Private hospitals 'would cost €145m a year'The Labour Party has said internal Department of Health documents show the exchequer would lose €145 million annually from health…Mon May 21 2007 - 01:00
New hospital consultant salary costed at €250,000The Department of Health estimated that salary levels for new hospital consultants would be about €250,000 per year, an internal…Mon May 21 2007 - 01:00
McDonald says she does not believe FF on coalitionSinn Féin reaction: Sinn Féin has said it does not believe assertions by Fianna Fáil and others that they would not go into …Mon May 21 2007 - 01:00
Ictu says new laws needed to protect agency workersThe Irish Congress of Trade Unions has said new legislation is required to ensure recruitment agencies are not used by employers…Fri May 18 2007 - 01:00
Harney says shorter week must be at no extra costMinister for Health Mary Harney has said that the reduction of the working week for various groups in the public sector will …Fri May 18 2007 - 01:00
HSE to review administration staffing levelsThe Health Service Executive (HSE) is to carry out a comprehensive review of the number of administrative staff it employs.Fri May 18 2007 - 01:00
'14,000 pensions delayed' due to IT problemUp to 14,000 people have had to wait up to six months to begin receiving their contributory old age pension as a result of problems…Wed May 16 2007 - 01:00
Nursing unions consider new offer aimed at ending disputeProposals aimed at resolving the dispute involving 40,000 nurses, which has been running for nearly seven weeks, were being considered…Wed May 16 2007 - 01:00
Minister admits decentralisation plan has run into problemsMinister of State for Labour Affairs Tony Killeen has acknowledged that the practical implementation of the Government's decentralisation…Fri May 11 2007 - 01:00
Minister says FF a victim of dirty tricksMinister of State Noel Ahern has claimed Fianna Fáil was the victim of a malicious dirty tricks campaign which was aimed at damaging…Tue May 08 2007 - 01:00
300 appointments cancelledNearly 300 out-patient appointments scheduled for today at a number of hospitals around the State have been cancelled by health…Tue May 08 2007 - 01:00
Taoiseach to make statement before electionAhern's day: Taoiseach Bertie Ahern yesterday said that he would make a full statement on his personal finances before polling…Mon May 07 2007 - 01:00
HSE chief considers 'docking' salaries of nursesUp to 40,000 nurses who have been engaged in a work-to-rule for more than four weeks face having about 13 per cent of their pay…Sat May 05 2007 - 01:00
Physicians warn contracts may lower standardsThe Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) has expressed concern that future medical training standards as well as patient…Sat May 05 2007 - 01:00
Physicians warn contracts may lower standardsThe Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) has expressed concern that future medical training standards as well as patient…Sat May 05 2007 - 01:00
Harney's role in health key to campaignPD health briefing: The Progressive Democrats yesterday centred the party's election campaign on the health service firmly around…Sat May 05 2007 - 01:00
HSE chief considers 'docking' salaries of nursesUp to 40,000 nurses who have been engaged in a work-to-rule for more than four weeks face having about 13 per cent of their pay…Sat May 05 2007 - 01:00
Harney's role in health key to campaignPD health briefing: The Progressive Democrats yesterday centred the party's election campaign on the health service firmly around…Sat May 05 2007 - 01:00
Government appoints largest number of new judgesThe Cabinet has approved the appointment of 17 new judges to serve in the High Court, the Circuit Court and the District Court…Thu May 03 2007 - 01:00
Nurses to increase length of work stoppagesNurses are to embark on work stoppages in hospitals and healthcare facilities around the country for periods of up to three hours…Thu May 03 2007 - 01:00
New body to focus on small firm managementMinister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin is expected to announce the establishment today of a new council…Wed May 02 2007 - 01:00
More stoppages planned as nurses' talks failThe Government is facing a new series of daily work stoppages by nurses and midwives in hospitals around the country following…Wed May 02 2007 - 01:00
Record low in work days lost to strikesThere were fewer work days lost due to strikes last year than at any stage since records began in 1923, Minister of State for…Wed May 02 2007 - 01:00
Cowboy builders 'scrimping on safety'The National Irish Safety Organisation (Niso) has warned that a small number of companies in the construction sector are scrimping…Tue May 01 2007 - 01:00
USI warns today is final dayto register for vote in electionRegistration: The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has warned young people that today is the final day to register to vote…Tue May 01 2007 - 01:00
McDowell says centre-left may jeopardise economic growthPDs: Progressive Democrats leader Michael McDowell yesterday said that the tide of growth and prosperity would start flowing…Tue May 01 2007 - 01:00
Registrars 'will not apply for consultant posts'Specialist registrars - working at the medical grade just below consultant level - have said they will not apply for controversial…Mon Apr 30 2007 - 01:00
Union urges State to build up VHIThe trade union Amicus, which represents 800 staff at VHI, is asking the State to provide the €100 million-plus injection required…Sat Apr 28 2007 - 01:00
Ictu warns of dire result if nurses' row talks failThe president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Peter McLoone, has said the consequences would be horrendous if the current…Fri Apr 27 2007 - 01:00
Call for attack compensationA leading public sector trade union has called on the Government to introduce a statutory compensation scheme for officials attacked…Fri Apr 27 2007 - 01:00
St Vincent's hospital plans High Court action against INOManagement at St Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin is preparing to seek a High Court injunction to prevent shop stewards…Wed Apr 25 2007 - 01:00
Nurses' dispute talks may take daysFresh talks between unions and health service management aimed at resolving the current dispute by 40,000 nurses are expected…Wed Apr 25 2007 - 01:00
Harney looking into State funding of IVF serviceThe Minister for Health Mary Harney has asked officials in her Department to examine the introduction of State funding for the…Tue Apr 10 2007 - 01:00
Legislation on way to curb rogue employment agenciesThe Government is to clamp down on rogue employment agencies supplying labour to workplaces around the State, under the terms…Mon Apr 09 2007 - 01:00
Taoiseach listed as witness in rezoning inquiryThe Mahon tribunal is to begin hearing evidence in public from witnesses at the beginning of May in its investigation into the…Sat Apr 07 2007 - 01:00
Consultants expected to reject revised contractsNew proposals which would see hospital consultants receive a basic salary of up to €205,000 per year for working revised contracts…Fri Apr 06 2007 - 01:00
Fresh crisis in talks on doctors' contractIronically, on the day that health service management and medical representative bodies finally got around to talking about salary…Fri Apr 06 2007 - 01:00
INO refuses work-to-rule exemptionThe Irish Nurses' Organisation (INO) has refused a request from the country's largest children's hospital, Our Lady's hospital…Thu Apr 05 2007 - 01:00
New code of practice targets bullying at workMinister of State for Labour Affairs Tony Killeen has said that bullying in the workplace is a major problem.Thu Apr 05 2007 - 01:00
INO, PNA to consider joint strategy on rolling stoppagesA joint strategy committee of the Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) and the Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) will today consider…Tue Apr 03 2007 - 01:00
Harney proposes zoning of urban land for provision of residential care centresThe Minister for Health Mary Harney has proposed that tracts of land should be specifically zoned by local authorities for healthcare…Tue Apr 03 2007 - 01:00
40,000 nurses to begin work-to-ruleHealth service management believes that the work-to-rule to be implemented by 40,000 nurses around the State from today could…Mon Apr 02 2007 - 01:00
Talks fail on 35-hour week and payThe talks aimed at averting industrial action by 40,000 nurses failed as a result of disagreements over when a 35-hour week would…Mon Apr 02 2007 - 01:00
Quarryvale hearings to resume in AprilOwen O'Callaghan v Mahon tribunal case: The Mahon tribunal is to resume public hearings at the end of April into the controversial…Sat Mar 31 2007 - 01:00
Ruling marks good day for journalism, says editorThe editor of the Sunday Business Post Cliff Taylor welcomed the Supreme Court ruling as a good day for journalism.Fri Mar 30 2007 - 01:00
Health insurer reform urgedA new report recommends that the risk equalisation scheme in the private health insurance sector should be suspended while VHI…Fri Mar 30 2007 - 01:00
Consultants' talks extended by three weeksThe Government has extended the deadline for the completion of talks on a new contract for hospital consultants by three weeks…Wed Mar 28 2007 - 01:00
Consultant contract talks may be near resolutionThe independent chairman of the talks on a new consultant contract has told the Government that he is "cautiously optimistic" …Tue Mar 27 2007 - 01:00
Bill targets deals between GPs and pharmacistsThe Government is to seek to ban controversial economic relationships between doctors and pharmacists in new shared health centres…Tue Mar 27 2007 - 01:00
Consultants allowed up to 30% private workHealth service management has proposed that existing medical consultants who opt for a revised contract would in some cases be…Mon Mar 26 2007 - 01:00
