Anne-Marie Walsh: 'Government risks pay claim free-for-all if it gives in to strikes'
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe are not just facing a showdown with nurses -they've also got the public sector union leadership breathing down their necks.
The union chiefs have not made any secret of the fact that their members will be queuing up with their hands out if the nurses get anything they don't.
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