Government to seek extra billions to help cover coronavirus paymentsDáil vote due as Covid-19 outlay likely to deplete €8.6bn budget by June, Donohoe warnsWed May 20 2020 - 02:46
New Covid safety measures could increase cost of National Children’s Hospital by 40%Construction industry suggests cost of house could rise by up to €15,000Tue May 19 2020 - 19:45
Coronavirus: 16 more fatalities brings death toll to 1,561Covid-19 safety measures could add €15,000 to price of new home, says industry bodyTue May 19 2020 - 18:16
Covid-19: Unions seek compensation for infected health staffSiptu says the State should cover losses including the cost of counselling servicesTue May 19 2020 - 16:16
Coronavirus: Crisis set to last years, warns top health official‘Ever-present danger’ of further Covid-19 cases as Ireland partially lifts restrictionsTue May 19 2020 - 00:20
Numbers getting Covid-19 unemployment payment fall by 5,000More than 1.26m workers relying on State for all or part of incomeMon May 18 2020 - 17:31
Women made unemployed after maternity leave due to denial of wage subsidy - unionsIctu says it is ‘not tenable’ that women returning from maternity leave treated differently to other workersMon May 18 2020 - 16:05
Consultants at new children’s hospital will have to pay to use facilitiesConsultants will also face ‘operational costs’ bill for seeing private patients at the hospitalMon May 18 2020 - 01:30
Ban on hospitals testing samples from private consultants lifted after protestsFianna Fáil had sought Taoiseach to reverse ‘outrageous and dangerous’ moveFri May 15 2020 - 18:56
Coronavirus: Private hospitals threaten to pull out of State dealHospitals may seek other arrangements as HSE not sending enough patientsFri May 15 2020 - 01:08
What will private hospitals do for us in the Covid era partnership?Critical questions are being asked about the future of Irish healthcare as the State’s takeover of private operators nears its contract review at the end of MayFri May 15 2020 - 01:00
Covid-19: ‘All my perceived certainties of life were thrown into disarray’Case studies: ‘I don’t want to go to a new doctor and explain the last 20 years of my care’Fri May 15 2020 - 01:00
Tensions between officials over Covid-19 testing plan laid bare in lettersHSE chief and chairman both wrote to department to complain over Holohan announcementThu May 14 2020 - 18:36
Union says replace Metrolink and BusConnects with cheaper alternativesNBRU urges staggered opening times for schools and restructuring of workplacesWed May 13 2020 - 03:22
Technical issues and errors slowing down Covid-19 testing and tracing in IrelandData entry errors, missing contact details and incompatible systems among issuesWed May 13 2020 - 00:12
State must provide funding for bus and rail companies, says unionNBRU in no mood ‘to entertain’ job losses at firms as a result of Covid-19 financial problemsMon May 11 2020 - 16:02
Numbers getting Covid-19 jobless payment down to 589,000More people now in receipt of salary support under the temporary wage subsidy schemeMon May 11 2020 - 14:34
Government funding needed to keep public transport on the roadImpact of Covid-19 raises questions over future of Expressway inter-city bus servicesMon May 11 2020 - 01:35
State funding for bulk of public transport could run out next monthRoss says all necessary measures will be taken to support ‘essential transport services’Mon May 11 2020 - 01:00
HSE warns of ‘massive’ long-term Covid-19 bill well in excess of €1 billion a yearPPE, testing and contact tracing will cost well over €1bn for the year, says Paul ReidMon May 11 2020 - 00:23
Nursing union warns of potential shortfall of 1,500 personnelRecruitment of overseas staff likely to slow to trickle amid Covid-19 crisis, INMO saysSun May 10 2020 - 20:10
New measures for reopening will see Irish workplaces change beyond recognitionMeasures drawn up by Government, unions and employers to be monitored by HSASat May 09 2020 - 07:30
Covid-19: Some civil servants ‘likely’ working from home until 2021‘Very gradual staggered return’ to office environment expected for department after AugustSat May 09 2020 - 02:00
State takeover of private hospitals to be reviewed at end of MayAny extension of current deal to require approval from Paschal DonohoeFri May 08 2020 - 01:18
Childcare providers told they will not be covered for Covid-19 claimsExclusion applies to providers of childcare under scheme for front-line workersThu May 07 2020 - 14:20
Doctors claim they have been forced to cancel private hospital proceduresInsurance cover for doctors who haven’t signed contract expiresThu May 07 2020 - 13:05
Government faces political battle over Covid-19 welfare paymentsPaschal Donohoe has indicated that the wage supports cannot continue indefinitelyThu May 07 2020 - 02:28
Health staff to be charged €90 per week for childcare under new Government schemeZappone says 45 hours of childcare per week to be offeredWed May 06 2020 - 19:21
Government urged to reopen childcare facilities to help essential workersSiptu calls for annual leave compensation for staff forced to take holidays to mind childrenTue May 05 2020 - 20:42
Bus and rail passengers should have to wear face masks, says NBRUUnion says relaxing coronavirus restrictions poses difficulties for public transportTue May 05 2020 - 14:03
Numbers receiving Covid-19 unemployment payment rises to 598,000Doherty says short -time health crisis will not become long-term economic one for workersTue May 05 2020 - 13:01
State may pay rent for consultants’ rooms in private hospitalsHSE in talks to resolve impasse over plans for private consultants to treat public patientsSat May 02 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: People may be asked to stay at home while 'cocooners' are out under new planGovernment to unveil plan for lifting restrictions as pressure mounts to ease cocooning advice for over 70sFri May 01 2020 - 06:26
Government offers contracts to student radiographers to work in hospitalsSimilar arrangements in place for student nurses and medical scientistsThu Apr 30 2020 - 21:18
Work continues on childcare scheme despite setback for dealDepartment acknowledges ‘limitations’ of schemes as unions say it ‘falls far short’Wed Apr 29 2020 - 19:48
Health workers with childcare issues may be allowed work from home, unions sayProposal would only apply to those who have exhausted all other alternative optionsTue Apr 28 2020 - 21:26
Coronavirus: 51 student radiographers working on frontline without pay, Siptu saysUnion says students in other health disciplines receiving payments equivalent to €30,000/yearTue Apr 28 2020 - 08:06
Almost 600,000 people receiving Covid-19 unemployment paymentMinister says State may have come through worst of pandemic linked temporary lay-offsMon Apr 27 2020 - 13:36
HSE takes issue with coronavirus testing expansion plansWorries expressed about capacity and lack of consultation over 100,000 weekly testsSat Apr 25 2020 - 01:25
Questions raised over transparency of public health teamKelly criticises lack of minutes for meetings as tensions build between NPHET and HSESat Apr 25 2020 - 01:14
Coronavirus: Nursing homes say they are not getting staff support from HSENursing Home Ireland says ‘heralded redeployment’ not happening amid ‘huge crisis’Thu Apr 23 2020 - 20:43
Covid-19: HSE says more than 8,000 health workers need childcare supportHealth authority says its childcare support survey generated limited informationThu Apr 23 2020 - 14:44
‘Jaw-dropping’ confidential memo warns of ‘divisive’ phaseMemo outlines extension of rent freeze and tapering-off of welfare paymentsThu Apr 23 2020 - 01:00
Government to consider ‘tapering’ €350 Covid-19 paymentDonohoe to look at changes to welfare payments in mid-June amid concern about financesThu Apr 23 2020 - 00:53
Voluntary bodies warned of funding cuts unless staff redeploy, Siptu claimsUnion says members in section 39 agencies being instructed to move to HSE facilitiesThu Apr 23 2020 - 00:18
Private hospitals accused of putting pressure on consultants to sign Covid-19 State contractCoronavirus: Specialist says he has received reports of ‘strong-arm tactics’ by some hospitalsWed Apr 22 2020 - 03:11
SNAs to back students with disabilities using phones or laptopsUnion says special needs assistants will not be re-assigned to HSE elderly care servicesTue Apr 21 2020 - 17:34
Coronavirus: GPs are continuing to care for patients in nursing homesFamily doctors say consultations should only be carried out where they are necessaryTue Apr 21 2020 - 13:52
FF and FG to meet with Independents in efforts to form governmentDonohoe: Department of Social Protection’s ceiling on spending for 2020 will be reached in JuneMon Apr 20 2020 - 01:00
HSE chief criticises ‘modern-day piracy’ of international market for PPESeparately, Paul Reid urges private sector hospital consultants to sign up to proposed new contractSun Apr 19 2020 - 22:29
