Some drugs may be struck from medical card schemeMINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney has signalled that some types of drugs could be removed from the scope of the medical card scheme…Wed Nov 05 2008 - 00:00
Siptu angry at cutbacks in nurse educationTHE NUMBER of undergraduate nurse training places is to be cut by 16Tue Oct 28 2008 - 00:00
State bodies told to meet costs of any pay increasesTHE GOVERNMENT has told all departments and State bodies that they will have to meet the cost of implementing the proposed new…Sat Oct 25 2008 - 01:00
Card fee for all over-70s to be put to CabinetTHE CABINET is expected to consider proposals next week for a new fee schedule for GPs to treat all patients over the age of …Sat Oct 25 2008 - 01:00
Unions warn on health pay risesUNION LEADERS have said there cannot be different rules for pay increases in the health sector under the proposed new national…Fri Oct 24 2008 - 01:00
Agencies 'may not exist indefinitely'NO STATE agency will necessarily exist indefinitely in its current form, Minister of State at the Department of Finance Martin…Thu Oct 23 2008 - 01:00
HSE told to fund pay rises by work practice reformsMINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney has told the Health Service Executive (HSE) that funding to meet the cost of pay increases for…Thu Oct 23 2008 - 01:00
Lowest earners will not have to pay 1% levyTHE GOVERNMENT has decided that all workers earning less than the minimum wage of €8Wed Oct 22 2008 - 01:00
Construction federation defers pay deal decision over 'difficulties'THE CONSTRUCTION industry is to seek meetings with the Government and trade unions to convey its "real difficulties" with provisions…Wed Oct 22 2008 - 01:00
Government confident it can pay for card backdown, but vague on detailsCOSTS: THE GOVERNMENT has said that it is confident that the €100 million savings originally to be generated by scaling back…Wed Oct 22 2008 - 01:00
Siptu recommends acceptance of proposed national pay dealThe country’s largest trade union Siptu is to recommend that its members accept the proposed national pay deal in a ballot that…Wed Oct 22 2008 - 01:00
Extended working day for new staff is agreedHEALTH SERVICE trade unions and management have reached a framework agreement for the introduction of an extended working day…Tue Oct 21 2008 - 01:00
Government could face legal difficulties in negotiations with IMODOCTORS' FEES : THE GOVERNMENT faces potential legal difficulties under competition law in seeking to negotiate with the Irish…Mon Oct 20 2008 - 01:00
Lenihan suggests income levy will be changedINCOME LEVY: MINISTER FOR Finance Brian Lenihan has indicated that the Government may introduce changes to some aspects of the…Mon Oct 20 2008 - 01:00
Unions warn Budget could pose threat to national dealTHE CONTROVERSIAL measures in the Budget could pose difficulties for social partnership, union leaders told the Taoiseach yesterday…Sat Oct 18 2008 - 01:00
Unions to meet Cowen over 1% levyTRADE UNION leaders are to meet Taoiseach Brian Cowen today in a bid to persuade the Government to change aspects of the 1 per…Fri Oct 17 2008 - 01:00
Unions outline difficulties with Budget in meeting with CowenTrade union leaders said today they had made clear to the Taoiseach the difficulties posed by measures in the Budget to the social…Fri Oct 17 2008 - 01:00
Ictu head to demand changes to 'morally wrong' income levyTRADE UNIONS: THE IRISH Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) has warned that there is a real risk of the proposed new national pay…Thu Oct 16 2008 - 01:00
Ictu warns of Budget risk to pay dealThe Irish Congress of Trade Unions has warned today that the proposed new national pay deal is at real risk of being rejected…Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:00
Voluntary scheme to reduce HSE staff approvedCIVIL SERVICE: THE GOVERNMENT has approved the targeted voluntary early retirement scheme for staff in the Health Service Executive…Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:00
Mount Carmel staff accept LRC deal to end strikeMORE THAN 60 staff at Mount Carmel private hospital who have been on strike since last week have voted to accept settlement proposals…Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:00
Mixed reaction from employers as unions criticise packageWORKPLACE RESPONSE: TRADE UNION leaders have criticised the Budget and have warned that it could wipe out the extra increase…Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:00
Budget will harden opposition to pay deal - unionsTrade union activists who were campaigning against the proposed national pay deal have forecast that yesterday’s Budget will …Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:00
Siptu says nothing was left on new wage agreement tableTHE LEADERSHIP of the country's largest union Siptu has signalled to its shop stewards, officials and activists that the proposed…Tue Oct 14 2008 - 01:00
Unite conference to recommend No vote to its members on new pay dealA CONSULTATIVE conference of the trade union Unite has voted unanimously to recommend rejection of the proposed national pay …Sat Oct 11 2008 - 01:00
TEEU to urge support for pay dealTHE EXECUTIVE of the State's largest craft union, the TEEU, is to advise its 45,000 members to support the proposed new national…Fri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Unite union recommends rejection of pay dealA consultative conference of the trade union Unite has voted unanimously to recommend rejection of the proposed national pay …Fri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Tánaiste concerned at Aer Lingus cutsTHE TÁNAISTE and Minister for Enterprise and Employment is "disappointed" at the scale of the proposed cutbacks at Aer Lingus…Fri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Siptu may use new law to oppose job cuts at Aer LingusLEGISLATION INTRODUCED after the Irish Ferries controversy is being examined by Siptu with a view to invoking it in its fight…Wed Oct 08 2008 - 01:00
Unions to oppose Aer Lingus proposalsThe Impact trade union said today it will oppose a €74 million cost-saving plan put forward by management at Aer Lingus.Tue Oct 07 2008 - 01:00
Aer Lingus rules out long negotiations on job cutsAER LINGUS management has told trade unions that if they are unhappy with the package of cost-cutting measures put forward yesterday…Tue Oct 07 2008 - 01:00
O'Flynn criticises threat to pensions from 'golden circle'THE GENERAL secretary of the country's largest union has said it is "nothing shortof disgraceful" that, as a result of the current…Sat Oct 04 2008 - 01:00
Union for lower civil servants recommends rejecting pay dealTHE UNION representing lower paid civil servants is to recommend to its members that they reject the proposed new national pay…Sat Oct 04 2008 - 01:00
Union official defends new pay dealTHE PROPOSED new national pay deal represents the best that could be achieved in the recent social partnership talks, a leading…Sat Oct 04 2008 - 01:00
Civil service union to recommend rejection of pay dealThe trade union representing lower-paid civil servants is to recommend to members that they should reject the proposed new national…Fri Oct 03 2008 - 01:00
Odlums plant to close with loss of 26 jobsTHE ODLUMS milling and packaging plant in Sallins, Co Kildare, is to close with the loss of 26 jobs.Thu Oct 02 2008 - 01:00
Union warns Aer Lingus on plans for outsourcingTHE TRADE union Siptu has warned Aer Lingus management that it is totally opposed to moves by the airline to outsource any element…Thu Oct 02 2008 - 01:00
HSE rules out rise in purchase costs until end of 2009THE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has put in place a freeze until the end of 2009 on the amount it pays for goods and services…Wed Oct 01 2008 - 01:00
Pay increase withheld in HSE 'out of hours' disputeTHE DEPARTMENT of Health has refused to approve pay increases of 2Tue Sept 30 2008 - 01:00
Ictu to decide on pay deal in NovemberTHE IRISH Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) is to hold a special delegate conference on November 17th to consider whether to accept…Mon Sept 29 2008 - 01:00
Ictu to hold conference on pay deal in NovemberThe Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) is to hold a special delegates conference on November 17th to determine whether to …Sat Sept 27 2008 - 01:00
Aer Lingus likely to ask unions for options to €100m cost-saving plansAER LINGUS is expected to invite trade unions to consider producing their own alternatives to the controversial €100 million …Sat Sept 27 2008 - 01:00
State's second largest union recommends rejection of pay dealTHE COUNTRY'S second largest union Unite is to recommend to its 60,000 members that they should reject the terms of the new draft…Sat Sept 27 2008 - 01:00
Cost-cutting plan would end medical card deal for over-70sPEOPLE REACHING the age of 70 will no longer automatically receive a medical card if the Government approves a proposed new cost…Sat Sept 27 2008 - 01:00
Families welcome Ennis hospital review planTHE FAMILIES of the late Anne Moriarty and Edel Kelly, the two women who were at the centre of the recent breast cancer misdiagnosis…Thu Sept 25 2008 - 01:00
Staff vote for strike action at Drogheda newspaper groupSTAFF AT the Drogheda Independent group of newspapers have voted for strike action in support of five colleagues who have been…Wed Sept 24 2008 - 01:00
HSE faces €77m deficit in repayment schemeTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) is facing a potential deficit of about €77 million in funding the nursing home repayment scheme…Tue Sept 23 2008 - 01:00
Drogheda Independent staff vote for strike actionStaff at the Drogheda Independent group of newspapers have voted for strike action in support of five colleagues who have been…Tue Sept 23 2008 - 01:00
Outline agreement reached on new partnership dealThe Government and social partners have reached an outline agreement on a new national pay deal, proposing a 6 per cent pay rise…Wed Sept 17 2008 - 01:00
Siptu tells Aer Lingus of concernsTHE PRESIDENT of the country's largest union, Siptu, has written to the chief executive of Aer Lingus expressing concern at reports…Tue Sept 16 2008 - 01:00
