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
HSE not expected to ban leave for doctors or nurses over ChristmasAuthority to give winter plan to Government in wake of Varadkar remarks on holidaysFri Nov 09 2018 - 01:00
Two-thirds of GPs surveyed would personally not provide abortionsIrish College of General Practitioners finds 35% of family doctors say they will carry out terminationsThu Nov 08 2018 - 16:09
Nurses say 525 patients on trolleys around Ireland todayINMO says hospitals in Limerick and Cork experiencing high overcrowdingThu Nov 08 2018 - 12:18
Nurses to ballot for all-out strike action over payMembers of INMO overwhelmingly rejected Government pay proposalsTue Nov 06 2018 - 18:00
HSE winter plan delayed by late decisions on fundingPlan to be submitted to Department of Health for approval in coming daysTue Nov 06 2018 - 01:00
Review suggests special winter funding for health service last year came too lateThe analysis found emergency department presentations have increased on average by 3.9% annually over the past two yearsTue Nov 06 2018 - 01:00
Varadkar defends Harris after O’Brien calls him a ‘frightened little boy’‘Anything he may lack in experience or age, he makes up in commitment,’ Varadkar saysMon Nov 05 2018 - 14:52
Nurses to consider strike ballot after rejection of pay proposalsHSE has offered new talks with INMO in an attempt to avert industrial actionMon Nov 05 2018 - 06:00
€50m to be used to offset health service overspendFunds had been earmarked for the provision of additional hospital bedsMon Nov 05 2018 - 00:16
Varadkar backs Harris in CervicalCheck row with ex-HSE bossTaoiseach intervenes as Tony O’Brien compares Minister to ‘a frightened little boy’Sun Nov 04 2018 - 21:59
Supply of medicines a key Brexit concern for health service, says HarrisMinister says contingency plans are being made but there is no stockpiling of drugsFri Nov 02 2018 - 14:00
Nurses to be offered new talks in bid to avert potential industrial action over payNew negotiations likely to be scheduled for end of next weekThu Nov 01 2018 - 19:20
If PNA represent staff in ambulance service deals with Siptu would be undermined – HSEUnion members stage demonstration ahead of planned overtime ban next weekThu Nov 01 2018 - 19:07
Nurses seek direct talks with health service on payINMO declines to attend meeting of oversight committee after rejecting pay proposalsWed Oct 31 2018 - 21:12
Rail staff may refuse to work in anti-social ‘hot spots’Warning follows stabbing on board a train travelling from Dublin to DroghedaWed Oct 31 2018 - 12:26
Worst October on record for hospital overcrowding, says nurses’ unionFive hospitals said to have 500 patients on trolleys this monthWed Oct 31 2018 - 11:47
Primary teachers’ rejection of pay deal leaves Government in a difficult positionProposal to end two-tier pay rejected by INTO and accepted by TUI, with ASTI still to decideTue Oct 30 2018 - 21:56
Primary school teachers reject Government pay proposalsINTO leadership to consider industrial action at meeting next weekTue Oct 30 2018 - 20:13
Irish College of General Practitioners poised to hold abortion policy egmMove may complicate Government plans to introduce terminations from JanuarySat Oct 27 2018 - 00:06
Industrial action in third level colleges is suspended after dealScheme could see staff receiving higher payFri Oct 26 2018 - 20:57
TUI members accept proposals to end two-tier pay system for teachersMembers back Government initiative to phase out lower pay ratesThu Oct 25 2018 - 20:32
Campaign to dissuade patients using private insurance in hospitals causes €100m HSE lossOireachtas health committee discussing €700m overrun in spending by HSE in 2018Wed Oct 24 2018 - 18:25
Shortfall in UK payments to health service amounted to €55 million, Minister saysCare for people covered by UK health system but residing in Ireland is reimbursed by UKTue Oct 23 2018 - 21:59
Archeologists secure 9% pay deal, union has saidPay deal for staff in archeological consultancy firm to run for 27 monthsMon Oct 22 2018 - 19:11
Student graduations may be disrupted due to industrial actionMove comes from library, clerical and administrative staff at State’s 14 tech institutesMon Oct 22 2018 - 01:00
CervicalCheck scandal: Disciplinary review team to interview staffPanel to weigh potential disciplinary action and file recommendations to personnel chiefMon Oct 22 2018 - 01:00
Hundreds of women to get CervicalCheck awards, Harris saysHSE asks external advisers to see if staff should face disciplinary action over controversyWed Oct 17 2018 - 13:46
Ambulance staff to put overtime ban in place from NovemberRow centres over representation rights and deduction of union subscriptions from payWed Oct 17 2018 - 12:00
Cost of cervical screening tribunal will be ‘significant’ – HarrisJustice Meenan to devise an alternative to court for dealing with CervicalCheck claimsWed Oct 17 2018 - 00:30
Nurses overwhelmingly reject Government pay proposalsSignificant increase in chance of industrial action in hospitals, mental health servicesTue Oct 16 2018 - 14:39
Nurses say 542 people waiting on trolleys or wards for hospital bedIrish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says worst overcrowding is Limerick hospitalTue Oct 16 2018 - 10:35
Nurses expected to reject Government pay proposals in ballotINMO special conference had urged members to turn down pay proposalsMon Oct 15 2018 - 21:41
Staff in institutes of technology begin industrial actionUnion’s move comes amid dispute over demand for job evaluation schemeMon Oct 15 2018 - 11:19
Second-level teachers to vote on two-tier pay proposalASTI decides to ballot union members without giving a recommendationSat Oct 13 2018 - 14:50
CervicalCheck controversy: State may take over examination of some smear testsStaff in one private lab would be offered posts in public service under new proposalsSat Oct 13 2018 - 00:04
Pilot groups call Ryanair base closures a ‘declaration of war’Airline dismisses claims it is punishing industrial action and defends need for closuresFri Oct 12 2018 - 16:09
Harris hits out at FF leader’s ‘disgraceful conduct’ over Fitzgerald resignationFormer tánaiste was ‘hounded’ from office, senior Minister claimsFri Oct 12 2018 - 11:34
HSE says industrial action by ambulance staff could endanger serviceDispute centres on union representation rights and deduction of subscriptionWed Oct 10 2018 - 21:55
Staff in institutes of technology to take industrial actionFórsa serves notice on behalf of library and clerical staff seeking job evaluation processWed Oct 10 2018 - 21:48
Government talks on a new GP contract to re-commenceIMO says it is expecting Government to put forward serious proposalsWed Oct 10 2018 - 10:15
Maximising efficiency in general practice could save €100m, report findsReview says nurses in GP practices should do routine procedures and triage patientsWed Oct 10 2018 - 00:03
Ambulance personnel to stage industrial action from WednesdayDispute centres on union representation rights and deduction of subscriptionWed Oct 10 2018 - 00:00
Health: Warning over sustainability of healthcare spendingReview says health service consistently fails to manage within its budget allocationTue Oct 09 2018 - 19:50
Nurses say there are 525 patients waiting on trolleysINMO says University Hospital Limerick is most affected by overcrowdingTue Oct 09 2018 - 11:04
Budget to extend free GP care to 100,000 more peopleHealth and housing to be main focus with mild income tax cuts for middle earnersTue Oct 09 2018 - 08:55
Main revenue-raising measure in budget will be end of special 9% hospitality VAT rateAll social welfare payments will increase by €5 from next year, with the Christmas bonus restored to a double paymentMon Oct 08 2018 - 22:02
Simon Harris rejects claim new maternity hospital project may collapseMinister says he hopes to ‘green light’ the project by the end of this yearSun Oct 07 2018 - 17:14
Children’s hospital ‘will fail’ if ‘right people’ are not recruited, consultant saysMinister says he accepts the two-tier pay system for consultants is unfair and has to be addressedSat Oct 06 2018 - 15:42
Bogus self-employment costs State €300m per year, union saysGovernment to stamp out practice ‘that remains widespread in a growing construction industry’Sat Oct 06 2018 - 10:48
