Ryanair 's Irish pilots won't be allowed to go ahead with industrial action after the airline was granted an injunction.
The High Court in Dublin ruled in favour of Ryanair which is currently in a dispute with Irish union Forsa.
In a statement Ryanair said that it "welcomes" the court ruling and invited Forsa to re-enter mediation talks under Mr Kieran Mulvey in a bid to try and resolve the dispute.
The union represents some of the airline's Irish pilots and had previously held a strike ballot where its members voted in favour of industrial action .
Although the two sides had entered mediation talks, Ryanair withdrew from negotiations at the time after it said that "no progress was made".
The courts ruled in favour of Ryanair who argued that the threat of strikes had been announced before the mediation process was complete, and claimed the walkouts would breach an agreement made between the union and airline last year.
The union had planned walkouts for directly-employed Ryanair pilots based in Ireland for 48 hours, kicking off on Thursday 22nd August.
The news comes as Ryanair faces separate strikes by its UK-based pilots who are members of union BALPA, with walkouts planned in August and September.
The first walkouts are planned from 00:01 on Thursday 22nd August until 23:59 on Friday 23rd August, while the second walkouts are planned from 00:01 on Monday 2nd September until 23:59 on Wednesday 4th September.
Meanwhile Spanish unions have threatened strike action over a series of dates throughout September following a dispute with the airline.
Of course the airline isn't the only one to face potential industrial action.
We've also got a general guide to all the UK airport and airline strikes you need to know about this summer - we've included ones which have been suspended and cancelled too to help you sift through all of the news.
