Fragile recovery under siege from pay claims

You might not have realised it, but the Irish state is still running at a deficit, and remains burdened with heavy debts that are expensive to service. The recovery is fragile, and has not reached large parts of the country. The government is fragmented, the opposition is strong and our largest trading partner is in a state of economic and political flux. Europe is again pushing for tax reforms that would undermine Ireland’s ...