Hospital consultants to sue State over millions in unpaid salary increases

A "significant" number of hospital consultants are set to sue the State over millions of euro in unpaid salary rises they claim are owed to them since 2008.

The Irish Hospital Consultants’ Association confirmed the situation — which could cost the taxpayers tens of millions of euro — at its AGM in Cork City at the weekend.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner last night, the union’s assistant secretary general, Martin Varley, confirmed a “significant” number of senior doctors have already filed legal papers with the High Court against the State.