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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Aer Lingus makes proposal to pilots over Belfast planAer Lingus chief executive Dermot Mannion has written directly to all 500 pilots in the company with new proposals aimed at resolving…Wed Sept 19 2007 - 01:00
Salaries up to €216,000 a year offered to consultantsHealth service management has offered new higher salary scales of up to €216,000 a year for consultants who take a proposed new…Tue Sept 18 2007 - 01:00
Fees act as deterrent to serving on State boardsThe Department of Health has warned that it is finding it increasingly difficult to secure appropriate persons to serve on State…Tue Sept 18 2007 - 01:00
HSE to focus on cutting wholesale drug marginsThe Health Service Executive will today announce that it is to introduce significant reductions in the margins allowed to wholesalers…Mon Sept 17 2007 - 01:00
Siptu withdraws 8m from Bank of IrelandThe country's largest trade union, Siptu, has moved about €8 million from the Bank of Ireland following the row over comments…Mon Sept 17 2007 - 01:00
Health service unions consider stoppagesHealth service unions representing about 100,000 staff have said that they are considering work stoppages or public demonstrations…Mon Sept 17 2007 - 01:00
Doctors' leadership role at risk over 'denial' of scandalsThe former president of the Medical Council, Dr John Hillery, has said the medical profession in Ireland is at risk of losing…Sat Sept 15 2007 - 01:00
Plan to reform private patients' bed feesThe Department of Health has signalled that hospital consultants will not be able to receive fees for private patients treated…Fri Sept 14 2007 - 01:00
Airline's Belfast plan talks deferredTalks between Aer Lingus management and representatives of its pilots over the company's plans to establish a new base in Belfast…Fri Sept 14 2007 - 01:00
IBOA withdraws industrial action at HPThe Irish Bank Officials' Association (IBOA) has withdrawn industrial action at Hewlett Packard following intensive discussions…Thu Sept 13 2007 - 01:00
Consultants reject plan to be on call 24 hours a dayHospital consultants have rejected proposals put forward by health service management that senior doctors in certain specialities…Thu Sept 13 2007 - 01:00
Minister says firms suffering under weight of planning feesMinister of State for Enterprise, Trade and Employment John McGuinness has expressed concern at the impact of planning charges…Wed Sept 12 2007 - 01:00
Consultants' talks 'slow and frustrating'Participants in the talks on a new contract for hospital consultants said that negotiations yesterday had been slow and frustrating…Wed Sept 12 2007 - 01:00
Union believes pilots and airline can settle rowThe union representing Aer Lingus pilots believes a resolution can be reached to the row over the airline's plans to establish…Tue Sept 11 2007 - 01:00
Progress made on consultants' contractsHospital consultants have said that three days of talks this week with health service management on a new contract had made some…Fri Sept 07 2007 - 01:00
Minister rejects Siptu ban on decentralisationBlanket opposition by trade unions to the Government's decentralisation programme does not make sense, Minister for Enterprise…Fri Sept 07 2007 - 01:00
State agency staff to end support for jobs transferTrade union representatives of staff in non-commercial State agencies are expected to indicate today that they will not co-operate…Thu Sept 06 2007 - 01:00
HSE board to be informed of €222m deficit todayThe board of the Health Service Executive (HSE) will today be told that the organisation recorded a financial deficit of €222…Thu Sept 06 2007 - 01:00
Talks on Aer Lingus row with pilots to resume tomorrowTalks between Aer Lingus management and representatives of its pilots aimed at resolving the row over the airline's plans for…Thu Sept 06 2007 - 01:00
Consultant Talks: Negotiations over contracts continueIntensive talks between health service management and medical organisations on a new contract for hospital consultants are to…Thu Sept 06 2007 - 01:00
Talks on consultants' contracts set to continue into next weekTalks between health service management and medical organisations on a new contract for hospital consultants are likely to continue…Wed Sept 05 2007 - 01:00
Aer Lingus and pilots' union to have talks todayAer Lingus management and representatives of its pilots are to hold direct talks today in the latest attempt to resolve the row…Wed Sept 05 2007 - 01:00
LRC to host talks over port tunnel plan for fire brigadeManagement and unions representing staff at Dublin Fire Brigade are to hold talks at the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) on…Wed Sept 05 2007 - 01:00
One patient's drugs cost HSE €193,000The HSE paid out more than €193,000 in drug costs for one individual patient last year, a new internal report on expenditure …Tue Sept 04 2007 - 01:00
Pay, rights and working hours to top the agenda of consultant contracts talksIssues over pay, private practice rights and hours of work are set to be the main items on the agenda when talks resume today…Tue Sept 04 2007 - 01:00
Ictu head calls for fair way to treat illegalsThe Irish Congress of Trade Unions has called on the Government to introduce a "fair and transparent regularisation process" …Mon Sept 03 2007 - 01:00
Proposal for levy on hospitals to combat MRSAThe Department of Health has proposed that a financial levy should be imposed on hospitals by the Health Service Executive (HSE…Mon Sept 03 2007 - 01:00
Review of decentralisation plans demandedFine Gael and trade unions have called on the Government to review its decentralisation programme following a decision by the…Wed Aug 29 2007 - 01:00
Aer Lingus expected to respond soon to Ryanair call for egmAer Lingus is expected to announce within days its response to an application by Ryanair for an extraordinary general meeting…Wed Aug 29 2007 - 01:00
Fás ruling is setback for decentralisationThe Government's decentralisation programme has suffered a significant setback following a decision by the Labour Court that …Tue Aug 28 2007 - 01:00
Talks to be held on doctors' contractsHospital consultants and health service management are scheduled to hold face-to-face talks over three days next week in the …Tue Aug 28 2007 - 01:00
