Martin Wall's report on Jack Chambers' comments on public sector pay appears on page 2 of the print edition this morning, while Emmet Malone reports from ICTU's Private Sector Committee Annual Seminar - Good Jobs in Ireland and the European Union - which heard strong criticism of the Government’s abandonment of its commitment to the Living Wage, with Minister for State with responsibility for employment Alan Dillon in attendance. 

RTÉ's correspondent Brian O'Donovan reported live last night from outside the WRC just after 6.30pm, as pay talks continued. Brian was back at nine o'clock to report on progress (watch here from 13:17) and describing the process as moving toward an 'endgame,' while coverage and comment of the October 14th strike action continues in regional titles, this week in The Munster Express, with a strong showing of Fórsa colours in the photos.

Congress general secretary Owen Reidy writes in Eolas magazine about AI and who the technology is really serving, while MEP Kathleen Funchion hailed "the important contribution of civil and public servants to Ireland’s agricultural sector" as she attended Fórsa's recent Agri branch conference.  

Elsewhere, it's widely reported that nurses at Naas General Hospital have begun indefinite industrial action over ongoing staffing shortages and patient safety concerns. 

Finally, as the youth vote makes in impact this year in Hungary, Serbia, Nepal and Brazil, the BBC has this report on why Europe's youth have taken to the streets - "they feel locked out of a promising future."

Your Zen this morning sees Barack Obama out on the campaign trail ahead of the US mid-term elections next week. His gift for stand-up remains, as the Orange Menace gets prickly over the former President's remarks about an overly-gilded Whitehouse, and Obama comments on which part of the routine upset Trump the most.

Have a great day.

NS