Coronavirus: Pressure builds to limit mass gatheringsSix Nations match between Ireland and France in Paris in doubtMon Mar 09 2020 - 00:10
Unions say they will not accept unilateral HSE decisions to outsource servicesHSE has said staff may be required to work different hours or in a different location in its policy to deal with coronavirusSun Mar 08 2020 - 21:05
Coronavirus: Number of confirmed cases rises to 21HSE chief ‘cannot dispute’ forecast of 1.9m people falling ill but evidence was changing dailySun Mar 08 2020 - 17:59
Health service managers table coronavirus proposals to trade unionsVaradkar urges operations such as businesses, events and creches not to act unilaterallyFri Mar 06 2020 - 20:56
Nursing homes ban non-essential visits and visits by children, groupsRestrictions apply to 400 private and voluntary homes across IrelandFri Mar 06 2020 - 13:53
Pay for workers who self-isolate to be examined by Government officialsUnions,employers meet Government about coronavirus arrangementsFri Mar 06 2020 - 11:26
RCSI to bring forward exams amid concern over spread of coronavirusState exams body taking Department of Health advice over Junior and Leaving CertThu Mar 05 2020 - 17:18
Coronavirus: Cluster of cases in west brings State total to sixHSE chief warns of ‘potentially unprecedented situation’ across health servicesThu Mar 05 2020 - 02:03
Coronavirus: Low paid, gig economy workers to be hardest hit, warns unionEmployers play down prospect of statutory code of practice on paying those affectedWed Mar 04 2020 - 15:40
Workers absent due to coronavirus may not have legal right to payUnions seek code of practice as transport staff call for special leave for those affectedTue Mar 03 2020 - 20:07
Coronavirus: Nurses, midwives to be paid if not working, says unionHealth service bosses agree that virus-linked absences to constitute special leave with payMon Mar 02 2020 - 18:40
Nurses say 10,500 people requiring admission waited for bed in FebruaryINMO says trolley figures in February were 23% higher than same period last yearMon Mar 02 2020 - 11:15
Coronavirus: Aer Lingus cabin crew in self-isolation after passenger’s positive testSign of peace is to be suspended at Masses and holy water fonts emptiedFri Feb 28 2020 - 20:59
Private nursing homes claim ‘discrimination’ in operation of Fair DealNew HSE figures show rise in payment made to public residential centresThu Feb 27 2020 - 21:38
HSE review finds weaknesses in hiring process for senior managementAudit report says recruitment carried out without business cases, references or vettingTue Feb 25 2020 - 20:10
Maternity hospital in breach of obligations in relation to doctors’ public/private practiceHSE auditors critical of work practice plans at Cork University Maternity HospitalTue Feb 25 2020 - 16:01
Waterford hospital not to accept new urology referrals for six monthsMove is due to capacity constraints and the number of patients already on waiting listFri Feb 21 2020 - 21:39
Further strikes by health, social care workers ‘inevitable’ unless pay restoredAbout 1,500 staff represented by Siptu and Fórsa begin 24-hour stoppage on FridayFri Feb 21 2020 - 10:15
Harris signs order to designate coronavirus as a notifiable diseaseDoctors will be obliged to routinely notify the HSE when a case of Covid-19 is diagnosedThu Feb 20 2020 - 18:42
Home help strike planned for Friday called offStoppages in other health bodies to go ahead over strike centred on restoration of pay cutThu Feb 20 2020 - 13:03
HSE managers cannot ignore parliamentary questions, says ReidHealth service chief to clamp down on delays and poor-quality information provisionTue Feb 18 2020 - 02:10
Disability service residents may receive over €1m in refunds over ‘inappropriate’ spendingHSE management told of ‘significant’ reimbursements arising from Stewarts Care reportMon Feb 17 2020 - 01:08
More than 677,000 on hospital waiting lists last month, new figures showAlmost 103,000 people have been waiting more than 18 months for a slotFri Feb 14 2020 - 17:48
State-funded health agency and social services staff to strikeTrade unions Siptu and Fórsa serve notice for a 24-hour work stoppage on February 21stFri Feb 14 2020 - 17:06
Bitter pill for HSE board as €20m funding for new drugs turned downPlea rejected despite targeted savings of €50m from generic or biosimilar medicinesFri Feb 14 2020 - 01:00
Hundreds of community employment scheme supervisors to strikeStaff in grant-aided bodies providing health and social care rally over access to pensionsFri Feb 14 2020 - 00:00
Dublin Fingal results: SF wave results in high-profile Fine Gael casualtyJames Reilly announced retirement from public life and politics after eliminationMon Feb 10 2020 - 19:36
Election 2020: Industrial relations challenges await the next governmentDoctors, teachers, the Defence Forces and the broader public service all have issues they want resolvedSun Feb 09 2020 - 19:31
Government will only make final decision on Dart project when all costs are knownThe final bill will be significantly higher than €2bn set out in National Development PlanFri Feb 07 2020 - 20:04
Government examining Dart plan affordability, Donohoe saysEstimates suggest project will cost up to €2.6bn, €600m more than first plannedFri Feb 07 2020 - 19:11
Staff at St Patrick’s Mental Health Services to go on strike next FridayDispute centres over plans to outsource catering and household servicesFri Feb 07 2020 - 17:40
Dart expansion project set to cost over €600m more than estimateOne of Government’s key transport programmes now has a projected cost of over €2.6bnFri Feb 07 2020 - 03:52
More strikes likely as ASTI ballots members over lower pay arrangementsTUI says it cannot rule out more strikes over two-tier pay disputeTue Feb 04 2020 - 14:23
Next government will have to deal with calls for two-tier pay reversalAnalysis: Lower pay arrangements are not just in teaching but many other parts of public serviceTue Feb 04 2020 - 13:50
Spike in number of patients on hospital trolleys as 640 wait for a bedINMO says figure is highest since record overcrowding in early JanuryTue Feb 04 2020 - 11:16
Teachers not involved in strike may have to pass picket lines to be paidHundreds of secondary schools set to shut on Tuesday in strike over two-tier payMon Feb 03 2020 - 02:25
Passenger on Moscow-Dublin flight is tested for coronavirusDepartment of Health says to date ‘there are no confirmed cases’ of virus in IrelandSun Feb 02 2020 - 18:14
Gardaí can now access Workplace Relations Commission and Labour CourtNew internal dispute resolutions put in place for force, with commissioner acting as ‘CEO’Sat Feb 01 2020 - 00:00
Hundreds of schools face closure on Tuesday due to teacher strikeMeeting between TUI and public service oversight group ends without breakthroughFri Jan 31 2020 - 19:24
Bulk of public servants would switch vote to parties pledging inflation-plus risesMajority would also considering changing support to parties offering a four-day weekFri Jan 31 2020 - 14:43
Talks to take place aimed at averting strike by home-help staff over pay restorationUnions balloting members for industrial action in Section 39 organisationsWed Jan 29 2020 - 20:23
Teacher recruitment, retention problems getting worse says unionTUI claims two-tier pay system greatest cause of ‘teacher supply crisis’Tue Jan 28 2020 - 11:51
Fianna Fáil plan set to freeze public service pay, Taoiseach claimsFF rejects Varadkar comments and says Fine Gael seeks to stir up pre-election pay auctionTue Jan 28 2020 - 02:23
Labour Party to consider introducing four-day weekGed Nash says fewer working days would make employees more productiveMon Jan 27 2020 - 12:20
ASTI secondary teachers to ballot on strike over two-tier payHundreds of schools set to close on February 4th as TUI members set to strike on issueSat Jan 25 2020 - 17:38
Government must ‘come clean’ on children’s hospital delays and costsMartin says project ‘dogged in secrecy’ as €15m needed to defend contractors’ claimsSat Jan 25 2020 - 01:00
Fresh delays and millions in extra costs for children’s hospital revealedDocuments reveal hospital board will need €15m to defend against 'exceptional' claims by contractorsFri Jan 24 2020 - 02:56
Some 45,000 taken off waiting lists last year without seeing medical specialistOutpatient lists: Over 236,000 people contacted as part of validation processWed Jan 22 2020 - 06:32
