Retail workers’ trade union Mandate has suspended five activists, including two members of its National Executive Council (NEC), in a dispute over confidential settlements made with two members of staff who brought complaints against leading officials. All have been suspended from union activities and told they will not be permitted to attend the conference or stand in the elections. One of the council members to criticise the handling of the issue was Lorna Langan, from north Dublin. [ Mandate union’s membership down by one-third in five yearsOpens in new window ]In two letters to the organisation they identified 25 people they believed guilty of wrongdoing. “All of this is in breach of the rule book, and all we have asked is that the union follow its own rules.

Source: The Irish Times April 06, 2026 21:39 UTC