Children’s hospital satellite centre to open on time despite ‘challenges’Facility at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown will open this summer, authorities sayTue Feb 12 2019 - 01:00
Nurse proposal places big questions over public sector pay accordFórsa poised to scrutinise Labour Court implications for other civil and public servantsTue Feb 12 2019 - 01:00
Nurses’ strike called off as Labour Court proposes enhanced pay scaleA move to enhanced scale involves a salary increase of €2,439 for some nursesMon Feb 11 2019 - 20:23
First phase of children's hospital 'may not open on schedule'Harris due to apologise for not providing fuller information about cost escalationMon Feb 11 2019 - 01:00
Harris told Donohoe of difficulty with health ‘funding gaps’ in May 2018Minister requested re-profiling of health capital allocation to address capital shortfallMon Feb 11 2019 - 01:00
Three days of consecutive strikes by nurses expected to go ahead this weekLabour Court spent the weekend in exploratory talks with the parties involvedSun Feb 10 2019 - 21:01
Nurses say three strikes planned next week despite talksINMO says Labour Court discussions are at exploratory stageSun Feb 10 2019 - 18:10
Tens of thousands rally in support of nurses in DublinPsychiatric Nurses Association and INMO attending talks on Saturday in bid to avert further strikesSat Feb 09 2019 - 17:04
Three days of nurses’ strikes still set to go ahead next weekLabour Court talks between INMO and health managers to continue on SaturdayFri Feb 08 2019 - 20:39
Cost overruns in children’s hospital damaged faith in Government, says Taoiseach‘I have every confidence in Mr Harris but am not going to pre-empt what he says in Dáil’Fri Feb 08 2019 - 16:29
Nurses not overly optimistic Labour Court talks will resolve strikeINMO and management attend meeting in attempt to avert three days of actionFri Feb 08 2019 - 10:06
HSE expected to set out concerns over impact on patient care to GovernmentGovernment sources say Labour Court may intervene in nurses’ dispute on FridayFri Feb 08 2019 - 00:19
Children’s hospital: The meetings, the memos and the Minister - who knew what when?Timeline: Project had an overrun of €61m five months after getting the green lightFri Feb 08 2019 - 00:06
Harris told hospital overruns could reach €400m ahead of budget, documents showChildren’s hospital: Minister for health warned in 2017 of increases in capital costThu Feb 07 2019 - 22:10
Children’s hospital row: Minister to outline capital plan changes caused by overrunsConcerns raised at Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting at overspend on the new hospitalThu Feb 07 2019 - 06:40
Irish health service to be hit by multiple strikes next weekIndustrial unrest in the health sector escalates as ambulance staff announce actionThu Feb 07 2019 - 01:00
Doctors protest outside Dáil warning GP service is in crisis‘We are looking at the last generation of GPs in Ireland’ – doctors call for Fempi reversalWed Feb 06 2019 - 21:10
HSE warns of challenges in ensuring safe mental health servicesThere are concerns the situation will worsen due to 24-hour overtime ban by psychiatric nursesWed Feb 06 2019 - 20:06
Ambulance staff announce plans to strike for three daysDispute centres on right of workers to representation by their trade union of choiceWed Feb 06 2019 - 19:57
GPs to protest outside Dáil over ‘growing crisis’NAGP claim general practice is being ‘destroyed’ because of cutsWed Feb 06 2019 - 13:26
Hospital overruns discussed year before Harris says he was toldMinutes of steering group meetings are likely to intensify pressure on Minister for HealthWed Feb 06 2019 - 03:05
Growing concerns among health chiefs at escalating nurses’ disputeStrike affecting 50,000 a day as HSE indicates not all cancer operations were exempted from stoppageWed Feb 06 2019 - 01:34
Taoiseach says no guarantee 12% pay rise would end issue of nurse recruitmentUp to 50,000 will be affected by next nurses’ strike on Thursday, and the Psychiatric Nurses Association is due to extend its overtime banTue Feb 05 2019 - 20:43
Second day of nurses strike has ‘dramatic impact’ on servicesAbout 50,000 people have their medical appointments cancelled todayTue Feb 05 2019 - 11:35
Nurses' strike: HSE warns of pressure on services as nurses stage second stoppageNursing unions reject Government proposals for talks on staff issues but not on payTue Feb 05 2019 - 00:31
GPs will not offer new services for restoration of cuts, says IMODoctor union warns financial emergency legislation measures must be reversedMon Feb 04 2019 - 20:13
Nurses’ strikes: Talks on staffing levels but not pay proposed by MinistersINMO says proposal ‘most cynical move’; PNA says talks that did not address pay would be of ‘no benefit’Mon Feb 04 2019 - 17:32
Children’s hospital board may be changed, says Simon HarrisMinister says he will act on any recommendations of report into escalating costs of new facilitySat Feb 02 2019 - 01:00
Harris plans ‘personnel changes’ in children’s hospital projectReview of spiralling cost of new hospital will not ‘determine individual culpability’Fri Feb 01 2019 - 13:42
Nursing leaders to consider more strikes at meeting on SaturdayStoppage on Tuesday likely to affect more people than strike earlier this weekFri Feb 01 2019 - 11:50
Department had concerns over hospital project two years ago, files showCost of children’s hospital could exceed €2bn, ‘which would make it the most expensive hospital in the world’Fri Feb 01 2019 - 01:56
Children’s hospitals to postpone procedures on two nurses’ strike daysInpatient and day cases for next Tuesday and Thursday to be rescheduledThu Jan 31 2019 - 21:28
Children’s hospitals to postpone procedures on two nurses’ strike days next weekIn-patient and day cases for next Tuesday and Thursday to be rescheduledThu Jan 31 2019 - 18:04
Pfizer union votes for strikes over pension scheme changesSiptu staff plan two 24-hour walkouts and indefinite overtime banThu Jan 31 2019 - 18:03
Psychiatric nurses begin overtime ban over payPNA says where full complement of staff not available the union’s members will not workThu Jan 31 2019 - 08:49
No indication of new intervention to try avert further strikes by nursesHarris insists Government cannot offer any increases outside public service dealThu Jan 31 2019 - 01:06
Nurses’ strike: Talks expected in bid to avert further stoppagesGovernment to hold firm against general pay rise following first 24-hour actionThu Jan 31 2019 - 00:34
HSE warns of more disruption to services after nurses’ strike dayINMO reject Government claims that meeting demands will cost €300 millionWed Jan 30 2019 - 16:46
Harris declines to be drawn on penalties for striking nursesGovernment will ‘legally consider’ issue of sanctions for INMO members in coming daysWed Jan 30 2019 - 12:43
Nearly 40,000 nurses on strike over pay parityConceding pay claim would ‘completely undermine’ budget – GovernmentWed Jan 30 2019 - 07:58
Government rules out additional payments to nursesINMO says Government tabled no realistic proposals to avert strikeWed Jan 30 2019 - 00:38
Nurses’ strike will go ahead after Labour Court decides not to intervenePlanned strike by 40,000 nurses will lead to widespread disruptionTue Jan 29 2019 - 21:10
Last-minute bid to avert looming nurses' strike continuesLabour Court: Attempts to stop what is expected to be widespread disruption continueTue Jan 29 2019 - 01:00
Nurses strike: Labour Court intervenes in bid to avert stoppageINMO to attend hearing this afternoon but preparations for 24-hour strike will continueMon Jan 28 2019 - 18:27
Ambulance staff planning to go on strike for two more daysOngoing dispute with HSE centres around trade union representation rightsMon Jan 28 2019 - 17:59
Government has not tabled any plans to prevent nurses strike says unionIrish Nurses and Midwives Organisation appeal to Taoiseach to help call off stoppagesMon Jan 28 2019 - 00:23
Nurses’ strike will pose ‘real challenges’, HSE warnsHealth executive expresses concerns over the scale of the planned INMO work stoppageSat Jan 26 2019 - 20:13
Secondary teachers say they will ballot for strike if primary teachers also hold ballotASTI says it wants to hold strike ballot in parallel with INTOSat Jan 26 2019 - 15:31
HSE says services will be ‘compromised’ if nurses’ strike goes aheadWork stoppage seems set to take place on Wednesday after talks break downSat Jan 26 2019 - 02:00
Nurses’ strike set to go ahead next week after talks failINMO general secretary calls on Taoiseach to intervene to avert 24-hour work stoppageFri Jan 25 2019 - 19:20
