Pilots and Aer Lingus adjourn Belfast deal talksAer Lingus management and representatives of its pilots will engage in intensive talks next week aimed at resolving the row over…Wed Aug 22 2007 - 01:00
State bill for infected blood may exceed €1.1bnThe State's bill for compensating people who contracted HIV or hepatitis C from the contamination of blood products is ultimately…Wed Aug 22 2007 - 01:00
HSE Dáil replies 'fall short' says departmentThe Department of Health has said that the performance of the Health Service Executive (HSE) in answering parliamentary questions…Tue Aug 21 2007 - 01:00
Aer Lingus and pilots differ over agenda for LRC talksAer Lingus management and representatives of its pilots yesterday appeared very far apart on an agenda for the new talks at the…Tue Aug 21 2007 - 01:00
Aer Lingus starts talks with pilots as strike suspendedAer Lingus and representatives of its pilots last night began talks at the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) aimed at resolving…Tue Aug 21 2007 - 01:00
O'Dea unwilling to quit Cabinet over rowThe Minister for Defence, Willie O'Dea, has indicated that he is not prepared to resign from Cabinet over the row about plans…Sat Aug 18 2007 - 01:00
Mannion appeals to pilots to call off strikeAer Lingus chief executive Dermot Mannion has appealed directly to individual pilots to call off their planned 48-hour strike…Sat Aug 18 2007 - 01:00
Aer Lingus rejects pilots' proposals to call off strikeIndustrial relations: Aer Lingus last night rejected proposals by pilots to drop their planned strike, scheduled for Tuesday…Fri Aug 17 2007 - 01:00
Survey of firms warns of job cuts in mid-westIbec survey: A majority of companies in the greater mid-western region expect that the closure of the Aer Lingus Shannon-Heathrow…Fri Aug 17 2007 - 01:00
HSE fee to look after patients' money criticisedOpposition TDs yesterday strongly criticised plans by Minister for Health Mary Harney to introduce regulations to allow the Health…Wed Aug 15 2007 - 01:00
HSE to keep 25% of interest on patients' accountsThe Health Service Executive (HSE) is to be given power to retain one quarter of all interest generated from the private accounts…Tue Aug 14 2007 - 01:00
Department warns HSE may overspend by €400mThe Department of Health has warned that overspending by the HSE could reach €400 million by the end of the year, unless remedial…Tue Aug 14 2007 - 01:00
Disability services allocated additional €45m fundThe Health Service Executive (HSE) is to provide a special €45 million allocation to develop disability services and facilities…Tue Aug 14 2007 - 01:00
Lobby group to seek urgent meeting with Ahern, DempseyThe campaign group set up to oppose the ending of the Aer Lingus service from Shannon to Heathrow is expected today to seek an…Tue Aug 14 2007 - 01:00
Aer Lingus pilots to strike over staff terms in BelfastNearly 500 pilots at Aer Lingus are to stage a 48-hour strike next Tuesday and Wednesday in protest at what they said were moves…Tue Aug 14 2007 - 01:00
Decision on Heathrow flights will not change - MannionThe chief executive of Aer Lingus, Dermot Mannion, has said he does not expect the airline will change its position on the ending…Mon Aug 13 2007 - 01:00
Mannion rules out further discussionAer Lingus chief executive Dermot Mannion has said the airline is not planning to discuss its controversial plans to withdraw…Mon Aug 13 2007 - 01:00
Union may appeal Garda pay rulingThe Civil Public and Services Union (CPSU) is to consider appealing a Labour Court ruling which rejected its claim for equal …Mon Aug 13 2007 - 01:00
Legal challenge to airline decision consideredThe controversial decision by Aer Lingus to end its service from Shannon airport to Heathrow may face a legal challenge.Sat Aug 11 2007 - 01:00
Number of days lost to industrial disputes fallsThe number of days lost due to industrial disputes fell sharply last year, according to the annual report of the Labour Court…Fri Aug 10 2007 - 01:00
Employee trust may meet next week on route changeEsot reaction: The Aer Lingus employee share ownership trust (Esot), which owns 12Fri Aug 10 2007 - 01:00
Ibec warns future of 20 firms at stake over Shannon linkEmployers' group Ibec has said that up to 20 major companies in the mid-west have warned that the decision by Aer Lingus to end…Thu Aug 09 2007 - 01:00
Public pensions 'favourable' - IbecEmployers' group Ibec has said that the benchmarking body must take account of the value of "favourable" pensions enjoyed by …Wed Aug 08 2007 - 01:00
Siptu plans alliance to reverse Shannon decisionThe trade union Siptu is to try to put together a broad-based coalition aimed at forcing Aer Lingus to reverse its plans to drop…Wed Aug 08 2007 - 01:00
Retirement age must be reviewed, says MartinThe Minister for Enterprise and Employment Micheál Martin has said that current rules governing mandatory retirement age should…Wed Aug 08 2007 - 01:00
Study to evaluate hospital management policiesA new study is to examine whether the introduction of best-practice management policies and partnership models in Irish hospitals…Tue Aug 07 2007 - 01:00
Drumm expands plans for northeast servicesPlans for the transformation of services in the northeast are to be broadened and accelerated, HSE chief executive Prof Brendan…Tue Jul 31 2007 - 01:00
State to review value of nursing degreeThe Department of Health is to commission a review on whether the programme to make nursing a degree-entry profession has represented…Tue Jul 31 2007 - 01:00
Workers at bookbinders accept LRC proposals to end disputeAn independent assessor has been appointed to carry out an examination of the viability of the country's largest bookbinders.Tue Jul 31 2007 - 01:00
ESB grid transfer prompts debate on strikeESB unions will consider today the possibility of industrial action in protest at Government proposals for reform of the electricity…Tue Jul 31 2007 - 01:00
Banker questioned on currency figuresCurrencies: An AlB foreign exchange official has indicated to the Mahon tribunal that money lodged on behalf of Taoiseach Bertie…Sat Jul 28 2007 - 01:00
Council meets Streisand promotersOfficials of Kildare County Council yesterday met concert promoters MCD about events at the controversial Barbra Streisand concert…Fri Jul 27 2007 - 01:00
HSE failed to spend €46m of fundingThe Health Service Executive (HSE) has failed to spend over €46 million in funding allocated by the Government on new developments…Tue Jul 24 2007 - 01:00
Nurses seek pay rise of more than €6,000Nursing unions have sought increases of more than €6,000 per year under the benchmarking process to bring the salary of a staff…Tue Jul 24 2007 - 01:00
Joe O'Reilly's mother claims he did not commit murderRachel O'Reilly's mother Rose Callaly said that she and her family were very happy with the verdict.Mon Jul 23 2007 - 01:00
Family of Rachel O'Reilly welcomes sentenceJoe O'Reilly yesterday started the first day of a life sentence for the murder of his wife, Rachel, at their home in north Dublin…Mon Jul 23 2007 - 01:00
Department of Health said premiums too lowIrish health insurance premiums are too low, senior Department of Health officials maintained in internal correspondence earlier…Sat Jul 21 2007 - 01:00
Prison security dispute settledA row between prison officers and prison service management over safety and security concerns at Cloverhill Prison has been settled…Sat Jul 21 2007 - 01:00
Workers here among worst off for holidays - EU studyIrish workers are among the worst off in Europe in terms of the amount of holidays they receive, a new EU study has found.Sat Jul 21 2007 - 01:00
Eircom pay dispute settledUnions and management at Eircom yesterday formally accepted proposals put forward by the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) to…Fri Jul 20 2007 - 01:00
VHI makes application to increase its prices by 8.5%The State's 1.5 million VHI subscribers are facing an average price increase of about 8Fri Jul 20 2007 - 01:00
Workplace death rate higher for foreign nationalsForeign national workers have a higher rate of fatal accidents in the workplace than their Irish counterparts, Minister of State…Thu Jul 19 2007 - 01:00
Deal to avert industrial action at EircomManagement and unions at Eircom have reached agreement in principle on a deal which is expected to avert threatened industrial…Thu Jul 19 2007 - 01:00
Ex-IMO head to lead McElwee inquiryThe Irish Medical Organisation's former industrial relations director, Conal Devine, has been appointed as chairman of the independent…Wed Jul 18 2007 - 01:00
Eircom dispute talks resume at LRCTalks between management at Eircom and trade unions will resume later today at the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) in a bid…Wed Jul 18 2007 - 01:00
Eircom talks adjourn at LRCTalks between management at Eircom and trade unions adjourned last night after more than six hours of talks at the Labour Relations…Tue Jul 17 2007 - 01:00
HSE rejects Siptu claim for shorter work weekHealth Service Executive (HSE) management has rejected a claim by Siptu on behalf of some 30,000 healthcare staff for a similar…Tue Jul 17 2007 - 01:00
Streisand safety issues raisedThe National Consumer Agency has said that a question had arisen as to whether the promoters of the Barbra Streisand concert …Tue Jul 17 2007 - 01:00
Ictu conference told competition measures have raised power pricesGovernment measures to promote competition in the electricity market have resulted in prices being increased by around 30 per…Sat Jul 07 2007 - 01:00
Mandatory alcohol testing opposedStaff at Guinness have led the opposition within the trade union movement to the implementation of any form of mandatory testing…Sat Jul 07 2007 - 01:00
