A €25 million cut in Government support for fee-paying schools would end up costing jobs in a sector already affected by education cutbacks, a teachers’ union has claimed.

FINANCE Minister Brian Lenihan has put his cabinet colleagues on alert that he does not want to wait until December’s budget to implement the recommendations of Bord Snip Nua.

ONE of the Government’s most trusted economic advisors has said the minimum wage must fall by 10%.

TÁNAISTE Mary Coughlan has warned doctors, lawyers and architects they will have to lower the fees if the country is to restore its competitiveness.

HOSPITALS hit by a large number of lawsuits on foot of medical negligence claims face having their budgets cut if Bord Snip Nua’s recommendations are implemented.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has appealed to people to read the report of An Bord Snip Nua carefully and not react based on selfish interests.

THE Green Party leadership has resisted the temptation to use Bord Snip Nua to kick out and assert itself ahead of its special policy conference in Dublin today.

THE country’s largest trade union described the An Bord Snip Nua report as an “exercise in fantasy” which is entirely unworkable, unnecessary and downright counter-productive.

ONE of Tony Blair’s staff — Jo Moore — earned a degree of infamy for herself and her profession on 9/11. As the World Trade Centre collapsed killing thousands, she described it as “a good day to bury bad news”.

PUBLIC and private sector trade unions are to organise widespread work stoppages and national days of protest throughout the coming weeks in a bid to stop government putting the weight of the economic recovery on the shoulders of ordinary workers.