How will the public sector pay dispute end?
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan

How will the public sector pay dispute end?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 14, 202633 min
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  • Politics

Leinster House today was filled with sympathy for Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport Patrick O’Donovan who took ill during an EU presidency meeting in Limerick on Tuesday. On today’s podcast Hugh speaks to Irish Times political editor Pat Leahy and political correspondent Jack Horgan-Jones about the mood in the Dáil. Fellow politicians “understand the stresses and challenges” of the job, Pat said. They also discuss today’s public sector strike and the likelihood of another next Wednesday. “Both sides have staked out their territory” sa...

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You're listening to The Irish Times. It's Wednesday, October the 14th and you're very welcome to the Inside Politics podcast from The Irish Times. I'm Hugh Linehan joined in studio by Jack Horgan-Jones and on the line by Pat Lehe.

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Hello, Hugh. How are you? Hi, Hugh. I'm very good.

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Pat, how are you? Tremendous, Hugh. Good to hear. It's a busy day, a major strike happening across the country, which we're going to

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