Gilmore vows to reform public sector

LABOUR PARTY leader Eamon Gilmore told voters yesterday he will “be tough on anyone who stands in the way of reform” in the public sector.

Responding to questions about the perception that the Labour Party is too close to unions and likely to shy away from real public sector reform, he said: “Eamon Gilmore will be tough on anyone who stands in the way of reform.”

Mr Gilmore, who was in Cork city yesterday at a press conference with all the candidates standing in Cork constituencies, said his party is making public sector reform a key plank in their party’s election manifesto.