Failure to get bank debt deal would be ‘disastrous’

Siptu president Jack O’Connor said the failure to reach a deal on the bank debt before the next €3.1bn promissory note payment is due in March would have “disastrous” consequences for the country.

Mr O’Connor called on the public to attend a “Day of Action” on Feb 9 to “confront the impossible burden that has been imposed upon us before it breaks our backs”.

Up to 100,000 people are expected to attend that protest.