The ICTU Public Services Committee issued this strong statement after its meeting yesterday morning. It was picked up by RTÉ, who had public service unions lashing out. Over in the Times, Martin Wall focussed on fragility, while the Examiner places the process on a 'knife-edge' this morning.
And there's more on talks in trouble as post-Brexit trade negotiations faltered yesterday.
The Mental Health Commission gets wide coverage for its latest report, which expresses alarm at the level of community and hospital services. It also warns of a Covid-perfect storm for older peoples' mental health, while an Oireachtas committee hears that students are struggling too.
Elsewhere, there's a warning that respiratory services are also under pressure, Ryanair has ordered a lot of aeroplanes, and the TImes finds space for this puff from the new owners of Clerys.
Sixty-four years ago today, the 'million dollar quartet' (Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl 'Blue Suede Shoes' Perkins) rocked up to Sun Studios in Memphis and recorded their first and only session together. This is so Zen that I'd want it played at my funeral if it wasn't for Louis Armstrong's version.
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