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‘Reprehensible’ to use children as ‘pawns’ as Aer Lingus pilots’ strike threatens summer holiday flights, Simon Harris says

Pilots’ union Ialpa and the carrier described as being ‘poles apart’

Dozens of flights to be cancelled by Aer Lingus as pilots stage industrial action

Senan Molony, John Mulligan and Anne-Marie Walsh

It is "utterly reprehensible" that children are being "used as pawns" in an industrial relations dispute involving Aer Lingus, the Taoiseach has said.

Pilots at Aer Lingus served notice to the airline of their intention to launch an indefinite work-to-rule from next Wednesday.