Union silence on health cuts

WHERE are the bus drivers’ unions? Where are the health service unions? Are they all in the pockets of Fianna Fáil and its cohorts, in well-paid and secure jobs in management?

I do not wish to paint all trade union leaders in a bad light – most are genuine and sincere – but in this instance there appears to be a conspicuous silence, to say the least.

I am appalled at the suggested cuts in frontline health services. I spent many years in health management posts in Britain, and never have I witnessed such draconian and dangerous measures as those being implemented in Ireland.