Doctors refuse to rule out more industrial actionDoctors at the Labour Relations Commission today for talks with the HSEWed Oct 09 2013 - 13:06
Managers breaching new rules on doctor hours 'will be relieved'Minister says 7,400 patients affected by strikeWed Oct 09 2013 - 06:39
TUI says it cannot provide Department of Education with list of its membersGovernment faces difficulties in identifying members of different unions in schoolsWed Oct 09 2013 - 01:00
Siptu to seek pay rises if Government exceeds deficit targetHigher wages would stimulate domestic demand, union president Jack O’Connor saysTue Oct 08 2013 - 07:57
Brendan Howlin to stand firm on payments to ASTI membersMinister for Public Expenditure and Reform indicates he would like to hold talks with teachers over pay deal rejectionMon Oct 07 2013 - 01:01
IMO defers internal inquiry due to cost and legal concernsInquiry was to examine pension package of former chief executiveFri Oct 04 2013 - 21:49
Senior public servant says Comptroller’s report ‘unfair’ to highlight mistakes and wasteSecretary general of Department of Public Expenditure Robert Watt accused of being ‘over sensitive’Fri Oct 04 2013 - 01:37
Need for new blood in Civil Service highlightedAverage age of staff now 47, Public Accounts Committee hearsThu Oct 03 2013 - 12:58
Limited industrial action has potential to escalateQuinn has been careful not to inflame rowThu Oct 03 2013 - 01:01
Welfare and health cuts to be last battle in budget talksMain question is extent to which reduction goes to ease cuts to welfare and health budgetsThu Oct 03 2013 - 01:00
HSE indicates reforms under Croke Park agreement went backwards this yearDepartment of Public Expenditure publicly rebukes HSE managementThu Oct 03 2013 - 01:00
Minister again rules out reopening pay deal for teachersASTI seeks talks with GovernmentWed Oct 02 2013 - 22:38
Restoration of wage-setting committees ‘irrational’, Ibec saysLabour TD Nash welcomes move as ‘core objective’ of party in governmentWed Oct 02 2013 - 14:14
ASTI urges Government to enter talks as action by teachers startsUnion warns dispute could escalateWed Oct 02 2013 - 13:50
Number of joint labour committees to be reduced under new reforms by BrutonWage-setting mechanisms for Dublin hotel staff and law clerks to be abolishedWed Oct 02 2013 - 01:01
Teachers begin industrial action todayGovernment cuts pay following union’s rejection of Haddington Road agreementWed Oct 02 2013 - 01:00
Clampdown on top-up payments for voluntary hospital chiefsCircular from Health Minister James Reilly says official pay scales must be strictly observedWed Oct 02 2013 - 01:00
Organisers hope up to 10,000 will attend anti-austerity marchUnions call on members to take part in event on October 12thTue Oct 01 2013 - 14:36
Jack O’Connor says Labour not making its caseSiptu chief says coalition not the same as a Fine Gael governmentTue Oct 01 2013 - 13:46
Consultants paid €400 million by insurersReilly says cost of claims almost €2 billionTue Oct 01 2013 - 01:00
Points avoided by farmer who was speeding ‘because bees were attacking livestock’C&AG report reveals reasons cited by drivers who had fixed notices terminated by gardaíTue Oct 01 2013 - 01:00
Social welfare overpayments of €97m in 2012Some 40 per cent of recorded overpayments attributed to fraud while a further 37 per cent came about due to errorMon Sept 30 2013 - 19:14
€3.3m spent on abandoned projectPlan to build new State Pathology Office and facilities for the Dublin Coroner was shelvedMon Sept 30 2013 - 17:39
Civil servant overpaid by nearly €300,000Payments continued for several years after being uncovered, report findsMon Sept 30 2013 - 16:49
Nyberg sees little need for banking inquiry in IrelandOfficial in previous inquiry would be ‘surprised’ if anything new emergedMon Sept 30 2013 - 08:24
ASTI warns members to participate in actionIndustrial action to start on Wednesday following Haddington Road deal rejectionMon Sept 30 2013 - 01:00
HSE to urge ending of top-up payments for voluntary health agency chiefsDepartment of Health sets out policySat Sept 28 2013 - 01:00
Health chiefs face questions on €3 million top-up paymentsChair of PAC says ‘a wink and nod is not good enough’Fri Sept 27 2013 - 13:39
Hospital and agency chiefs receive €3.2m in top-up payNo records in Department files on agreement to pay more money to chief executivesFri Sept 27 2013 - 06:30
Executive top-up payments widespread for health bossesReport shines light on remunerationFri Sept 27 2013 - 01:01
Quinn says teachers will lose redundancy protectionSupervision and substitution payments could also be hit for ASTI membersWed Sept 25 2013 - 11:55
Government takes tough line on teachersQuinn gives first hints of what life could be like for ASTI members outside accordWed Sept 25 2013 - 01:00
HSE cuts €40,000 in allowances paid to new senior directorNational director of acute hospitals to no longer receive car or academic allowancesWed Sept 25 2013 - 01:00
Teachers to withdraw from meeting parents outside school hoursASTI industrial action to start on October 2ndTue Sept 24 2013 - 01:01
Health officials had little sympathy with GPs and pharmacists on new fee cutsCivil servants told Minister there was scope for additional reductions in paymentsTue Sept 24 2013 - 01:00
Doctors say proposals to reduce working hours are insufficientPlanned strike remains suspended to allow for more talks with HSEMon Sept 23 2013 - 19:41
Minister wants planning permission for new national children’s hospital by end of 2014Review of urgent care centres almost readyMon Sept 23 2013 - 18:44
Government stands firm after ASTI rejects pay dealDisruption in secondary schools likely before Christmas; additional hours at riskSat Sept 21 2013 - 12:58
Secondary school disruption looks inevitableGovernment expected to wait to see nature of any industrial actionSat Sept 21 2013 - 06:51
ASTI rejects Haddington Road deal, backs industrial action but TUI acceptsGovernment sources rule out re-negotiation of Hadding Road agreement on public sector payFri Sept 20 2013 - 22:10
Reilly says free GP care for all will be introduced by 2016Minister wants free care for under fives to be introduced next yearFri Sept 20 2013 - 01:00
Government to grant unions greater bargaining powersEmployment agreements for setting pay and conditions to be restored, Tánaiste saysThu Sept 19 2013 - 17:42
Government delays contributed to worsening HSE financial positionHealth service considering new cutbacksThu Sept 19 2013 - 01:00
Patients face new cuts to tackle HSE deficitShortfall of nearly €50 million predicted in savings on Haddington Road agreementThu Sept 19 2013 - 01:00
HSE examines measures to combat multi-million euro overspendReport says primary care reimbursement area could have deficit of up to €100 millionWed Sept 18 2013 - 15:56
Government considers new debt collection systemHowlin says he wants to make the recovery of debts cheaper and more efficientWed Sept 18 2013 - 15:23
HSE under pressure to abide by Haddington Road agreementHSE to confirm it overran budget by €63 million in first six months of yearWed Sept 18 2013 - 01:01
Nurses will not carry out medical duties if IMO strike goes aheadNon-consultant hospital doctors planning stoppage next WednesdayTue Sept 17 2013 - 21:41
Threatened strike over bonuses at EBS avertedUnion says management has agreed to set date for payment of controversial bonusTue Sept 17 2013 - 16:02
Talks underway to avert strike at EBSUnite union planning one-day stoppage if no progress is made on row over bonusTue Sept 17 2013 - 01:00
