Minister for Public Expenditure Brendan Howlin said he is confident that the latest round of Croke Park talks will yield the anticipated €300m savings sought by the Government.

Graduate nurses are facing sub-standard pay rates for the first two years of their careers as part of a deal to secure other rights for the health sector.

The proposed deal with teacher unions gives some concessions on what they rejected, but it is unclear if they are enough to assuage anger about a range of cuts and extra work required.

Secondary teachers have voted for industrial action in the event that the Government pushes through pay cuts.

Minister for Health James Reilly said today that "some degree of progress" is being made in negotiations with the health unions.

The chairman of the Labour Relations Commission, Kieran Mulvey and unions are continuing talks today in a last ditch attempt to make savings of over €300m to the public sector pay bill.

The Public Expenditure and Reform Minister is warning that time is running out on reaching an agreement to resume the public-sector pay talks.

The Labour Relations Commission has been given until next week to try and negotiate some kind of settlement with unions over the extension to the Croke Park public service pay agreement.

The majority of the public favour the government re-negotiating the Croke Park Agreement according to a new opinion poll.

As both sides appear increasingly boxed in, a legislated pay cut could result in a freeze in co-operation with change across the public sector. However, Kyran Fitzgerald warns that more widespread disruption could be on the cards

One of the country’s most senior public service trade union leaders has cast doubt on the Labour Relations Commission’s ability to engineer agreement between unions and the Government on how to cut the State’s wage bill by €1bn by 2015.

Lower-paid civil servants are holding their annual conference in Galway today.

Fianna Fáil will support legislation to impose pay cuts on public sector workers following the rejection of the Croke Park extension deal.

The Taoiseach has warned that public sector workers are no longer guaranteed job security - following the rejection of the Croke Park two deal.

The head of the Labour Relations Commission will struggle to find any basis for a new agreement with unions that will yield a €1bn cut in the public service pay bill, informed sources believe.

The inclusion of the controversial €300m in savings as part of the Croke Park II agreement in the Government’s 2013 spending estimates triggered a walkout by opposition party TDs from an Oireachtas committee.

A renewed attempt to cut €300m from the public service pay bill will be decided by the Cabinet in two weeks following warnings from the Government that time was “running out” for a deal.

The coalition is to re-engage with trade unions to see if they can again negotiate the proposed cuts to the public pay bill.

The Government's response to the rejection of the Croke Park agreement will be discussed when the Cabinet meets on Tuesday.

Teachers are reassuring parents that any strike action over Croke Park 2 won't affect the summer exams.

The country's teachers are threatening to strike if the Government tries to enforce changes to their pay and conditions.

One of the country’s largest public service unions has warned the Government will be free to impose compulsory redundancies and longer working hours across the sector if fresh negotiations do not yield the required payroll savings.

The president of the Garda Representative Association has said that the Justice Minister is divorced from the reality of fighting crime.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has warned public servants not to risk the country's exit from the bailout by getting involved in "conflict and confrontation".

Justice Minister Alan Shatter will delay hiring more gardaí following the rejection of Croke Park 2.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny says the coalition will get €300m in savings from the public sector pay bill this year - despite the rejection of Croke Park 2 by unions.

The Tanaiste and Labour leader Eamon Gilmore is rejecting suggestions that the coalition will be damaged, after unions voted down the Croke Park 2 proposals.

The President of the INTO says his union may embark on industrial action if the government introduces pay cuts to the public sector, as the Croke Park 2 deal looks set to be formally rejected today.

The Government may seek to introduce elements of Croke Park II to avoid crippling strike action which would result from a direct 7% pay cut across the public service.

Siptu’s rejection of the LRC proposals on pay and reform can be a fresh start for all, says Colm Keaveney

The strength of the vote against the Croke Park II deal by primary teachers has been put down to anger over a range of previous pay and education service cuts.

The rejection of the Croke Park deal has pitched the coalition into its biggest crisis to date.

The association which represents the country’s rank-and-file gardaí has warned the Government that if it carries out its threat to cut its members’ wages it will retaliate by pursuing breaches of the EU working time directive in the courts.

The Government has been urged to reopen talks with trade unions after workers rejected the extension of the Croke Park deal agreement.

If the Government imposes a second pay cut of up to 7% in the space of three years on public servants, it will likely mean the loss of key public services if teachers, nurses, doctors, and civil servants choose to fight the cuts with industrial action.

Rejection spells the end of partnership, writes Gerard Howlin

The Irish National Teachers' Organisation and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have rejected the possible extension to the Croke Park agreement.

SIPTU members have voted to reject Croke Park II.

UNITE has rejected the revised Croke Park Agreement.

The Public Service Executive Union has voted to accept the Croke Park II proposals.

There are growing fears for the future of the Croke Park deal as the biggest public service unions in the country prepare to release the results of ballots by members.

There are growing fears for the future of the Croke Park deal as public sector union UNITE prepares to reveal the results of its ballot later today.

Top-ranking civil servants have rejected the proposed Croke Park II round of pay cuts.

Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Brendan Howlin has ruled out a renegotiation of Croke Park II in the event that it is rejected by public service unions next Wednesday.