Civil servants will today demand a shorter working week having largely won a battle to get their pay cuts reversed. Civil servants will today demand a shorter working week having largely won a battle to get their pay cuts reversed. The extra hours meant most civil servants' working weeks increased from 34 hours and 45 minutes to 37 hours. A Department of the Taoiseach and Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht motion notes that the Government refused to restore the working hours for civil servants during the last pay talks. It instructs the union's civil service executive to make clear in future talks "that the priority for civil servants in the next restoration talks is the restoration of hours".

Source: Irish Independent April 19, 2018 01:30 UTC