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
Are patient waiting lists shrinking for the right reasons?How hospital waiting lists are managed has led to claims of manipulationWed Jan 22 2020 - 03:01
School closures over strike set to be greater than anticipatedTUI members to stage stoppage on February 4th – just days before the general electionWed Jan 22 2020 - 01:00
Work-to-rule by school secretaries suspended to allow for new talksUnion warns industrial action will resume if significant progress not made in new processMon Jan 20 2020 - 19:33
Government plan to give free dental care to under-16s ‘unrealistic’Dentists to highlight ‘crisis’ in industry to patients and politicians in run up to electionMon Jan 20 2020 - 17:56
Government to consider sanctions for striking teachersHome-help staff may stage separate strike a day before election to push for pay restorationMon Jan 20 2020 - 01:00
Doctors seek 2,000 additional hospital beds and investment in GPsIMO wants new beds to be provided within next two yearsSun Jan 19 2020 - 21:18
Most secondary schools to close for day in pre-election strikeTUI stoppage on February 4th aimed at making two-tier pay rates an election issueSat Jan 18 2020 - 01:56
Thousands of teachers set to go on strike on February 4thTeachers’ Union of Ireland members are taking action over ‘pay discrimination’Fri Jan 17 2020 - 13:06
Social Democrats: implementing Sláintecare health plan a ‘red line’ for coalitionShortall says reforms would cost additional €1 billion per annum for five yearsFri Jan 17 2020 - 11:49
Medical consultants seek 800 extra beds and new targets for timely delivery of careIHCA calls on Harris to end two-tier pay system for specialist doctorsThu Jan 16 2020 - 20:52
Thousands of nurses to get €2,200 payment backdatedAnnual allowance for nurses in medical, surgical wards part of deal that ended strikeThu Jan 16 2020 - 18:14
Health service hiring equivalent of two extra managers a weekNew figures show 51 additional managers taken on since June amid recruitment curbsSat Jan 11 2020 - 02:00
School secretaries: Talks could resume if McHugh offers new pay deal‘Two-tier’ pay system must be replaced, says Fórsa after 1,000 secretaries strikeFri Jan 10 2020 - 16:14
Industrial action by doctors will not take place during talksDiscussions between the Minister for Health Simon Harris and the IMO ‘constructive’Fri Jan 10 2020 - 13:10
Consultants likely to seek to treat fee-paying patients in private facilitiesTalks to start on Government plans to offer salaries of up to €250,000 to doctorsFri Jan 10 2020 - 02:59
About 1,000 school secretaries to strike on FridayOffer of 1.5% pay rise rejected by union Fórsa as ‘one we can only describe as insulting’Fri Jan 10 2020 - 00:01
Trolley crisis Q&A: The facts behind a festering problemEveryone accepts that more beds are needed, but agreement on a short-term fix is elusiveWed Jan 08 2020 - 17:33
Hospitals’ reliance on junior doctors a threat to patient safety – reportInexperienced doctors recruited to work as experienced staff move abroad for jobsWed Jan 08 2020 - 02:00
Trolley crisis: Harris averse to cancelling planned admissionsOvercrowding in hospitals remains at record levels for second successive day, say nursesTue Jan 07 2020 - 18:22
Number of patients on trolleys remains at 760 on TuesdayFigure equals record level of overcrowding, HSE says hospitals under ‘significant pressure’Tue Jan 07 2020 - 14:37
Ambulance crew forced to drive 900km during one shiftSiptu says overcrowding at hospital emergency departments is causing chaosMon Jan 06 2020 - 02:36
Health funding: ‘Not realistic’ to extend free GP care to under-13sIMO chief warns GP services already ‘at breaking point in day-time and out-of-hours service’Sun Jan 05 2020 - 17:57
Record overcrowding at Cork University Hospital, nurses sayMater Hospital urges public only to visit when absolutely necessary due to fluFri Jan 03 2020 - 17:34
Unions warn of ‘very volatile’ industrial relations climate in public serviceGroups representing State employees say Government must agree to new process on payFri Jan 03 2020 - 01:00
'Things are getting worse': Hospitals brace for major surge in numbersINMO says 2019 was the worst year on record for overcrowding in hospitalsThu Jan 02 2020 - 00:01
People receiving homecare services face charges under Government reformsCo-payments to form part of proposals to be presented to Cabinet in JanuaryTue Dec 31 2019 - 02:44
Home helps to ballot for strike action in dispute over pay restorationSiptu also suggests row brewing in National Ambulance Service in coming monthsTue Dec 31 2019 - 02:33
