Fiery Dail row as retained firefighters threaten mass resignations amid pay dispute
Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has encouraged unions to resume industrial relations talks following concerns that retained firefighters are considering resigning “in large numbers”.
Mr Doherty encouraged and “challenged” Minister O’Brien to go and meet the firefighters, as well as wearing one of their on-call pagers. Minister O’Brien accused Mr Brady and Sinn Féin of engaging in “an act of theatre” that was “obviously choreographed”.
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