Croke Park II on a road to nowhere

IT’S the sequel public service workers did not want to see and just like a box-office flop, Croke Park II will go down in flames if those workers decide they are being forced into a real-life horror story.

Early next year, a document will emerge from the talks between the Government and public service union leaders which begin today.

The unions will go back to their various memberships and take a ballot on how the Government plans to save an additional €1bn — on top of the €3.3bn already secured under Croke Park I — from the public service pay bill by 2015.