Croke deal traps could cause chaos, says union

THE largest civil service union will today slam commentators and politicians who, it will claim, are shamefully denigrating public sector workers.

The staunch defence will come less than 48 hours after Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin said many parts of the public service “are not fit for purpose”.

In a speech to the annual delegate conference of the Civil Public and Services Union (CPSU), deputy general secretary Eoin Ronayne will attack economic commentators and business leaders who have been urging trade unions to show more realism in their response to the economic crisis.