Chamber chief calls for public sector reform

IT is time to stop “pussyfooting” around the issue of public sector reform as a matter of urgency.

In a hard-hitting speech to the country’s business community last night, Cork Chamber president Ger O’Mahoney said there needs to be consequences if no change is delivered.

He also said political reform is essential if politics is to attract the best candidates. He said that if the public sector is not reformed then any effort to restore fiscal sustainability is “futile”.