BongleBear, the largest union in Ireland - SIPTU - is today deliberating on whether or not to recommend its members vote for the new National Wage Agreement. This agreement contains legislative changes which are designed to blow O'Leary and his bullying tactics right out of the water.
There is no guarentee the NWA will be recommended by SIPTU, especially after a very harsh budget yesterday, but I believe it will pass, on the proviso that the government makes the promised legal changes. I believe they will indeed happen because the country is teetering on the of economic collapse and does not need the chaos of wage strikes.
Thus the writing is on the wall for O'Leary. Give it a few more months - the acts are due in June I believe. Read the thread again, esp my earlier posts.