Taoiseach Micheál Martin has urged unions and Government officials to get back in the room after both sides failed to reach agreement at public sector pay talks at the Workplace Relations Commission.
Kevin Callinan, President of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, has said “we were not able to conclude an agreement with the Government side," despite talks continuing until the early hours of Friday morning.
Mr Callinan had warned that the talks would fail if the Government did not address the gap between pay and current living costs.
