Tensions arise over application of Croke Park deal

TENSIONS have arisen between trade unions and the Government over the implementation of the Croke Park agreement on public sector reform.

Yesterday at a conference to discuss the deal, IMPACT general secretary Shay Cody accused senior management of failing to engage with his members on its implementation.

Mr Cody, the leader of the country’s largest public sector union, said it was “predictable that the first point of resistance” to reform as outlined in the deal agreed four months ago “will come from management” rather then unions.