Politics
Public sector pay talks break up without agreement
Talks over a new deal began days after the most recent agreement expired at the end of last year
Public Sector pay talks adjourned in the early hours of this morning with both sides expressing disappointment over the failure to reach agreement on a new deal.
Minister for public expenditure Paschal Donohoe described the talks, which began on Tuesday, had been “lengthy and challenging”.
In a statement on Thursday, he said: “I am disappointed that, despite intensive negotiations into the early hours of this morning, public service pay discussions have not yet delivered an ...