Union delegates want public-sector pay increases of over 10%

The Fórsa union's national conference at the INEC Killarney. Picture: Domnick Walsh 

The head of Ireland’s largest public-sector trade union has declined to reveal the size of the pay increase his body will seek from the Government, despite some of his delegates calling for hikes of more than 10%.

Fórsa general secretary Kevin Callinan said his members “don’t want me or others to start plucking figures out of the sky”.