15 percent pay rise for public servants earning over €150,000 goes ahead

Top public servants earning over 150,000 euro a year will get pay rises of up to 15 per cent today.

It affects 4,000 people, including judges and hospital consultants.

It’s the last phase of the reversal of pay cuts from the economic crash.

Sinn Féin’s public expenditure spokesperson, Mairead Farrell, says it comes during a cost-of-living crisis…