IPPN

Published: 15 December 2009

Angry unions tonight accused the Government of crashing social partnership and torching the wreckage with savage Budget cuts.

Around 600 public sector workers protested outside the Dáil as TDs inside the Chamber prepared to slash their wages by up to 15%.

Sheila Nunan, of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO), said public servants rejected being scapegoated in the budget.