Public sector wage debate lacking rationality

It’s the silly season, and politicians are considering where to spend the break.

There is little to concern politicians, apart from banking scandals, banking meltdowns, Dáil expense scandals, rising unemployment, the lack of Irish membership of CERN, climate change induced extreme weather and the chances of getting a deal from the EU on our debt.

So, not unnaturally, commentators and politicians have begun murmuring that we should “revisit Croke Park”. And there is something dark and dense in the undergrowth of that statement.