Marriage Leave WRC Date, BOI 13/26 - BOI ROI & NI

13 March 2026


BOI 13/26

 

To:  All FSU Members

        Bank of Ireland Group – ROI and NI

 

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has now confirmed 22 April as the date for conciliation on Marriage Leave.

 

As you know, Marriage Leave is a long-standing, negotiated benefit - secured by the FSU and protected under Union Agreements. Generations of union members fought hard to win and maintain this entitlement through decades of collective bargaining. It is NOT a discretionary perk that the Bank can simply remove on its own.

 

This dispute highlights something important: every union member is part of a legacy. Every pay rise, every working condition, and every benefit that exists in Bank of Ireland is the result of workers standing together.

 

Being a union member means being part of something bigger. It’s not just about improving your workplace today, but also about protecting hard-won entitlements for the generations who come after you.

 

If any of your colleagues are not union members yet, ask them to join at www.fsunion.org/fsu/join. If they put your name in the “recruited by” section on the form, you will receive a €50/£40 voucher as a thank you.

 

Caitleen Desetti

Industrial Relations Organiser

 

BOI Sector Committee: 

 

Area

Name

Phone

Email

Bank of Ireland

Sector Officer and Rep for Leinster

Tom Ruttledge

+353 87 228 3038

tom.ruttledge@fsunion.org

FSU Vice President of Governance and BOI Rep for Connacht
and Donegal

Olivia Henry

+353 87 639 2386

olivia.henry@fsunion.org

Leinster, Cavan, and Monaghan

Robert Byrne

+353 87 334 1880

robert.byrne@fsunion.org

Christian Hanna

 

+353 87 224 9115

christian.hanna@fsunion.org

Dermot Murtagh

+353 86 858 6883

dermot.murtagh@fsunion.org

Munster

Zoe O’Neill

+353 86 857 8842

zoe.oneill@fsunion.org

NI & GB

Conor Morgan

+44 773 604 1188

conor.morgan@fsunion.org