Unpaid leave option sparked public derision

IN response to Brendan Richardson (Letters, December 10), I have seen no evidence of a “baying mob hysterically screeching for public service pay cuts rather than unpaid leave”.

The fact is that once details of the 12 days unpaid leave proposal emerged from the talks between public sector unions and the Government, the public response was rightly one of complete derision.

How on earth could that possibly work in schools, hospitals or in the gardaí?