Ditch Croke Park deal without delay

The Croke Park agreement is not working, and the government should back out of it as quickly as it can. Many of the deal's features are exactly the opposite of what a well-run organisation would do if it was trying to cut its costs with a minimum of impact on its activities.

For a start, offering early retirement or redundancy to everyone, irrespective of their value to the organisation is crazy. It is ...