SIPTU has condemned the Government for not using Budget 2017 as an “opportunity to repair the damage inflicted on the country by the economic collapse.”

The redeployment of Matthew Flaherty to right-half back was a key factor in Kerry’s successful defence of the Munster minor crown, according to manager Jack O’Connor.

Siptu president Jack O’Connor has emphatically denied that he and employers are engaged in a new national agreement which would involve an “incomes policy”.