300,000 Public Sector Workers Strike Across The Country

The Last Word with Matt Cooper

Oct 14, 202600:16:52News & Politics

Jamie O’Hara, Today FM Reporter, gauges the mood of public sector workers striking at Cork University Hospital and at a school in Mallow. Louise Burne, Political Correspondent with the Irish Examiner, outlines the latest...

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