Unions should focus on reducing prices

WHEN will the public sector unions realise the Government simply cannot row back on pay cuts? It would be much better if the unions expended their energies instead on things that can be changed.

Specifically, there needs to be a focus on reducing consumer prices. There has never been a satisfactory explanation as to why prices in this state are so much higher than in the North.

To begin with, why is it that shipping costs between Britain and Ireland are among the highest in the world, thus contributing to higher costs for all imported goods?