The Central Executive Committee of the GRA recommended such acceptance; the vote was recorded 84% ‘Yes’ against 16% ‘No’.
GRA General Secretary PJ Stone said, “We remain living in uncertain times, and earlier this year our executive resoundingly rejected the original proposals put forward by government as Croke Park 2.
“Our duty is to ensure our members are not subjected to further pay cuts or the erosion of pay for working unsocial hours – and the agreement worked through the LRC has maintained each member’s earnings in exchange for 30 extra hours work.”