GPs receive €200m-€220m from private patients annually, new review estimatesReview warns providing free GP care not as simple as State taking over private fee costsThu Nov 05 2020 - 13:45
Public health doctors to ballot for strike action over paySpecialists playing central role in Covid-19 response want parity with hospital consultantsMon Nov 02 2020 - 22:38
Pressure mounts on Varadkar as Opposition set to question Tánaiste over leakFG figures rally to leader’s defence despite Government unease over controversyMon Nov 02 2020 - 00:50
GP at centre of Varadkar controversy has become prominent over recent yearsÓ Tuathail was elected president of National Association of General Practitioners at the age of 29Sun Nov 01 2020 - 19:32
Greens call for Varadkar to give detailed Dáil account of contract controversyTánaiste rejects article allegations that he acted unlawfully in sharing draft GP contractSun Nov 01 2020 - 09:17
Varadkar rejects allegations he acted unlawfully in sharing draft GP contractTánaiste says sharing draft pay deal with IMO with NAGP in 2019 was ‘not best practice’Sat Oct 31 2020 - 21:37
Explainer: The GP contract talks at the centre of Varadkar controversyIn 2019 the government was negotiating a new deal with IMO that was offered to all GPsSat Oct 31 2020 - 17:38
Public health doctors set to ballot for strike action over pay and contractsNational meeting of public health specialists to take place on MondaySat Oct 31 2020 - 01:37
HSE ‘at war’ with then taoiseach and minister in 2019, says ReidHSE chief says Government trust in the health authority has been strengthenedFri Oct 30 2020 - 14:51
New pay deal for State employees cannot come at any price, says McGrathMinister warns unemployment levels likely to worsen due to Covid-19 restrictionsFri Oct 30 2020 - 11:16
HSE seeks help with contact tracing but fewer public service staff availableDepartment of Public Expenditure says not as many personnel free for Covid redeployment as last springFri Oct 30 2020 - 06:58
IMO to consider ballot for industrial action when it meets on FridayMove follows ‘deeply disappointing’ meeting with Department of Health, says IMOThu Oct 29 2020 - 22:35
Taoiseach pledges schools will reopen after midtermASTI members vote for industrial action unless concerns over Covid-19 in schools are addressedThu Oct 29 2020 - 16:23
Military officers urge Government to give Air Corps key role in aviation search and rescueRACO says contract with private sector has cost €367m over recent yearsThu Oct 29 2020 - 12:25
Department insists schools are safe as ASTI members back strikeSecond-level teachers vote in favour of industrial action over Covid-related concernsThu Oct 29 2020 - 02:51
School closures on the agenda following ASTI voteAnalysis: Union demand for stronger safety measures and equal pay will not be met any time soonWed Oct 28 2020 - 18:05
Second-level teachers vote for industrial action over school safety and payASTI members demand action from Government on number of issuesWed Oct 28 2020 - 16:10
Agreement reached on pathway to regularise pay and pensions for school secretariesIntensive talks now to take place on new system for staff employed by management boardsWed Oct 28 2020 - 11:30
State to ‘regularise’ pay and conditions of school secretaries and caretakersUnion Fórsa says it has secured deal with Departments of Education and Public Expenditure at Workplace Relations CommissionTue Oct 27 2020 - 21:13
Unions warn of move away from negotiations if no pay deal by ChristmasThere will be no public service ‘peace clause’ if current deal not replaced, says FórsaTue Oct 27 2020 - 01:45
Taoiseach urged to help settle long-running Debenhams disputeMandate trade union marks 200 days on picket line by calling on Martin to interveneMon Oct 26 2020 - 18:48
No voluntary redundancy programme for the HSE at this time, health chief tells staffReid announces plan to streamline HSE management structuresFri Oct 23 2020 - 21:32
Public service union leaders warn time is running short to negotiate new pay dealUnions say new accord must be sufficiently roboust to last until Covid crisis passesFri Oct 23 2020 - 19:55
Garda checkpoints turn motorists back, traffic volumes dropCongestion reported in some areas, with very long delays on the M1 close to the BorderFri Oct 23 2020 - 01:59
Bus drivers faced ‘mayhem’ as passengers tried to travel, says unionNBRU says drivers faced difficulties trying to accommodate passengers under Level 5Thu Oct 22 2020 - 21:08
Latest Covid-19 restrictions to cost State €1bn, Oireachtas hearsDepartment of Public Expenditure warns of six-week cost and significant revenue lossesThu Oct 22 2020 - 17:20
No basis for talks on a new public service pay deal, says union chiefFórsa leader warns of very difficult IR climate if no new agreement reachedThu Oct 22 2020 - 14:56
New children’s hospital will not be able to open all beds due to staff shortages, nurses sayFifty nurses contracting Covid-19 per week, Oireachtas committee is toldWed Oct 21 2020 - 15:56
Coronavirus: GPs voice concern over contact tracing ‘confusion’HSE is asking up to 2,500 people to follow up with their own close contacts to clear backlogWed Oct 21 2020 - 13:24
An Post letter business collapsing under Covid-19 - CWUUnion calls for new service model to account for changing pattern of useWed Oct 21 2020 - 09:00
Student nurses and midwives are being exploited says unionINMO says students on placement working for no pay in Covid environmentFri Oct 16 2020 - 19:37
HSE proposes taking over 40% of activity in private hospitalsAny new agreement to tackle Covid-19 surge could run for two yearsFri Oct 16 2020 - 18:19
Major €20 million expansion of cancer services to be unveiledGovernment also set to announce €12 million boost to maternity servicesWed Oct 14 2020 - 07:30
Budget 2021 pledges hundreds of hospital beds, thousands of health staffGovernment signals major investment in cancer, maternity and trauma servicesTue Oct 13 2020 - 17:37
Largest health budget ever is first step to delivering SláintecareNearly €150 million designated for range of care including cancer, maternity and traumaTue Oct 13 2020 - 17:15
Number on pandemic unemployment payment increases by 23,265Extension of Level 3 Covid-19 restrictions last week saw total recipients grow to 228,858Mon Oct 12 2020 - 14:03
Senior nurses seek higher pay to restore differential with junior gradesSiptu says following deal that ended strike last year differential has reduced by €1,500Mon Oct 12 2020 - 01:42
Budget to include Covid and Brexit fund of up to €5bnBusiness aid, hospitality VAT of 9% and PUP changes among measures expectedMon Oct 12 2020 - 01:07
Covid-19 testing could be affected by lab workers’ pay disputeUnion says mood for industrial action is growing among medical scientistsMon Oct 12 2020 - 00:18
Covid-19: 814 new cases and two further deaths reported as Taoiseach warns of ‘challenging weeks ahead’Taoiseach says Level 3 restrictions can curb the spread of the virus if people work togetherSun Oct 11 2020 - 18:12
Reid urges doctors to not undermine public confidence in health serviceBeacon Hospital executive says his board not inclined to sign new agreement with HSESat Oct 10 2020 - 15:37
Nearly 90% of women have not responded to cervical screening invitationsConference told that people are afraid to attend health settings due to Covid-19Sat Oct 10 2020 - 15:28
Donnelly vows to permanently increase the number of critical care bedsSinn Féin proposes 1,000-bed hospital for elective patients in GalwaySat Oct 10 2020 - 15:24
Budget 2021: Government to spend extra €6 billion in largest budget in history of the StateDeficit for 2020 expected to be €21bn, considerably less than had been fearedSat Oct 10 2020 - 01:39
Nurses demand repeal of policy allowing staff to work before finishing self-isolating periodINMO conference seeks major boost to personnel numbersFri Oct 09 2020 - 14:21
Role of school secretaries as important as teachers, SNAs, school principals - TánaisteVaradkar tells Dáil Government wants to regularise their situationThu Oct 08 2020 - 17:59
Government will seek to prioritise Covid, Brexit and existing services – McGrath‘We will ensure the increase in capital investment set out in the NDP is implemented to support recovery in the economy’Thu Oct 08 2020 - 00:30
Unions say campaign of industrial action planned in State-funded health agenciesFórsa sanctions ballot for strike action in about dozen Section 39 organisationsWed Oct 07 2020 - 19:16
School secretaries set for strike action in dispute over payThree one-day stoppages to be followed by indefinite strike from November 16thWed Oct 07 2020 - 16:06
Age profile of the Civil Service ‘a significant business risk’, report findsSpending review says 28 per cent of Government workers are aged over 54Wed Oct 07 2020 - 03:08
