Tax Take: Any chance of a raise?

Begrudgery describes the reaction in some quarters to last week’s announcement that public servants were in line for a pay rise. One of the nastier side effects of the recession has been a sharpening of the “them and us” divides in Irish society. When it comes to pay issues, the perception is that public sector and private sector workers are at the opposite sides of a divide.

The public sector complains, with some justification, ...