The sectors named are education, health, and the wider civil service. The year 2009 is the last comparable strike cited. The issue is unresolved pay talks.