It's been confirmed that the next public sector shutdown will take place on November 12.

Ireland's public sector is going on strike again after the meeting with the trade unions failed to resolve their concerns.

The shutdown is scheduled to take place on November 12, a Thursday, after it was initially suggested for Wednesday November 11.

Speaking on the announcement, Newstalk's Ella Anderson joined Lunchtime Live to explain what this 24-hour stoppage entails.

Does this strike involve the same public services as the previous strike?

So far, the plan is the same public service groups will be involved in the strike, but according to Ms Anderson, the only difference will be a "little bit in derogation".

She explained: "We might see a few more sectors, a few more parts of the unions getting derogations. But other than that, it should be about the same.

"So we're talking easily, you're in the 100,000 [people in the] 24-hour strike. And they're also looking at escalating the current work to rule and also considering striking further after November 12, but no date has been given yet."

Why are they striking again?

It seems that after the meetings today, the unions aren't happy with the progress that has been made in the pay deal discussions to date.

Ms Anderson elaborated: "Last week they came out and said that they'd reached a 'pretty significant impasse', in their own words, with the talks there.

"Today they said that the government has failed to put an offer on the table that they're happy with and that they feel represents the amount of work that public sector workers are putting in and reflects inflation as well.

"They say it's just not fair and it doesn't reflect the cost of living crisis."

Will there be rallies held in this strike? 

According to the strike announcement, there will be rallies being held all over the country, including the capital.

The unions will be bringing the public service workers together in Dublin city that will coincide with the strike and there will be smaller regional rallies across the country.

Was the decision to have the strike on November 12 planned to coincide with the EU presidency events?

Kevin Callinan, the chair of ICTU public services committee, reportedly said that the decision wasn't necessarily intentional that they moved it to the Thursday where there's a big EU Presidency event.

They said it was "logistical reasons" to not have it on a Wednesday again and it wasn't necessarily to try and affect the EU meeting there.

When asked about what these logistical reasons were, Ms Anderson said: "He kept it pretty vague. He says that they just couldn't have it on a Wednesday again for quote-unquote 'various reasons'."

The event in question sees Ireland host the ninth meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) in Dublin.

The meeting brings together European Heads of State or Government, together with leaders of key European and international institutions, for informal political and strategic discussions.

Main image: Members from the FORSA trade unions outside the Council Offices on Wood Quay in Dublin during the first strike. Pic: Leah Farrell/© RollingNews.ie