Numbers receiving Covid-19 unemployment payment fall by nearly 12,000Additional 2,000 people claim payment in Donegal following new restrictionsMon Oct 05 2020 - 21:36
Teaching unions raise questions about schools staying openCalls for safety review and clarity on what protection is available to membersMon Oct 05 2020 - 19:30
HSE chief flags ‘serious concern’ about financial position of voluntary agenciesSt John of God chief says organisation’s financial deficit has reached €37.7mFri Oct 02 2020 - 01:00
State liability from personal injury and negligence cases put at €3.6bnComptroller says €2m paid on bonuses to staff at NTMA, €479,000 to staff at NamaThu Oct 01 2020 - 01:28
Post office network faces collapse without support, report warnsIrish Postmasters’ Union calls for €17m in annual State funding be put in placeWed Sept 30 2020 - 11:05
Legislation paves way for pay deal for consultants, public health doctorsMove by Cabinet is aimed at getting around legal ban on public service pay increasesWed Sept 30 2020 - 08:32
Bus Éireann to suspend Dublin to Belfast service in NovemberMinister says no town will be left behind as a result of closure of inter-city bus servicesWed Sept 30 2020 - 02:19
Towns will not be ‘left behind’ following Bus Éireann routes cut, Ryan saysTransport Minister says NTA will make sure any gaps in services will be closedTue Sept 29 2020 - 09:34
Prepare for six to nine months of Covid-19 restraints, warn health officialsNo return to ‘normal’ after surge in cases handled, says acting chief medical officerTue Sept 29 2020 - 01:00
Over 10,000 more people on pandemic unemployment payment in past weekIncrease partly due to introduction of Level 3 Covid-19 restrictions in DublinMon Sept 28 2020 - 22:13
Bus Éireann to shut many inter-city routes due to financial pressuresServices between Dublin and Cork, Belfast, Limerick and Galway will come to an endMon Sept 28 2020 - 17:37
Covid-19: Possible extra restrictions for four counties to be decided by weekendHealth workers who used holidays to look after children set to be given leave backMon Sept 28 2020 - 01:31
Public transport needs €460m to keep running, Eamon Ryan warnedCovid-19 impact on passenger numbers costly with uncertainty over ‘mega-projects’Mon Sept 28 2020 - 01:07
Health reforms could generate major savings, says pharmacist unionMore than €300m incurred in needless spending, says IPUMon Sept 28 2020 - 00:00
Covid-19: Fears grow over increased restrictions for cities and local areasIreland faces ‘critical two weeks’ in fight against virus, Minister saysSat Sept 26 2020 - 01:08
Private hospitals expand services to deal with post-State takeover surgeBlackrock and others use weekend and extra shifts to cut scan and procedure backlogSat Sept 26 2020 - 01:00
Workers in State-funded health agencies to ballot for industrial action over payUnions suggest focus of any action may be on Cork to put pressure on TaoiseachThu Sept 24 2020 - 18:26
Doctors say additional beds provided in new winter plan are ‘insufficient’Medical and nursing bodies argue staffing will be criticial to implement new measuresThu Sept 24 2020 - 18:15
Further payments for high-earning public service staff to cost €42mGovernment scheduled to reverse cuts for those earning up to €150,000Thu Sept 24 2020 - 10:02
About 4.5m extra home-support hours, 1,500 hospital beds in HSE planHospital outpatient clinics to be relocated to the community under €600m blueprintThu Sept 24 2020 - 02:03
HSE to provide extra 1,500 hospital beds as part of €600m winter planOfficials warn Covid infections across country ‘a week or two’ behind DublinThu Sept 24 2020 - 01:15
Low Pay Commission formally recommends 10c rise in national minimum wageLetter sent to Government after unions withdrew from the commissionWed Sept 23 2020 - 15:26
Government to consider reversing cuts to Covid-19 paymentPandemic unemployment payment may be restored to full rate in next month’s budgetWed Sept 23 2020 - 02:47
Unions quit Low Pay Commission over proposed minimum wage increaseIctu not prepared to sign up to a proposed increase of 10 cent per hour in rateTue Sept 22 2020 - 21:53
Unions warn of potential industrial action at Section 39 agenciesHealth service accused of dragging its feet over pay restoration for workersTue Sept 22 2020 - 18:00
About 3,600 fewer people receiving pandemic unemployment paymentMinister warns impact of new restrictions in Dublin not yet reflected in figuresMon Sept 21 2020 - 19:30
Extra 2,000 hospital beds are needed almost immediately, consultants sayDoctors warn there could soon be one million people on hospital waiting listsMon Sept 21 2020 - 12:47
ASTI to ballot for industrial action over Covid-19 safety concernsUnion says ‘the safety of students and their teachers must be the priority’Sat Sept 19 2020 - 19:48
Fórsa says shorter working hours should be part of new pay talksLargest public service union says talks will signal whether new accord is possibleFri Sept 18 2020 - 17:30
Mechanical construction employers agree 2.7% pay rise after strike threatIndustrial action notice served by workers in heating, ventilation and air conditioning servicesFri Sept 18 2020 - 17:07
Public health doctors threaten strike action over pay rowDispute centres over affording public health specialists consultant statusFri Sept 18 2020 - 13:22
Launch of new €600m winter plan for health service delayedGovernment sources suggest expanded flu vaccination could cost up to €64 millionWed Sept 16 2020 - 22:00
HSE staff in high-risk areas required to receive flu vaccine this yearUnions signal they will not co-operate with new proposalsWed Sept 16 2020 - 19:58
Nurses say 80 patients waiting for bed at University Hospital LimerickINMO: Highest level of overcrowding recorded since start of Covid-19 pandemicWed Sept 16 2020 - 14:06
Expert group on Covid-19 in nursing homes says mistakes must not be repeatedFour new coronavirus clusters detected in homes over the past weekWed Sept 16 2020 - 13:17
HSE says 2,200 additional hospital beds needed for Covid-19 environmentAdditional beds, more staffing and diagnostic facilities set out in new €600m health service winter planTue Sept 15 2020 - 20:33
Government extends suspension of laid-off workers right to seek redundancyArrangement will now continue until November 30thTue Sept 15 2020 - 13:44
Construction workers vote for industrial action over 2.7% pay increaseUnions say workers worked hard to keep sites open, and pay rise is ‘least they deserve’Tue Sept 15 2020 - 13:01
Thousands of workers across building sector back strikes if employers cut pay, conditionsGovernment set to change legislation to facilitate pay rises for public health doctorsMon Sept 14 2020 - 22:17
Almost 10,000 fewer getting Covid-19 unemployment paymentNumber in receipt of pandemic benefit drops 64% from peak to 209,951 claimantsMon Sept 14 2020 - 20:12
Suspension of workers’ right to redundancy could be extendedTemporary measure put in place by Government as part of Covid-19 emergencyMon Sept 14 2020 - 07:27
Coronavirus: Dublin restrictions on the table as new Covid-19 plan is finalisedLiving with Covid strategy to outline system of restrictions with five levels of severityMon Sept 14 2020 - 03:00
Covid-19: 414 new cases reported over weekend, including 234 in DublinNew coronavirus infections in Dublin account for 57 per cent of all new casesMon Sept 14 2020 - 01:26
Ireland's Covid plan will see five levels, billions spent on health, public pay hikes unlikelyMinisters to announce framework for living with Covid-19 in next six monthsSat Sept 12 2020 - 08:55
Mater Private group says €275 Covid test fee will now be covered by all health insurersHospital group had faced criticism over introducton of charges for patientsThu Sept 10 2020 - 18:42
Calls for immediate reintroduction of Covid-19 testing at meat plants‘Meat industry generates the perfect vectors for transmission of the virus,’ union spokesman saysThu Sept 10 2020 - 13:06
Varadkar snubs bid by construction sector to defer 2.7% pay rise for workersConstruction Industry Federation urged Minister to block pay increases due from OctoberWed Sept 09 2020 - 21:13
Nurses, doctors clash with Government over staffing and contractsINMO says its continued cooperation over winter ‘should not be taken for granted’Wed Sept 09 2020 - 18:09
Government officials and unions to continue talks on potential pay deal for State workersThe existing public service pay accord is set to expire at the end of the yearWed Sept 09 2020 - 02:36
Ryanair threatens to shut Cork and Shannon bases for winterAirline blames Government travel restrictions for damaging its operationsTue Sept 08 2020 - 20:47
