Government warned delaying pay talks a mistake

The Government has been warned that delaying the start of public pay talks is only exacerbating the problem.
The nurses and midwives union says they won't be ignored while the Gardaí are given a pay raise.
Yesterday the country's largest public sector trade union, SIPTU, agreed to give Ministers another two weeks to set a timeline for public salary negotiations.
But the pressure is mounting to begin discussions
Liam Doran of the INMO says his members won't be treated differently to the guards:
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