Women could be forced out of the public service because they will have less access to work-sharing and flexible working arrangements under the changes proposed under Croke Park II.

The 15,000 members of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland have voted overwhelmingly to reject Croke Park II.

The Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland has become the latest union to recommend its 17,000 members reject the terms of Croke Park II.

The Irish Medical Organisation has become the latest public service representative body to recommend its members reject the terms of Croke Park II.

Retired judges are due to be hit by the planned pay and pension cuts under the renewed Croke Park agreement on public sector pay.

Two of the country’s teacher bodies became the latest unions to advise members to ballot against accepting the terms of the Croke Park II.

Unions representing staff at either end of the hierarchy in the civil service are to campaign for a rejection of Croke Park II.

Rank-and-file gardaí will “turn off the goodwill tap” as part of a work to rule from Feb 22 if the Government tries to cut their pay and conditions through Croke Park II.

As talks on Croke Park II enter a crucial phase, private sector employers’ group Ibec has called for increments in the public sector to be scrapped and pension entitlements to be scaled back.

Unions representing 70,000 frontline public service staff have threatened collective industrial action over the Government’s plans to cut the take-home pay of their members under Croke Park II.

Middle ranking gardaí are meeting this morning to decide whether to pull out of talks on Croke Park II.

Public service unions have warned the Government that they will struggle to sell further cuts to any part of members’ pay to their members under Croke Park II.