Croke Park Agreement
# croke-park-agreement - Friday 17 May, 2013
Primary teachers votes for strike action if government cuts their pay
The INTO also agreed to accept an invitation to go back to the talks table with the Labour Relations Commission.
# croke-park-agreement - Friday 26 April, 2013
Column: To restore our financial credibility, tough decisions must be taken on Croke Park 2
You can’t spend money you don’t have, writes Seán Murphy, who says Jack O’Connor’s proposal to use the €1 billion promissory note savings and taxing the wealthy is not a viable solution.
# croke-park-agreement - Sunday 21 April, 2013
Martin says government is ‘obsessed with public relations over substance’
Speaking at his party’s 1916 commemoration, the Fianna Fáil leader said that the failure of the Croke Park Agreement was a “crisis of the government’s own making”.
# croke-park-agreement - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
Labour ponders ‘tweaked’ pay deal as ICTU prepares to kill off Croke Park 2
ICTU will meet today to formally reject the proposals, as a Labour backbencher says a ‘tweaked’ deal could be the way forward.
# croke-park-agreement - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
Howlin responds to Croke Park II rejection, says ‘the arithmetic hasn’t changed’
The Minister for Public Expenditure insisted that Croke Park II had been a “fair deal” and that the Troika would now be asking him “if Ireland is still on track”.
# croke-park-agreement - Thursday 11 April, 2013
Unions against Croke Park deal will ‘not be bound’ by ICTU vote
Minister Brendan Howlin ha said that it is “dishonest” to say that there are no consequences arising from a ‘no’ vote.
# croke-park-agreement - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
Report finds Croke Park deal could push women out of workforce
The equality audit found that changes to working hours and work sharing arrangements would disproportionately affect female public sector workers.
# croke-park-agreement - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
Ruairí Quinn faces red cards and heckles during INTO address
The Minister for Education, Ruairí Quinn, was addressing the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation at their annual conference in Cork.
# croke-park-agreement - Monday 18 March, 2013
Union tells government to ‘stay the hell away’ from voting process
Regional Secratary of UNITE hit out at the government, accusing it of “subverting the democratic process”.
# croke-park-agreement - Friday 15 March, 2013
Croke Park II will cut nurses wages by 11.1pc, not 1.7pc – INMO
Phil O’Shea from the IMNO said that government figures of a 1.7 per cent drop were incorrect.
# croke-park-agreement - Thursday 14 March, 2013
SIPTU encourages members to accept Croke Park agreement
The union said that the proposals on the table were “the best that could be obtained through negotiation”.
# croke-park-agreement - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
Gardaí to show leniency at checkpoints under new work-to-rule measures
The new measures will also see gardaí refusing to volunteer for overtime on St Patrick’s Day.
# croke-park-agreement - Sunday 3 March, 2013
Varadkar: No special pay deals for unions who walked out of talks
The transport minister says unions who left the Croke Park 2 talks left members “high and dry” and cannot get concessions.
# croke-park-agreement - Saturday 2 March, 2013
# croke-park-agreement - Thursday 28 February, 2013
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# croke-park-agreement - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
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# croke-park-agreement - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
Poll: Do you think the proposed Croke Park agreement is a good deal?
With unions set to ballot on the proposed agreement, what do you think of the proposal?
# croke-park-agreement - Monday 25 February, 2013
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# croke-park-agreement - Sunday 24 February, 2013
Man arrested after assault on Dublin Fire Brigade paramedic
The incident took place last night in Blachardstown, Dublin 15.
SIPTU: More than ‘hot air and windy rhetoric’ required for Croke Park agreement
In a strongly-worded statement, the trade union said that they were prepared to go to war with government.
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Column: Croke Park talks show there is no ease up on austerity
Trumpeting their success with the promissory note last week, up against the unions this week. We are not out of the woods yet, not by a long shot, writes Kieran Allen.
# croke-park-agreement - Saturday 23 February, 2013
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# croke-park-agreement - Thursday 21 February, 2013
GRA hold protest outside Croke Park talks
Gardaí are due to start enforcing a number of measures tomorrow in protest at the cuts which will see them refuse to use personal equipment and strictly follow safety procedures.
Government seeks pay cut for public servants earning over €60,000
The INMO has said this is just one of the many proposals that was put on the table and the union is waiting to hear the full package.
# croke-park-agreement - Wednesday 20 February, 2013
Garda Commissioner to meet with GRA over cuts
The committee will meet with Callinan at Garda Headquarters in Dublin this morning at 11am.
# croke-park-agreement - Tuesday 19 February, 2013
Brian Hayes: Legislation on public pay ‘inevitable if there is no agreement’
The Junior Finance Minister said that while this was the case, government would rather not impose “some unilateral settlement”.
Poll: Should Sunday premium pay for frontline staff be reduced?
The coalition has proposed reducing Sunday double-time down to time-and-a-half. Is that fair?
Nurses will “never agree” to Sunday premium cuts
The INMO said it will not be moving the proposals as it returns to talks on the Croke Park Agreement today.
# croke-park-agreement - Monday 18 February, 2013
Explainer: What’s on the table in the Croke Park talks?
The government is seeking additional savings from the public sector, setting it on a collision course with unions. Here’s what it’s all about…
Croke Park talks on public sector pay and reform to continue
Meanwhile, an alliance of gardaí, nurses, paramedics, firefighters and prison officers will hold a rally in Dublin this evening.
# croke-park-agreement - Saturday 16 February, 2013
Garda Commissioner sets date for meeting with garda body
Earlier this week the GRA called for a meeting with Callinan, saying it is convinced he is unaware of the impact of proposed pay cuts.
Poll: Do you think the government will be successful in this round of Croke Park talks?
Most unions are returning to talks today but will the government be able to reach a deal to save €170 million through pay cuts?
# croke-park-agreement - Monday 4 February, 2013
Gardaí ‘will not accept pay cuts’ as sergeants question Shatter figures
The associations representing both Garda sergeants and ordinary members have lashed out at the government today.
‘It’s not on’ – Garda Commissioner critical of work-to-rule, ‘blue flu’ threats
Growing tensions between gardaí and the government, which is seeking €60 million in new savings, could lead to protests that would hamper the ability of the force to operate to its full capacity.
# croke-park-agreement - Friday 25 January, 2013
Shatter disappointed with Garda sergeants’ withdrawal from pay talks
The Minister for Justice says only those who take part in talks on extending Croke Park can influence them.
Garda sergeants and inspectors withdrawing from Croke Park talks
The AGSI said yesterday that it was dissatisfied with the proposed cuts to allowances put on the table during talks.
# croke-park-agreement - Monday 14 January, 2013
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Talks on extending Croke Park Agreement begin today
The Government seeks savings of €1 billion over three years by agreeing on significant changes to working conditions and pay in the public sector.





















































