Cuts loom after Croke deal ends

Public servants could see their pay and allowances cut when the Croke Park agreement ends and its successor is negotiated, Fine Gael’s Europe Minister Lucinda Creighton has said.

It came as Labour reacted with open fury to an Irish Examiner article co-authored by eight Fine Gael TDs which questioned aspects of the current agreement.

The eight TDs — Sean Conlan, Paul Connaughton, Pat Deering, Brendan Griffin, Noel Harrington, Sean Kyne, Anthony Lawlor, and Eoghan Murphy — said incremental pay rises and allowances for high-earning public servants should be revisited.