Nurse deal has significant price and could lead to other public service awardsA general pay review across the public service may now be on the cards in the months aheadThu May 02 2019 - 20:22
Nurses and midwives vote by 62% to accept new pay dealThe agreement, to cost €50m this year and next, is conditional on productivity and cost-savingThu May 02 2019 - 19:08
New opt-out system may transform organ donation, says HarrisNew Human Tissue legislation will regulate removal, donation, use and disposal of organs ad tissuesThu May 02 2019 - 13:42
HSE faces challenge in securing staff for new mental hospital, nurses warnPsychiatric Nurses Association sees no evidence of hiring and retention issues easingThu May 02 2019 - 13:00
NAGP lost 200 members and recorded €114,000 deficitMany GPs were waiting for Government pay offer details before renewing membershipMon Apr 29 2019 - 20:45
Siptu warns of nursing shortage at new children’s hospitalUnion criticises proposed ratio of 90:10 between nurses and healthcare assistantsMon Apr 29 2019 - 20:31
Doctors’ organisation in crisis as president and council step downGP body admits financial difficulties as resigning team cites governance issuesSun Apr 28 2019 - 20:53
Insurance costs for consultants ‘may force patients abroad’Union conference hears surgical consultants face premiums of up to €400,000 per yearSat Apr 27 2019 - 18:47
Sending child to school without vaccination ‘reprehensible’, says HarrisMinister says doctors should help in fight against pseudoscience that was costing livesSat Apr 27 2019 - 16:47
Hospital doctors threaten industrial action over two-tier paySimon Harris pledges process to address lower pay for consultants appointed before 2012Sat Apr 27 2019 - 15:25
Harris set to propose process to tackle two-tier pay for hospital consultantsGovernment wants to increase number of medical specialists in public hospitalsSat Apr 27 2019 - 01:00
IMO conference told plan is needed to deal with health effects from heatwavesWarning that the environmental impact of climate change could lead to a public health crisis in IrelandFri Apr 26 2019 - 17:08
Medical consultants claim pay concerns require ‘unique’ actionCross-public-service approach to two-tier remuneration a ‘non-runner’, says IMOFri Apr 26 2019 - 00:05
Teachers seek reversal of austerity-era sick leave cutsASTI conference: Reforms have yielded estimated savings of nearly €170mThu Apr 25 2019 - 18:50
Public sector unions hold talks with Government on payASTI proposes review of public service accord ‘to ensure fair distribution of benefits’Thu Apr 25 2019 - 00:32
ASTI considers suing Government over financial penaltiesMinister says teachers have lost €15m in payments - as much as €2,000 per teacher - over strikeWed Apr 24 2019 - 11:36
End of two-tier pay scales for teachers to be considered, says MinisterComments come after conflicting signals from Government over teacher salariesTue Apr 23 2019 - 21:43
Teachers seeking pensions upgrade for those appointed since 2013Changes introduced in 2013 aimed at saving Government billions over coming decadesTue Apr 23 2019 - 20:15
Government plays down immediate end to two-tier pay in public sectorTeachers’ unions meet for annual conferences around countryTue Apr 23 2019 - 15:33
Minister vows clamp-down on those refusing to leave hospitalAudit shows more than half of delayed discharges in some areas are refusing to leaveTue Apr 23 2019 - 01:01
Excessive workload affecting patient care, say doctorsSurvey finds 90% of consultants in public hospitals believe workload ‘unmanageable’Tue Apr 23 2019 - 01:00
Government embarks on third attempt to tackle two-tier payDeal will see outstanding concerns addressed as part of any new pay review mechanismMon Apr 22 2019 - 20:15
Unions to press for mid-term review of pay dealMinister says public-service staff have better terms than those in private sectorMon Apr 22 2019 - 01:00
Pay rise demands loom as public service unions begin conferencesGovernment’s plan for financial and industrial stability under pressureMon Apr 22 2019 - 01:00
Ambulance staff to stage series of 24-hour strikesLong-running dispute to move to ‘more serious and disruptive level of industrial action’Thu Apr 18 2019 - 18:04
Teachers seek return of money they were penalised due to strikeUnion says lack of training and large classes are key challenges to inclusive educationThu Apr 18 2019 - 16:23
VHI move to widen access to cancer drugs a ‘commercial decision’Minister says public and private patients will have access to same drugs in State hospitalsWed Apr 17 2019 - 20:02
Hospitals countrywide face strike action by support staffThousands of porters, caterers, healthcare assistants to be balloted over pay disputeMon Apr 15 2019 - 01:00
More than 2,800 doctors withdrew from medical register between 2015-17Lack of respect, training options, expectation to carry out non-core tasks among reasons citedThu Apr 11 2019 - 21:04
Teachers may seek additional pay benefits on foot of nurses’ pay proposalsASTI wants redress arising from penalties imposed after strike two years agoThu Apr 11 2019 - 20:17
Ambulance staff to consider proposals for 24-hour strikesAmbulance personnel staging sixth day of strike on Wednesday from 7am to 5pmWed Apr 10 2019 - 21:29
Siptu says it would be ‘premature’ to ballot nurses on proposed new contractUnion signals proposals to resolve members’ dispute not acceptable to psychiatric nursesTue Apr 09 2019 - 10:23
Government plans free GP care for children up to the age of 12New initiative part of €210 million deal with doctors reached this weekSat Apr 06 2019 - 15:44
New deal with GPs one of building blocks for election manifestoSimon Harris has been under pressure to conclude GP dealSat Apr 06 2019 - 14:32
Siptu says hospital strikes likely this summer after pay talks endHealthcare assistants, health service support staff and chefs seeking 5% pay increasesThu Apr 04 2019 - 19:11
INMO to recommend members accept proposals to resolve pay disputeUnion’s 40,000 members to be balloted on Labour Court recommendation from MondayWed Apr 03 2019 - 21:28
Harris says he wants to see extension of free GP care scheme to more childrenMinister confirms Government ‘nearing conclusion’ on new accord with doctorsWed Apr 03 2019 - 14:00
Simon Harris insists he was not warned offering more smear tests a mistakeFormer head of CervicalCheck says she raised concerns with senior HSE officialsWed Apr 03 2019 - 11:53
Government close to agreeing €200m deal with family doctorsAccord would see rollback of funding cuts and provision of additional GP servicesWed Apr 03 2019 - 00:07
Ambulance staff warn of further action after fifth strike of yearDispute between Nasra and HSE centres over union representation rightsTue Apr 02 2019 - 20:46
Ambulance staff to stage a fifth strike on Tuesday over union representation rightsHSE argues recognising Nasra would impair industrial relations in the ambulance serviceMon Apr 01 2019 - 13:08
Nearly 10,000 patients spent time on trolleys in hospitals in MarchNurses’ union says overcrowding ‘endemic’ in Ireland’s hospitalsMon Apr 01 2019 - 01:00
New HSE chief expected to receive salary of just over €300kFingal County Council chief expected to be named as new head of health serviceSun Mar 31 2019 - 20:31
Hospital chefs ballot for strike action, say they are ‘a forgotten group’Chefs seek move to ‘craftworker’ pay grade; HSE calls ballot ‘premature and unnecessary’Fri Mar 29 2019 - 18:29
More than 7,000 hospital staff to ballot for strike actionSiptu says Government refusing to engage on pay rises for support staff and hospital chefsFri Mar 29 2019 - 00:01
Government is ‘anti-doctor’ and ‘anti-consultant’, says IMODoctors’ union says pay cuts have led to difficulties in recruiting consultants and unsafe hospitalsThu Mar 28 2019 - 13:11
Ambulance staff to stage two further strikes next monthWork stoppages on April 2nd and 10th are part of long-running dispute over trade union representation rightsTue Mar 26 2019 - 17:06
Over 600 patients waiting on trolleys, wards for a hospital bedINMO says worst levels of overcrowding seen at Cork University HospitalTue Mar 26 2019 - 12:03
Nurses union warns further industrial action still possibleUnions say the Government proposals on shift changes and redeployment are unacceptableMon Mar 25 2019 - 20:48
New proposals to clamp down on bogus self-employment practicesUnions say the practices cost the State hundreds of millions of euro in lost revenue, and can deny workers key rights and benefitsMon Mar 25 2019 - 00:21
