Siptu to ballot 7,000 health service staff over strike actionSome support-grade staff underpaid by up to €6,000 a year, union claimsFri Dec 28 2018 - 02:00
Varadkar remarks on health staff leave spark public responseCriticism of festive holiday-taking comments include invitation for Taoiseach to help outThu Dec 27 2018 - 02:00
Rising cost of national children’s hospital a scandal in the makingHigh levels of construction inflation resulting in bigger payments to main contractorsSat Dec 22 2018 - 06:00
Key health projects face five-year delays because of Children's Hospital costsConfidential memo from Simon Harris says final bill for the facility could be €1.73bnSat Dec 22 2018 - 01:00
Record HSE funding will not translate into benefits for patientsPay rises and pension payments will eat up nearly €400 million of extra €848 millionFri Dec 21 2018 - 01:00
Government go-ahead for new National Maternity Hospital ends ethos rowPeter Boylan delighted there will be ‘no possibility of religious ethos influencing clinical care’Thu Dec 20 2018 - 18:06
Unions set to seek rises of 3.4% for private sector workersIctu recommends seeking larger increases in more profitable sectorsThu Dec 20 2018 - 13:44
Ambulance staff to press for pay rises as part of new reviewSiptu says new process agreed with HSE and will get under way in JanuaryWed Dec 19 2018 - 17:42
Public health medicine specialists vote for industrial actionIMO seeking release of long-delayed review of sector, and engagement with its findingsWed Dec 19 2018 - 01:00
Public service groups will watch very carefully how Government deals with nursesDonohoe maintains nursing union pay demands would cost €300mTue Dec 18 2018 - 21:36
Dunnes Stores workers to receive 3% pay increaseMandate trade union says Dunnes staff have secured 18% salary hike in the last six yearsTue Dec 18 2018 - 17:02
Nurses and midwives vote overwhelmingly to strike over payINMO likely to stage number of 24-hour stoppages if no resolution foundTue Dec 18 2018 - 13:22
Ministers won’t delay projects to pay for national children’s hospitalCabinet to review capital budgets in Government departments as hospital costs riseTue Dec 18 2018 - 02:00
Psychiatric nurses vote for strike action over pay complaintsResult of Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation ballot to be known on TuesdayMon Dec 17 2018 - 11:59
Abortions will be free but some patients will have to pay for related drugsDraft plans on terminations also call for conscientious objectors to opt out in 'timely manner'Sat Dec 15 2018 - 01:02
Health services may be cut in some areas under new planHSE proposal would see reduced facilities despite a record €17bn in health fundingSat Dec 15 2018 - 00:38
Harris defends rise to €1.4bn in cost of new children’s hospitalSpending increase necessary to deliver state-of-the-art facility, Minister saysFri Dec 14 2018 - 18:51
Fears grow bill for new children’s hospital may hit €1.4bnCost estimates for facility at St James’s Hospital spiralling from 2012’s €404mFri Dec 14 2018 - 03:00
Small reduction in waiting lists but 515,000 still queuing for out-patient appointmentFigures show 71,000 waiting for in-patient or day case procedure in public hospitalsThu Dec 13 2018 - 17:48
‘Rushed’ introduction of abortion services is unsafe and unacceptable say GPsNational Association of GPs says it will not be threatened or intimidated by MinisterThu Dec 13 2018 - 15:02
Ambulance staff defer strike after HSE threatens to seek injunctionPsychiatric Nurses Association says industrial action will take place in January insteadThu Dec 13 2018 - 11:19
New independent patient safety council to review open disclosures policiesDr Scally found current HSE and State Claims Agency policy was unsatisfactoryTue Dec 11 2018 - 19:20
Maternity hospital governance ‘will be resolved when it’s resolved’ – TaoiseachVaradkar says law enacted by Oireachtas will apply, ‘not Canon or any other law’Tue Dec 11 2018 - 18:19
John Connaghan to leave role as HSE director generalAnne O’Connor to be second person to fill post pending appointment of Tony O’Brien’s successorTue Dec 11 2018 - 17:59
Introduction of abortion ‘not like flicking a switch’, says VaradkarTaoiseach gives first signal termination may be introduced on phased basisTue Dec 11 2018 - 00:31
Coombe hospital says it will not be ready for abortion services by January 1stGPs express concern over ultrasound access and referral of women to hospitalsTue Dec 11 2018 - 00:11
Hospitals to get €1m to secure additional diagnostic servicesNational Treatment Purchase Fund to provide funding as part of winter surge planMon Dec 10 2018 - 06:00
Harris urges doctors to show ‘clinical leadership’ on abortionMinister to meet doctors’ representative groups to discuss clinical guidelinesMon Dec 10 2018 - 00:08
Government may increase pay for new HSE chief by a further €50,000Ministers are considering a salary of about €300,000 a year in a bid to fill the positionMon Dec 10 2018 - 00:01
New national maternity hospital approval must be delivered by year endSt Vincent’s site may fall foul of EU building rules after saga of politics, finance and ethosSat Dec 08 2018 - 02:00
Maternity hospital standoff may see last-minute breakthroughGovernment hopeful of deal with hospitals on new facility ahead of year-end deadlineSat Dec 08 2018 - 02:00
Primary school teachers likely to ballot for industrial action in New YearUnion members rejected Government proposals to end two-tier pay systemFri Dec 07 2018 - 16:36
Aer Lingus apologises to staff over ‘stealing’ claimAirline donates €25,000 to charity and says sorry for ‘hurt and upset’Fri Dec 07 2018 - 12:51
Referendum on Irish Water essential if unions to support transfer of local authority staffUnions hold talks on Irish Water plans with MinisterThu Dec 06 2018 - 19:50
High numbers on trolleys expected as HSE launches its winter planNurses and consultants will not be banned from taking Christmas leave under the plansThu Dec 06 2018 - 11:18
One general practice in Dublin received €1.1m from State last yearIMO says release of earnings figures are ‘misleading and unhelpful’Sat Nov 24 2018 - 01:00
More than 55,000 people may receive pension increaseAnomaly effectively penalised workers who opted out of the workforce for a timeFri Nov 23 2018 - 20:29
Siptu seeks fund to assist workers hit by shift to low-carbon economyTransition from fossil fuels may have ‘devastating’ implications for some workersFri Nov 23 2018 - 19:56
Ahern says trying to get people to love Foster ‘bloody difficult’Former taoiseach expects Stormont to get back to business after Brexit ‘mess’ sortedFri Nov 23 2018 - 11:57
Nurses say Government is exaggerating the cost of their pay claimINMO calls for talks with Minister to head off threatened strikes in hospitalsTue Nov 20 2018 - 17:53
State advised not to run voluntary hospital servicesReview recommends major changes to funding arrangements to voluntary service providersTue Nov 20 2018 - 00:06
Nurses making ‘unsustainable wage demands’, Minister for Finance saysINMO says low pay is making it impossible for health to recruit sufficient nursesMon Nov 19 2018 - 19:38
Nurses to begin ballot for strike action over pay on MondayINMO warns that there could be 24-hour stoppages in hospitals if ballot passedMon Nov 19 2018 - 01:00
‘Transcription error’ led to woman being told she did not have cancer geneChildren’s Hospital group says case was an isolated incident due to human errorSun Nov 18 2018 - 14:19
Agreement paves way for abortion services to begin in JanuaryDoctors will be paid €450 for three visits and will not be compelled to participateThu Nov 15 2018 - 07:55
Psychiatric nurses to consider strike after pay rise request deniedFórsa union warns other health staff will seek more money if wishes of nurses grantedWed Nov 14 2018 - 18:01
VHI to be allowed sell international healthcare plans directlyNew legislation would allow insurer sell international plans without intermediaryTue Nov 13 2018 - 01:10
Fees of €400-€450 considered for GP-run abortion servicesStaff in some maternity units concerned about of lack of resourcesTue Nov 13 2018 - 01:09
12% pay rise for nurses would cost €300m, department saysINMO says its members work longer but are paid less than physios and speech therapistsMon Nov 12 2018 - 20:28
Psychiatric nurses seeking special increase as ‘down payment’ for salary reviewINMO has set two-week deadline for Government to table ‘realistic’pay offerFri Nov 09 2018 - 20:46
