That Irish Times coverage can be found here, while Martin Wall's page 2 analysis (What reforms are being sought in return for €5bn public pay deal?) is available here.

Despite the conclusion of talks in the wee small hours yesterday, Kevin Callinan joined David McCullagh on his morning programme to talk about the agreement. Later in the day, after the NEC gave its backing to recommending a yes vote in the upcoming Fórsa ballot on the deal, Kevin spoke to Matt Cooper on Today FM's The Last Word.

Elsewhere, the Indo reports on Fórsa and the TUI's executives backing of the new agreement, while Brendan Ryan in Cork writes to the Irish Times letters page to highlight how much of the pay increases returns to the State through personal taxation. The same observation is noted in some of the media coverage.

The Irish Examiner's editorial criticises the Government's handling of negotiations and "may want to consider how poor its timing was with the discussions — by leaving substantive negotiations so late in the day, it gave the unions a trump card...", while the Irish Times editorial takes a similar approach ("Government negotiators should have ensured that the real talking started earlier – much earlier.")

Regional titles choose to focus more on the higher value of the deal for workers earning below €60,000.

Your Zen this morning is the title track of Anna Von Hauswolff's Iconoclast album, which she performed at the National Concert Hall last night. Her band put on a great show. A big heavy sound underpins a soaring and unique voice. It had the audience on their feet and was quite a balm after an intense few days at work.

Have a great day.