Croke Park ‘most reviled process’

Your editorial of Saturday, Jan 26, ‘Unions better stick to Croke Park agreement’, sounds like an unquestioning press release from government spin doctors.

You say the decision of middle-ranking garda management, to walk away from talks between the Government and the public service unions, is a setback for the negotiations to secure extension of the Croke Park agreement, affecting Ireland’s track record of industrial relations stability.

Slavishly, you say the negotiations are a vital piece of the jigsaw that will shape Ireland’s economic ‘recovery’.