Ireland agrees to restore some public-sector pay cuts

Ireland's government has agreed with trade unions to restore some of the pay cuts imposed on public-sector workers after the country's financial crisis, spending minister Brendan Howlin said on Friday. Workers on an annual salary of 30,000 euros or less will received a 7 percent pay rise under the deal. "It matches the requirement of government for prudence to ensure that all the work we've done to sustain a healthy economy is not put in jeopardy in any way," Howlin told reporters, adding that t