Union leaders accused of selling out frontline staff

Senior public sector trade union leaders have been accused of “sacrificing” frontline workers, further deepening the divide between emergency service personnel and the rest of the public service.

In a speech to up to 4,000 nurses, gardaí, prison officers, and other members of the 24/7 Frontline Alliance, Seamus Murphy, deputy general secretary of the Psychiatric Nurses Association, accused the Irish Congress of Trade Unions of being complicit with the Government in reneging on the first Croke Park deal.