Ivana Bacik: “The State and church had a duty to make amends for abuse.”

Pay talks must do what they say on the tin, and that means prioritising pay from the word go, as the unions have asked.

This is a live issue, and we still have time to do the right thing.

People are crying out for change; that's why I want to see a left-led government in the next election.

What we saw from Government in last year's budget, what we saw again this year, was floundering, failing to deliver for families in any real way.