Ireland’s social dialogue in outline. The social dialogue which can be understood
as a process which “includes all types of negotiation, consultation and exchange
of information between, or among, representatives of governments, employers and
workers on issues of common interest”1 operates in the wider industrial relations
area. If we take into consideration a fact that there are the very dynamic issues in this
area, we will have to explore the matters, for example, such as the legal and organisational
frameworks for the social dialogue, actors of it (including the most important
social partners), or, tendencies for this area. The main aim of the paper, therefore, is
a presentation of these chosen issues in the context of the Irish social dialogue. It can
be seen as an effort for the presentation of Ireland’s social dialogue in outline.