Industry and Employment Correspondent Former General Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions David Begg has been appointed Chairperson of the Workplace Relations Commission. The appointment for a five-year term was announced by Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment Damien English. Mr Begg replaces Paul Duffy, who chaired the WRC from 2015. The appointment was made following an open recruitment campaign carried out by the Public Appointments Service. Alongside this latest appointment, Mr Begg chairs the Pensions Authority, the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and the Fire Service National Oversight Implementation Group of the Department of the Environment.