Coalition prepared to alter stance on pay pactGovernment considers concessions in pursuit of new public service agreementMon Apr 29 2013 - 06:00
Government gives unions two weeks to agree deal on savingsCoalition looking at a combination of pay cuts, freezing of increments and changes to premium and overtime paymentsSat Apr 27 2013 - 19:12
Public service pay cuts could reduce activity in economy by up to 0.5%, official figures showPromissory note deal will have no impact on public finances this yearFri Apr 26 2013 - 05:00
Civil servants warn of industrial action if Government implements Croke Park cutsCPSU says members won’t lie down quietly in face of pay cutsFri Apr 26 2013 - 01:00
Unions came close to split over Croke ParkCongress structures need to be re-examined, says CPSU general secretaryThu Apr 25 2013 - 09:37
Kenny hints compulsory redundancies could arise if no agreement on public service payTeachers say no basis for deal that focuses only on cutting public servants’ payThu Apr 25 2013 - 06:00
Analysis: Primary care practitioners insist cuts have consequencesContractors face further pinch as Government seeks to reduce €2.5 billion costsThu Apr 25 2013 - 06:00
Rabbitte rules out compulsory redundancies in public sectorGovernment reiterates commitment to making savings of €300 million in pay billWed Apr 24 2013 - 09:23
Howlin stands firm on need to cut pay by €300mMinister reiterates commitment to public sector savingsWed Apr 24 2013 - 06:00
Government wants response in fortnight to new initiative on public service payHowlin says Government will work with unions prepared to make compromisesTue Apr 23 2013 - 22:18
Government to introduce career break scheme in health serviceScheme part of plan to reduce number of staff on payrollTue Apr 23 2013 - 06:00
OECD proposals to alter public service pensionsOrganisation’s report suggests younger public servants could be moved to new schemeSat Apr 20 2013 - 06:00
Teachers to ballot for strike actionIndustrial action would take place if the Government unilaterally cut payFri Apr 19 2013 - 15:36
Unions say Government must acknowledge Croke Park proposals deadImpact says it will not accept worse package to appease unions that rejected dealFri Apr 19 2013 - 06:00
Rejection of Croke Park II deal may have prevented damaging splitWith any revised deal, the prospect remains of rows reigniting within the trade union movementThu Apr 18 2013 - 06:20
Unions warn again of industrial action if Government cuts public service payImpact says ‘clarifications’ of Croke Park deal cannot be at the expense of its membersWed Apr 17 2013 - 20:24
Croke Park II is dead but the €300 million savings problem remainsSeveral scenarios are now open but none of them will be easyWed Apr 17 2013 - 11:11
Ictu will 'resist' any attempt to impose pay cutsTaoiseach insists Government must make payroll savings after Croke Park collapseWed Apr 17 2013 - 10:00
Cuts of €300m needed despite Croke Park rejection - HowlinIctu to meet today to discuss unions’ rejection of Croke Park IIWed Apr 17 2013 - 07:00
Siptu warns of confrontation if Government legislates to cut public service payUnion urges Government to find ‘another way’Wed Apr 17 2013 - 07:00
VHI seeking to pay public hospitals on a per procedure basis under cost control planCompany to re-negotiate private sector ratesTue Apr 16 2013 - 06:00
Prison officers may hold the key to the fate of Croke Park agreementIf Yes side wins, margin of victory is likely to be smallTue Apr 16 2013 - 06:00
Croke Park could be ratified by tiny marginImpact and the Public Service Executive Union expected to back deal comfortably but Government concerned about INTO and Siptu votesTue Apr 16 2013 - 06:00
Public sector pay deal collapses as Siptu votes against proposalsJack O'Connor warns of ‘mutually destructive confrontation’ if Government legislates to cut payTue Apr 16 2013 - 01:00
Tensions between VHI and Minister for Health on risk equalisation and price increasesVHI chairman cites as ‘perverse’ new scheme to spread burden of insurer’s older patient profileMon Apr 15 2013 - 07:00
Government insists it will pass laws on pay cuts if unions reject dealKey union ballot results expected this weekMon Apr 15 2013 - 06:00
Higher civil servants reject Croke Park dealMembers in 7 public service trade unions have now voted to reject the proposed new Croke Park agreement.Mon Apr 15 2013 - 01:00
Gardaí protest against proposed pay cuts outside EU ministers’ meetingGRA members to be affected by Croke Park cutsFri Apr 12 2013 - 15:34
TEEU votes to reject Croke Park II proposalsMembers vote by two to one majority against agreementFri Apr 12 2013 - 13:11
Union consensus unravelling as decision on Croke Park II loomsOpinion: Outcome of votes next week could have major implications for Government’s budgetary plansFri Apr 12 2013 - 06:00
'No' vote on Croke Park would have wider implications - HowlinMedical Laboratory Scientists Association votes against proposed agreementThu Apr 11 2013 - 12:00
Nearly 110,000 on out-patient waiting listHSE recorded €12 million deficit in JanuaryWed Apr 10 2013 - 13:02
Croke Park ’could push women out of the workforce’ say anti agreement unionsGovernment and pro-deal unions rejects equality audit findingsTue Apr 09 2013 - 22:29
Croke Park ’could push women out of public service’Equality audit says measures would affect women disportionately, deepen inequalityTue Apr 09 2013 - 01:00
IMO says industrial action possible over cutsUnion says it will not be bound by congress decision on proposed Croke Park agreementMon Apr 08 2013 - 07:00
Medics in Ireland are lowest-paid in English-speaking world, IMO toldPay cuts could cause `generational damage’, says organisation presidentMon Apr 08 2013 - 06:00
Industrial action over Croke Park ‘a possibility’ - IMOUnion members told proposals are bad for public service workers and wider economySat Apr 06 2013 - 13:17
New IMO president will not accept stipendPayment previously linked to CEO ’s salarySat Apr 06 2013 - 11:30
Stipends linked to CEO salaries, says IMOPresidents unaware that they received set rate of 25% of chief executives’ paySat Apr 06 2013 - 05:00
IMO rejects motions on abortionHeated debate on abortion best attended at annual conferenceFri Apr 05 2013 - 18:53
IMO will not be bound by Ictu decision on Croke Park agreementConference adopts emergency motion calling on doctors to reject proposed new dealFri Apr 05 2013 - 06:00
McNeice sought pension based on higher salaryUnion leadership rejects claim pay arrangements were known within the organisationThu Apr 04 2013 - 15:07
Uncertainty over implementation of generic drug schemeCertain prescribed drugs could be substituted for cheaper version on interchangeable listThu Apr 04 2013 - 06:00
Pay deal of IMO ex-chief George McNeice was ‘not a secret’Doctors’ union in turmoil since €9.7 million retirement package emergedThu Apr 04 2013 - 06:00
Impact calls on staff in education sector to accept Croke ParkChairperson says valuable protections for the most vulnerable will be lost if deal rejectedWed Apr 03 2013 - 21:05
Croke Park controversy could drive some unions out of IctuTUI to ballot on quitting congress if cuts imposedWed Apr 03 2013 - 07:00
TUI votes not to enter any new talksUnion to ballot on leaving Congress if Croke Park measures are imposedTue Apr 02 2013 - 17:12
TUI says teachers may withdraw ’goodwill’activitiesUnion says Department of Public Expenditure given excessive powersTue Apr 02 2013 - 13:36
Anti-deal unions to pressure Labour TDsTrade unions want Labour TDs to accept outcome of ballots on Croke Park II dealTue Apr 02 2013 - 06:00
