爱尔兰公共部门工会在周五同意本周末开始与政府进行调解讨论，以确定新一轮加薪谈判的条款后，暂停了原定于下周进行的第二天全国性罢工。
Irish public sector trade unions suspended a second day of widespread strikes planned for next week after they agreed on Friday to begin mediated discussions with the government this weekend on the terms for new pay talks.
爱尔兰公共部门的大部分人员，包括教师、卫生工作者和公务员，在周三因数月来未能就加薪谈判的基础达成一致而举行了该国近二十年来的首次大规模罢工。双方在周五同意启动一个旨在为正式谈判寻找基础的进程。
Much of Ireland's public sector including teachers, health workers and civil servants on Wednesday staged the country's first major strike in almost two decades after failing for months to agree with ministers on the basis for negotiations on pay rises. The two sides agreed on Friday to begin a process aimed at finding a basis for formal negotiations to commence.
“我相信，现在在这个已经建立的进程中存在取得进展的前景。显然，我们需要看到政府的言论得到实际行动的支持，” 爱尔兰工会大会公共服务委员会主席凯文·卡利南对国家广播电台RTE表示。
"I believe that there is now a prospect of progress in the process that has been established. Obviously we will need to see the government's words backed up in practice," Kevin Callinan, chair of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions public services committee, told national broadcaster RTE.