Good morning colleagues,

"The Government has demonstrated, repeatedly, that the loudest lobby wins and that working people, who engage in good faith through proper structures, are rewarded with less than those who disrupt.

"A Government that can find €500m for one industry at the drop of a hat has no credible case to make for restraint at the pay talks table. The Government has set a clear precedent. Workers will remember it."

The Irish Examiner reports on the ICTU's response to the aftermath of the fuel blockades.