Up to 1,000 to attend anti-Croke Park event

Up to 1,000 public servants are expected to attend an information meeting on the contents of the proposed Croke Park II deal in Cork city tomorrow night.

The briefing session, which is being held in the Cork City Hall at 8pm, is one of 11 which have been arranged as part of a joint campaign by four trade unions opposed to the terms of the agreement: The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO), the Civil, Public and Services Union (CPSU), and Unite.

All four are affiliated to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the executives of each have advised members to vote against the terms of the deal in their individual ballots. The unions have a variety of reasons for opposing the recommendation which emerged last month from the Labour Relations Commission.