Consultants on collision course with government

Some of the country’s best paid doctors are on a collision course with Government in a dispute that could end in pay cuts and potential legal action.

The rift widened yesterday after a highly charged day in which the Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) and senior Government ministers came into direct confrontation.

The IHCA is refusing to turn up at tomorrow’s Labour Court meeting between it, the Irish Medical Organisation and the HSE.