The president of the Teachers Union of Ireland is again warning of industrial unrest, after the commencement order for the Lansdowne Road Agreement was signed yesterday.

Signing the order, Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin said trade unions who don't sign up to the public sector pay deal won't be entitled to share its benefits when it kicks in next July.

The teaching unions - the ASTI and TUI - and both the Garda representative Association and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, have rejected the accord.

President of the TUI, Gerry Quinn, says there'll be industrial unrest before the election if the Government doesn't enter talks with them on the deal: