Real prospect of teachers going their own way on public pay agreementAnalysis: Retention of two-tier pay structure remains an issue for teaching unionsSat Sept 09 2017 - 16:58
Unions give Iarnród Éireann deadline of late September for pay offerUnions warn of ballot for industrial action and reject pay link to additional productivityFri Sept 08 2017 - 12:55
Agency doctors ‘can earn €71,000 more than those in full-time posts’Agency doctors in dispute with HSE over reduced fees under new framework contractFri Sept 08 2017 - 01:00
Varadkar ‘will not accept excuses’ for failure to improve health serviceTaoiseach: ‘People entitled to fifth best health service in the world’ for fifth biggest spendThu Sept 07 2017 - 18:16
Aer Lingus staff to receive 8.5% pay rise over 39 monthsAverage increases of about 2.6% annually proposed in Labour Court recommendationThu Sept 07 2017 - 13:08
HSE overspending to create €300m financial deficitGovernment tells HSE to draw up plans for making massive savings in health systemThu Sept 07 2017 - 05:00
HSE blames Government for much of health spending over-runDepartment of Health says HSE’s financial performance ‘extremely disappointing’Thu Sept 07 2017 - 01:00
Unions urge Government to scrap 9% tourism VAT rateIctu calls for major local authority house-building programme to be in next budgetWed Sept 06 2017 - 22:00
Irish hospitals hit by wildcat work stoppages by doctors in pay rowRow centres on cut in agency pay to €34 an hour, which HSE says is 36% above staff rateMon Sept 04 2017 - 20:09
Doctors urged to back public pay dealIMO recommends acceptance of accord, but says it still has ‘reservations’Sun Sept 03 2017 - 18:37
Iarnród Éireann pay claim talks to start on MondayUnions warn that row could lead to new transport dispute if unresolvedSun Sept 03 2017 - 18:33
RTÉ to offer improved redundancy terms to 300 staffBroadcaster’s severance scheme to be more generous than HSE packageThu Aug 31 2017 - 05:45
Siptu warns of dispute looming at Iarnród ÉireannRailway firm says mooted pay rise request of 3.75% would have ‘catastrophic impact’Tue Aug 29 2017 - 19:57
Some Ballydoyle staff worked almost entire months last yearGrooms and exercise riders not exempt from working hours law, WRC inspector saysTue Aug 29 2017 - 13:51
Train drivers to get 1.15% rise for ‘past productivity’Iarnród Éireann warns general pay rises would have catastrophic impact on financesTue Aug 29 2017 - 01:00
Nurses urged by their union to back new public service pay dealExamination of recruitment and retention difficulties in nursing to be acceleratedMon Aug 28 2017 - 19:50
Aidan O’Brien seeks flexibility to allow staff work on days offBallydoyle horse racing yard appealing WRC notice for excessive working hoursMon Aug 28 2017 - 19:45
Incentives or quotas could curb rise in drug spending – reviewDepartment of Public Expenditure paper says €2bn being spent on drugs each yearSat Jul 22 2017 - 01:00
Crane operators stop working on 100 building sitesConstruction Industry Federation criticises action that targets particular companiesFri Jul 21 2017 - 14:04
Former EU official to head review of voluntary hospitals in health serviceHarris wants three-person panel to report within a yearFri Jul 21 2017 - 11:57
Waiting lists in public hospitals ‘out of control’Patients waiting up to nine years for appointment at Waterford hospital, report saysThu Jul 20 2017 - 11:10
‘Poached’ crane operators should join Siptu, Ictu recommendsSiptu had complained that Unite had taken about 50 crane operators into its unionThu Jul 20 2017 - 10:10
46% of population covered by private health insurance as market growsAverage premium rose marginally last year by 0.3 per cent to €1,177 per personWed Jul 19 2017 - 11:41
Union accused of lifting crane operators from rivalIctu to adjudicate on dispute between Siptu and Unite over alleged poaching of membersWed Jul 19 2017 - 01:00
Taoiseach: minimum wage hike is modest but ahead of inflationEmployer representatives on Low Pay Commission disagree with proposalsTue Jul 18 2017 - 19:32
Impact members vote to support public service pay dealUnion says talks to address inequities in pay for new entrants should begin immediatelyMon Jul 17 2017 - 20:37
Bus Éireann seeks bus only lanes on motorwaysBus Éireann also wants National Transport Authority to focus more on services outside DublinMon Jul 17 2017 - 05:23
Voluntary hospitals and State clashing over pay and governanceFor decades State has outsourced much of its healthcare services to the private sectorMon Jul 17 2017 - 01:00
Review of voluntary hospitals in delivering health and social servicesHarris seeking approval for expert group to look into status of voluntary organisationsSun Jul 16 2017 - 21:06
Construction workers in line for 10% rise in minimum payLabour Court report on rates under first new sectoral employment order sent to MinisterSat Jul 15 2017 - 05:52
Crane operators call off strike ahead of talks on pay disputeUnite says plan to place pickets on sites operated by CIF members suspended for a weekThu Jul 13 2017 - 16:03
Does teachers’ vote signal industrial strife for schools next autumn?Analysis: INTO must decide whether to accept majority decision of union movementThu Jul 13 2017 - 14:53
Primary teachers set to reject draft pay dealPay equality between established and new teachers emerges as key issue for professionThu Jul 13 2017 - 01:00
HSE and Holles Street row centres on running voluntary hospitalsAnalysis: Such arguments an inevitable consequence of hybrid healthcare modelWed Jul 12 2017 - 13:28
Holles Street subsidised cash flow of semi-private clinic, HSE findsAudit finds ‘significant’ issues of governance and lack of transparency at hospitalWed Jul 12 2017 - 13:27
National Maternity Hospital disagrees with HSE audit findingsHospital says it is independent entity and not owned by the HSEWed Jul 12 2017 - 12:32
HSE criticises National Maternity Hospital over pay policy breachesAudit says four managers received payments for work relating to semi-private clinicWed Jul 12 2017 - 07:53
Crane strike expected to spread as operators resume actionUnite criticises CIF boss Tom Parlon over ‘Mickey Mouse’ cranes commentsTue Jul 11 2017 - 16:08
Cabinet to discuss Ross’s Bill to change drink driving penaltiesAlcohol industry lobbying hard against Minister’s plan to impose mandatory driving ban on offendersTue Jul 11 2017 - 01:00
New forum will offer stakeholders input into transport policyShane Ross says he held ‘fruitful, frank and friendly’ talks with transport trade unionsMon Jul 10 2017 - 20:56
National minimum wage expected to rise to €9.55 per hourMore than 120,000 workers would benefit from Low Pay Commission recommendationMon Jul 10 2017 - 20:25
Crane operators to stage industrial action over payConstruction Industry Federation says Unite seeking ‘unrealistic’ pay rises of 80%Thu Jul 06 2017 - 18:58
Companies should reveal pay gap between male and female employeesTrade unions urge Government to introduce legislation to force organisations to do soThu Jul 06 2017 - 14:39
Nearly 3,500 assaults on health staff in six years, conference hears‘Dysfunctional’ HSE spends €77m on agency staff in first 18 weeks of 2017Wed Jul 05 2017 - 23:23
Unions call for Government to protect workers hit by BrexitActors’ union warns people working for major TV productions such as ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Vikings’ may be impactedWed Jul 05 2017 - 15:09
Cabinet to consider new €2bn cancer care strategySimon Harris’s plan will warn that the number of cases of the disease will double in 20 yearsWed Jul 05 2017 - 01:00
Unions warn against threats of AI and Brexit to worker rightsIctu will also resist restrictions on right to strike mooted by Taoiseach, conference toldTue Jul 04 2017 - 19:42
Tax from State-assisted companies should be used for education - PresidentHiggins says day of arguing for a minimal State is overTue Jul 04 2017 - 14:33
Rent allowance rises for prison, fire officers to cost €6.5m a yearSide deal will take effect if public service agreement ratified through union ballotsTue Jul 04 2017 - 01:00
Brexit and housing crisis set to dominate Ictu conferenceMembership in congress-affiliated unions fell by 1% in last yearMon Jul 03 2017 - 18:22
