John Boyle: “Because Minister [Jack] Chambers and his officials haven't given us a credible basis for pay negotiations”

They're going to do the same kind of deal that they've done since 2011 during austerity. We're not going to be putting up with that any longer, considering what has happened over the last five years, when workers have struggled so badly…

We had two meetings back-to-back this afternoon. The Public Service Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, with 19 unions and representative groups present, and that was followed up by our own executive. And the decisions out of…

This is something we don't want to happen, but someone will need to step up to the mark, because a couple of hundred euro in tomorrow's Budget will not satisfy the people of Ireland.

Alaska is all about working together. I mean, all of us here at this table, we might disagree on particular policy points, but if we see somebody stuck in the snow... we are happy to share amongst ourselves.