Legislative proposals for paid domestic violence leave to be brought forward by end of yearMinster for Children Roderic O’Gorman says development of such leave is ‘personal priority’Fri Feb 05 2021 - 13:01
RTÉ staff on more than €40,000 facing pay cutsProposal part of €60m cost-saving plan that also includes voluntary redundanciesWed Feb 03 2021 - 17:45
Taoiseach told Cabinet of enhanced health chief pay but not €80k rise detail - MinisterMcGrath says €292,000 pay for secretary general post ‘commensurate with responsibilities’Tue Feb 02 2021 - 19:38
Officials warned Minister of implications of health post pay hikeFiles show Donnelly wanted secretary general post filled quickly on permanent basisTue Feb 02 2021 - 17:25
HSE pays over €3m to Revenue after self-review reveals liabilityOfficial papers suggest more than half of payment related to payroll taxesMon Feb 01 2021 - 02:40
Concern and political pressure ever-present in shifting vaccine rolloutAnalysis: January’s see-saw experience may mirror rest of year in Ireland and the EUSat Jan 30 2021 - 01:00
Student nurses who had placements shelved ‘rehired via agencies’Nursing union claims ‘this is an incredibly expensive way to provide much-needed staff’Fri Jan 29 2021 - 21:27
Covid-19: HSE to introduce antigen testing in hospitals this weekNew arrangement should facilitate screening of frontline staff for virus, INMO saysFri Jan 29 2021 - 09:41
Clinical placements for student nurses to be further suspended, Siptu saysUnion says it is advised placements likely to be re-introduced on a phased basisThu Jan 28 2021 - 22:46
Pay dispute talks between Government and public health specialists to continueDoctors have been campaigning for public health to become a consultant-led serviceWed Jan 27 2021 - 20:37
Majority of childcare workers struggling to make ends meet, says SiptuSurvey for union says just 22% of early years educators earned more than €12.30 per hourWed Jan 27 2021 - 18:16
Target to have all adults vaccinated by September ‘contingent on deliveries’Adjustments to March plans may be needed following delays with AstraZeneca, says MinisterTue Jan 26 2021 - 20:58
Covid-19 vaccinations for over-70s expected to begin as planned in mid-FebruaryAstraZeneca vaccine hold-up may lead to delays in inoculating older peopleMon Jan 25 2021 - 00:30
Covid-19: Ministers to consider intensifying checks on people quarantining after travelFines for breaches of stay-at-home requirements under considerationMon Jan 25 2021 - 00:01
Biden administration to continue restrictions on travel to US from IrelandFurther 23 deaths and 1,378 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Republic on SundaySun Jan 24 2021 - 22:16
New talks aimed at resolving threatened public health specialists strikeDepartment of Public Expenditure says new public pay deal is ‘final’Wed Jan 20 2021 - 20:27
Garda trainees on frontline ‘receiving 30% of starting salary’GRA says trainees sent out to stations during Covid crisis experiencing financial hardshipWed Jan 20 2021 - 19:01
Nearly 500,000 people over 70 to receive Covid vaccine from their GPFamily doctors, pharmacists welcome new €91m vaccination deal with GovernmentTue Jan 19 2021 - 17:07
Paid contracts for student nurses would ‘undermine training model’, Cabinet toldINMO again urges reintroduction of paid contracts for those on clinical placementTue Jan 19 2021 - 14:50
Cabinet approves €91m plan to bring GPs, pharmacists into vaccine programmeScheme will become key to the widespread vaccination effort, says DonnellyTue Jan 19 2021 - 14:39
Beacon Hospital signs deal with HSE on access to facilities during pandemicPrivate hospital was last to enter agreement to provide additional care to public patientsTue Jan 19 2021 - 13:32
Covid surge: Pausing student nurse training ‘the right thing to do’Training for first, second, third-year students being suspended ‘just for a few weeks’Sun Jan 17 2021 - 15:13
Covid-19: INMO calls for clarity on suspension of student nurse placementsMove aimed at freeing up experienced staff for frontline duties is to be reviewed in FebruarySun Jan 17 2021 - 08:10
Varadkar: €292,000 salary for top health job likely to lead to others seeking parityNew secretary general of Department of Health will be highest paid civil servantFri Jan 15 2021 - 19:52
Employees to have legal right to request home working, says VaradkarTánaiste says Covid-19 pandemic has greatly accelerated change in mindsetsFri Jan 15 2021 - 15:31
State should borrow now to fuel growth post-Covid, says union leaderSiptu boss warns of economic challenge from Brexit, climate change and automation and AIFri Jan 15 2021 - 05:15
New laws will give employees in the State the option to permanently work from homeGovernment to also introduce new measures on right of workers to disconnect from jobFri Jan 15 2021 - 01:48
Remote working could revitalise towns but pose problems for cities, report saysNew survey also claims post-pandemic remote working could lead to country losing jobsFri Jan 15 2021 - 00:01
Staff being asked to go into the workplace unnecessarily, Siptu saysUnion urges all public and private sector employers to facilitate working from homeThu Jan 14 2021 - 19:41
Hospitals across State ordered to treat Covid-19 surge as ‘emergency situation’HSE forecasts more than 2,000 coronavirus patients will require hospitalisation by next MondayThu Jan 14 2021 - 01:36
Former Debenhams staff seek cash rather than proposed €3m training fundWorkers overwhelmingly reject package of supports suggested by Labour Court chairWed Jan 13 2021 - 15:49
Retail workers seek early access to Covid-19 vaccineMandate union seeks clarity from Minister on prioritisation of shop workersTue Jan 12 2021 - 21:09
‘Macho management’ sees public servants in office despite Covid rules - unionFórsa says managers are asking workers to travel to jobs that could be done remotelyTue Jan 12 2021 - 11:07
Healthcare workers with childcare issues permitted to work from home in certain casesNew arrangements will see such workers given duties outside of normal role, says HSEMon Jan 11 2021 - 20:35
Deaths from Covid-19 in the State could soon surpass 100 per day, experts warnHospital system under severe pressure as patients in Donegal treated in ambulancesMon Jan 11 2021 - 03:00
Doctors may have to choose which patients to prioritise, ethics document saysPlan for ‘difficult decisions’ notes surge capacity likely to impact other health servicesSun Jan 10 2021 - 19:03
Coronavirus in Ireland: 6,888 new cases and eight further deaths reported1,452 people with Covid-19 in hospital on Sunday, with 125 in intensive care unitsSun Jan 10 2021 - 17:47
Covid-19: Number in hospital with disease is set to be double that at peak of first waveHSE head Paul Reid says health service is under ‘increasing strain’ amid current surgeSun Jan 10 2021 - 15:30
ASTI to urge members to reject new public pay dealUnion leader says it is ‘scandalous’ pay inequality would persist despite past 10 monthsSat Jan 09 2021 - 15:22
Covid-19: Almost all private hospitals agree to take public patientsHSE to be allocated up to 30% of capacity in private hospitals during current surgeSat Jan 09 2021 - 01:00
Department of Health secretary general pay to rise by over €90,000New pay rate of €292,000 set for vacant job to be filled by open competitionSat Jan 09 2021 - 01:00
Nurses seek new restrictions on number of people entering hospitalsSiptu says staff shortages now ‘everywhere’ in health service due to Covid-19Fri Jan 08 2021 - 21:42
Covid-19: HSE chief urges private hospitals to ‘put on green jersey’ and provide capacityBlackrock Clinic, Galway Clinic and Hermitage Clinic to sign up to new agreementThu Jan 07 2021 - 20:01
Covid-19: State could take over up to 30% of private hospital capacityGovernment draft agreement sent to almost all private hospitals bar Beacon in DublinWed Jan 06 2021 - 06:45
Covid-19: Nearly 58,000 more on pandemic unemployment payment than in DecemberAbout 335,600 people will receive the benefit this weekTue Jan 05 2021 - 11:27
HSE looking at taking over 30% of private hospitals’ capacity depending on Covid levelsPrivate hospitals say talks on new deal are at an advanced stageMon Jan 04 2021 - 21:53
Covid surge sees all but urgent surgery deferred in hospitalsHospitals across State to cancel outpatient clinics and defer non-urgent proceduresMon Jan 04 2021 - 20:25
Public health doctors’ strike deferred due to surge in Covid-19 casesIMO says public health specialists will review the position at the end of JanuaryMon Jan 04 2021 - 13:53
Review of allowances should look at other student groups as well as nurses – SiptuInitial review of allowances paid to student nurses to be finalised by end of the yearThu Dec 31 2020 - 01:53
Taoiseach told of student nurses’ concerns as early as last summerLetter on August 24th outlined issue of unpaid placements in hospitals during pandemicThu Dec 31 2020 - 01:32
