Our View: 48-hour doctors strike is totally unacceptable

The 48-hour strike called by doctors at public hospitals for next Tuesday and Wednesday isn’t certain to go ahead. These disputes often tend to get settled at the last minute – usually with the government caving in.

Even if the strike is averted, though, just the fact that it’s being threatened is outrageous, on a number of levels.

First and foremost, there’s the glaringly privileged status of these particular ‘workers’. Government doctors are apparently on annual salaries of about €150,000 ...