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Unions have rejected a last-ditch effort from the Public Expenditures Minister Jack Chambers to halt strikes on Wednesday. Linda Kelly, General Secretary for the ASTI joins Shane to discuss why these talks won’t be going ahead, and Maeve McTaggart, a News and Political Reporter with the Irish Independent joins to discuss what the impact of these strikes will be.

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