Strike action at Irish Rail has been called off following another night of delicate talks. The agreement was reached in the early hours of this morning.

The company has put off implementing pay cuts after new proposals were set out at the Labour Relations Commission.

All sides in the dispute have spent another night at the LRC trying to hammer out a solution to the row that had already disrupted thousands of passengers and cost the company €1.5m.

Parties have agreed to endorse a revised set of proposals. They will put to a ballot of union members with Irish Rail agreeing to pause pay reduction for three weeks.

The planned strikes for next Sunday, the day of the All-Ireland final, the following Monday and the 21st of September will not go ahead.

The Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe has welcomed the news.

Mr Donohoe says all parties are aware of Irish Rail's 'financial predicament', and this agreement is 'essential' to addressing its challenges.

Irish Rail spokesman Barry Kenny says the controversial pay cuts are still on the cards, but have been deferred for three weeks to allow workers to have their say in the ballot.

He has also outlined some of the other measures in the plan to Newstalk Breakfast.