Sláintecare may progress at slower pace due to cost restraintsHealth reform move towards free GP care for all emerging as long-term objectiveMon Jul 23 2018 - 01:02
Ambulance personnel halt industrial action plan after legal action threat from HSERow over refusal of HSE to facilitate payroll deductions at source of dues for new union membersSun Jul 22 2018 - 12:12
Ervia tasked with carefully untangling Irish Water by 2023Union Fórsa says decision to make body commercial raises fears about privatisationSat Jul 21 2018 - 02:24
Health funding hikes 'have not improved services'Spending review advises reducing legal aid payments and garda overtime ratesFri Jul 20 2018 - 07:54
Health service efforts to manage budgets have ‘consistently failed’Expenditure review states that spending is rising while waiting list numbers ‘stagnate’Thu Jul 19 2018 - 23:30
Review states no exodus of nurses, while pay competitiveEvidence implies nursing and midwifery pay in public health system ‘high comparatively’Thu Jul 19 2018 - 20:44
Cost to HSE of recruiting 371 staff a month ‘not sustainable’Donohoe says Government will broadly balance its books this yearThu Jul 19 2018 - 16:39
Donohoe says Government will broadly balance its books this yearMinister says as much focus should go on €62bn spent annually as on scope for expenditure risesThu Jul 19 2018 - 15:32
Dispute processes must precede garda access to State bodies, Cabinet toldFears that industrial relations bodies could otherwise be swamped by Garda complaintsWed Jul 18 2018 - 01:58
National minimum wage likely to rise to €9.80Low Pay Commission expected to recommend 25c rise in report set for MinisterWed Jul 18 2018 - 01:25
Five HSE staff overpaid nearly €300,000, audit findsAuditors criticise process of placing staff in acting-up roles and regularisation methodsWed Jul 18 2018 - 01:07
Excessive mileage claimed by some staff at St Luke’s unit - auditHSE internal report says medical education grants were not always value for moneyWed Jul 18 2018 - 01:00
No agreement on Sláintecare funding packageGrowing concerns that the HSE deficit could be over €500m for the full yearTue Jul 17 2018 - 01:44
Taoiseach believes benefits of €15bn health spending not seen by patientsVaradkar believes people entitled to expect a better service says spokeswomanMon Jul 16 2018 - 18:11
Sláintecare job could be Laura Magahy’s toughest challenge yetConsultant had roles in several high-profile projects, some of which attracted controversySat Jul 14 2018 - 01:00
Laura Magahy appointed executive director of SlaintecareFormer director of Temple Bar Properties was also involved with the ‘Bertie Bowl’Thu Jul 12 2018 - 15:09
Government to pare back HSE structures, says HarrisMinister rules out a return to old health board system in new reformsWed Jul 11 2018 - 21:27
Government’s plans for 2,600 more hospital beds ‘will not be sufficient’Consultants’ body says State’s acute hospital and mental health services are at breaking pointWed Jul 11 2018 - 10:16
Siptu and Unite reach deal on representing crane operatorsUnions to run rule over number of operators who are members of each union and of bothMon Jul 09 2018 - 18:22
Thousands of health and social workers ‘likely’ to go on strikeNovember strike for Section 39 workers on the way unless pay talks progressMon Jul 09 2018 - 12:43
Ambulance service staff to take industrial action over union duesAction, to begin on July 24th, is part of dispute about deduction of union dues at sourceMon Jul 09 2018 - 11:17
Hospital consultants ‘seriously considering’ resigning over two-tier payIHCA says system of consultants delivering services in public hospitals ‘on a cliff edge’Mon Jul 09 2018 - 00:01
Pay talks for staff in State-funded voluntary bodies to resume on MondaySiptu insisting on pay restoration for its members in Section 39 organisationsSun Jul 08 2018 - 20:38
Chair of CervicalCheck inquiry receives records from HSEDr Scally had earlier criticised alleged lack of cooperation on provision of documentsFri Jul 06 2018 - 12:17
Health service faces significant funding shortfall this year, PAC hearsSolution that will not affect patient care will require ‘serious effort’, committee toldFri Jul 06 2018 - 06:00
Head of CervicalCheck inquiry criticises HSE over delaysScoping inquiry chair Gabriel Scally not happy at information’s ‘pace and format’Fri Jul 06 2018 - 01:27
Number of legal cases against screening service reaches 35HSE chief says there are two other potential cases over misdiagnosis of cervical cancerThu Jul 05 2018 - 10:55
Government should ‘incentivise’ young medics to return to IrelandPatients needed elective care being ‘crowded out’ says HSE executiveWed Jul 04 2018 - 18:15
TK Maxx bought Wicklow staff ‘two goldfish in a bid to halt strike’The Arklow’s store employees will stage industrial action on Saturday over pay disputeTue Jul 03 2018 - 14:24
Consultants warn of industrial action over two-tier payLower salaries for newer employees has ‘poisoned morale’ and led to staff shortagesMon Jul 02 2018 - 18:56
HSE report finds pay and procurement issues at St John of GodNon-compliance with public guidelines and EU directives among issues found by DeloitteMon Jul 02 2018 - 00:23
HSE report urges review of Stewarts Care salaries to align them to official scalesReport says it is unable to match 70 employees with Department of Health pay ratesMon Jul 02 2018 - 00:00
Numbers on trolleys fall slightly in June, overcrowding ‘remains high’More than 6,800 patients needing admission had to wait for a hospital bed last monthSun Jul 01 2018 - 12:29
Legislation for public service pay cuts still needed, Donohoe saysRepealing Fempi all at once would increase national debt and violate EU pact, says MinisterSat Jun 30 2018 - 12:58
Paschal Donohoe links Government funding to HSE reformsMinister suggests top HSE chiefs will have to have more personal accountability for spendingThu Jun 28 2018 - 17:56
The view from Mount Merrion: mixed view on Josepha Madigan’s call for women priests‘The cheek of her,’ says one massgoer but others are supportive of greater equalityWed Jun 27 2018 - 20:03
Varadkar rules out ‘throwing money’ at problem areasSocial Justice Ireland calls for measures to lift State’s most vulnerable out of povertyWed Jun 27 2018 - 12:10
Taoiseach backs ordination of women as Catholic priestsVaradkar backs Madigan amid criticism from Archbishop for leading prayersWed Jun 27 2018 - 10:55
Talks on pay restoration for Section 39 staff to take place in JulyWorkers in State-funded voluntary agencies had planned strike earlier this yearWed Jun 27 2018 - 09:46
New group to consider alternative to legal action in clinical negligence casesThe expert group will produce the report within a six-month timeframeTue Jun 26 2018 - 00:15
HSE may record deficit of €200m-€300m for first half of the yearHealth service runs up overrun of €101m in the first two months of 2018Tue Jun 26 2018 - 00:12
Legal action by consultants ‘catastrophic’ for health fundingHonouring pay claims could cost State €700m and be ‘beyond the means’Mon Jun 04 2018 - 01:00
BreastCheck unit in Cork received three solicitors’ letters in recent weeksLawyers criticise comments by breast screening chief over spiralling legal costsSat May 26 2018 - 01:00
State Claims Agency disputes CervicalCheck version of eventsAgency tells Dáil committee CervicalCheck ‘assertion does not accord with the facts’Fri May 25 2018 - 01:30
Bus Éireann staff to receive pay reviewManagement at transport firm agrees to carry out salary assessment for employeesThu May 24 2018 - 21:56
Government seeks to reassure women over BreastCheck’s futureProgramme has saved lives, is performing well and will continue to do so, says CoveneyThu May 24 2018 - 19:52
Teachers protest over two-tier pay system in schoolsDepartment estimates it would cost €200m to end two-tier pay structure that affects 60,000Thu May 24 2018 - 17:58
Rising legal costs could shut BreastCheck serviceGovernment-funded scheme receives 15 letters from solicitors in the past two weeksThu May 24 2018 - 01:00
Expert says decision to outsource smear test analysis shortshightedDr Irene Regan says Irish labs tendered for service scored well expect for costWed May 23 2018 - 11:23
HSE had ‘no interest’ in developing Irish cytology screeningScientist association says HSE was warned of overseas smear testing dangers 10 years agoTue May 22 2018 - 20:39
