Union may picket Moneypoint stationA trade union has said it will place pickets at the ESB generating station at Moneypoint in Co Clare from tomorrow morning if…Wed Oct 24 2007 - 01:00
Siptu says no talks with Aer Lingus until pay freeze liftedSiptu has said it will not enter into discussions on a controversial €20 million cost-saving plan at Aer Lingus until a pay freeze…Wed Oct 17 2007 - 01:00
Aer Lingus pilots expected to endorse deal brokered by LRCPilots at Aer Lingus were last night expected to endorse a new agreement reached in the early hours of yesterday morning between…Tue Oct 16 2007 - 01:00
Aer Lingus deal: what it meansThe new deal between Aer Lingus management and the trade union Impact and the Irish Airline Pilots' Association means that the…Tue Oct 16 2007 - 01:00
US pilots offer Aer Lingus colleagues $1m in aidAs talks at the Labour Relations Commission between Aer Lingus management and pilots' representatives aimed at averting a threatened…Mon Oct 15 2007 - 01:00
Trains to run as normal as strike called offTrains will run as normal today as a threatened one-day strike was called off late last night.Mon Oct 15 2007 - 01:00
Pensions, Belfast dominate pilots talksTalks continued at the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) last night between management of Aer Lingus and pilots' representatives…Mon Oct 15 2007 - 01:00
One-day strike to hit major rail routesThousands of rail passengers face disruption on Monday as a result of a planned 24-hour stoppage by line inspection and maintenance…Sat Oct 13 2007 - 01:00
Aer Lingus flights may be grounded within daysAnalysis: The warning by Aer Lingus chief executive Dermot Mannion that its pilots will face suspension from next week unless…Thu Oct 11 2007 - 01:00
Talks to agree consultant contracts get under wayTalks get under way today between health service management and medical organisations in the latest attempt to agree a new contract…Thu Oct 11 2007 - 01:00
Ibec urges unions to be 'champions for change'The employers' body Ibec has said that non-union companies can implement change much faster and more effectively than those that…Tue Oct 09 2007 - 01:00
Siptu leader signals own support for social partnership processSiptu conference: The general president of the country's largest trade union, Siptu, has signalled his personal support for …Sat Oct 06 2007 - 01:00
37-hour week is proposed for hospital consultantsHospital consultants in future should work a 37-hour week, according to proposals put forward late last night by the independent…Fri Oct 05 2007 - 01:00
Union may hold ballot at Aer LingusCabin crew at Aer Lingus are to consider balloting on industrial action in response to a controversial pay freeze put in place…Fri Oct 05 2007 - 01:00
Trade union leader warns of 3% cut in HSE budget next yearThe country's largest trade union, Siptu, has warned that the health service is facing further spending cuts next year.Fri Oct 05 2007 - 01:00
Siptu claims employers using job agencies to erode pay dealsSiptu has claimed that employers are using the growing phenomenon of obtaining staff through employment agencies to undermine…Fri Oct 05 2007 - 01:00
Siptu wants law to protect shop stewardsThe country's largest trade union, Siptu, has called for legislation to protect shop stewards from victimisation.Thu Oct 04 2007 - 01:00
Unions call for extra funds for health servicesTrade unions in the health sector have called on the Government to provide supplementary funding to end the current round of …Thu Oct 04 2007 - 01:00
Aer Lingus freeze forces pace of changeBackground: By introducing an immediate pay freeze for its 3,700 staff, Aer Lingus is seeking to force the pace dramatically…Wed Oct 03 2007 - 01:00
Aer Lingus poses threat to partnership - Siptu chiefThe president of the country's largest trade union Siptu has said that if social partnership is to survive, Government and employer…Wed Oct 03 2007 - 01:00
Plan for new cost savings at Aer LingusAer Lingus will confirm over coming days its intention to press ahead with the implementation of a controversial cost saving …Tue Oct 02 2007 - 01:00
Agreements 'not protecting all workers'It is no longer true to say that all workers are being protected by the terms of national agreements, the leader of the country…Mon Oct 01 2007 - 01:00
Siptu president warns on future pay dealsJack O'Connor, general president of Siptu, believes that in future workers may be more sceptical of economic forecasts by experts…Mon Oct 01 2007 - 01:00
Funding row over children's hospitalA number of members of the board appointed by Minister for Health Mary Harney last May to develop the controversial new national…Mon Oct 01 2007 - 01:00
New group proposed after State jobs rulingThe Department of Finance has proposed that a high-level group should be established to consider the implications of a recent…Mon Oct 01 2007 - 01:00
Union membership at 200,000Like trade union numbers generally, membership of Siptu has grown over the last three years as the workforce has expanded.Mon Oct 01 2007 - 01:00
Doctors unhappy with new contractSenior doctors will be advised to reject a new contract unless significant changes are made, say negotiators representing the…Mon Oct 01 2007 - 01:00
100 pilots willing to moveAbout 100 pilots at Aer Lingus have written to management at the airline expressing an interest in operating from its planned…Mon Oct 01 2007 - 01:00
HSE to tell unions freeze will continueThe Health Service Executive is expected to tell unions representing around 100,000 staff today that the controversial cost-containment…Mon Oct 01 2007 - 01:00
Siptu calls for third party to investigate Bray fireThe trade union Siptu has called for an independent investigation into the fire in Bray, Co Wicklow, on Wednesday in which two…Sat Sept 29 2007 - 01:00
HSE managers to meet on cutbacks programmeSenior management of the Health Service Executive (HSE) is expected to meet on Monday to decide whether the programme of cutbacks…Sat Sept 29 2007 - 01:00
Aer Lingus sets a December deadline for BelfastAer Lingus has said that its planned new base in Belfast will come into operation as scheduled on December 10th with or without…Sat Sept 29 2007 - 01:00
Hospital waiting lists deal nearsHealth service management and medical organisations are moving close to agreement on a common waiting list to cover both public…Sat Sept 29 2007 - 01:00
Cost to integrate ticketing up €20mIntegrated ticketing: The long-planned introduction of an integrated ticketing scheme for various forms of public transport …Wed Sept 26 2007 - 01:00
Ryanair to pay its NI pilots more than Aer LingusRyanair is planning to pay pilots at its new base in Belfast more than Aer Lingus pilots in Northern Ireland.Wed Sept 26 2007 - 01:00
Garda investigations into money missing from two heritage sitesOffice of Public Works: Two Garda investigations are ongoing into money missing from income receipts at two heritage sites, …Wed Sept 26 2007 - 01:00
Labour leader says Taoiseach should now resign his officeThe leader of the Labour Party, Eamon Gilmore, has said the Taoiseach's explanations to the Mahon tribunal in relation to his…Wed Sept 26 2007 - 01:00
Proposed legislation would add to complexity of inquests, department warnsThe Department of Health has warned that new legislation governing the work of coroners could add considerably to the complexity…Tue Sept 25 2007 - 01:00
Urgent care, but no A&E co-locationThe planned new co-location hospitals will be permitted to establish their own minor injury units and urgent care centres, the…Tue Sept 25 2007 - 01:00
Doctors' contract talksat odds over payThe independent chairman of the talks on a new contract for hospital consultants has said he does not expect health service management…Tue Sept 25 2007 - 01:00
Aer Lingus staff claim it wants to quit ShannonAer Lingus staff in Shannon say they believe that management at the airline has no long-term commitment to the airport and may…Tue Sept 25 2007 - 01:00
Draft contract a step in wrong direction - IMOThe Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has said that the new draft contract for hospital consultants drawn up this week by health…Sat Sept 22 2007 - 01:00
HSE approach to cost-cutting criticised by NIBThe National Implementation Body (NIB), the main trouble-shooting mechanism in the social partnership process, has criticised…Sat Sept 22 2007 - 01:00
Deputies warn of reforms at Ennis hospitalCampaigners for the development of Ennis General Hospital say Minister for Health Mary Harney acknowledged at a meeting yesterday…Fri Sept 21 2007 - 01:00
Consultant contracts still for negotiation - managementThe new draft contract for hospital consultants, proposed by management this week, is for negotiation, senior health services…Fri Sept 21 2007 - 01:00
Nine out of 10 new EU migrants in workforceJust over nine out of every 10 migrants from the new EU accession states who were living in Ireland at the time of the census…Fri Sept 21 2007 - 01:00
Union greets proposals on Belfast pilots as 'indicators of progress'The Irish Airline Pilots Association (Ialpa) has welcomed aspects of new proposals put forward by Aer Lingus aimed at breaking…Thu Sept 20 2007 - 01:00
Consultants group says its members would reject proposalsThe Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has said a new draft contract for senior hospital doctors drawn up this week…Thu Sept 20 2007 - 01:00
Unions go to NIB over health cutbacksHealth serviceunions have asked the National Implementation Body (NIB) to intervene in a row over Health Service Executive (HSE…Wed Sept 19 2007 - 01:00
Consultants 'negative' on new contractsConsultant members of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) have been "unanimously negative" in their response to proposals from…Wed Sept 19 2007 - 01:00
