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
KPMG withdraws €1m redundancy offer after Debenhams sit-insSix people arrested during protest at Debenhams’ Henry Street shop in DublinTue Sept 08 2020 - 11:55
Number of people on pandemic payment falls by 5,100Some 219,000 people now receiving PUP, a 63 per cent drop on peak in MayMon Sept 07 2020 - 22:29
Unions to discuss new pay deal for 340,000 State employees with GovernmentMinisters have signalled that a 2 per cent rise due from October 1st will be paidMon Sept 07 2020 - 13:00
More than 120 healthcare workers diagnosed with Covid-19 in past weekIrish Nurses and Midwives Organisation say the rate of infection among healthcare workers could be even higherMon Sept 07 2020 - 01:00
Self-isolation period for people with Covid-19 may be cut to 10 daysNational Public Health Emergency Team to discuss change based on best global evidenceMon Sept 07 2020 - 01:00
Deal negotiated for extra €1m in redundancy payments for Debenhams staffFunds to resolve dispute will be raised from sale of stockFri Sept 04 2020 - 19:09
Leaving Cert students will not have access to ‘highly sensitive’ class ranking dataTeachers’ unions feared details would damage student relationshipsThu Sept 03 2020 - 08:30
Schools face ‘chronic shortage’ of teachers in months ahead, unions warn‘High risk’ teachers anxious about returning to classrooms, Covid-19 committee hearsWed Sept 02 2020 - 13:42
Some school staff told to ‘reuse’ masks due to shortage, union claimsCovid-19 committee to be told some teachers and SNAs being asked to reuse face masksWed Sept 02 2020 - 06:33
Meat sector not prepared to have sick pay scheme on table – SiptuUnion says progress made on some measures to protect workers but not on sick payTue Sept 01 2020 - 20:54
Plumbers, fitters, welders vote for industrial action if pay is cutUnite union seeking implementation of 2.7% pay rise under existing agreementTue Sept 01 2020 - 20:50
Children, health staff and at-risk groups to get free flu vaccines this autumnGPs to receive bonus payments when more than 10 people are vaccinatedTue Sept 01 2020 - 19:00
Pressure on private hospitals to agree to Covid-19 surge plan ‘not a threat’, HSE chief saysPrivate hospitals surprised at HSE’s plan to report to Government refusal to sign upMon Aug 31 2020 - 01:13
Construction union seeks face masks to be made mandatory on building sitesConnect union says masks should become as common as hard hats or a hi-vis vests on sitesThu Aug 13 2020 - 19:52
