On Wednesday Ireland is facing the biggest coordinated public sector strike since 2009. To find out what it is about, why it hasn’t been averted despite the Government’s offer to talk with unions and whether it still could be called off, Bernice Harrison talks to Irish Times work correspondent Emmet Malone.
What is the public-sector strike about and why hasn’t it been averted?

Emmet Malone on why unions have refused the Government's offer to talk
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