Varadkar says strike should be called offMinister says dispute counter-productiveMon Aug 05 2013 - 07:34
Revenue inquiry into data abuse resulted in resignation or firing of 15 staff membersInternal papers at Revenue show pensions of those concerned will not be penalisedMon Jul 29 2013 - 01:00
Tax authority may halt pension inquiriesCostly investigation into tax affairs of older people has yielded just €11 millionSat Jul 27 2013 - 01:00
Commission tells Government to speed up moves to reduce doctors’ working hoursIMO says State potentially facing massive fineSat Jul 27 2013 - 01:00
Reilly to act over loss of trained doctorsCurrent system deemed 'immoral and wrong' by Minister for HealthFri Jul 26 2013 - 01:00
HSE investigates ‘catastrophic failure of incidence management’ at CrumlinInvestigation under way into how 18 families wrongly told they were involved in medical scareFri Jul 26 2013 - 01:00
Hospitals asked to identify further cutbacksHSE warns of potential €104 million financial deficit with corrective actionFri Jul 26 2013 - 01:00
VHI seeking longer-term partnership with Berkshire HathawayReilly warns deal cannot be substitute for cost control at State-owned health insurerFri Jul 26 2013 - 01:00
HSE admits ‘catastrophic failure’ over contamination mix-upHospital investigating how 18 families wrongly told children may have been contaminatedThu Jul 25 2013 - 11:08
Hiqa not to change how it applies State nursing-home standardsReport said most publicly run facilities would not meet standards to apply from 2015Thu Jul 25 2013 - 01:00
Consultants say significant scope to cut administrative staffing levels in hospitalsIHCA says continued hospital under-funding is placing patient care under threatWed Jul 24 2013 - 01:01
IMO says it wants to represent GPs in talksDoctor's group says it wants to represent GPs in same way as Minister did in the pastTue Jul 23 2013 - 16:12
Howlin to clamp down on party leaders’ allowanceRestrictions to controversial payment to include new audit requirementsTue Jul 23 2013 - 01:00
Health insurers clash with Minister over chargesCompanies claim fees could realise €154 millionMon Jul 22 2013 - 01:00
Unite votes to accept Haddington Road dealBallot shows members overwhelmingly in favour, a major reversal in attitude to new agreementFri Jul 19 2013 - 19:08
College of GPs withdraws from HSE clinical programmes in protest over feesGovernment cut fees by 7.5 per on averageWed Jul 17 2013 - 17:09
Reilly postpones private patient chargesChange in price to insurance firms for use of public hospital beds held off until 2014Wed Jul 17 2013 - 01:01
Competition Authority goes to High Court over GPs’ service withdrawalAuthority had set a deadline of midday on Monday for the IMO to publish an undertaking to reverse its planned actionWed Jul 17 2013 - 01:01
Competition Authority to take legal action against Irish Medical OrganisationMove follows GPs’ plan to withdraw from certain services over Government fee cutsTue Jul 16 2013 - 14:10
Significant investment needed as quarter of long -stay units over 120 years oldReport says Government should make policy decision on public role in residential careMon Jul 15 2013 - 01:00
State-run nursing homes face closure without investment of hundreds of millionsOnly 10 out of more than 100 existing facilities would meet new Hiqa standardsMon Jul 15 2013 - 01:00
Competition Authority extends deadline for GPs to reverse protest at fee cutsOrganisation’s reponse amounts to breach of competition law, authority warnsFri Jul 12 2013 - 21:32
Siptu drivers at Dublin Bus back strike actionDispute centres on changes to terms and conditions of employment at companyFri Jul 12 2013 - 19:08
Hospital managers could be let go if they do not control their budgets in futureNew executives to be appointed on fixed -term contracts which may not be renewedFri Jul 12 2013 - 01:00
Union urges rise in national minimum wageTrade union says Budget must be expansionaryThu Jul 11 2013 - 12:13
GPs to withdraw from primary care teamsMove follows cuts in GP fees introduced by MinisterWed Jul 10 2013 - 13:20
Howlin blames Reilly for €360m health service overrunMinister says extra funding required last year due to ‘delays’ in sourcing cheaper drugs and charging insurance companies for private patients in public hospitalsMon Jul 08 2013 - 01:00
Scheme to provide residency rights for investors to be expandedLevel of investment required to be scaled back in some areasSat Jul 06 2013 - 01:24
Ictu president vows to make political impactTrade union movement at war, says DouglasFri Jul 05 2013 - 01:00
Begg to step down as Ictu chief within two yearsDevelopment of new constitution for trade union movement among goals in meantimeThu Jul 04 2013 - 15:03
Unions for ‘robust’ action on emergency pay legislationCongress hears calls from Unite for national day of protest at public service pay cutsThu Jul 04 2013 - 14:48
Fine Gael against new rights for workers, says union chiefIctu’s Patricia King says senior Government partner ‘embedded’ with employers against collective bargaining rightsThu Jul 04 2013 - 01:00
FG derailing collective bargaining rights, claims Ictu chiefCongress vice-president says part of Coalition completely embedded with employersWed Jul 03 2013 - 17:52
Croke Park deal savings at €330m for nine months, says reportSignificant contribution to public finances made but more reforms essential, says official auditWed Jul 03 2013 - 15:06
Ictu votes to move towards ‘slimmed-down’ federal structureDelegates argue that internal rows over the proposed Croke Park II deal exposed weaknesses in current structureWed Jul 03 2013 - 01:00
Outgoing Ictu chief criticises Labour over Coalition role‘Not pleasant’ to hear comrades see no difference between party and Fine Gael, says McGloneTue Jul 02 2013 - 15:42
Cuts to GP and pharmacist fees ‘inevitable’, White saysReilly last night announced changes to payments aimed at saving €40 million this yearTue Jul 02 2013 - 01:00
Higher civil servants vote to accept pay dealHaddington road agreement backed by 64 per cent of association which rejected Croke Park IIFri Jun 28 2013 - 13:14
Vast bulk of public servants back pay dealUnite the only union so far to reject proposed new Haddington Road agreementFri Jun 28 2013 - 01:00
New collective bargaining rights could cost jobs and investment, IBEC saysUnions expected to step up lobbying before conclusion of Government reviewThu Jun 27 2013 - 19:23
Medical laboratory scientists back pay dealMLSA vote to accept Haddington RoadThu Jun 27 2013 - 11:28
Lower-paid civil servants back new pay dealCPSU members accept Haddington RoadWed Jun 26 2013 - 16:44
Union warns Permanent TSB staff may lose pension benefitsDefined benefit schemes at the company being wound upTue Jun 25 2013 - 12:57
Unite trade union to lodge claims for pay risesConference hears of moves to disengage with Labour PartyTue Jun 25 2013 - 12:51
Large numbers of HSE staff ask about taking pay cut instead of longer hoursManagement says such arrangements will be exception rather than the ruleTue Jun 25 2013 - 01:00
No scope in Budget for significant tax cuts - HayesMinister says aim is to avoid tax increasesMon Jun 24 2013 - 06:21
Revenue Commissioners to audit tax affairs of Irish Medical OrganisationDoctors’ union to ballot on industrial action over failure of HSE to reduce working hoursMon Jun 24 2013 - 01:00
Vast bulk of public service staff now signed up to Haddington Road agreementAnalysis: those opposed to deal face losing incrementsSat Jun 22 2013 - 01:00
