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
15,000 outpatients to be impacted by nurses’ strike, HSE saysINMO and PNA meeting public sector managers in attempt to avert strikes and banThu Jan 24 2019 - 17:37
Thousands face cancellation of hospital services due to strikeTalks aimed at averting planned stoppage by nurses to resume on ThursdayThu Jan 24 2019 - 00:25
Emergency services only at Dublin hospitals during nurses strikeTalks at Workplace Relations Commission in bid to avert strike adjourn until ThursdayWed Jan 23 2019 - 19:20
Hospitals advising patients of cancellations due to nurse strikeINMO says forthcoming industrial action will be ‘a real strike’Tue Jan 22 2019 - 22:15
Ambulance staff warned of ‘consequences’ of strikeTaoiseach insists employer is not obliged to recognise a particular trade unionTue Jan 22 2019 - 13:11
Up to 500 ambulance staff on strike in row over rights and union membershipPsychiatric Nurses Association calls on Minister for Health to intervene in disputeTue Jan 22 2019 - 10:34
Nurses say HSE to cancel out-patient appointments, elective surgery during strikeINMO claims there appears to be ‘no intent’ among health managers to resolve pay disputeMon Jan 21 2019 - 20:00
Official refuses to attend hearing on cost of children’s hospitalPublic expenditure secretary claims health counterpart should answer Oireachtas questionsSat Jan 19 2019 - 01:00
Nurses set to strike over pay as talks fail to break deadlockTeacher unions unhappy with Government proposals that address lower pay rates for staff recruited after 2011Fri Jan 18 2019 - 21:12
Ambulance crew suspended after declining to take patientCork crew nearing end of 12-hour shift and unwilling to transport patient to DublinFri Jan 18 2019 - 18:18
Nurses urge Government to make proposals to avert strikeTalks with group overseeing public service agreement underwayFri Jan 18 2019 - 15:04
Postal drivers set to leave trade union over internal restructuringCWU tells drivers they would be leaving sole negotiating body for most of An Post staffThu Jan 17 2019 - 16:58
Ambulance staff to go on strike next TuesdayUnion urges Minister for Health to intervene to try to avert planned work stoppageThu Jan 17 2019 - 16:30
Hospital costs may delay but not cancel other projects, says TaoiseachLeo Varadkar reminds St James’s site will ‘totally transform quality of paediatric care’Tue Jan 15 2019 - 21:05
Nurses strikes: Government says it will not provide pay proposals next weekPsychiatric nurses said new proposals would use savings to fund pay parity with other professional groupsTue Jan 15 2019 - 18:26
Oireachtas to begin hearings into soaring cost of National Children’s HospitalConsultants PwC expected to carry out new Government review of cost increasesMon Jan 14 2019 - 01:57
Harris to put in place new €20m plan to tackle hospital superbugMinister warns CPE bug will have serious impact on health service if not containedMon Jan 14 2019 - 01:00
May to make last-ditch attempt to avert defeat for Brexit dealSenior health service officials concerned about access to some 45 key drugsSun Jan 13 2019 - 22:39
HSE warns Government over drug supply in no-deal Brexit scenarioGovernment told it will need to make plans for foodstuffs for those who have specialised diets and rely on products from the UKSun Jan 13 2019 - 20:32
Nurses say understaffing at root of strikes but pay is the solutionUnion says money is not the cause of unrest but it is the way to increase recruitmentSun Jan 13 2019 - 20:08
Department of Public Expenditure not expected to attend talks on nurses’ strikeMove suggests meeting on Tuesday not likely to involve direct negotiations on pay issuesFri Jan 11 2019 - 20:22
Nurses will lose pay rises and gains for recruits if they strikePsychiatric nurses’ union says it will join wave of strikes by nurses next monthFri Jan 11 2019 - 03:00
Psychiatric nurses’ union announces series of strikesPNA says staff recruitment and retention issues need to be addressed urgentlyThu Jan 10 2019 - 17:00
Varadkar criticises nurses for picking midweek date for strikeTaoiseach says weekend strike would have affected far fewer patientsWed Jan 09 2019 - 18:12
Hospital services to be scaled back as nurses plan strikesINMO announces six days of work stoppages in January and February over pay issuesWed Jan 09 2019 - 01:00
Nurses’ strike will be closely watched by other public sector workersGovernment knows any pay deal would lead to knock-on demands by other staffTue Jan 08 2019 - 19:30
Nurses to stage 24-hour strike at the end of JanuaryFurther five dates for strike action in February planned if dispute over pay not resolvedTue Jan 08 2019 - 16:57
Former nursing body executive takes dismissal caseDeirdre Hogan says she was whistleblower who later had to resign from Nursing and Midwifery BoardTue Jan 08 2019 - 14:16
Number of patients waiting on trolleys rises to 580, INMO saysCork, Letterkenny and Limerick hospitals worst affected as Harris says flu is a factorTue Jan 08 2019 - 11:09
Harris warns nurses cannot ‘pick and choose’ from pay dealNursing union to announce plan for series of 24-hour strikes over payTue Jan 08 2019 - 06:00
Free GP care for under-6s led to rise in emergency department referrals, study findsNumber of patients on trolleys on Monday rises to 541 as swine flu numbers riseMon Jan 07 2019 - 19:07
