Cianan Brennan: All is not well with unions and Government in pay talks

Paschal Donohoe allowed on Wednesday that it is 'really regrettable' that the spectre of industrial action had raised its head, he insisted the talks had broken down because the unions had raised 'a number of new items... at a relatively late stage of the process'. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

All is not well in the industrial relations between the Government and its public servants.

For several weeks, it had been clear that things weren’t going well at the latest round of public sector pay talks.