由于在薪酬谈判条款上与政府存在争议，爱尔兰广大公共部门员工周三举行了该国自2009年金融危机最严重时期以来的首次大规模罢工，导致大面积陷入瘫痪。
Much of Ireland's public sector ground to a halt on Wednesday as workers staged the country's first widespread strike since the height of the financial crisis in 2009, in a dispute with the government over the terms of pay talks.