300,000 public sector workers begin national strike
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A public sector strike has closed schools and disrupted hospitals in the largest industrial mobilisation since 2009. While unions described the 300,000-strong walkout as a generation-defining moment, a union leader described recent pay discussions as promising but insufficient to call off further strikes.
Gardaí have raided homes in Waterford following a firebomb attack that killed a family. Investigators are treating the deaths as a murder inquiry and believe a local drugs gang was responsible for the fire.
A whistleblower’s identity was leaked two weeks after a data breach at the Garda, a sequence of events that has raised further concerns about sensitive information security.