SIPTU boss: Govt has set stage for confrontation

SIPTU president Jack O'Connor has told the union's annual conference that the Government has set the stage for major confrontation by launching a savage assault on workers and public services.

Speaking at the event in Tralee, Co Kerry, last night, Mr O'Connor said the Fianna Fail-Green Party coalition had decided that working people should bear the burden of €4bn worth of cuts in the forthcoming budget.